Musical Sampling has unveiled its latest product, the Hoard Fingerstyle guitar library for Kontakt (full version). The Hoard Fingerstyle is a warm, intimate fingerstyle acoustic guitar, designed to capture the unique personality and vibe that comes from playing the guitar with fingers instead of a pick.
The company once again collaborated with their favorite guitarist, Jason Hoard, to provide performances that focus on the softer side of guitar playing. The “Sustains Hammer Pull” instrument incorporates new scripting that allows musicians to play legato hammer-ons and pull-offs within a polyphonic sustains patch. The developers have praised it as a dream to play, noting that they constantly get lost improvising with it.
In addition, the product includes sustain pedal support that allows musicians to play successive notes without polyphony build-up while retaining its legato capabilities. The Master Legato patch incorporates multiple legato articulations: Natural legato, slide to pluck (with CC slide speed control), hammer-on/pull-off, and slide without plucking – all seamlessly switchable via velocity control.
The company also recorded tempo-synced, 1/4 & 1/8th note loops at five tempos: 80, 100, 120, 140 & 160. These are great for creating fingerstyle patterns, rhythmic beds, and strums. For added versatility, they’ve thoughtfully included tuned and doubler versions of the patches to cater to musicians’ double-tracking requirements.
The Hoard Fingerstyle guitar library boasts a number of features. These include a warm, fingerstyle acoustic guitar, three legato articulations activated by velocity, a sustains patch with legato hammer/pulls, natural & tuned temperament, and adjustable reverb of custom hall impulse.
The introductory offer for the Hoard Fingerstyle guitar library is currently 29% off, with the offer expiring on March 18th.
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