Evolution Electric Guitar - Strawberry is recorded dry/direct input, so you can do whatever you like to it, just like a real guitar. I was an early Orange Tree Samples customer back when they first started the business (2008?). I began giving Greg, the CEO, feedback and suggestions for new features (input into what eventually became the Evolution line). I've been using guitar samples since the 80s. I have owned everything from samples in formats such as soundfonts, GigaSampler and Akai from small devs, Sonic Implants and others, to VSTs like RealGuitar, VirtualGuitarist, Slayer, you name it. Besides being a former semi-pro musician, I am a marketing professional with expertise in all areas of marketing, product development and branding and have given advice to several guitar sample devs whose libraries I use and even offered to fund guitar sample libraries with features I've wanted over the years (the Evolution guitar lines represents my dream library to be honest; I gave a lot of input and Greg went far beyond it). I own or have owned guitar sample libraries from a good deal of the KONTAKT devs on the market and none of them have equaled what Greg Schlaepfer of Orange Tree Samples has done, imo. So yes, I consult to OTS and gave input on various libraries and even named the Evolution line -- so, I am affiliated (and I want to be transparent about that), but it was all as a result of my being a passionate sample library user; someone who has been using guitar sample libraries, playing "virtual guitar," for decades.
As far as the comparison to RealGuitar, as a former owner of RealStrat and RealGuitar 2L, those are VSTs whose realism and sample quality (a significant shortcoming of the libraries, imo) has been surpassed by many high end KONTAKT sample libraries, not just Evolution. Another major factor beyond sample quality in Evolution is the scripting; that cannot be downplayed. It's an incredibly important factor, as we're not in the early 2000s dealing with non-scripted libraries that are just tons of articulations, maybe velocity layers and round robins making for trackzillas, today, scripting and workflow are critical, and while any of these deep sampled, highly scripted KONTAKT libraries has a learning curve, I find the scripting/programming and workflow on Evolution, and really all OTS libraries is nothing short of amazing and one of the huge differentiators for the libraries. Plus the attention to small details makes a huge difference (I don't want to give away OTS' trade secrets, but this is a significant part of achieving the realism). Check out the audio demos below and their YouTube videos to get an idea. I compiled this list of my favorite Evolution Electric Guitar - Strawberry demos during the last Group Buy. Listen to the realism. It's made its way unto pop tracks and tv, movie and game tracks for good reason.
ROCK (including Metal)
http://www.orangetreesamples.com/audio/SlitheryTattoo.mp3 http://www.orangetreesamples.com/audio/StrawberryExtendedTeaser.mp3http://www.orangetreesamples.com/audio/SteveMorsels.mp3 http://www.orangetreesamples.com/audio/Orangeholic.mp3http://www.orangetreesamples.com/audio/SoloGuitar.mp3 http://www.orangetreesamples.com/audio/ScarletQueen.mp3http://www.orangetreesamples.com/audio/StrawberryPop.mp3 http://www.orangetreesamples.com/audio/Jaco%20Rocks.mp3http://www.orangetreesamples.com/audio/Ruff%20Riff.mp3 http://www.orangetreesamples.com/audio/ZtrawberrieZ.mp3 (customer demo)
METAL
http://www.orangetreesamples.com/download/Revolution.mp3 http://www.orangetreesamples.gregjazz.com/audio/doubletrackedguitar.mp3http://www.orangetreesamples.com/audio/Essence.mp3 http://www.orangetreesamples.com/audio/EEG-Powerchords.mp3http://orangetreesamples.gregjazz.com/audio/progmetal.mp3 80s POP
http://soundcloud.com/talvin/talvin-jones-days-of-old-2-mix (customer song)
BLUES
No other electric guitar sample library can do this so authentically. Whatever styles you do, this should blow you away:
http://www.orangetreesamples.com/audio/ElusiveBlues.mp3http://www.orangetreesamples.com/audio/CherryBassSlapMix.mp3 http://www.orangetreesamples.com/audio/MrKing.mp3http://www.orangetreesamples.com/audio/FunkyBlues.mp3 COUNTRY
http://www.orangetreesamples.com/audio/Countray.mp3REGGAE
http://www.orangetreesamples.com/audio/coreguitar-strawberry-demo1.mp3 R&B
http://www.orangetreesamples.com/audio/JacksonTest.mp3FUNK
http://www.orangetreesamples.com/audio/cherryfunk.mp3 http://www.orangetreesamples.com/audio/Kool.mp3http://www.orangetreesamples.com/audio/EvolutionFunkGuitar.mp3 http://www.orangetreesamples.com/audio/Funkulous.mp3VIDEO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlKFDakw4k4