Vir2 Instruments’ “Fractured: Prepared Acoustic Guitar” is now shipping!
Fractured: Prepared Acoustic Guitar is an innovative new collection of instruments
featuring creative and esoteric samples and manipulations of various acoustic guitars.
Following the tradition begun by Violence, Vir2’s virtual dismembering of a solo violin,
Fractured features 2.3GB of compressed samples and more than one hundred new
instruments with numerous variations and effects built into each. Each patch
features the organic goodness of the acoustic guitar, but stretches its timbre in new
directions to create previously unheard musical effects. Drum kits were made from such
varied techniques as hitting the guitar with a mallet, scraping strings with
fingernails, cardboard, or copper, and for one patch, rice was poured over the guitar.
Long evolving pads were built from acoustic guitar samples that blur the line between
electronic and acoustic. Fractured also features playable and dynamic rhythmic loops
and patterns, multitimbral arpeggiated creations, huge cinematic impacts, gritty electronic
drums, gnarly and etherial melodic instruments, and more innovative sonic goodness.
Depending on the instrument loaded, appropriate knobs for tweaking the instrument appear
in the interface, such as:
– Quantization
– Envelope controls (attack and release)
– Stereo spread
– Lopass and hipass filters
– Layer blend controls
– Effects (reverb, delay, drive, flanger, vibrato, rotator, wobble, and others)
– Autopan control
– Repeater
What an amazing year of releases for Big Fish Audio! 2011 has been a busy and successful year of loop library and virtual instrument releases. We’ve picked the top ten products based on sales, reviews and customer feedback. Here is a look at the top products for 2011.
1. Electri6ity – The ultimate virtual electric guitar instrument.
2. Rig: Urban Workstation – A complete rig of Instruments, Loops and Sound FX for Urban Production.
3. MOJO: Horn Section – The heart and soul, of funk, pop, jazz, and big band horn sections.
4. Q – Instruments and sound design for the big screen.
5. The Crate: Ultimate Urban Samples – Nearly 7GB’s of pure and raw urban samples.
6. Ambient Skyline – An inspiring and unique collection of moody and atmospheric loops and sounds
7. Modern Country – Modern Country construction kits.
8. Pop Rocks – Rock, Pop Soul, and Adult Contemporary.
9. Epic Drums II – Bigger…badder…cinematic percussion.
10. Pop n’ Soul Guitars – An exhaustive collection of R&B, Soul and Pop Guitar loops.
Guitar Soundscapes jumped one spot to the top loop sellar in November with its brilliant collection of cinematic and ambient guitar loops. Pop Rocks and Epic Drums II also held ground following closely behind. One newcomer to the top ten was Rock Cinema. Produced by Majorn9ne for Big Fish Audio (Indie Rock Addiction and Indie Rock Collection Vol. 1) Rock Cinema is an intense collection packed with epic guitars, driving drums, emotional piano hooks and more, perfectly suited for any film score, tv show, commercial or any edgy rock production. With nearly 8GB (4.2GB of original WAV file content) of loops and 16 loaded construction kits full of multiple song sections and variations, this collection is worth its weight!
RiG: Urban Workstation made its way back to the top of the instruments charts followed by MOJO: Horn Section and Electri6ity for the month of November.
Announcing the Big Fish Audio 25 Days of Christmas Sale. Starting December 1st on each day before Christmas, Big Fish Audio will have four products priced to spread holiday cheer!
Savings up to 30%
You’ll find discounts all the way up to 30% off the manufacturer’s retail price. No coupon needed, these are some of the best discounts for the whole year.
Loops, Instruments, Downloads and DVDs
The 25 Days of Christmas Sale is pulled from our entire range of products. Look for amazing savings on premium virtual instruments and the freshest loop products on our site. Each set of four products will be on sale for only 24 hours and then we roll out a new set of specials. So check back often and Happy Holidays!
WIN BIG WITH RiG: URBAN WORKSTATION!
Think you have what it takes to produce the next hit? Here’s your opportunity to win $1000 worth of Big Fish Audio loops and virtual instrument products by showing the world your production skills!
GRAND PRIZE:
$1000 of Big Fish Audio product and your track will be showcased on Big Fish Audio’s website.
2ND PLACE PRIZE:
$500 of Big Fish Audio product
3RD PLACE PRIZE:
$200 of Big Fish Audio product
How to Enter:
Submit your tracks, in any genre using only the instruments, loops, and sounds from Rig: Urban Workstation. (Click here to submit your track). Please submit as many tracks as you’d like, multiple submissions are allowed from the same producer. Files must be in mp3 file format and must be submitted by Wednesday, November 30th, 2011. The winners will be chosen by the Big Fish Audio production team and a panel of industry professionals. All tracks may be used for the Rig product page, but remain the property of the producer who created it. Rig: Urban Workstation Producer Contest winners will be announced on December 8th. Contest winners will be notified by email and given 30 days to claim their prize. All prizes are in the form of product credit and have no cash value. This product credit is good towards Big Fish Audio branded product only. Credit will expire December 31st, 2012.
Click here to submit your track.
Smooth Jazz masterpiece Suite Grooves 2 took over the top loops spot for the month of October. 28 construction kits make up this latest blend of instrumental R&B, funk and soul. Suite Grooves 2 was closely followed by Guitar Soundscapes, the new breed of cinematic and ambient music all only using guitars. Also new to the top 10 was Country Roots, a collection of Old-Timey, Bluegrass, Western Swing and traditional country kits, and Darkness: Cinematic Sound Design, the latest collection of loops and samples created for use in film, TV, games and more.
Electri6ity, MOJO: Horn Section and Acoustic Legends HD topped the instruments chart for the month of October.
