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On peter said

Evolution Guitar Wishlist:

• A Dobro / Resonator Guitar – I’ve been wanting one of these forever. There was a developer that made one a decade ago, and I helped him name with naming or something, and I have his library, but it’s not a very user-friendly, intuitive library that can be played in real time without remembering a bunch of keyswitches. I want libraries that I can play in real time and get a realistic-sounding performance without editing MIDI. Consequently, I’d LOVE to see an Evolution resonator guitar.

Oh man, we have several already recorded and the samples chopped up… They’re in the category of instruments that will require the new Evolution engine to support the slide playing. They’ll expand on the tech originally used in our SLIDE Acoustic and SLIDE Lap Steel libraries. With how realistic and expressive the vibrato/slides came out in those two libraries, I’m really excited for how they’ll turn out!

• Ibanez TOD10N nylon string acoustic-electric guitar (yes, Tim Henson inspired)

That would be a cool one to sample, especially if it covered extended techniques like tapping, tapped artificial harmonics, and those sorts of things that Tim Henson uses all the time. I think the piezo pickup is a big part of this particular guitar sound, too. It works nicely with effects, and really helps bring out the sustain and clarity in those extended techniques that tend to be naturally quieter.

• A Wurly  – A Wurly library done with the same level of depth as the Famous E and with a lot of presets would be a dream come true for Wurly fans. Yes, there are a bunch of Wurly sample libraries on the market, so it might not be a giant seller. I think the best sounding ones are from SonicCouture and AcousticSamples. I love how the latter gets the clunk of the keys in the samples just right. What MOST Wurly sample libraries and plugins fail mightily at is what makes a Wurly have such incredible character — its dynamics. It’s sweet when you play gently and it has bite when you really slam it. I think the Orange Tree Samples treatment would absolutely make the best Wurly library on the planet.

I’ve been doing research on these. It seems like the 200A and 140B have pretty distinct sounds, so it seems like it would be ideal to sample both. A lot of the challenge is tracking down one that’s well-maintained, plus they can get pretty expensive, too…

• A Valente electric piano – To my ears, it’s somewhere in between a Wurly, a Rhodes and a Hohner Pianet. I don’t know of any existing sample library made from it.

I haven’t heard of those–I’ll check them out!

Greg Schlaepfer
Orange Tree Samples
https://www.orangetreesamples.com

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