Thrumming Textures: Acoustic Guitar
Texture created from a Cort acoustic guitar close-miked using a single AKG C451 B.
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!
By Dan Keen
London-based composer, producer, musician and logophile