#Lounge lizard session review software

#Lounge lizard session review software

The quality of sound output from a computer or a keyboard will be primarily determined by the software that is running on it, and secondarily by the quality of the DAC, output stage electronics, and the like. Personally, I benefit from all three approaches in different circumstances.Ī computer is a computer. And, if you decide that you connect best with a real Rhodes, great. If you find a modern keyboard that feels organic to you, great. If you find a software emulation that speaks to you, great. So, in the end, it all comes down to a matter of taste. I totally agree with thenoodle that every real Rhodes sounds and feels different (I work in some studios with more than one Rhodes for that reason). In fact, Lounge Lizard or some of the better modern keyboards might sit in a particular mix more convincingly than a particular real Rhodes (and I've had a real Rhodes for 30+ years, and have played and/or serviced many others). In the case of modern keyboards recreating the Rhodes sound, it is a fallacy that hardware sounds bigger than software (as it's really all software). None of the many modern keyboards I have played sound particularly bigger or fuller than the many diverse sounds that you can coax from Lounge Lizard. Still others run physical modeling algorithms (similar to Lounge Lizard). Others use classic synthesis (like subtractive or FM), often mixed with sampled waveforms. Many modern keyboards run sample playback engines (in this case, Rhodes samples recorded at different dynamic levels would be switched between or crossfaded between). The first of these (the software) is by far the most important. Even some of the cheaper Roland keyboards.A computer is a computer. What I meant by 'hardware' is something like the korg SV1 or the Clavia keyboards/synths, anything that recreates the sound of a Rhodes or Wurley. I don't have version 4, but it looks pretty cool. Which wouldn't really accomplish anything of importance for me. My vote is for Lounge Lizard for the sound range to tweak in on different Rhodes models.and of course without the weight.Ī hardware synth Rhodes? To me, that would be routing Lounge Lizard out your computer d/a and. for me anyway.Īs far as real Rhodes, by the time the late 70s came around, there were soooooo many shops out there that would hotrod your Rhodes for all these strange distinctive sound variations.really expensive back then too. I also used to spend inordinate amounts of time, working with compression and eq to get a session Rhodes in the neighborhood of a 'place' in an emerging tracking session or mix.

although it's sort of cool that Lounge Lizard even lets you do THAT if you want. It's not the accuracy in sound I would query but the fact that it's software, which I always find a bit sterile next to my hardware synths.What is this 'hardware synth Rhodes' of which you speak?įor me, no two Rhodes ever sound alike and I for one, don't miss using a screwdriver to adjust the hammers/tines.