Waves Audio Electric 200 Piano User Guide
Electric 200
Electric 200 Piano
USER GUIDE
Electric 200
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................................................3
WELCOME .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 3
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3
1.1 PRODUCT OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 4
1.2 CONCEPTS AND TERMINOLOGY ............................................................................................................................................................................. 4
1.3 COMPONENTS ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
1.4 FUNCTIONAL BLOCK/FLOW DIAGRAM ................................................................................................................................................................ 5
CHAPTER 2 QUICK START GUIDE ................................................................................................................................................6
CHAPTER 3 INTERFACE AND CONTROLS .................................................................................................................................7
3.1 INTERFACE ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
3.2 CONTROLS ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
3.2.1 Keyboard Control .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 7
TABLE OF CONTENTS
3.2.2 Piano Module .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
3.2.3 Eects Module ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 14
CHAPTER 4 ELECTRIC 200 PIANO STANDALONE APPLICATION ................................................................................. 21
Electric 200
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
Welcome
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Acknowledgement
The Electric 200 Piano samples library was recorded and produced by Yoad Nevo at Nevo Sound Studios in London, UK.
Visit www.yoadnevo.com/.
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Electric 200
1.1 Product Overview
The unmistakable sound of the electric piano has shaped our musical landscape since the 70s. This sound changed the way we
think about the piano, and it opened up many new musical possibilities. Now the sound, feel, and personality of this unique piano is
available from Waves.
Waves painstakingly sampled two well-used electric pianos to capture the nuance and detail of the original sound. The result
is the Electric 200 Piano plugin and standalone application. Every element of the instrument’s sound—down to its beautiful
imperfections—is captured to recreate the magic realism of the original. We’ve gone a few steps further by integrating our
high-quality studio eects and by adding unique features for tone shaping. And there’s a mix section that enables you to use these
tools to put your own personal stamp on this era-dening sound.
Made famous by music giants like Queen, Supertramp and Steely Dan, the timeless reed tone has been featured on countless classic
hits. For this instrument, we have painstakingly sampled two distinct vintage pianos. With precise tone controls and ‘70s inspired
eects, Electric 200 brings that punchy reed tone to life – twice.
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1.2 Concepts and Terminology
The type of electric piano that became a pop, rock, and jazz favorite in the ‘70s was manufactured by the Rudolph Wurlitzer
company starting in the 1950s.
The technology behind the instrument consists of a hammer, similar to the ones in acoustic pianos. The hammer strikes a small
metal reed, which is, in essence, a tone generator. Once struck, this tone generator vibrates, emitting a certain pitch. This vibration is
turned into an electronic signal using a pickup. The overall structure is somewhat similar to a tuning fork.
Electric 200 Piano is powered by WSE, the Waves Sampler Engine, a state-of-the-art multi-sample engine designed to deliver solid,
high-quality performance.
Electric 200
1.3 Components
The Electric 200 Piano has one component: Electric 200 Piano Stereo
Electric 200 Piano is a virtual instrument plugin and will appear under the related selection menus for virtual instruments under all
supported DAW host applications.
Waves Electric 200 Piano works also as a standalone application. It uses ASIO (Windows) or Core Audio (Mac) drivers to play
through your audio device of choice. Electric 200 Piano receives MIDI data to trigger notes and control changes.
1.4 Functional block/flow diagram
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Electric 200
CHAPTER 2: QUICK START GUIDE
Insert Electric 200 Piano on an instrument track in your DAW or launch the standalone application. Start to play and you will
quickly understand how to get the sound you want. There are two modules with which to control the behavior and sound of the
instrument.
Use the top module to create and control eects such as tremolo, phasing, stereo imaging, chorus, and reverb.
Use the bottom module to control the characteristics of the keyboard and the amplier.
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Navigating the presets
Electric 88 Piano presets are managed with the WaveSystem Toolbar at the top of the window.
Use the Next/Previous preset arrow controls on the toolbar to scroll through presets. Click the Load button to reveal all presets.
To learn about saving, loading, and using presets, please refer to the WaveSystem User Guide.
Electric 200
CHAPTER 3: INTERFACE AND CONTROLS
3 .1 I n t e r f a c e
The ELECTRIC 200 Piano interface is arranged into two sections.
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Bottom: The Piano module includes tone controls, a vintage style compressor, and an amplied cabinet that was sampled
with both a condenser mic and a dynamic mic.
Top: The Multi-Eect processor provides modulation eects and reverb.
3.2 Controls
3.2.1 Keyboard Control
At the very bottom there’s a virtual keyboard designed to preview the sound of a note when a keyboard controller is not available.
Use a mouse or similar input device to play a note. This control cannot be automated, but it will follow any MIDI input device.
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