Thrumming Textures: Acoustic Guitar
Texture created from a Cort acoustic guitar close-miked using a single AKG C451 B.
ByDan Keen
The story
In a series of new submissions called Thrumming Textures, beginning here, I present my Cort acoustic guitar. I have had this instrument for about 8 years and have never managed to play it properly. Despite that, I regularly record it, often playing just one voice at a time to form a larger textural pad under my arrangements.
This library is a diatonically sampled, single-dynamic-layer instrument, close-miked using a single AKG C451 B. I sampled each note twice to add stereo width; using my finger on one side and plectrum on the other. I used some EQ and compression to glue it together and added a subtle delay up an octave to give it a bright edge.
A special thanks to Matt Mahan for putting together a Kontakt version!
I hope you find this library to be useful!
Reviews
Repeating tone of very soft guitar sound
Softly repeating guitar. It is just like how he has done with Strings library I think. I found this very inspiring, just by pressing one key you get this!
Cool Guitar Textures
These kind of textural Guitar sounds are so useful. Just hold down a chord and listen to how the Guitar keeps playing. There is a nice randomness to the timing, which works really well as an ambient bed for other instruments. It might just not work as well if you need something with a very strict timing. Overall this is a another great entry in this awesome series.
Great Thrumming Guitar
Another great entry in the "Thrumming" series from Dan. This time, the acoustic guitar takes the stage. It has a range of tones that can actually help it sit well in various projects. Subtle effects on this help bring out the character of the library. Highly recommended!