After more than three years of development, Vir2 Instruments presents Electri6ity, an epic electric guitar virtual instrument containing the most advanced, detailed, and versatile collection of electric guitars ever made in a virtual instrument.
Electri6ity contains eight of the most famous and distinguished guitar tones in the history of the instrument. More than 24,000 24-bit samples were taken of each guitar. Three pickup options (front, rear, and mixed) are available on every guitar. An impressive amount of samples allow you to play every articulation on every fret of every string for an absolutely authentic guitar sound. Downstrokes, upstrokes, seamless velocity layers, ghost notes, mutes, harmonics, hammer-ons, pulloffs, slides, releases, and FX...the sky is the limit with Electri6ity.
Electri6ity also utilizes the most advanced scripting to date, including the revolutionary Articulation Morphing Technology (A.M.T.) and Velocity Morphing Technology (V.M.T.), allowing for the seamless morphing from dead mute to sustain or from soft to loud. Advanced string and fretboard positioning is performed by artificial intelligence which adapts to your playing. Play fluid lines in real time using the legato engine, play chords using the chord detection engine which understands almost two thousand different chords, easily double-track, do unison bends, strum, pick, trill, tremolo pick, slide...all of this is built into the Electri6ity engine and full editing control is given over each of these parameters.
All samples in Electri6ity are recorded clean - a direct input from the guitar. Use Electri6ity's built-in multieffects (phaser, flanger, chorus, reverb, and delay), Screamer module, and amp simulation (British, Classic, Clean, Jazz, Metal, Modern, and Rock) to make the sound come alive, or use your own guitar amps or simulators to multiply the possibilities.
Electri6ity is powered by the industry-leading Kontakt 4 engine. It is compatible with VST, AudioUnit, and RTAS (Pro Tools 7 & 8) plug-in formats allowing it to work seamlessly within any major sequencer, in addition to standalone use on both an Intel Mac and PC.
This product refers to a number of registered trademarks, and are made for the purposes of illustration only, and do not imply a license or endorsement from the trademark owners. These trademarks remain the property of their registered owners. These include (but are not limited to): "Les Paul", "Les Paul P90", "P90", "335", "ES-335", "L4", "Gibson L4" are registered trademarks of Gibson Guitar Corporation; "Strat", "Stratocaster", "Tele", "Telecaster" are registered trademarks of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation; "Lipstick" is a registered trademark of Danelectro; "Rickenbacker" is a registered trademark of Rickenbacker International Corporation.
System Requirements: • Kontakt Player 5.6.8 or higher • 8 GB RAM or more • 28 GB hard drive space once installed
Electri6ity includes eight guitars:
Strat
Tele
P90
Les Paul
Rickenbacker
Danelectro Lipstick
ES335
L4
Three pickup positions:
Front
Rear
Front + Rear Blend
Recorded variations per sample:
Downstroke/upstroke
Picked/strummed
Seamless velocity layers
Playing modes:
Polyphonic
Monophonic
Legato (Sustain/Muted)
All modes can be combined with a Slide Mode for real-time slides from each fret to each other fret.
Articulation list:
Sustain Neck <> Bridge
Sustain <> 5th / Octave Pinch Harmonics
Dead Notes <> Muted <> Half-Muted
Ghost Notes Clean
Ghost Notes Dirty
Chucka-Chuckas
Harmonics
Hammer On (played after sustain note) / Hammer On (tapped)
Pull Off (played after sustain note) / Pull Off (tapped)
One and two frets Slides Up / Down
Slides (from and to every available fret)
FX Samples (Screams, Scratches, Whammy-FX, etc.)
Release types:
Finger Noise
Finger Noise Short
Mixed I
Mixed II
Hand Mute (fret can be selected)
Palm Mute
Slide Down Short
Slide Down Medium
Slide Down Long
Slide Down (1 fret, short)
Slide Up (1 fret, short)
Slide Noise Down
Slide Noise Up
Pick Noise
Integrated engines:
A.M.T (Articulation Morphing Technology) & V.M.T (Velocity Morphing Technology) allows you to seamlessly morph from soft to loud notes, from dead muted to sustain, and even from sustain to fifth or octave pinch harmonics! The morphing is phase-aligned without any phasing artifacts
Advanced string and fretboard positioning - the AI chooses the best fitting strings and fretboard position for you. It takes speed, timing, notes and polyphony into account. Manual overwrite is possible whenever you need it (by manually choosing a string or a position on the fretboard)
- Advanced guitar noise engine - adds pick, finger and slide noises according to your playing
- Advanced legato engine - fluid legato lines in real time
- Advanced vibrato engine
- Advanced humanization - nothing is random, everything is artificial intelligence
- Advanced guitar chord detection - almost 2000 chords are detected and transferred into guitar chords in real time. Most guitar chords are available in up to three different voicings
- Inversions and chords with additional root keys are detected
- Easy Double-Tracking - without increasing the memory footprint
- Auto Unison-Bends
- Dynamic sympathetic resonance simulation
- Performance keys for strumming and picking - powerful yet easy to use
- Performance keys for trills, tremolo picking, one and two fret slides (it's possible to slide whole chords as well)
- Full control over the engine, tweak and control the playback with more than 100 parameters!
Download Sizes
Version
Compressed Download Size
Kontakt Player/Kontakt/Plug-in Download includes
Installation Instructions:
Part 1: 5 GB
Part 2: 5 GB
Part 3: 5 GB
Part 4: 5 GB
Part 5: 5 GB
Part 6: 2.73 GB
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License Agreement
The Following End User License Agreement is included with Electri6ity. This License is only valid for the individual who has purchased an unopened, new and lawfully made copy of Electri6ity from a dealer or distributor authorized by Big Fish Audio.
"The samples contained herein are licensed, not sold to you, the individual end user, by Vir2 Instruments. This non-exclusive, non-transferable license is granted only to the individual end user who has purchased an unopened, new, and lawfully made copy of this product from a dealer or distributor authorized by Vir2 Instruments. All samples remain the property of Vir2 Instruments and are licensed only for use in the creation of a live or recorded performance that includes the licensed samples as part of a derivative musical work created by the licensed end user. This license expressly forbids resale, rental, loan, gift, or transfer of these samples in any format or via any medium, except as part of a derivative musical work. The samples may not be included, whether unmodified or as part of a derivative work, in any sample library product. Any unlicensed usage will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under the law."
Computer Music | 9/10
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