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INTRODUCTION
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UNLOCKING THE LOUNGE LIZARD EP
The Lounge Lizard is copy protected with a challenge/response key system. When you
first launch the Lounge Lizard after installation, you will be asked to provide a
response to a challenge written in the unlock window. To get your response, go to the
unlock page on our web site at:
http://www.applied-acoustics.com/unlock.htm
and follow the instructions. You can also send an email containing your challenge and
serial number at:
[email protected]
You will receive your response by email within one business day (mon-fri).
1.4
ACTION AND COMPONENTS OF A CLASSIC ELECTRIC PIANO
The electric piano was invented by Harold Rhodes (1910-2000) during the forties
when he was in the army. The first instruments he built were made of aircraft pieces
and were intended to entertain army servicemen. It became a very popular instrument
in jazz and rock and you can still hear it in lots of new musical styles these days.
The mechanism of the electric piano is, in fact, quite simple. A note played on the
keyboard activates a hammer that hits a fork. The sound of that fork is then amplified
by a magnetic coil pick up and sent to the output, very much like an electric guitar.
The fork is made of two parts : the Tine and the tone bar. The Tine is where the mallet
hits the fork. You can get great varieties of sounds with just these basic components.
You can adjust where the mallet will hit the Tine and the position of the pick up. On a
real electric piano, these settings take a long time to adjust. On the Lounge Lizard, all
these settings can be done with the twist of a knob.
The following diagram shows the mechanism of an electric piano and its
corresponding parts on the Lounge Lizard interface.