Nashville Mandolin Strummer KONTAKT

P2P | 04 November 2024 | 494.97 MB

If a MIDI library deals with the topic “strumming”, the result can often be very artificial and hideous, even with many popular and well-known libraries. It was our challenge that we develop a strumming library that should sound realistic and is very diverse in its area of application for all music genres. That’s why we took our beloved Collings Mandolin in hand to get that great mandolin sound. We decided to record on a stereo setup with two “Schoeps CMC 5” microphones in XY microphone position with 2 Neve 1073 mic-pres. Then we played chord by chord, countless chords… We cleverly scripted the samples into a small masterpiece in which we can now realistically represent a MANDOLIN in strumming mode.

Nashville Scoring Strings

Team DECiBEL | 16 Jun 2021 | 40.55GB

INTRODUCING A NEW BENCHMARK.

Featuring Nashville’s finest string players at Ocean Way Studios — a world class scoring environment — we dedicated over two years to capturing the expressive performances of the incredible musicians we worked with. Using performance-based sampling techniques, we were able to preserve the subtle details and expressiveness found in real live recordings, all while maintaining the sense of depth found in the room. Every note was analyzed in real time during the sessions to make sure we maintained timbrel consistency. All of the short articulations were sourced from repetition-based performances to maximize fluidity and connectivity. Legato transitions were sampled from musical phrases to translate a level of expression resembling that of a real piece of music. Every aspect of this library was treated with utmost attention to detail and the results are unparalleled.