12 String Acoustic
Experimental 12 string acoustic guitar sounds.
The story
This sample based instrument is a result of experimenting with my Taylor 12 string acoustic guitar.
As im already a guitarist i’m always able to play n record acoustic or electric guitars in a normal way soo i didnt want to create just another ordinary guitar based instrument… in my opinion there r already plenty of amazingly guitar sample based instruments existing … my aim as a composer was to create a more ambient type instrument that u can use in film scoring or in ambient drone type music as a texture.
This instrument includes 6 layers on top of each other; first 2 layers are; finger style n tremolo sounds, third layer is an e-bow sound. Last 3 layers are bowed sounds. (i used a real violin bow on low n high strings) Each section has its independent volume level so u can mix up any of them according to ur own taste or u can simply use them as a single layer. This instrument shares one enveloper for all layers and 3 effects; reverb, delay and chorus with their parameters included…
***There was a bug with the chorus, moddepth n modrate knobs now its fixed n i uploaded a fixed version…
*I created this sample pack in Decent Sampler format years ago and uploaded it. A friend “Michael”, also known as “mfb” here on Pianobook, has kindly mapped this sample pack for Kontakt Player. Thank you, Michael, for your effort and excellent work! Enjoy the sample pack in Kontakt format!
Interface
Reviews
Amazing!
I was really surprised at the quality of the sound, which really resembles that of a 12-string and not the classic cold, digital emulation of so many other similar products.
For being free, it competes great and even sounds better than other 12-string emulations, which are not free at all.
My best compliments on what you have accomplished.Lovely thing. Gave me inspiration for a new song.
I was trying this out, came up with a simple but pretty two-chord melody, and the next thing I knew I'd added bells, some textures, some Tibetan monks chanting bass, BBC symphony orchestra's cello section, some moroccan drums, some Persian vocalising and had written some lyrics for a song called "Spirals". Thanks Lucy!
By far the best Acoustic guitar library ive ever used!
This library is truly exemplary, and easily the most realistic A-Guitar library ive ever used. The sound is very realistic, definitely more then other 12 string guitar libraries i have heard, and it gives my music so much life! While this might not be the Library for everyone, as it has a bit of background noise, i personally didn't really mind it. ive used this guitar a bit in a soundtrack i have composed, and i am planning to use it more in the near future.
Thank you, Mr.Lucy!
By Lucy Blake
Composer, sound designer n music teacher.