EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Guitar is one of the hardest instrument to sample. Keyboards are mechanic. But guitars are played with hands.
When you play a note, you have a large choice of different way to play the same note, depending on the string you use, the way you place your finger...

There is a funy things here http://www.creamware.de/en/Products/Software/CreamWare/Six-String/examples.asp
It claims to be a virtual simulation of a real guitar. Listening the demo is a real experience :)
This one is hum... interesting: six-string guitar demo 

Here is what they say : 
"When working with samples to authentically simulate the sound of a stringed instrument you'll soon run up against the limits of sampling technology. The sound of an oscillating string is just too detailed and dynamic to emulate with a static sample.For this reason Six-String employs a newly developed physical modeling technique. The fundamental Six-String sound production technology was developed by Dr. Rudolf Rabenstein and Dr. Lutz Trautmann at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. Their wholly new mathematical approach for the first time models a "genuine" string, with all its physical characteristics, in real time. Multiple factors - string diameter and tension, rigidity and excitation type etc. - are editable and have exactly the same influence over the sound as in the real world."

Guitarists, your comments are welcome! Is your time over? Is Sampling time over as they say?

Nikko


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jer Olsen" <HELP@...>
To: "EXS Users" <exs-users@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 10:28 PM
Subject: Re: [exs] Re: guitar libraries


> My point is it could have been far better with not much more effort,
> certainly not any more expertise. What they are charging is a complete
> rip-off unless you've got money to spare. For me personally, the one-octave
> crap is unforgivable. If it works for you, great! I'm happy for you
> (seriously), but I think for anybody in search of a "virtual guitar" the
> instrument is completely laughable. I'm not saying the existing sounds suck,
> although their generic quality leaves passion to the wayside IMO. What I am
> saying is that I still have to hire a session player and am out hundreds of
> dollars anyway (not really... I sold it). Alas, I've beaten this dead horse
> to a pulp and I digress heavily. I just don't understand why anyone would be
> impressed with this, dare I say, instrument. Let me say this in closing. If
> it were at least 2-3 octaves of samples, I would have kept it. 11 keys is a
> joke if you ask me. It's like asking to play Mozart on a xylophone. Sure it
> sounds nice... to a point. -Jer
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> > It's not a guitar library and isn't sold as one. But I just don't
> > understand why everyone disses it so much. It is what it is: a
> > limited but useful guitar part generator.
> > 
> > I don't think its design is conducive to great art, but then you
> > could say that of most products on the market.
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