Ink Slide is a two part Slide Guitar library for Kontakt that explores the softer side of slide. It was recorded with a glass slide, neck pickup, Boss CS-3 into 1176 compressor. Mellow tone, lots of texture, sounds cool with effects, plays well with others.
Articulations:
Key switch between different slide gestures.
Fast Slide, Slow Slide, Short Slide, Wild Vib, Up Down, Down Up, Fast Falls, Slow Falls.
*For Fast Slide, Slow Slide and Short Slide, the highest velocities play a slide up to start and when the mod wheel is engaged will play a slide down.
Phrases:
There are 21 Phrase Sets. The white keys play time-synced diatonic phrases that end on the note you choose. The black keys play complementary phrases on the major pentatonic (CDEGA). Use the red keyswitches or UI to choose phrases and use the purple keyswitches or UI to transpose to different keys, up or down 7 semi-tones from C.
Phrases: Straight, Quarters Up, 3rd and 4ths Up, Octaves Up, 4 Notes Up, Dotted 8s, Up Up Up Down, Down Down Slide, Little Bluesy, Also Bluesy, High Low, Down and Back, 3 Quarters, Playful 8s, Quarters Down, Quarters Scale Down, Take Your Time, Pentatonic Up, Ease Down, Slow Resolve, Quick Shake
*For Straight, the white keys bend and the black keys do not, which let you to mirror more Pedal Steel-ish sounds.
For each phrase set, the pitch bend corresponds to the major scale, giving you an additional place to go at the end of a phrase.
Controls for envelope, filter, drive and space.
What you need:
- A full version of Kontakt 6.8 and up (not Kontakt Player).
- A midi keyboard with a pitch and mod wheel.
- 1.5 gb of space on your computer or hard drive.