Guitar Series Vol. 3

• Guitar Pickup selector switch
• Guitar Volume and Tone pots
• Articulation matrix fully customizable
• Keyswitches and momentary keyswitches
• Solo mode
• Power Chords mode
• Chord recognition mode
• Direct chords mode
• Actual guitar chords
• Chord variations
• Strumming and repetition keys
• Strum speed control
• Arpeggio keys
• Extended round robin system
• 12 string guitar emulation
• Volume control for articulations, FX, and noises
• Dynamics control
• Pith bend range controls
• Vibrato Control
• MIDI automatable controls
• +100 Presets (Snapshots) for Kontakt v6
• A convenient auto and manual Wah solution.

Direct LP is our recreation of a solid mahogany body electric guitar, usually with a carved top cap of maple that provides a warm tone and ample sustain. This model includes two humbucking pickups controlled by a 3-way selector switch, 2 volume and 2 tone controls. Our Virtual Instrument provides all 3 pickup positions. Volume and Tone controls for all the pickup positions. Humbucker pickups produce a higher output signal, and also give the tone a mellow quality with less treble frequencies. They have been used in many genres, including rock, country, pop, soul, rhythm and blues, blues, jazz, reggae, punk, and heavy metal.

DirectBACKER 360 is our recreation of  a semi-hollowed body electric guitar which tends to be seen in the British pop scene. This model includes two high gain single-coil pickups controlled by a 3-way selector switch, 2 volume, 2 tone controls and a mix control.  Our Virtual Instrument provides 3 pickup positions. Volume and Tone controls for all the pickup positions. These pickups produce Suitable for many genres, pop, rock, blues, rhythm and blues.

Direct MASTER is our recreation of the an offset-waist body guitar, similar in appearance to the Jaguar. This model includes two unique white Soapbar pickups. Its coil is wound flat and wide giving a warmer thicker tone without losing their single coil clarity. One of the notable features is the pickup circuit featuring thumbwheel controls and a slide switch at the upper end of the pickguard. The slide switch selects between two different pickup circuits, the “lead” and “rhythm” circuits. Our Virtual Instrument focuses on the Lead circuit and provides all 3 pickup positions. Volume and Tone controls for all the pickup positions. The Jazzmaster has a mellower, jazzier tone than a Stratocaster. Its sound is sutable for rock, rythm’blues, blues and jazz. Many guitarists adopted It for surf rock

Because we wanted to capture most of the instrument’s authentic feel, we had to virtually sample all the techniques and articulations used by the guitar players. In addition, we also captured other elements such as fret buzzing, release notes, pick attacks, squeaks and some noises produced when an electric guitar is being played. Thanks to our detailed, and smart scripts, you’ll find all the available options arranged in a very intuitive, and elegant user interface. One of our innovative features is the FX-morph system, which combines the tones of regular articulations with harmonic sustained notes and feedback notes, specially recorded for this particular application.

This new level of expression, unseen in other virtual instruments of the kind,  allows the player to virtually  replicate  the tone  changes produced by the guitarists when they change the pick angle and position, or the feedback effects achieved when the player gets close to the amplifier. One of the features that most influences the tone of an electric guitar, is the type of pickups they have installed, and the layout of the electrical circuit attached to them. In the process of capturing the sounds produced by such a complex instrument as an electric guitar, one of our must desired features was the possibility of choosing any of the available pickup combinations each particular guitar offers. Wiring the pickups directly to a mixing console, does not produce the same sound as passing the signal through the entire electrical circuit. So, in order to capture the authentic sound of the pickups, we decided to relay on a combination of sampling, and modeling.

Analyzing the sonic characteristics of the different pickups and associated circuits, allowed us to obtain a spectrum snapshot of each pickup or pickup combination. By means of state of the art filtering methods, we can bring to you, all the tonal changes and possible pickup combinations. We even captured the guitar’s wood resonance, since we believe it also contributes to the authentic tone of the instrument. The development process and tweaking, required more than three years of hard work, and we believe that all our passion and attention to detail, resulted in a very expressive instrument, of great playability and realism.

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