Bolder Sounds has announced the release of Pure Mandolin, a comprehensive 1.5 GB sample library for Kontakt with flexible KSP scripting designed to be suitable for many different musical genres.
Features:
- Multi-sampled down and up pick strokes over 3 velocity zones. Strings 1 through 4 were sampled chromatically up to the 12th fret. The first string was sampled up to the 15th fret.
- 12X round robin cycles of plucked notes.
- KSP scripting giving control over fingering options on the fretboard of the mandolin creating a wide variety of tonal colors.
- Various articulations - half step slides, tremolo (both sampled and KSP scripted), scripted muted strings, 2 articulation settings for attack control to emulate slurs.
- A mandolin CHOPS Kontakt instrument which creates a signature bluegrass strumming style with selection of major, minor, dominant 7th, fully diminished and half diminished chords.
Price: $59.95. There is a special introductory price of $45.95 through June 10th, 2013. Requires NI Kontakt version 4 and higher.
https://soundcloud.com/bolder-sounds/sets/pure-mandolin-ni-kontakt