Download sales are available in our Webstore and Physical sales (boxed with USB drives) are handled exclusively through our Authorized Resellers. We highly recommend the physical boxed version, since you can get the best deals and have the fastest install experience with the USB drives.

Because of the size of our instruments, we don't offer Demo versions. However, you can contact one of our local dealers in your area to arrange a live demo of Keyscape. To find a local dealer in your area, please contact your local Authorized Resellers.

No. Keyscape is sold separately as a unique virtual instrument. Fortunately once it's been purchased, Omnisphere users can also enjoy that Keyscape integrates beautifully within Omnisphere as a "Satellite Instrument". The amazing Keyscape Creative Library can then also be accessed within Omnisphere for customers that own both instruments. A great reason to use both!

Yes to both! There are alternative forms of installation available to registered users - no matter which edition you originally purchased. Spectrasonics is keenly aware that there are numerous scenarios when the convenience of downloading or the speed of USB drives would be a preferred form of installation for different types of users. If you need a download installation, you can access that in the REINSTALL tab of your User Account. In our webstore we also have a Support Services area that offers Alternative Installation USB Drives if you need them - available for purchase in our Webstore for registered users.

No. There is a single version of Keyscape that offers two installation options: “Full” (80GB) which installs the complete collection of instruments, or “Lite” (30GB), which installs a smaller selection of essential instruments for live performance.

Spectrasonics doesn't offer student discounts, however qualifying schools and institutions can participate in our EDU program.

Please see the License Transfer FAQs area of the Knowledgebase for more info on our License Transfer Policy.

Keyscape comes with over 500 sounds!

Yes! The highly dynamic and expressive instruments in Keyscape have been recorded with incredible depth, so it is important to set Keyscape to respond properly to your keyboard controller. We've included a variety of velocity curves optimized specifically for the most popular keyboard and controllers - a list which is growing all the time.

Different sounds benefit from different controls (Pickup selection for Clavinets®, Character controls for pianos, Tremolo for electric pianos, etc.) so they are specially crafted for each Patch. The Custom Controls give you the ability to extensively tailor these sounds to your music.

Yes. If you want to modify a sound beyond what the Custom Controls allow, you can do it by loading it within Omnisphere 2.

You can create your own layered “Duos” when you load Keyscape sounds inside Omnisphere 2. While you’re there you can further modify the sounds using the full power of the STEAM engine and even combine Keyscape and Omnisphere sounds.

You can right-click on the control and MIDI Learn it to your Mod Wheel.

Yes! All Patches that use Wah/Envelope Filters are programmed to be controlled from the Mod Wheel and Foot Controller.

The "Lite" installation includes a small collection of models that uses only 30 GB of drive space - perfect for live rigs. You will find sounds created using the following:

Keyscape includes a standalone application and VST/AU/AAX plug-in platforms that work in all the major DAWs and hosts.

Yes. The size the full Keyscape library uses in your drive (80 GB) is actually compressed using lossless audio compression. Uncompressed, the library is over 200 GB! So when we say the library is “huge,” we really mean it!

No, Keyscape is its own instrument, and a very powerful one! Having said that, loading Keyscape sounds in Omnisphere will allow you to further modify them using Omnisphere's synthesis features, as well as creating layers and splits, combining them with Omnisphere sounds. The possibilities are truly endless!

STEAM™ is our in-house core technology that is the foundation of Omnisphere, Trilian and a new generation of Spectrasonics instruments.

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Check our Compatibility FAQs in the Knowledgebase which we keep up to date with the latest info.

Yes, please see the Copy Protection FAQs area of the Knowledgebase for more information on our system.

All our instruments include a comprehensive online Reference Guide, which is accessible directly through the plugin. The integrated Reference Guide is searchable and we can keep it up to date with the software releases.

As with all virtual instruments - the faster the better. Keyscape is designed to run optimally on modern computers. See the System Requirements for more information.

Yes! All our instruments are 64-bit native on both Mac and Windows.

Yes! Keyscape streams from the drive for quick loading of the sounds. Drive streaming is configurable as well.

You can do a “Lite” installation of Keyscape, which includes a smaller selection of instruments that are essential for live performance.

Because of Patch compatibility, Keyscape must always be installed with the “Full” (80 GB) or “Lite” (30 GB) version of the library. Each Patch is quite complex and references multiple parts of the library. Keyscape is not simply a sample library where the focus is to showcase one instrument at a time. Duo Patches, which combine two instruments, are a special part of what makes Keyscape unique!

Yes, although as is the case with all virtual instruments, how well it runs depends on a lot of factors that go beyond the system you have (host, which other plugins are running, etc.). For cases where performance is an issue, Keyscape Patches have a “Thinning” button that loads a version of the sound that uses less resources.

Fast drives are a smart way to go of course. There's a chapter in the Reference Guide devoted to optimizing Performance with Keyscape.

Yes, you can install the library to a secondary or external drive. For best results, we recommend installing Keyscape on a freshly formatted Solid State Drive (avoid using FAT32 format).

In order to load Keyscape sounds into Omnisphere, you'll need Omnisphere version 2.3 or higher.