EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Greetings,

I'm in need of a great James Taylor-esque steel string acoustic guitar
sound, preferably for EXS. Any recommendations? (Let's leave out RealGuitar
and Virtual Guitarist for now.) I'm not really looking for pre-played
patterns; just a great library that I can play myself, (though sampled
chords wouldn't hurt, but aren't mandatory). I've heard good things about
Yellow Tools' "Pure Guitars", but the three audio demos on their site don't
demo the steel string; only the nylon string and 12 string.

Again; I'm really looking for that James Taylor soft finger-picked sound.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
-Mark

>>(Let's leave out RealGuitar and Virtual Guitarist for now.) I'm not
>>really looking for pre-played patterns; just a great library that I 
>>can play myself,

Mark, RG isn't all about patterns. You can make your own strums, picks,
solos, dependent on the mode. It can do bends, fret noise, slides. It
has different steel string sounds (finger or plectrum). You can compare
it with a library and use it as a library. And yes, there are a lot of
patterns to choose from too if you buy the full product. It is a totally
different approach than VG.

My only complaint is that I wish RG would have an option to add ones own
chord alternatives, for G for instance (different open strings).

I like RG together with Guitaramp a lot.

Don't know if it suits your James Tayler needs...

Herbert
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On 18.05.2006, at 16:05, Herbert Boland wrote:

> My only complaint is that I wish RG would have an option to add  
> ones own
> chord alternatives, for G for instance (different open strings).


I asked the RealGuitar developer for the G but he refused. Said that  
there are so many chords, he cannot implement "everything". In my  
opinion that is not a good decision because G and G7 with open  
strings are widely used and have a typical sound.

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Peter Ostry

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Peter Ostry
>I asked the RealGuitar developer for the G but he refused. Said that  
>there are so many chords, he cannot implement "everything". In my  
>opinion that is not a good decision because G and G7 with open  
>strings are widely used and have a typical sound.

Sounds like an overworked programmer... But you're absolutely right,
these are distinctive sounds that you definately want to be able to use
in a song.
Maybe I drop him a line as well. He can't persevere in rejecting a good
suggestion.


Herbert
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Herbert,

Thanks for your reply. Based on your response, I loaded up RealGuitar
into my song and gave it a shot. (Frankly it never occured to me to
use it just as a sound source.) Unfortunately it wasn't the right
sound for the particular tune that I'm working on. Thus far, it seems
like Hans Zimmer Guitars II is the only suggestion I've received (from
another forum), but it's a bit pricey. Does anyone have any other
suggestions of another library? Thanks.

-Mark


--- In exs-users@yahoogroups.com, "Herbert Boland" <yahoo@...> wrote:

>
> >>(Let's leave out RealGuitar and Virtual Guitarist for now.) I'm not
> >>really looking for pre-played patterns; just a great library that I 
> >>can play myself,
> 
> Mark, RG isn't all about patterns. You can make your own strums, picks,
> solos, dependent on the mode. It can do bends, fret noise, slides. It
> has different steel string sounds (finger or plectrum). You can compare
> it with a library and use it as a library. And yes, there are a lot of
> patterns to choose from too if you buy the full product. It is a totally
> different approach than VG.
> 
> My only complaint is that I wish RG would have an option to add ones own
> chord alternatives, for G for instance (different open strings).
> 
> I like RG together with Guitaramp a lot.
> 
> Don't know if it suits your James Tayler needs...