The Sound Board

If you don’t already have a satisfying virtual Rhodes electric piano, or if you feel you could do with some more choice, you might want to take a look and listen at Melda’s new Electric Keys Tines add-on for their MSoundFactory instrument plug-in. An extra incentive might be that Electric Keys Tines, the regular price of which will be €69, is being introduced at the very friendly price of €9. (And if you purchase it from LootAudio, it’s even a fraction cheaper.)

I never clicked with anything that Melda has released. That’s got nothing to do with how their stuff sounds but everything with Melda’s idea of how a GUI should look and function. I tried several of their plug-ins and instruments in the past and they all got uninstalled again on the same day I installed them: I simply don’t enjoy looking at and working with Melda-designed software. But that’s just me and again: quite a few of their plug-ins are really good and useful.

Anyway, I put my all my Melda-objections aside — only to see them come back again, stronger than ever, during the installation and first moments exploring the Electric Keys add-on — but I have to say: this is a versatile and good-sounding virtual Rhodes piano.
It includes four models (MkI, MkII 73, MkII 88 and MkV), has all the required parameters to tweak the timbre and behaviour of the instrument and comes with an extensive collection of fitting FX-processors.

So, if a €9 alternative for what you already might have, makes sense to you, that money won’t certainly be wasted buying the Electric Keys Tines.



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