Intuitive Keys doesn’t support drone pads, and most likely won’t any time soon.
This is for a number of reasons, but chief among those are: we don’t think this is an unsolved problem, and we can’t think of a way to substantially contribute to this conversation.
Our take is, a dedicated iPad app is the superior solution to this problem.
So, if your’e interested in using drone pads, please allow us to suggest Ryan Robinson’s AutoPad, paired with Jason Schoepfer’s FREE Ambience MP3 collections!
Three months later, we continue to be extremely pleased with the reception our PRO template has evoked. Because of it’s strong reputation, the number one request we have received, is for a fully stock version of the PRO template. So, without knowing if this were actually possible, we set out to find stock replacements for the Valhalla DSP effects (a high bar indeed, Valhalla stuff sounds really good!). When we stopped being able to tell exactly which effect was which (stock or Valhalla) we knew we were there.
So today, if you re-download PRO, you’ll find the stock replacements for each Valhalla DSP effect turned off, but available to you. These can be activated any time one or more Valhalla plugins are unavailable. At the concert level, simply scroll across the effects send channels to make sure each send has an active effect. Feel free to compare the two options as well!
So indeed, standalone template PRO STOCK now exists as both a nK2 and tOSC version. You’ll find them in a separate folder along with your PRO download. Simply re-download your PRO template to locate it. Like our LEGACY and LIVE templates, PRO STOCK comes with two stock pianos, and a hardware input! Using the Stage Piano PROSTOCK menu matrix has never been more enjoyable!
The new LIVE and LEGACY templates, featuring our new GrayStar architecture developed for PRO
With all the excitement around PRO, you may be wondering if we would ever return to our original templates? Well…
Today is your day! Three months after the release of our PRO template, we’re releasing updated LIVE and LEGACY versions.
While LIVE and LEGACY are our first templates, our latest release significantly improves both, based on a complete architectural rebuild (codename: GrayStar) and the full year of work that went into creating PRO.
While the GrayStar architecture does generate more CPU demands than our earlier architecture (codename: DarkStar) we wanted to retain as much of the PRO capability as possible. If you find this new architecture to be too taxing on your system, the GrayStar version is still there (in the goodies folder), but also, we want to hear about it!!! There may be a better compromise that better suites LIVE and LEGACY users.
OurLEGACY template retains every stock MainStage patch we’ve developed for PRO, as well as all the amazing sets of combinations. The Piano engine retains it’s original simplicity, but all the functionality of PRO is actually still there under the hood.
Our LIVE template sounds just as good. The only difference is the tempo-dependent patches are removed in order to support the typical live-playing scenario where tempo is not held-to closely via a click track. We also provide more reverb options for the piano engine, in place of the 8th and dotted 8th delays.
If you’re already a paid license-holder of LIVE or LEGACY, download the new version today and let us know what you think!
We began with Legacy, and the idea of getting the most out of stock MainStage. Intuitive Keys Pro builds from that and leverages our favorite VSTs as well! This is our best template yet and has taken a thousand hours of work and three years to get here.
IK PRO is designed of function with the above 3d party VSTs. If you donβt have any or all of the Native Instruments Pianos, IK PRO will still work and the stock pianos will sound better than ever! I even have tutorials on how to replace these pianos with your favorite 3d Party VSTs (e.g. Ravenscroft 275). However, if you donβt have the Valhalla DSP effects, you will want to purchase those first. I am working on a version of PRO that replaces the Valhalla effects with stock MainStage, but Iβm not there yet. Itβs better to re-examine our home page, because I really want you to have the product that is right for you.
All the details:
STAGE PIANO PRO: β Modwheel carefully mapped to piano color β Every piano instantly available to layer β Easy to use menu of piano options
Including: β Six reverb settings β Six EQ curves β Six delay configurations β Three compressors β Three specialty functions
OUR BEST from Stock MainStage: β Highly efficient sounds β Everything built with aliases β Curated parameters mapped to modwheel and aftertouch
Including: β Ten Electric Pianos β Four B3 Organs β Twelve Orchestral β Sixteens Analog Pads β Ten Digital Pads β Sixteen Synths β Thirty-two Movements (tempo-dependent)
IK PRO comes configured with the following combinations (of the above patches): β Twelve Transient/Tones ideal for layering with Piano β Thirty-six pads: analog / digital / orchestral β Twenty movement (tempo-dependent) combinations β Sixteen EDM (tempo-dependent) combinations
