Mac Version of Lounge Lizard EP-1 Released
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June 16, 2002
Montreal-based company Applied Acoustics Systems
announced the availability of it's Lounge Lizard EP-1,
a physically modeled electric piano, for Mac OS.
"Over the last few years we've developed a very active user community with
our flagship product, the Tassman Software Synthesizer, and have had great
enthusiasm and feedback from our new Lounge Lizard users on the PC. I think
I speak for everyone here in saying that we're all very excited to be able
to
provide this technology to Mac users." said Scott Monteith, Marketing
Director
for AAS.
The Lounge Lizard EP-1 is a recreation of the classic
electric piano sound, based on AAS's own physical modeling. All
mechanisms used in the Lounge Lizard's hardware equivalents are precisely
replicated including the hammer, tone bar, tine, and pick up. The sound is
calculated in real time in accordance with the controls the program
receives.
Physical modeling provides great advantages in recreating the sound
generating properties of electromechanical and acoustic instruments,
accurately mimicking their nuances in a manner simply not possible by other
synthesis methods or sampling. For example, because the sound is calculated
in real time in accordance with the controls it receives from your MIDI
keyboard and on screen knob movements, the Lounge Lizard will produce a
slightly different sound if the tine is in motion than when it is at rest.
Great care was taken in the development of Lounge Lizard to provide access
to all of the various components in an intuitive manner, giving you the
power to tweak your sound in a way that would have taken many painstaking
hours with a screwdriver, and incredible patience to accomplish with the
real thing. Far from being just a collection of good presets, the Lounge
Lizard is a custom sound designing tool sure to please any discerning
keyboard enthusiast.
While the various models give you the ability to create unparalleled
reproductions of classic electric piano sounds, all of the various
parameters can also be pushed far beyond the range of their hardware
equivalents, opening up a completely new realm of sonic possibility.
Using an external MIDI knob box or continuous controller messages (cc
envelopes) from your host sequencer, this idea can be taken even further,
allowing you to modulate various on screen parameters in real time, creating
ever changing tones, from the sublime to the ridiculous.
The Lounge Lizard functions as a standalone application, but also complies
with many of the most widely used driver and plug-in standards, making it an
excellent addition to any studio, or live rig.
System Requirements
PC
- Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, XP
- PIII 500MHz
- 32 MB RAM
- DirectX supported video card
- 800 x 600 or higher resolution
Mac
- Mac OS 9.X
- 800 X 600 or higher resolution
- G3 processor
- 32 MB RAM
- FreeMIDI
The Lounge Lizard is now available from the AAS website via download. The
boxed version will be available from AAS's worldwide network of retailers
and distributors in the coming weeks.
For more information, visit their web site at www.applied-acoustics.com. | 
