AAS Lounge Lizard EP-5 Session Upgrade
AUTHENTIC TONE, ACTION, AND FEEL. Lounge Lizard EP‑5 delivers the rich, expressive sound of classic electric pianos—beautifully packaged with everything you need to shape, play, an d perform. What's new in Lounge Lizard EP‑5 Here are the main features you get when upgrading to Lounge Lizard EP‑5 Dual Engine Precision Our fully redesigned physical modeling core now features dedicated models for tine-based and reed-based pianos offers unmatched realism, warmth, and expressiveness. Enhanced Browsing Experience With an improved browser and an all-new search engine, navigating your Lounge Lizard library has never been quicker or more intuitive Authenticity Perfected The completely new Lounge Lizard EP‑5 factory library introduces over 150 new piano sounds, offering deeper expression, richer tone, and unparalleled authenticity. Redesigned for a True-to-Life Experience The redesigned dual-piano interface offers a simple view for a clean, straightforward experience and an advanced view for fine-tuning, delivering a more realistic, immersive feel. Tine-based Piano A studio staple with unmatched versatility. With its unmistakable smooth, mellow, crystal-clear tone—or warm, velvety, richly expressive growl—it brings timeless character to any track. Reed-based Piano This piano is all about attitude—gritty, punchy, and full of raw charm. Its warm bark and organic growl have powered countless classic records. From soft and mellow to raunchy and overdriven, it responds beautifully to your playing style. AUTHENTIC TONE, ACTION, AND FEEL Lounge Lizard EP‑5 delivers the rich, expressive sound of classic electric pianos, beautifully packaged with everything you need to shape, play, and perform. PLAYFUL Direct access to key effect and performance parameters lets you perfectly match the tone to your playing style. Shape your sound with classic cabinet, preamp, microphone, and signal chain combinations typically used with electric pianos. ALIVE BENEATH YOUR FINGERS There’s something truly immersive about the connection that forms between a player and their instrument—that’s where the magic begins. Lounge Lizard makes it happen with perfectly smooth velocity response and a deeply expressive feel that reacts to every nuance of your performance. UNDER THE HOOD Hammer, tone, tine, pickup—Lounge Lizard is built on meticulously modeled piano components. Custom pianos can be created with just a few tweaks—a process that once took hours of painstaking work on real instruments. Custom Tone Famous players all had their own signature sound—achieved through painstaking manual adjustments to forks, hammers, and pickups. Whether you're chasing a classic tone or carving out your own, Lounge Lizard gives you direct access to every component of the piano. Fork and Reed Sound is produced when the hammer strikes the tine or the reed. Shape the tone and natural decay of these vibrating elements at the core of the electric piano sound. Damper Control how dampers are applied or lifted from the fork, shaping the attack and release of a note to be either clean or noisy. Hammer Control the attack with the hammer by adjusting the impact force, hammer stiffness, and the noise it produces. Modulate these parameters across the entire keyboard range or based on MIDI velocity. Pickup Just like in an electric guitar, the pickup captures the vibrations of the fork or reed. Adjust its position to shape the tone and control distortion—dial in a warm, smooth sound or push it into a growling, barking edge. Tremolo Fine-tune the tremolo to your liking. Choose a triangle wave for a smooth, flowing effect or a soft square wave for that classic chopped effect. FROM AUTHENTIC TO CLEVERLY PRODUCED You’ll love the pure sound of Lounge Lizard EP‑5—but the built-in effects open up a world of sonic possibilities you’ll be glad to have at your fingertips. And you’ve got plenty to choose from: compressor, equalizer, delay, distortion, phaser, chorus, flanger, wah-wah and notch filters, and reverb. CLASSIC TRACKS The electric piano has played a defining role in the history of rock and jazz. The factory library features a wide range of presets built around classic effect combinations and signal chains—perfectly capturing the iconic sounds of timeless tracks. BEYOND ELECTRIC PIANO With unconventional effect chains or extreme sound design tweaks, Lounge Lizard can transform into something truly wild. It keeps the playability of a classic keyboard instrument—but delivers tones far beyond anything you've heard from a traditional electric piano. ELECTRIC PIANO WORKINGS AND TUNING Lounge Lizard’s synthesis engine is built on a detailed model of the key components found in real electric pianos—hammer, fork or reed, damper, and pickup. Each element is precisely recreated to capture the authentic tone, dynamics, and playing feel of the originals. TINES AND REEDS Electric piano players often fall into one of two camps: tine-based or reed-based. Regardless of preference, both instruments have been immortalized in countless songs by legendary musicians. With its vast library of classic and custom tones, its authentic playing feel, Lounge Lizard delivers a truly inspiring electric piano experience. NEW PRESETS Lounge Lizard EP‑5 features an all-new factory library with over 150 electric piano sounds, organized into three distinct packs: classic tine-based pianos, classic reed-based pianos, and custom instruments. Created by professional keyboardists, these presets fully showcase the expanded tonal range and expressive possibilities of the new piano engines. REMASTERED EP‑4 LIBRARY Every sound from the legacy Lounge Lizard EP-4 has been carefully reviewed and remastered to take full advantage of the new piano engines—putting an additional 242 inspiring presets at your fingertips. TOP SOUND DESIGNERS The Lounge Lizard EP-5 factory library features exclusive signature sounds from a great team of experienced sound designers and professional keyboard players: Cipryan Bot, Philippe Dérogis, Jon Gilutin, Jerry Kovarsky, Christian Laffitte, Adam Pietruszko, Thiago Pinheiro, and Roger Ryan. Explore all Lounge Lizard EP‑5 features Top features Complete electric piano solution Great on stage or in the studio State-of-the-art physical modeling for unmatched realism Onboard effects rack NEW Dual synthesis engine (tine-based, reed-based) NEW Completely redesigned physical modeling core NEW Dedicated UI for each piano type NEW Redesigned browser with search function NEW New library of classic and custom pianos Standalone instrument version Support for all major plugin formats NKS support In-depth documentation and tutorials Neat Features Scalable GUI Easy synchronization of effects to DAW Support for micro tuning Effects List Auto-Wah Chorus Compressor Delay Distortion Flanger NEW Guitar Amplifier Multi-band Equalizer VCAsNotch Phaser Reverb Tremolo Wah-Wah Neat features Standalone operation for quick jams and experimentations Real-time control over any parameters via your MIDI controller knobs, faders, and switches Host tempo synchronization for effects Relaxed editing with unlimited undo/redo capability Scala scale file format for microtonal music making The benefits of physical modeling Sound manipulation at the source core Presets load in a flash Super smooth dynamics—no velocity layers! Small memory footprint—less than 256 MB of RAM per instance Installs in less than a minute WINDOWS · MACOS · 64-BITVST2 · VST3 · AU · AAX NATIVE · NKS · STANDALONE Multiphonics CV-1 and AAS Player are compatible with nearly all DAWs. Ableton Live Apple GarageBand Apple Logic Pro Apple MainStage Avid Pro Tools Bitwig Bitwig Studio BandLab Cakewalk Cockos Reaper Image-Line FL Studio MOTU Digital Performer Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol Native Instruments Maschine Presonus Studio One Reason Studios Reason Steinberg Cubase Mac minimum system requirements* macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) or later Intel Core i5 (circa 2015), Apple M1 processor or later 64-bit DAW PC minimum system requirements* Windows 10 64‑bit or later Intel Core i5 (circa 2015) processor or later 64-bit DAW *The minimum system requirements mentioned above are for standalone usage. For plug-in usage, please refer to your DAW software requirements (Cakewalk, Pro Tools, Cubase, Live, Digital Performer, Logic Pro, etc.).
