Interestingly, the library comes bundled with a demo version of Native Instruments' Guitar Rig plug-in - a clever addition from a marketing Only a few patterns, they are a good base from which to kick off. Alternatively, the supplied MIDI patterns can control the rhythm, and you just insert your own chord choices. Modes are another Godsend: you can play a chord and then either strum it, pick it or both, again with recourse to pull-offs and slides forĪdded realism. You can even then change the pace of the slide itself.

Over and above that there's a cunning slide mode, where youĬan create your own slides rather than being limited to pre-recorded ones. I would use up most of this page if I were to list the switches (as many as 59 on some patches), but suffice to say all the usual suspectsĪre present such as hammer-ons, pull-offs, falls, mutes, flageolet and so on. Layers, and others with only a limited number of articulations, in case you need to limit memory use. There are, however, medium and light patches for each, with fewer velocity Neck with keyswitches and automatable control parameters. Arriving in Kontakt 2 format, it is bundled with a copy of the Kontakt 2 Player.Ĭontinuing the current trend towards playability right out of the box, the actual number of patches is limited, but each one is filled to the Nine instruments: nylon and steel, mandolin, banjo and then three electric guitars (clean, chorus and blues) alongside two jazz guitars

Chord Mode, Different Slide Modes, Solo Mode (hammer on/pull off), Harmonizer, Electric/acoustic blending, different Release-Controls, different attack -controls, Fall Control, Rattle Control, Automatic Up- and Downstroke, Bridge- and Center playing, Reverb, Chorus, Delay, Flanger, Phaser, Filter included, IKM AmpliTube 3 Custom Shop includedĪnother day, another guitar library, this time from prolific composer and all-round sample genius, Chris Hein.

Thanks to Native Instruments' genius script feature, Chris Hein - Guitar is easy to control.

With about 40.000 samples and 10 GB content, its one of the largest guitar libraries available. Thousands of samples, many articulations and dynamics all in one preset per instrument. Seven Guitars, professionally sampled in one virtual instrumentĬhris Hein - Guitar is an outstanding, sampled virtual guitar library.

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