Evolution Electric Bass Rick for Kontakt - NOW AVAILABLE!

Orange Tree Samples is proud to present Evolution Electric Bass - Rick, a deeply-sampled electric bass guitar sample library. At its core, Evolution Electric Bass - Rick consists of extensive samples complemented by a powerful script. These two facets work in unison to give you ultra-realistic bass sounds with minimal effort.
 

Evolution Electric Bass - Rick has chromatic samples for each string, meaning that each fret was individually sampled. It has 32x round-robin and three morphing velocity layers for a smooth dynamic range. It has time-dependent release samples (15 different release times sampled) as well as time-dependent legato samples. The legato samples consist of hammer-ons and pull-off articulations sampled chromatically up to a minor 3rd upward and a minor 3rd downward as well as chromatic half-step slides. These legato samples were sampled at up to eight different transition times. We also sampled muted notes (8x round-robin), pre-roll samples (32x round-robin), muted slap samples (8x round-robin, 8 velocities), as well as slap releases (4x round-robin). The slap releases were sampled chromatically on each string, so they are specific release transitions from a sustained note.
 
We spent a lot of time making the interface and engine as flexible and customizable as possible, without forsaking instant playability. Essentially, we put you in complete control over how the mapping, tone, and other settings work, but have everything set to defaults that make it easy to load and start playing with minimal tweaking.
By emphasizing realism and playability, we're confident that playing Evolution Electric Bass - Rick will give you the same excitement and inspiration as playing a real bass guitar.
 
Key Features:
- Over 7 GB of samples (4.7 GB using Kontakt's NCW lossless compressed format)
- 32x round-robin, 3 morphing velocity layers, chromatically sampled
- Advanced scripting with legato articulations, slides, and much more
- Onboard amp/cab modeling, compressor, EQ, and chorus effects
- Internal factory presets as well as external preset system for easy sharing of presets
 
Audio demos:
Audio Demo #1: Dissolve
Audio Demo #2: Morse Code
 
Price:
We're currently having a $20 OFF introduction sale on Evolution Electric Bass - Rick, so you can pick up your copy today for $79 (regularly $99)! This discount offer will expire on July 31st.
 
Format:
Due to the extensive scripting, this sample library is available in Kontakt 4+ format only. It requires the full retail version of Kontakt, so it is not compatible with the free Kontakt Player.
 
Downloads:
Evolution Electric Bass Rick - User's Guide (PDF)
Visit the product page here: Evolution Electric Bass Rick electric bass sample library for Kontakt
Or you can click here to order Evolution Electric Bass Rick directly

Glad I haven't jumped on NI's yet. Now to decide which one I want. Aargh.
 
Regards,
Dan
 

Glyn Barnes

dcumpian
Glad I haven't jumped on NI's yet. Now to decide which one I want. Aargh.
 
Regards,
Dan
 

NI's is played with a pick and IIRC Orange Tree's is fingered so they could complement each other. I bought the NI one when it came out and like it a lot, but I think I want this one too. The PDF manual indicates some nice features. I like the idea that you can send the neck pick up to a seperate output in Kontakt.
I am travelling again now so I wont be buying untill late July. I would be very intrested in the opinion of anyone who has both the NI and OT Rick's.
 

I have them both and just as you say they complement each other. NI is a bit "rougher" due to picking. And maybe it is round wounded strings on NI and flat on OT but that I don't know.
But both are fantastic.
Play Chris Squire Yes preset and you are sold on OT... :)

I have both as well and even though I was disappointed that OTS' was fingered, not picked, I do like OTS' much more!

Uhmm, No. But it does have that 'Lemmy play it some more vibe about it'

gregjazz

bitflipper

Play Chris Squire Yes preset and you are sold

But does it have a Lemmy preset?

Yup, it actually does--check out the "Lemming" preset.
 
Sounds like I need to make a picked version of the library, too... :)

Stahp. Please.
 
I checked out some of your other libraries and, boy, I'm in trouble...
 
Regards,
Dan
 

Had a look at the manual: couldn't find a list of all articulations/possible keyswitches. Is there a list somewhere? I am very interested in this one. Up to now my main bass is NI's (Scarbee's) Pre-Bass but this one seems to have a LOT more going on when it comes to release/attack/transition sounds and round-robins, which obviously enhances the realism a lot, specially when you sometimes use the bass solo or when the arrangement is simple/acoustic/basic and the bass can be actually heard in a song.
 
About this one complementing the new NI one: if I can only get one, which should I get? (Maybe an odd question in a topic created by the creator of one of the plugins, but well...). Does one have (a lot) more articulations etc. than the other or not? 

Aw, yer killin' me, Greg. I can't afford this for another month or two, even though it's been on my wishlist from the day you first mentioned you were starting to work on a Rickenbacker library. Maybe you could just sell me a few notes for, say, 10 bucks? All I really need is E and A to get started.

Downloading now. I am a complete tower of Jello. I blame it all on the Cakewalk vacuum.
 

ampfixer
Bummer. Got all the files, but the install is a bit convoluted to me. I also just updated kontakt to 5.2
 
K5 isn't seeing the library. At last, a problem to solve.

As this is an "open" library where the developer has not paid a fee to NI you will not see it in the libraries tab in Kontakt. You have to use the file browser and navigate to the folder where you placed the NKI file and open it.
 

Just as a side note, developing Kontakt Player instruments that can be loaded into the Libraries tab requires licensing the Kontakt Player, which is a pretty hefty investment. It's not such a big deal for libraries that are priced $299 upward, but for single instrument, less expensive libraries it's tough. That's why most Kontakt Player libraries are collections of instruments, too.

gregjazz
Just as a side note, developing Kontakt Player instruments that can be loaded into the Libraries tab requires licensing the Kontakt Player, which is a pretty hefty investment. It's not such a big deal for libraries that are priced $299 upward, but for single instrument, less expensive libraries it's tough. That's why most Kontakt Player libraries are collections of instruments, too.

Not worth it, IMHO. I have lots of both and it really isn't a problem browsing for the files. You guys have already covered the really important stuff
 
Regards,
Dan
 

I've never been a big fan of the picked sound of a bass, so for me this was an easy choice...
 
Downloaded, which took some patience<G>
Installed, which went without a hitch
Played... and played and played and played, literally could not peel myself away. Probably the most fun I've had with a guitar or bass VI. I am a guitar and bass player, so I tend to be a little more picky about these sort of libraries.
 
The thing that fascinates me about this is the play-ability. At first I was a bit confused about the key switching, but once I figured it out I had a blast. I think that the whole articulation assignment screen may be the new gold standard, it takes the concepts introduced in OT Mind Control to a new level! Really, it's that cool.

(at the risk of sounding greedy and ungrateful - Hey Greg! Any chance we'll see the articulation assignment an control find it's way into the guitar libraries?? Pretty please!!!)

wst3
Hey Greg! Any chance we'll see the articulation assignment an control find it's way into the guitar libraries?? Pretty please!!!)

 
Yes, that's absolutely what I plan on doing! I'm thinking of making the new script (with the fancy, easy-to-use mapping system) for the next Evolution guitar library, and then update the existing Evolution guitars to this new engine as well.

Only one of those two vendors will take product suggestions and answer your questions on forums like this one.