My concerns with Neo Soul Keys were the CPU hit, the 21GB disk size and whether or not it would sit well in a mix. EP-4 also sounds so 'clean' compared to Neo Soul Keys and I am right now looking more for that Neo Soul vibe. Also, since it was noted above that AAS's EP-4 'may' be up for an upgrade in the not to distant future, I will wait on it. For $49 it will be a good addition to the collection. I also just played through my collection of EPs and I do not have an EP that has the vibe of Neo Soul Keys. I am leaning more toward Neo Soul Keys right now and looking at other threads on the Cakewalk site when Neo Soul Keys v4 was released made it clear that many here have recommended it in the past. All of your replies above have been helpful. So, which would you get, why? Thanks for the help C2 I have the $49 to spend and will get either Lounge Lizard Ep4 or Neo Soul Keys. I have NI's Scarbee, Air's Velvet, Arturia's Stage 73 and Wurly, XLN Audio's version, GSI's Mr Ray and Mr Tramp as well as the Cakewalk version of Lounge Lizard Session. FYI- I already own the full version of Overloud's VKFX suite so Neo Souls inclusion of VKFX will not factor into the choice. Both sound great, both have multiple Rhodes and Wurlys, plus some other Eps.

I suspect Lounge Lizard has less of a hit on the CPU, and I glean from the videos of Neo Soul Keys that it can be demanding on the CPU (correct me if I am wrong). Lounge Lizard has a smaller disk size (63mg) whereas Neo Soul Keys takes up 21GB Lounge Lizard seems a little brighter, whereas Neo Soul Keys seems a little mellower/darker/ and geared for Neo Soul vibe (correct me if I am wrong). Lounge Lizard is modeled, whereas Neo Soul Keys is Sample Based. Which one do you recommend? My upgrade price for Lounge Lizard is $49, which is also the same sale price as Neo Soul Keys desktop version.

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