We weren't expecting much from the built-in amp sim, but were pleasantly surprised - it's thoroughly usable. You've heard an electric guitar, right? Well, it sounds a lot like that, and is good for pretty much any style: rock rhythm, smooth jazz comping, screaming metal leads, twanging clean tones - you name it, Electri6ity can handle it. There are also 'Amped' patches, with an extra panel for effects (delay, reverb, modulation), a Tube Screamer-alike and a straightforward amp sim. Any Settings parameter can be assigned to any MIDI CC.Īll guitars have been recorded dry and direct, for running through an amp sim plug-in. There are also extra features, such as sympathetic resonance (unplayed strings softly ring when playing chords). Chords are converted into guitar voicings and picking direction is handled automatically.Īll of the 'artificial intelligence' features can be disabled or further configured in the Settings panel, which offers a ridiculous degree of control over the characteristics of strumming, picking, vibrato and so on. For example, play a chord and it detects this, rapidly triggering the notes in sequence, just as a guitarist would strike a chord. There are four main views - Performance being the default - with sliders for basic parameters like pickup (front, rear or both), strum speed, vibrato type/strength/speed, etc.Įlectri6ity's behind-the-scenes scripting does a lot to interpret and 'humanise' parts - it's a bit like having a virtual guitarist to go along with your virtual guitar. All are played with a pick - there's legato playing, of course, but no fingered plucking. Jazz cats will lap up the dulcet tones of the Gibson ES-335 and L4, while indie jangle and fizzy pop can be had with the Rickenbacker and Danelectro axes. There are two LPs, in fact: one standard and one with P90 pickups.
At the twangier end of the scale, you've got a Fender Strat and Tele, with their natural enemy the Gibson Les Paul at the other. Over 24,000 samples make up each of the eight guitars. It's in Kontakt format and comes with the Kontakt Player, so you needn't be a Kontakt owner to use it. The results were thoroughly unconvincing, but the tables have since turned, Vir2's new Electri6ity sample library being a case in point. The workstation guitar patches of yesteryear typically used a handful of feeble-sounding samples, or, even worse, cheesy FM synthesis.
We crank it up to 11 with this multisampled library of eight classic axes, including built-in amp simulation Electri6ity | Computer Music Rating: 9/10 Back to Electri6ity product detailsĬomputer Music Editor's Choice Award - Computer Music Performance Award
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