Strumstick

What has only three strings and has a sound somewhere between a banjo and a guitar? No, I'm not talking about student violins from China, I'm talking about the McNally Strumstick, or more specifically the Diatonic D Grand, our victim today.

We've recorded just about 'all she wrote' on this instrument- picked, plucked, bowed, and more, with sampled releases, easy string selection via modwheel, two mic positions, and at up to 3 velocities and 4 round robins- 1,700 samples and 20 articulations in all:

• 3 .NKI for FULL Kontakt 5.6.8+; fingered, picked, and extended techniques.
• 1700 48 kHz/24-bit samples with two mic positions (3,400 files total).
• Up to 4 RR & 3 velocity layers.
• Modwheel-based string selection lets you pick which string to play in real time, or just "set it and forget it" to taste.
• Extended techniques included bowed arco, trill, tremolo, hammered dulcimer mallet strikes (soft & hard), slide chords, and slide tremolo chords.

Full Walkthrough:
{See video at top of page}