Sounds and Effects has released The Fireside Nylon for Reason.
The guitar itself was made in Paracho Mexico, a place basically known only for building guitars-- it's mostly all they do from low end, and then middle range to the very high they do it by hand. However, this is not a high end classical, but something you might hear in real life around a campfire of the south western past or today in the present around a hippy fire. At times the nylon actually has a very steel stringy southwestern twang.
It was recorded though in ultra realism- vintage AKG 414s through API preamps (which we love) and A2D, 24/48. There are in fact up to 18 samples per each note. It has round robins (random samples that play alternate versions), multiple velo layers and more. The attempt here is to get more types of playable sounds out of each preset, rather than having a ton of presets- one has to scroll through. So there are for instance presets with thumbed to popped, hammer-ons, rasguido (scrapey back of the fingernail) or slide ups, mutes, harmonics above- all selectable from keyranges or velo switches. The composer / producer is able to do a lot just from just careful use of velocity or keyrange.
For Reason, the Combinator 2.0 format adds editable reverb and compression. There's also a full range of rhythmic feels, strums, scrapes, velocity switched guitar body 'drum' hits, as you would use in Spanish guitar styles, choppy chordal bits and more.
Intro Price: $39.95 (Reg. $49.95) until April 2 at Sounds and Effects.
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