Lap steel? Wow! That'll be something to look forward to. I always loved the stuff David Gilmour and Steve Howe could do with them. But I'm sure a lot of Country Western musicians will be excited, too.

I will definitely be buying the lap steel. Please, Greg, give us a friendly introductory price for us po' folk.

I was recently at a friend's house where he had a vintage lap steel, so I messed around a bit with it and was surprised at how easy it was to get some cool Gilmoure-ish sounds happening. Run it hot through a small amp with some delay and you're there. If I could get that out of a sample library I'd be using it on every song!

Mmmm... lap steel... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b40cp7jDAuQ&feature=relmfu

Can't wait... Damn you, Greg Schlaepfer, and your sample libraries!!!

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I will definitely be buying the lap steel. Please, Greg, give us a friendly introductory price for us po' folk.

I was recently at a friend's house where he had a vintage lap steel, so I messed around a bit with it and was surprised at how easy it was to get some cool Gilmoure-ish sounds happening. Run it hot through a small amp with some delay and you're there. If I could get that out of a sample library I'd be using it on every song!

I saw David Gilmour twice w/the Floyd, doing his magic on the guitars, and Steve Howe, a few times. 



http://www.gilmourish.com/?page_id=69 David’s slide guitars have always been a big part of Pink Floyd’s sound. In the early days he followed the tradition of Syd, using different slide techniques to create effects and soundscapes. By the mid 70’s David mainly used lap steels and created some of his most memorable solos.


Gilmour's lap steel is the sound to crave for.

Since we're on the topic, here's the first audio demo of the upcoming lap steel library, played live. I'm using those Dan Dean Solo Strings from that great sale they had a week ago: http://www.orangetreesamp...udio/GrayPatchwork.mp3

Whadidisay? Best demos evah! Sounds fantastic, Greg, looking forward to this one...

Watch for "the official lap steel progress thread" to appear on Greg's support forum on KVR. Then you'll know it's only 9 months away. (Based on the "official evolution update progress thread", which debuted in August 2011 and announced the product release last month.)

I don't think it'll take as long as the EEG update took since he's already got the new engine/front-end written.
The EAG update came out hot on the heels of the EEG update because of the work he had already done to the new interface.

Hahah, yeah, I'm notorious for taking my time on projects. This time, the lap steel library will be out to the beta testers in 1-2 days, which means my job right now is going to be writing the manual and getting things ready for the release. :)

Guess what Greg announced a little while ago on KVR?
 
http://www.orangetreesamples.com/lap-steel-guitar

Just finished the download (only ~700MB total). If I'm a good boy and get all my work done, mommy will let me play with my new toy around 3AM or 4AM tomorrow... :)

Nice affordable intro price!  Thanks.

Let me know how the Gilmouring goes... :)

Been sitting here jamming for about an hour and having a blast with the lap steel. It's all about the slides, something I've never been able to do convincingly with sample libraries before. 

An example of something most other libraries cannot do: you can hold down an Am chord and slide smoothly up to a C major chord, using the scale-snap feature. In the past, I've had to use an overdub to achieve that effect. 

Next, I'm hooking this up to UberMod, which I think is going to make it go all pinkfloydie and psychedelic and stuff.

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Been sitting here jamming for about an hour and having a blast with the lap steel. It's all about the slides, something I've never been able to do convincingly with sample libraries before. 

An example of something most other libraries cannot do: you can hold down an Am chord and slide smoothly up to a C major chord, using the scale-snap feature. In the past, I've had to use an overdub to achieve that effect. 

Next, I'm hooking this up to UberMod, which I think is going to make it go all pinkfloydie and psychedelic and stuff.

Let me know when you find yourself in the Gilmour zone. I might have to check that Uber-thing out. Post an audio. 


I really want to get into the Floydosphere.


[I checked out the UberMod, and it looks like an awesome tool. I'll have to get both the Lap and the Delay. But I'm still recovering from Morphestra, for now]]