The story
I was working on an indie game and found myself needing a very specific sound: the sound of a nylon guitar plucked really softly, slowly and irregularly. But I couldn’t find a library anywhere that had this sound.
I ended up grabbing my old and beat up classical guitar from LIDL (yes, LIDL) and learnt the basics of Kontakt to make it myself. I would like to thank Dave Hilowitz for his amazing videos on this subject! I uploaded the finished product first to Gumroad for 1$ and then for free via a link to google drive. Three of my friends were kind enough to buy it though (I know who you are – thank you 🙂 )
But I think more people could find this useful and when I found out about Pianobook it felt almost like a perfect fit to upload it here! Might update this in the future with a knob for reverb and delay – though you can easily adjust that in the edit mode.
I’m really happy with this since I got lots of use out of it and I’m proud that I actually managed to make something myself 😀 I love sample libraires, so making one myself was really fun but I’ll probably never do it again because so much work ugh
UPDATE: Some people have asked – so I’m now working on a Decent Sampler version! Hoping to make it better than the Kontakt version. The Kontakt version might also see an update if I have the time!
Behind The Scenes/Making of
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Just beautiful
What a beautiful sounding instrument. And a fantastic video. I'd love to hear more from you! I ended up paying on your gumroad site, as i think it's just that good. Free doesn't do it justice!
KUDOS!
Now you make me wonder whether or not I should attempt to sequence F. Tarrega's "Recuerdos De La Alhambra" using your trem pad on my DAW or not......
Beautiful
Wow, beautiful sound. Best of the lot is the tremolo pads. Good job.
amazing tremolo
I think this is one of the best guitar tremolos I've ever heard, thanks for your effort.
Very Nice!
Well done Sean! I can see so many uses for this instrument, particularly with introspective and quietly emotive works such as your own example tracks. There have been a few Thrumming, Swarming and Tremolo instruments recently and all have their own place (obviously) - but for the sort of projects I get involved with, (mostly for my own amusement), I imagine I will be making use of this instrument, especially the Nylon Guitar Tremolo Pad. Thank you!
P.S. Love the cheeky homage to the Labs Videos!
