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Lounge Lizard EP-4

ELECTRIC PIANO

Lounge Lizard EP-4

Authentic tone, action, and feel.

Lounge Lizard EP-4 is an electric piano plug-in delivering authentic Rhodes and Wurlitzer sounds in an everything-you-need package.

EM Hot Pick—5/5

If you're looking for a virtual electric piano, this is the one.

§ What’s new? §

We took the most versatile electric piano plug-in to another level—it's our best sounding release to date.

  • NEW Library

    The completely renewed factory library features the classic Rhodes and Wurlitzer sounds as well as over 240 gig- and mix-ready custom electric pianos making good use of the compressor, equalizer, and multi-effect processor.

  • NEW Compressor and equalizer

    These new additions are perfect to add punch and definition to your sound, letting you cut through any dense mix or stage.

  • NEW Character control

    The new Character control provides five classic studio and stage signal path emulations—that's the cabinet, pre-amp, microphone, and recorder chain that follows the piano's output—to easily snug fit your electric piano part into your track.

  • NEW Streamlined interface

    Redesigned from the ground up, the new interface now divides Lounge Lizard EP-4 into three panels: Play presents shortcuts to the main piano and effect parameters including bypass switches for quick edits; Edit lets you get under the hood and voice the piano to taste; while FX supplies equalizer, compressor, multi-effect, and reverb processors for final shaping duties.

  • NEW Limiter

    The new output limiter protects your ears and monitors during experimentation with the piano's physical modeling parameters while providing a maximum of distortion-free dynamics.

  • NEW Bank and program manager

    Lounge Lizard EP-4's new manager allows simple and efficient organization, backup, and sharing of your sounds.

  • UPDATED Overhauled effects

    Reinvigorated, polished, and tuned especially for the electric piano, Lounge Lizard EP-4's multi-effect processor features our best sounding chorus, delay, phaser, flanger, distortion, notch filter, wah-wah, auto-wah, and reverb to date!

  • NEW Microtonal tunings via Scala scale files

    Lounge Lizard EP-4 now supports the Scala scale file format for microtonal music making.

  • NEW Native 64-­bit AU, VST, and AAX plug­-ins

    Lounge Lizard EP-4 now runs in native 64-bit on Mac OS X and Windows making it compatible with the latest sequencers.

§ Try Lounge Lizard EP-4 now for free §

Fully functional. Less than 33.0 MB to download. Seconds to install.

Lounge Lizard EP-4
Windows Installer
32.1 MB

Lounge Lizard EP-4
Mac OS X Installer
31.9 MB

Live or in the studio

Lounge Lizard is a versatile instrument that will meet all your electric piano needs.

Library

Over 240 inspiring presets covering the Rhodes and Wurlitzer sounds popularized by legends, custom electric pianos, classic track sounds, and wild experimentation. The factory library covers about every electric piano need and more. more…

Performance

Direct access to key effect and piano parameters to perfectly match the tone to your performance. Play your piano through different cabinet, pre-amp, microphone, and recorder signal paths typically used with electric pianos. more…

Edition

Hammer, tone, tine, pickup—Lounge Lizard is built around the modeling of real piano components. Custom pianos can be created with just a few tweaks, a job that took hours of painstaking work on real-life instruments. The factory library is filled with carefully designed pianos but you will have fun servicing your own. more…

Effects

The Effects panel wraps up Lounge Lizard EP-4 as an all-inclusive package with awesome polishing tools at your hands to match a classic track sound, create custom tones, or simply go wild. more…

§ Everything you need from start to finish §

Lounge Lizard comes with an extensive preset library that is simply inspiring—giving you access to the Rhodes and Wurlitzer sounds popularized by musical legends like Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Stevie Wonder, and George Duke. There is a choice of pure and true tones as well as a selection of processed ones courtesy of the high-end effect section.

§ Playful §

The feeling of playing a real instrument

Find this elusive piano tone

Electric piano players seem to be divided into two camps: Rhodes or Wurlies. Whatever the preferences both instruments have been popularised in thousands of songs by legendary musicians. With its extensive library of custom tones and its authentic playing feel, Lounge Lizard will provide you with a truly inspiring electric piano experience.

Alive beneath your fingers

There is something quite immersive when a connection develops between the player and the instrument. Whether it's the perfectly smooth velocity progression or the interactive reaction to your performance, Lounge Lizard makes that connection happen.

A short history of the electric piano

§ Under the hood §

Forget about screwdrivers, wrenches, and solder irons. With Lounge Lizard, custom tuning that took hours is now just a few tweaks away.

Custom tone

Famous players all had their own signature sound. This was achieved by tedious manual adjustments of forks, hammers and pickups. Whether you are looking to emulate a particular sound or simply find your own, you have direct access to all piano components.

Hammer

Control the attack with the hammer. Adjust the force of the impact, the stiffness of the hammer and the noise it makes. Modulate these across the whole keyboard range or depending on the MIDI velocity.

Fork

A sweet sound is produced when the hammer hits the fork. Control the tone and its envelope by selecting material and natural decay of the tone and tine bars forming the fork.

Pickup

Like in an electric guitar, a pickup near the fork captures its vibration. Adjust the pickup position and control distortion. Get a warm smooth tone or make your piano growl or bark.

Damper

Control how dampers are raised from or applied on the fork and make the attack and release of a note clean or noisy.

Tremolo

Adjust the tremolo to perfection. Use a triangle shape for a smooth effect or a soft square wave to obtain a chopped effect typical of suitcase pianos.

Electric piano tuning
Electric piano workings

§ Bare naked—All suited up §

You’ll love the pure raw sound of Lounge Lizard EP-4, but the built-in effects will bring it to so many places that you’ll enjoy having them on hand.

And you have a chock-full of them to choose from: compressor, equalizer, delay, distortion, phaser, chorus, flanger, wah wah and notch filters, and reverb.

Beyond electric piano

Weather it is through the use of strange effect combinations or setting the piano parameters to extreme values, Lounge Lizard can really become a wild beast. It retains the playability of a keyboard instrument but sounds beyond anything you have heard from an electric piano before.

Classic tracks

The electric piano has marked the history or rock and jazz. The factory library showcases many presets designed around effects typically with pianos and reproducing the distinctive sound of classic tracks.

§ Tutorials §

Learn more on how to use Lounge Lizard EP-4

More than one hour of tutorials

A complete video series of tutorials on Lounge Lizard EP-4 made in collaboration with Groove3. Learn all about the ergonomics, the modules, and the sound of our electric piano.

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§ Buzzing Around §

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WINDOWS · MAC OS X · 32-/64-bit
§ VST · AU · RTAS · AAX Native · NKS · STANDALONE §

Lounge Lizard EP-4 is compatible with nearly all DAWs.

  • Ableton Live

    Ableton

    Live

  • Apple GarageBand

    Apple

    GarageBand

  • Apple Logic Pro

    Apple

    Logic Pro

  • Apple MainStage

    Apple

    MainStage

  • Avid Pro Tools

    Avid

    Pro Tools

  • Bitwig Bitwig Studio

    Bitwig

    Bitwig Studio

  • Cakewalk Sonar

    Cakewalk

    Sonar

  • Cuckos Reaper

    Cockos

    Reaper

  • Image-Line FL Studio

    Image-Line

    FL Studio

  • MOTU Digital Performer

    MOTU

    Digital Performer

  • Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol

    Native Instruments

    Komplete Kontrol

  • Native Instruments Maschine

    Native Instruments

    Maschine

  • Presonus Studio One

    Presonus

    Studio One

  • Propellerhead Reason

    Propellerhead

    Reason

  • Steinberg Cubase

    Steinberg

    Cubase

Mac minimum system requirements*

  • Mac OS X 10.7 or later
  • Intel Core processor or later
  • 512 MB of RAM
  • 70 MB of free hard drive space

PC minimum system requirements*

  • Windows 7 32‑/64‑bit or later
  • Intel Core or equivalent processor
  • 512 MB of RAM
  • 70 MB of free hard drive space

*The minimum system requirements mentioned above are for standalone usage. For plug-in usage, please refer to your DAW software requirements (Sonar, Pro Tools, Cubase, Live, Digital Performer, Logic Pro, etc.).

Neat features

The benefits of physical modeling

§ Ready to buy? §

Select from among these options.

What type of copy protection does Lounge Lizard EP-4 use?

All AAS instruments use a proprietary copy protection based on a challenge/response mechanism.

Can I re-authorize Lounge Lizard EP-4 if I upgrade or change my computer, or have a computer crash?

The license agreement for Lounge Lizard EP-4 allows authorization on up to two computers which belong to you. You might need, however, more than two authorizations if for example, you get a new computer or change some piece of hardware such as the hard drive. In these situations, it won't be a problem to obtain additional authorizations.

With your product serial number, you will be able to generate two different authorizations every 90 days directly from our website. Beyond that threshold, you will have to provide an explanation of why you need an additionnal authorization.

Do you offer educational pricing?

We do offer educational discounts on our products to students and teachers. Site licenses, representing a substantial savings on the regular price of the products, are also available to educational institutions. For more information on educational pricing or to order please contact sales by email or phone.

What’s included with my purchase?

  • Links to the Windows and Mac OS X installers (less than 33.0 MB)
  • Serial number
  • License for two computer installations (e.g. a laptop and desktop)
  • Standalone application (runs without a plug-in host)
  • VST, RTAS, and AAX Native plug-ins for Windows
  • AU, VST, RTAS, and AAX Native plug-ins for Mac OS X
  • Manual (PDF)
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