Musical Sampling Hoard Picked Acoustic

Hoard Picked Acoustic is a versatile and agile legato guitar library meticulously crafted for Kontakt.

Like Musical Sampling's Hoard Mandolin library, the goal was to create an instrument capable of handling a wide range of guitar melodies seamlessly, eliminating the necessity for keyswitching.

The Master Legato Main patch is a versatile workhorse, incorporating multiple legato articulations: Natural legato, slide to pluck (with CC slide speed control), hammer-on/off, and slide without plucking - all seamlessly switchable via velocity control.

Additionally, we provided a distinctive palm-muted legato patch with its own unique flavor.

The Performance Sustains patch is equally significant, showcasing five velocity levels, including the two softest ones for palm-muted and slightly palm-muted performances, significantly broadening the range of phrasing possibilities.

To enhance the authenticity of your guitar tracks, the instrument includes a comprehensive, yet subtle, fret noises patch, along with a room tone, breath, and movement patch - all designed to infuse character, warmth, and humanity into your compositions.

For added versatility, tuned and doubler versions of several patches are included to cater to your double-tracking requirements.

Features

• Agile and expressive legato acoustic guitar
• Three legato articulations activated by velocity
• Automatic down/upstroke legato
• Natural temperament
• Adjustable reverb of custom hall impulse
• Recorded in 48khz, 24bit
• 2.8 GB compressed NCW format

Patches

• Master Legato Main
• Muted Legato
• Performance Sustains
• Harmonics
• Muted Sustains
• Guitar Percussion
• Chugs Scrapes & Slaps
• Chord Fret Noises
• Room Breath & Movement
• Tuned & Doubler variations

Master Legato Main

This is the main legato patch which contains three different legato types; each individually activated by velocity.

Velocities 41-90 is the primary range which uses the natural plucked legato articulation - your bread and butter.

Velocities 91-127 activates the hammer-on/pull-off articulation (up to a major 2nd).

Velocities 1-40 is your slide into pluck articulation, which is exactly that; a string slide to the target note which is then plucked (from a minor 3rd up to an octave).

You can control the speed of the slide with the mod wheel.

Up to a major 2nd, this legato velocity activates the slide no pluck articulation.

Room Breath & Movement

This patch incorporates a room tone sample, essentially capturing the untouched noise floor.

It's an excellent means to introduce warmth to exposed guitar tracks.

Additionally, this patch includes subtle inhale/exhale and nuanced body movement noises, enhancing the overall presence of your composition.

Tuned & Doubler Patches

These variations have been hand-tuned to suit specific situations as needed.

The doubler patches are designed to serve as the secondary guitar for your left/right-channel double-tracking requirements.

Chugs Scrapes & Slaps

You can achieve a convincing muted strumming effect by combining the short chug samples with the Muted Sustains patch, as demonstrated in the "Prism" music demo at 0:28.