The Ronroco by Guillermo Guareschi Original price: $29 NOW: $11.60

[peter]

Requires Kontakt 5.6 (full version) or higher.

 

https://audioplugin.deals/product/the-ronroco-by-guillermo-guareschi/ref/384/

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[Fleer]

Was looking at the one from Spitfire the other day, but this one sounds pretty good also at a much lower price point.

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[Brian]

I got this two years ago from Loot Audio when it was under $10.  Sounds very nice.  I checked and not currently on sale at Loot.

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[bapu]

I’ve got the Spitfire Version, else I would have said……

Installed!

So, I’ll just say……

(Spitfire version) Installed!

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[peter]

One thing that stopped me from getting this — or at least hesitating—is the chord mode. First, I really don’t like chord modes on sample libraries, I like to play chords, and having to use one key for a minor triad and another for a major triad is not enjoyable, plus, no suspended, augmented, diminished 6th, 7th, 9th, 11th,etc., chords are available. I at least want to have suspended chords and 7ths and 9ths. Now, I realize this is an inexpensive library, but if you’re going to sample chords, why wouldn’t you have sampled those very standard chords? I can’t imagine that people are only going to play straight triads and never want to reach for even a suspended second or fourth chord.  I don’t get the logic of indie developers that do that, and a lot of them have. When I’ve asked why it’s been left out, I’ve yet to hear a well-founded reason to date.

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[fretman]

You can always draw in your own chords. I do that a lot. You get more control  over how the pick strokes the strings that way. Players don’t always strum evenly across the strings. I often accelerate during the stroke (I’m expecting lots of jokes now – get your minds out of the gutter). But it’s certainly more tedious.

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[peter]

On fretman said

You can always draw in your own chords. I do that a lot. You get more control  over how the pick strokes the strings that way. Players don’t always strum evenly across the strings. I often accelerate during the stroke (I’m expecting lots of jokes now – get your minds out of the gutter). But it’s certainly more tedious.

Thanks. That’s great to know. So that means the developer didn’t sample the chords (which is what I thought was the case and leads to no versality — that is you can’t take a sample triad and turn it into a suspended 2nd or 4th, diminished chord, 6th, 7th, 9th, 11th, etc.) but uses single note samples? And then he’s built a script with an arpeggiator to do chord strums / arpeggiated parts?

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[Brian]

On peter said

On fretman said

You can always draw in your own chords. I do that a lot. You get more control  over how the pick strokes the strings that way. Players don’t always strum evenly across the strings. I often accelerate during the stroke (I’m expecting lots of jokes now – get your minds out of the gutter). But it’s certainly more tedious.

Thanks. That’s great to know. So that means the developer didn’t sample the chords (which is what I thought was the case and leads to no versality — that is you can’t take a sample triad and turn it into a suspended 2nd or 4th, diminished chord, 6th, 7th, 9th, 11th, etc.) but uses single note samples? And then he’s built a script with an arpeggiator to do chord strums / arpeggiated parts?

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This Ronroco library does use extensive chord /arp samples.  There is no scripting for chords or strumming.  I think @fretman was just pointing out the ability to play/draw MIDI chords using the single note articulations.  I will also note that there are note tremolo articulations but they are fixed tempo samples.  Still- for the price it is well sampled and there are quite a few chord/arp samples that some might find useful.  Installed size is @ 3.8 G

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[peter]

On Brian said

On peter said

On fretman said

You can always draw in your own chords. I do that a lot. You get more control  over how the pick strokes the strings that way. Players don’t always strum evenly across the strings. I often accelerate during the stroke (I’m expecting lots of jokes now – get your minds out of the gutter). But it’s certainly more tedious.

Thanks. That’s great to know. So that means the developer didn’t sample the chords (which is what I thought was the case and leads to no versality — that is you can’t take a sample triad and turn it into a suspended 2nd or 4th, diminished chord, 6th, 7th, 9th, 11th, etc.) but uses single note samples? And then he’s built a script with an arpeggiator to do chord strums / arpeggiated parts?

Your friend who keeps the beat.

This Ronroco library does use extensive chord /arp samples.  There is no scripting for chords or strumming.  I think @fretman was just pointing out the ability to play/draw MIDI chords using the single note articulations.  I will also note that there are note tremolo articulations but they are fixed tempo samples.  Still- for the price it is well sampled and there are quite a few chord/arp samples that some might find useful.  Installed size is @ 3.8 G

Thanks for the clarification, Brian. So the library uses loops for the arpeggios and strummed chords? Which is what I thought. Are there up and down strum keys? The tone of the sampled instrument does sound lovely — and I acknowledge I’m super picky when buying sample libraries. I just don’t want to spend money on a library that can’t do what I need, even if it is really inexpensive.

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[Brian]

I think you might be disappointed with it since you are not really interested in the sampled chords, etc.  No up/down strums.  Loot Audio has an info page here with some library details.    I looked back and saw that I paid $7.50 to Loot and got a couple freebies to boot. I did a quick search and came across this Kontakt freebie that I didn’t check out so I don’t know if all the demo phrases are loops.

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[LinkedMusicians]

On Brian said

I think you might be disappointed with it since you are not really interested in the sampled chords, etc.  No up/down strums.  Loot Audio has an info page here with some library details.    I looked back and saw that I paid $7.50 to Loot and got a couple freebies to boot. I did a quick search and came across this Kontakt freebie that I didn’t check out so I don’t know if all the demo phrases are loops.

I have that and it’s on the LinkedMusicians Best Free Kontakt Instruments list (yes, I’m plugging the list again!). Thanks for the insights.

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[fretman]

On peter said

On fretman said

You can always draw in your own chords. I do that a lot. You get more control  over how the pick strokes the strings that way. Players don’t always strum evenly across the strings. I often accelerate during the stroke (I’m expecting lots of jokes now – get your minds out of the gutter). But it’s certainly more tedious.

Thanks. That’s great to know. So that means the developer didn’t sample the chords (which is what I thought was the case and leads to no versality — that is you can’t take a sample triad and turn it into a suspended 2nd or 4th, diminished chord, 6th, 7th, 9th, 11th, etc.) but uses single note samples? And then he’s built a script with an arpeggiator to do chord strums / arpeggiated parts?

Your friend who keeps the beat.

I don’t know what this developer did. Since you mentioned you didn’t like their chord mode, I was just stating the method I use to get more flexibility in strumming. If you liked their sound, you can bypass their chord mode and manually make your own chords. It can still be a useable product.

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