Hi Big Fish fans. My name is David Das and I’m the product manager behind Electri6ity. While Electri6ity itself took more than three years to develop, the real breakthrough in sampling technology is a culmination of decades of sampler evolution and innovative ideas. Twenty years ago, our concept of sampling was largely, “Stick a mic in front of the violin, let the player play middle C, then play back that recording of middle C when the keyboard player plays middle C.” That’s the very ground level of sample libraries. In a very rough sense, that’s what the famous Mellotron did in the early sixties.
Then the next leap in innovation came as samplers became capable of handling velocity layers (i.e. play a note softly, and trigger a recording of the violin playing softly, which is very different in character from the violin playing loudly). Chromatic sampling increased realism some more, as samplers relied less on pitch stretching (which always produces artifacts). Release layers (the sound the instrument makes upon releasing a note) added more.
Electri6ity takes all of that to a much greater degree. With Electri6ity, we’ve basically deconstructed the electric guitar into its tiniest fragments: pick noise, sustains, releases, and so much more. We’ve found ways to represent playing styles, like vibrato and legato, convincingly. We’ve designed new ways to simulate some of the most amazing details, like pick position and angle, string resonance, amp behaviors, bends, unison bends…all of this so that when you sit down to play any of the Electri6ity guitars, the massively complex engine behind it can effortlessly re-create the experience of playing an electric guitar for you.
Don’t believe me? Watch composer Rich Friedman show you:
The month of May brought the release of several new products for Big Fish
Audio, none more anticipated than Vir2’s Electri6ity. With more than 24,000
24-bit samples and the most advanced scripting to date, it’s no surprise that
Electri6ity quickly claimed the top instrument spot of the month, even though it was released two weeks in. Judging from the initial response from its user base, I have a feeling this product is in for a long
ride at the top.
On the loop side of things, Cinematic Percussion grabbed the top honors, followed
closely by Kings of the South: Dirty Crunk Kits and Urban Inspiration. Also
breaking into the top ten were two new products from Nova loops, Urban Pop
Heat and Hustla Anthems.
Hello everyone, here is this weeks update with our latest and greatest downloads. =)
Drum Drops released quite a bit of material for us this week. Soundsystem Vocals Vol.1, and Soundsystem Vocals Vol.2 are two reggae vocal packs that are really well done. They also expanded on their Fistful of Drummers series by bringing in Fistful of Drummers Vol.2 and they’ve created a new series that I think is going to be great, Drum Drops in Ska Vol.1.
Industrial Strength Records is still a fresh face to our website and definitely a worthy addition. This week they released Analog Explorer and Computer Core. Now Analog Explorer was produced by Xtront (if you don’t know who he is, you might want to) and let me tell you, he did an incredible job with the drums!
Bringing in the tail end of this section is the well known Future Loops. They released House Fragments and Beatbox All-Stars this week and you need to do a drive by listen. Seriously! Beatbox All-Stars is amazing and the talent they got to record with is jaw dropping (all their names are in the product description).
That’s it for downloads this week. Make sure to stop by www.bigfishaudio.com and listen to all the great things we have going on.
In this post I am going to give you my picks of the month and focus on two outstanding guitar loop libraries we’ve recently released. First on my list is Off the Hook Guitars. Off the Hook Guitars continues in a long line of worldwide hits in the “Off the Hook” series. There is something special that can happen to a Hip Hop or R&B track when you add the element of a live played guitar. Whether your looking for licks or leads, rhythm parts, or wah wah guitars you’ll find it all in this jam packed library. These expertly played and recorded guitars are definitely Off the Hook!
My second library recommendation for the month is Studio Guitars: The Michael Ripoll Project. Michael Ripoll is an A level guitarist working in the studio and on tour with some of the biggest names in the industry. Working with Michael on this project was a lot of fun. His range of talent and mastery of so many different styles is astounding. This is truly evident in this library as it contains over 1,000 loops ranging from rock to country, jazz, to funk. This is a must have library that will be an asset in many many music productions for years to come. (Currently Michael is working on a couple new projects for Big Fish Audio, so keep your eye out for their release later this year).
Now that you know my picks of the month go ahead and check them out yourselves. Both of them contain a free sample pack for you to download and try out yourself. On top of that I would like to personally offer our Blog readers a coupon code good for $20 dollars off either of these products for the month of June. Enter BRGPC1 at check out to receive your discount on one or both of these products!