Finally, there's a completely new three-band semi-parametric EQ module to replace the more basic bass/treble controls of Lounge Lizard 2. The dampers now interact with the Fork parameters, and there's also a new Balance control that alters whether you hear the damper noise in the attack portion of the instrument, in the release phase, or in a mixture of the two.

The Damper module provides more refined modelling of the noise of the dampers being applied to or released from the fork. However, EP3 has a new and improved Fork model, while the two pickup models now offer electromagnetic (Rhodes) and electrostatic (Wurlitzer) options for a much wider range of sounds, plus a keyboard scaling control, so that you can more easily balance levels at the bass and treble ends of the keyboard.

However, the recently arrived Lounge Lizard EP3 sets itself even higher standards in the company's search for physically modelled perfection.Īt the heart of this third incarnation is the same physically modelled combination of a mallet hitting a fork (comprising a tine and tone bar), amplified by a magnetic pickup.

Given the amount of praise that Lounge Lizard has already received for its accurate Fender Rhodes and Wurlitzer models from both artists and the press, you might expect AAS to rest on these laurels and move on to different projects ( see SOS October 2002, for our original review of the instrument). Most recent electric piano virtual instruments have been sample-based, but in Lounge Lizard, AAS continue to fly the flag for their physical modelling technology version 3 offers an improved fork model, plus modelled electromagnetic and electrostatic pickups. Panel B contains the various modules that make up this unique physical string model and allow you to interact with its various parameters.

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