Three-Body Tech Heavier7Strings

Metal Guitar Virtual Instrument

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    $199.00
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Education Proof

Products with education pricing are for students & teachers only. To prove your education status we require that you upload proof in the form of an image/PDF.


Types of proof

Student

Student ID Card, Letter of enrollment, or similar

Teacher/Lecturer

Teacher ID Card, Lecturer ID Card, Payslip, Letter from the school/college

Education proof is submitted to the manufacturer and is accepted at their discretion.


The Basics

iLok is a copy protection method used by many of our brands.

It has 3 types of activations, iLok USB, iLok Machine, and iLok Cloud.

Different brands/products will offer different iLok methods. iLok USB is always an option, but the availability of iLok Cloud and iLok Machine methods is at the discretion of the software developer.


iLok Account

For all iLok protected products, you will need an iLok account. You can create one for free here: ilok.com/#!registration


iLok License Manager

To manage your iLok licenses, there is a dedicated app called iLok License Manager. This app is used to register, activate, and move your licenses between locations.

You can download the latest installers from the iLok website: ilok.com/#!home


iLok USB Key

iLok USB

This activation is stored on an iLok 2 or 3 USB key.

It is the best option for portability, if you frequently move between multiple machines, and offline use.


iLok Machine ID

Machine ID

This activation is stored locally on your computer.

While this is a convenient way to work offline, and does not require the additional cost of an iLok USB, there is the risk of a license being lost in the case of a drive failure.

This option also requires extra care when you upgrade to a new computer, the license(s) must be deactivated on your old machine first to ensure you do not lose them.


iLok Cloud

iLok Cloud

This activation is based online, and requires a "cloud session" using the iLok License Manager.

It requires an active internet connection for the entire time you use the plugin(s).


Bring Heavy Metal Back to Your Music

Three-Body Technology proudly presents Heavier7Strings, a real-time playable sample-based virtual instrument that brings back Heavy Metal to your productions. Equipped with a complete effect rack and a patterns library, this metal-style guitar library has everything you need!

The love for music and a desire to create innovative studio technology was the mainspring that made Heavier7Strings possible. With a total of 4 years in the making, using only top-quality equipment, more than 10,000 samples were painstakingly recorded in 24-bit and 48 kHz. To top it all off Heavier7Strings comes with a self-developed sampler with no compromise on sound quality.



The Effect Rack

What is the first thing to do when one starts a virtual guitar? Usually, it is to bypass all built-in effects, as they are mostly too primitive for any serious work. However, the effect rack provided in Heavier7Strings is complete and of production-level quality, not just a toy!


Effects

  • 19 Heavy Metal Effect Modules: Screamer, EQ12, AMP, Flanger, Pingpong delay, etc.
  • 16 Amps with styles from heavy metal to clean sound, processing sample rate up to 8X
  • 66 cabinet IRs, four can be mixed simultaneously with different delay, volume, and phasing
  • Preset manager allows you to store your own effect presets, along with 200 factory presets

MIDI Patterns Library

Heavier7Strings contains a number of 200 predefined MIDI patterns, together with effect rack configuration. The style of these patterns ranged from metal, rock, pop, clean, and along with non-rhythmic noise and ambient sounds. All these patterns can be dragged into host DAWs, and users can define their own patterns by MIDI clip.

  • 200 factory MIDI patterns together with effect rack presets
  • Various styles: metal, rock, pop, clean, along with non-rhythmic noise and ambient sounds
  • Draggable into host DAWs

Samples and Sampler

The sampler used in Heavier7Strings is self-developed, no third-party samplers were used.

  • Direct read from disk
  • Shared sample buffer between instances to reduce memory consumption
  • Automatic fade out on disk-read overtime to avoid clicks & pops

Built-in DSP Engine

A built-in DSP engine named THRASH (Tonal/Harmonic Reconstruction and Shaping) is included in Heavier7Strings to provide various tone adjusting functions:

  • +∞RR: in addition to 16x recorded RR at maximum, random timbre and envelope changes are applied on samples to provide more vivid RR playing
  • True doubling: two guitars playing simultaneously on the left and right channel, each has individual random note delay and RR selection
  • Sample-based LFO: modulate sample pitch with pitch curves extracted from real-world vibrato playing. This technique is adjustable in both degree and frequency and is more realistic than just modulating the pitch by sine/ triangle wave
  • Dynamically recoups the formant during pitch-bend
  • Digitally emulated tone knob and pickup switch
  • Adjustable tension and resonance

Performance

  • Infinite sustain
  • Hammer-on & pull-off
  • Legato slide in/out
  • Pinch harmonics
  • Tremolo
  • Gliss
  • Palm-mute
  • Picking-noise
  • Polyphonic legato
  • 24 "inspiration keys" to directly trigger specially played sounds/complex performances
  • String and fretboard position
  • Up/down picking
  • Strumming: deduce complete chord from part of composing notes
  • Trigger power chords from root note

System Requirements

  • MacOS 10.9 Mavericks and above
  • Windows 7 and above (32 or 64-bit)
  • Intel Core Duo / AMD Athlon CPU 64 or better
  • 4GB RAM or more
  • 10GB free storage space

Plugin Formats

Mac: AAX Native, AU, VST2 (all 64-bit only)

Windows: AAX Native (64-bit), VST2 (32 and 64-bit)

Crossgrade Proof

This crossgrade is for owners of a competing DAW. To prove your DAW ownership, we require that you upload proof in the form of an image/PDF.


Types of proof

A copy of your purchase receipt for the original license or the most recent update/upgrade

A screenshot of your product registration

A photo of your package (either CD/DVD or printed manual), with the unique serial number included in the photo.