Vir2 Electri6ity

Hmm.  Can't tell much from the two lame audio demos on that page.  Two variations of the same metal riff... Not exactly showing off this thing's versatility...

JonD


Hmm.  Can't tell much from the two lame audio demos on that page.  Two variations of the same metal riff... Not exactly showing off this thing's versatility...

 
I thought the same thing. Who knows? It mighth be cool. I'm always very skeptical of these guitar plug-ins though.

Has anyone here used any Vir2 "instruments"? It appears they're all based upon the Kontakt 2 player.  For example, Vir bills the "VI.ONE" as "the complete [their emphasis] virtual instrument", but it's really just a sample player, right? (Not that there's anything wrong with that....)

I've considered their Acoustic Legends HD, and this Electi6ity looks promising because you have some serious control over the articulation. I just don't know anyone in these forums who's mentioned their products. I end up finding out about them through other Web sites.

That's one of my concerns. I also checked out their forums...and there are no threads. In any forum. And they've been open for years.

Either no one's having trouble with their stuff...or no one's buying it.

Hmm...well, as I said, the product does look interesting. Hopefully they're spending time perfecting their products and not their Web site!

Good luck, and let us know how it goes.

Benjamin,
 
Thanks for the info and the links.  Those two demos sound excellent!  I'm glad they're focusing on the tweaking of Electri6ity vs. updating their site .  I haven't pre-ordered yet, was still thinking about it... but now I'm more likely to.
 
Thanks for registering just to give us a heads up! 
 
-Luke

The release date has been announced, May 17th.  They put up more demos on their site too.  Sounds like good stuff to me.  I'm picking me up a copy.

Hello everyone,
As promised I'm having some new - and at moment still inofficial - Electri6ity demos for you. Other than the old demos, those new ones are completely played and recorded live. Not a single keyswitch was used! Except for pitchwheel and modwheel, no MIDI-CCs were used either.
We tried to keep everything as raw as possible. Just like a guitarist who simply takes his guitar and starts improvising.

Legato/Tapping Demos:
Electri6ityLPLegatoTappingNoKeyswitchDemo1.mp3:
http://www.benjaminstelze...ngNoKeyswitchDemo1.mp3
Electri6ityLPLegatoTappingNoKeyswitchDemo2.mp3:
http://www.benjaminstelze...ngNoKeyswitchDemo2.mp3

Blues/Rock Licks:
Electri6ityLPBluesRockLick1NoKeyswitchDemo.mp3:
http://www.benjaminstelze...ck1NoKeyswitchDemo.mp3
Electri6ityLPBluesRockLick2NoKeyswitchDemo.mp3:
http://www.benjaminstelze...ck2NoKeyswitchDemo.mp3
Electri6ityLPBluesRockLick3NoKeyswitchDemo.mp3:
http://www.benjaminstelze...ck3NoKeyswitchDemo.mp3
Electri6ityLPRockRiffAndSoloJammingNoKeyswitchDemo.mp3:
http://www.benjaminstelze...ingNoKeyswitchDemo.mp3
Electri6ityTeleFamousRiffJammingNoKeyswitchDemo.mp3:
http://www.benjaminstelze...ingNoKeyswitchDemo.mp3
Electri6ityP90BluesNoKeyswitchDemo.mp3:
http://www.benjaminstelze...uesNoKeyswitchDemo.mp3

I hope you like them! Please keep in mind that these are guitar only demos, not a demonstration of some
guitars buried in a mix. I don't think that there is a more challenging way to demonstrate a
electric guitar sample library.

Cheers,
Benjamin

PS: The videos of the recording session will be online soon! Stay tuned and check http://www.twitter.com/vir2instruments or the Vir2 YouTube channel for updates!

Pretty awesome...seems like a great product! [:)

Eek I kinda like that.

Thanks for your kind comments!
Wait till you see the live performance videos, it's soo easy to get these results with Electri6ity!

The rhythm stuff sounds great, but some of the lead phrasing is not quite there...getting close though.

WOOT!  Good stuff.  I like the new layout.  Welp, I went ahead and pre-ordered.  I even paid for overnight shipping.  LOL.  I'm ansy.  I can't wait for May 18th!!!

I recently picked up two of Vir2's products: namely Acoustic Legends HD and Elite Orchestral Percussion (E.O.P).  I can't say I was genuinely impressed, but I was astounded at the selection and variety of instruments included in EOP.  I am still having difficulties getting a nice orchestral sound out of EOP; it seems that at higher velocities, the instruments get a "tinny" sound (as if a hi-pass filter is being used).

One of the things emphasized in the EOP advertisement is the sample engine.  This is the ability to automatically call up pre-configured loops within the Kontakt interface.  For example, you could turn on a 16th roll loop by pressing the keyswitch C0.  Frankly, I never found myself using these features as they took out the fun of making your own percussion part.  I imagine they would be useful when in a pinch for movie scoring.

Another feature is the reverb.  It's called EZroom, and it's included with all the patches.  It's your basic reverb, but the reason they say you should use it is because the tails are recorded from the same rooms as the samples.  Anyway, it's your choice in the end, and I found that Altiverb 6 sounded a lot more real than the EZroom.  Maybe it's because I'm more familiar with that interface...

Acoustic Legends HD is actually amazing for what it is.  Having used Realstrat Guitar, Podfarm, and others, I can say that this one beats them all.  The strumming requires a lot of fine-tuning (with velocities), but once you take the time, you can barely tell the difference from normal recordings and the sampled stuff.  My biggest gripe is the space it takes - almost 40GB!  On my 265GB drive, it's a huge chunk!

Here is a amazing new demo by Przemyslaw Kopczyk:

Somewhere - shows the Rickenbacker 360 played clean with a lot of feeling:
http://www.benjaminstelze...awKopczykSomewhere.mp3