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Just wanted to let you know that there are a lot of demos online now on Vir2 and BigfishAudio.com:

http://vir2.com/instruments/acou6tics
http://www.bigfishaudio.com/Acou6tics
Cheers,
Benjamin
Virtual Instrument Developer @ Vir2 / Bigfish Audio

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It will be available Tuesday March 4th.

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Yeah :) Finally!

In case you haven't seen them yet, check out the tutorial videos. They will give you a quick overview over the new engine and the ease of use of Acou6tics:

Acou6tics Tutorial - Playback Page:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7le1zBob ... rGB51XG5hn

Acou6tics Tutorial - Mics & FX Page
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvIvprY6 ... rGB51XG5hn

Acou6tics Tutorial - Keyswitches Page
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv71tvh_ ... rGB51XG5hn

Acou6tics Tutorial - Chords Page
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXbtmTqM ... rGB51XG5hn
Cheers,
Benjamin
Virtual Instrument Developer @ Vir2 / Bigfish Audio

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Check out the newest MIDI Demonstration Videos:

El Toro (by Javi Perera):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZTvDSnczfg

Carnival (by Javi Perera):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIBqZLooVV4
Cheers,
Benjamin
Virtual Instrument Developer @ Vir2 / Bigfish Audio

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In the words of the immortal Bart or was it Michelangelo, Cowabunga Dude! That is an amazing set of instruments you guys have put together. I can't afford it until my next reincarnation, but I hope it sells well for you. Definitely job well done.
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I am also delighted to finally find a detailed 12-string guitar!

Question:
The description of the guitars states that there are "Between 4000 and 8000 samples per instrument", and that
"All guitars are recorded with stereo micing plus additional piezo DI channel". Does this mean that the stereo mic and the DI channel each has between 2000 and 4000 samples per guitar?

If you are planning on doing some additional demos, it would be great if you could do a mockup of Tarrega's 'Recuerdos de la Alhambra' with the nylon guitar. I regard Recuerdos as a gold standard for testing the realism of mockups of the classical guitar repertoire (especially fast round robins).
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Yes, that's correct. But the number isn't fully correct, some instruments have up to 10.000 samples.

Regarding a test for realism: Check out these two new Vir2 Acou6tics demos - made with the 1.1 update which will be released soon. It's an incredibly detailed mockup of Baden Powell's Solitude On Guitar by Przemyslaw Kopczyk. The background hiss/ambience you hear, by the way, is added as an effect to mimic the original recording even more.

Original:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJAA4b-67Ik
Mockup - Acou6tics Nylon (Finger Sustains):
http://www.benjaminstelzer.de/acou6tics ... opczyk.mp3
Mockup - Acou6tics Nylon (Finger Nail Sustains):
http://www.benjaminstelzer.de/acou6tics ... opczyk.mp3
Cheers,
Benjamin
Virtual Instrument Developer @ Vir2 / Bigfish Audio

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Hey Everybody we have a new demo we'd like to share with this video of a cover of "Solitude on Guitar" as performed by Przemyslaw Kopczyk. This piece uses the Nylon String patch in Acou6tics. The video covers finger picking playing and nail picking playing styles. At about 1 minute the video switches to show nail picking and then back again to finger picking at around the 2:25 mark. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXM8ZyVP ... ulxaOc6rXA

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Just FYI: the Acou6tics 1.1 update has been released today.
You can read what's new and download the update here:
http://blog.bigfishaudio.com/archives/4642
Cheers,
Benjamin
Virtual Instrument Developer @ Vir2 / Bigfish Audio

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is this instrument capable of playing something in a sensitive manner? All of the demos are fine but they are all fairly aggressive from a velocity standpoint and sound overcompressed to my ears. I am very interested in this and own Electri6ity, but I really need to know that these instruments have adequate low velocity samples and that they are used appropriately. So far, the demos don't show that to me.

Any chance of hearing something more soundtrack oriented or solo classical guitar oriented? Is that not a segment this instrument is meant to address?

Thanks for any assistance or demos that can be provided!!

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ChasingAndromeda wrote:is this instrument capable of playing something in a sensitive manner? All of the demos are fine but they are all fairly aggressive from a velocity standpoint and sound overcompressed to my ears. I am very interested in this and own Electri6ity, but I really need to know that these instruments have adequate low velocity samples and that they are used appropriately. So far, the demos don't show that to me.

Any chance of hearing something more soundtrack oriented or solo classical guitar oriented? Is that not a segment this instrument is meant to address?

Thanks for any assistance or demos that can be provided!!
Check out my new demo (is this more what you are looking for?):

https://soundcloud.com/benjaminstelzer/ ... tics-demos
Cheers,
Benjamin
Virtual Instrument Developer @ Vir2 / Bigfish Audio

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Benjamin these sound fantastic!

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Thanks!

Here is the video for that demo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqbqzeAX4zE

Also if you haven't seen that video yet, check it out (it's a cover of Paco Cepero's Agua Marina):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9Bi7_kkU_Q
Cheers,
Benjamin
Virtual Instrument Developer @ Vir2 / Bigfish Audio

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