Why we made it in the first place?
We wanted to capture the wide range of styles and emotions that the electric guitar is currently creating in todays’s Film and TV.
We love creating libraries that capture that nostalgic sound; but from the very beginning of our planning for this library we new that there was a real need for creating a guitar based library that would really be able to capture what is current, fresh and happening right now in Film and TV.
The goal was to create a library that would be equally adept at setting the mood in any type of media whether it be Film, TV, Sound Design, Documentaries, Games, Film Trailers, Commercials and of course Contemporary Cinematic and Ambient records.
So we looked to see what composers and musicians like Michael Brooke, Tyler Bates, Coldplay, Hans Zimmer, Explosions in the Sky, John Murphy, Gustavo Santaolalla and way too many others were doing.
How it was made?
Because there’s such a wide range of styles we wanted to present in this library, we knew that we would have to spend quite a bit of time mapping out the styles that are currently popular, figuring how they tick, the particular vibe and feel that each of the genres give, and what type of studio, gear and players would be needed to make this project absolutely slammin. After mapping out what would be the recording schedule and process, We spent some time writing, arranging and coming up with the core ideas that would become each of the library’s kits. Guitar Soundscapes was created at two different studios, one in Los Angeles and the other in Nashville (the reason for the different studios this is because we try really hard to use the appropriate players, studios and gear for this library) Then after the core ideas were locked in and finalized we spent many, many days of recording and overdubbing parts.
What was the gear used on Guitar Soundscapes?
Amplifiers: Bad Cat-Hot Cat 30, Gibson GA 20-RVT, Elmwood-Modena 90, Mesa Boogie-Tremo Verb Dual Rectifier
Speakers: Marshall JCM 800 Cabinet (Shure SM57 Microphone), Gibson GA 20-RVT (Audix I-5 Microphone)
Guitar Pedals: Morley Wah, MXR Dyna Comp-Modification, Visual Sound H20, Boss DD5, Strymon-Blue Sky Verberator
Plug-ins: Soundtoys – Echoboy, TL Space -Trillium LAbs, iZotope RX, Steven Slate VCC and FG-X
Guitars: Paul Reed Smith (Customized), Tyler Strat, Gibson Les Paul Standard, Yamaha AES-1500
Xtras: Glass, Metal Slides, Ebows and lots of coffee!
What does the library contain?
It was absolutely imperative that we create the Kontakt KLI version for the Guitar Soundscapes library. We wanted to really be able to access all of the amazing features and functionality that the Kontakt allows. They library contains 20 kits packed full of luscious delayed guitars, gorgeous shimmery pad guitars, ebow guitars, haunting echo guitars, ambient guitars, chilling slide guitars, rhythmic pulse guitars, distorted reversed guitars and so many more. Each of the kits in Guitar Soundscapes contains three separate and distinct guitar sounds/parts with multiple song sections for each of the guitar parts; giving you total creative freedom to tweak the amount of depth and texture to your hearts content!
One of my favorite things we’ve included is an enormous 1 GB of Xtra Guitar Pads, Sound Effects, One-Shots, Melodies and Noises categorized into various emotions like anger, horror, hurt and many more; as well as ebow guitar, guitar harmonics (pinched and hammered), guitar chords (major and minor with chord inversions), guitar slides, guitar string noise and pulse guitars which can be used to add rhythmic texture to tracks.
Here are the details for Guitar Soundscapes
– 6.6 GB of material (3.3 GB of 24-bit WAV files)
– 1867 files in WAV, REX and Apple Loops (843 WAV Loops)
– 20 Massive Construction Kits
Each kit contains a demo mix, each and every melodic, rhythmic and textural element broken out into stackable song sections, allowing you to mix and match and tweak to your hearts content.
– 1 GB of Xtras of 24-bit WAV files (332 WAV files)
Guitar Pads, Sound Effects, One-Shots, Melodies and Noises categorized into various emotions like anger, horror, hurt and many more.There is a section of ebow guitar, guitar harmonics (pinched and hammered), guitar chords (major and minor with chord inversions), guitar slides and guitar string noise. There is also a large section of pulse guitars which are categorized by bpm and can be used to add rhythmic texture to tracks.
If you haven’t had a chance to check Guitar Soundscapes out yet, head on over to Product Page and download the Free Sampler Pak!