Maybe it's because they're missing some of the nuances of a real guitar performance (i.e., pick scrapes, etc.) - it may also be the effects and playing that result in this.
Second, the current demos (here and at the BigFishAudio website) sound - and I'm not sure how to put this gently, except to be candid about it - sterile, synth-like and robotic to my ears, not at all like a real guitar performance. First, kudos on the guitar selection - that is pretty much a dream collection of electric guitars. I've pretty much been obsessed with playing electric guitar on keys since the 80s and I have a pretty sizable collection of electric guitar sample libraries and VSTs. I've tracked it through third-party sites and finally found info today at ). I've been watching for this product with great interest - Googling on a regular basis (you Vir2 guys should get this up at the site ASAP.
Re: Small teaser: Vir2 Electri6ity (almost 200.000 multi-samples of electric guitars - announced today at NAMM) If you are going to vist NAMM make sure you'll visit Bigfish Audio/Vir2 (Booth #6514) for a live demonstration! :D Each of the two demos above uses only two keyswitches! You can control the morphing from dead muted to sustain either by velocity or by modwheel (or by expression pedal or any other CC you'll setup), so there is no need for constant keyswitching.
If you put all samples in a play list and listen to them non-stop for 24 hours a day, you'll need almost two full weeks to listen to all samples! Electri6ity features physical correct/dynamic sympathetic resonance which isn't based on samples or simple convolution. It's *not* powered by the K4 AET feature, we use a custom way to do the morphing without phasing problems. The articulation morphing (for example from muted to sustain, from sustain notes to pinch harmonics or from soft to loud) has no phasing-issues. Electri6ity makes use of all new K4 GUI features allowing easy handling and setup.
Each instrument is powered by more than 42.000 lines of code - that should hold the record for the most complex KSP script ever at moment! We're confident that the world hasn't seen anything like Electri6ity before. Play fluid lines in real time using the legato engine, play chords using the chord detection engine which understands almost 2000 different chords, easily double-track, do unison bends, strum, pick, trill, tremolo pick, slide.all of this is built into the Electri6ity engine and full editing control is given over each of these parameters. Advanced string and fretboard positioning is performed by artificial intelligence which adapts to your playing. Downstrokes, upstrokes, seamless velocity layers, ghost notes, mutes, flageoletts, hammer-ons, pulloffs, slides, releases, and FX.all are included in every guitar.Įlectri6ity also utilizes the most advanced scripting to date, including the revolutionary Articulation Morphing Technology (A.M.T.) and Velocity Morphing Technology (V.M.T.) allowing for the seamless morphing from dead mute to sustain or from soft to loud. Every fret of every string was sampled for an absolutely authentic guitar sound. Three pickup options (front, rear, and mixed) are available on every guitar.
More than 24,000 24-bit samples were taken of each guitar. PS: For everyone knowing me from the earlier days of the Kontakt Scripting forum here at VI - this is the result of more than three years of work on this electric guitar libraryĪfter more than three years of development, Vir2 Instruments presents Electri6ity, an epic electric guitar virtual instrument containing the most advanced, detailed, and versatile collection of electric guitars ever made in a virtual instrument.Įlectri6ity contains eight of the most famous and distinguished guitar tones from the history of the instrument: the Strat, Tele, P90, Les Paul, Rickenbacker, Danelectro Lipstick, ES335, and L4.
Retweets of the announcement message before Monday will be entered in a giveaway for a free copy of Electri6ity! If you have a Twitter account feel free to visit. Here is the MP3 of the background music without the FX:Īlmost the same riff as in the trailer video but this time clean: A short trailer of the upcoming electric guitar library "Electri6ity" by Vir2 is online now: