Is the songwriter in you looking for an easy way to write music? Look no further than "EZkeys Explained". In this micro series, Eli Krantzberg breaks down the simply superb Toontack EZKeys plug-in and shows you all of its features and functions as well how to lay out your own song.
Eli starts with showing you how to set up the plug-in for standalone use, use its presets, pedals, dynamics and tuning sections. Then he reveals the browser section and how to audition MIDI files in different keys and tempos, as well as sort, categorize and save favorites. He then shows you how to edit the song track and arrange, import and export MIDI files and finally create a piano part for an original song.
If you use Toontrack EZkeys, watching this collection of video tutorials is an EZ choice to make. Watch "EZkeys Explained today.
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Reviews
Submitted 1 month ago
Straight to the point
Great real examples how to use EZKeys
I am a: Beginner, Producer, Game Designer, Sound for Film/TV, Ableton Live, FL Studio, Studio One
Submitted 4 months ago
great
quick and usefull explanation of the vsti
I am a: Hobbyist
Submitted 7 months ago
Eli Comes Through Again
Excellent introduction to EZkeys! Eli's natural "as you go" presentations style helped quite a bit. Highly recommend as a resource for inspiring creativity using EXkeys.
I am a: Professional, Musician, Producer, Audio Engineer, Sound Designer, Sound for Film/TV, Cakewalk Sonar, Mixcraft, Reason, Reaper
Submitted 10 months ago
EK do it again. most excellent little flick
Help understand the core principle about life in general. He dude it again
I am a: Hobbyist, Musician
Submitted 1 year ago
Good Overview for an Excellent Plugin!
New user to EZKeys and I am glad to have viewed learned from EZKeys explained. For the novice this a perfect overview with enough clear direction to get started using this remarkably useful plugin.
I am a: Beginner, Producer, Ableton Live, Logic Pro
Submitted 1 year ago
Very helpful intro for an EZKeys newb.
I am so excited about starting to use this unique tool to craft my chord progressions and keyboard parts. Eli showed the way.
I am a: Hobbyist, Musician, Cakewalk Sonar, Cubase
Submitted 1 year ago
All the basics
Great simple breakdown of it's features.
Submitted 1 year ago
Helpful First Steps
Great introduction - much needed after I just downloaded the EZKeys product!
Submitted 1 year ago
great
Cleared up a lot
I am a: Professional, Musician, Pro Tools
Submitted 2 years ago
Excellent job!
As always, Eli does a great job of putting the info out in a simple and very understandable manner...
I am a: Professional, Musician, Producer, Audio Engineer, Reaper
1. When did you start dabbling in music?
I started playing drums in high school at age fourteen. Like most kids my age around then, I was into progressive rock. Genesis, Emerson Lake and Palmer, and Yes. They rocked my world. A few short years later though, my musical life changed. While studying music in college I discovered Charlie Parker, Milt Jackson, Sonny Stitt, and John Coltrane. Milt Jackson spoke to me in such a profound way that it left me no choice but to take up vibraphone.
These great players, along with drummers like Philly Joe Jones, Max Roach, Art Blakey, and Elvin Jones changed not only the way I thought about drumming, but also music - and by extension, life - as a whole. I realized life was meant to be a creative endeavor. The idea of improvising based on a loose set of guidelines and rules permeated into my psyche even when I wasn't holding a pair of drumsticks or mallets. But if I am going to be perfectly truthful, I have to hold Henry Miller and Woody Allen equally responsible for shaping the way I view and experience the world around me.
2. What training have you had?
I am currently an Apple certified Logic Pro. Young and cocky, and armed with only a partial University degree, I dropped out of school and began playing steady commercial hotel engagements and jazz gigs when I could. This went on for many years until I decided it was time to complete my degree - which I ultimately did with a major in Political Science and a minor in music.
It was at this point that I formed my current band Nightshift. We are going in to our twenty third year now - playing commercial one nighters like weddings, corporate events, etc. Don't turn your nose up at it though - it has allowed me a wonderful quality of life. It gave me the freedom to go back to school and complete a post graduate degree in Communications Studies - all the while supporting myself by playing weddings.
3. When did you get into recording?
It was in this graduate program - in the early nineties - that I found myself drawn to the fledgling emerging universe of hard disc recording and midi sequencing. Based on nothing more than the recommendation of one of my band mates who had an old Atari, I jumped in head first and bought a Mac LC ll, along with a version 1.1 of what was then Notator Logic. I had no idea what I was getting myself into. But, in hindsight, it was a decision of epic importance in my life - shaping my future as much as the music of Milt Jackson and Charlie Parker did fifteen years prior.
I opened up my own commercial home studio in 1998 and began doing a variety of projects, working on radio jingles, artist CD projects, and whatever came my way. A couple of years later a colleague called me up - desperate. He was working at a post production house and one of the editors had just quit. They were doing audio post for a weekly TV series and needed a Pro Tools editor - and fast! And so, once again, I jumped in head first into what would ultimately open up my world even more - the world of Pro Tools.
4. People you have worked with/for?
Focusing on Logic, I built up a small but loyal client base and my phone kept ringing for Logic tech support and instruction. Film composers and studio owners all over the city were calling me. Even the music stores were giving out my phone number at this point! This kind of stuff becomes a self fulfilling prophecy. The more of it you do, the more calls you get to keep doing it. At least that's the way it should be!
As my Logic chops kept growing, I was hired by an old buddy of mine, Len Sasso, who was then an associate editor at Electronic Musician magazine, and began writing some columns for them. I had a blast doing them - and really learned to focus and express my thoughts in a concise and clear manner. This lead to a collaboration with LA based composer Terry Michael Huud on the 2006 film called Civic Duty - which was certainly one of the highlights of my professional life as a composer.
5. Why are you so good at training people?
I wake up every day excited to boot up, and create. Whether it's instructional videos, creating music, working with a studio client, performing with my band, or teaching at the schools - my days are filled with what I love doing. Enriched by the stimulation and creative freedom this modern music making software brings to my life. I bring that excitement and passion to each and every training product I create. My years of experience both using and teaching these programs has taught me the best way to make the user comfortable with these complex programs.
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