User Manual

ALICIA’S KEYS User Manual – 8
2 Getting Started
This section will take you through a few basic tasks to get you started with your new piano.
These steps will help you begin to get the sound you want out of ALICIA’S KEYS. For more detail
on how the various controls work, refer to the Interface and Operation section of this manual.
2.2.1 Choosing a Preset
Once you’ve experimented a bit with the dry sound, try the different factory presets until you
nd a suitable sound. Each preset represents the sound of the piano in a different room, and
whether you are hearing the sound from behind the piano or from the audience.
2.2.2 Setting the Ambience
For more control over the Room settings, check out the Room controls. Press the Settings
button to open up the Settings window. Here you can adjust the digital ambience and select
the type of room you want the piano to be played in. You’ll hear how each room experiences
different reverb amounts when the piano is played. You can also choose the perspective of
where the sound of the piano is being heard from here, artist or audience.
2.2.3 More Authentic Sound
ALICIA’S KEYS has many controls for tweaking the piano to produce a more authentic instru-
ment sound. A few of these controls can be found in the Noise settings, under the Noise tab
in the Settings window. Here you can adjust the sounds produced when keys are played and
released as well as the sound the pedal makes while being played. Finally you can adjust the
level of static microphone noise to create that old-school sound.