Mac Version of EP-1 Lounge Lizard Released

June 16, 2002

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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.

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