Ah, I see. What SmokeyJ's talking about is a sequencer like the one in Indiginus' Acoustic Guitar Collection. That one's very handy indeed. I use the double-tracked 12-string in that library a lot, for acoustic strumming pads. For $50 it's a great value, even if not as sophisticated as EAG. (Sorry, Greg, it's bad form to advertise a competitor in your thread, but I consider AGC a complement to EAG rather than an alternative.)
 
I agree that strumming could be improved upon in the OTS guitars. For example, it would be nice if, when you load or save a pattern, the dialog would default to the strum patterns folder instead of making you navigate to it. 
 
I don't have EAG yet, but I have EEG, which uses the same scheme. I have not considered its strum feature a limitation, though, but then it's an electric guitar and I use it for power chords and leads. Strumming is far more crucial for acoustic guitar.
 
Greg, is it really necessary to go to K5 to implement a step sequencer? Please keep supporting K4 - at least until I've got all the OTS products!
 

bitflipper
 
Greg, is it really necessary to go to K5 to implement a step sequencer? Please keep supporting K4 - at least until I've got all the OTS products!

I sincerely empathize with bitflipper about continuing to support K4. Not too long ago I felt forced to shell out more money for the K5 upgrade because another devs library received some improvements that were a must have for me to get the full benefits from it. I really hated having to spend the extra money for K5 but I felt no choice.
 
This other library update did come with a choice that incorporated some of the improvements that would run in K4 while the full featured update, which was what I needed, required K5. This strategy may be an option but not necessarily a choice...
 
The ability to drag MIDI sequences out of Evolution into your DAW would be a very convenient and powerful feature.
 

bitflipper
I agree that strumming could be improved upon in the OTS guitars. For example, it would be nice if, when you load or save a pattern, the dialog would default to the strum patterns folder instead of making you navigate to it.

I know! I really wish I could do something about that, but Kontakt goes to the "Data" subfolder by default. At least having the patterns and factory presets built-in will allow you to switch between presets without bringing up the load dialog box.
 

bitflipper
Greg, is it really necessary to go to K5 to implement a step sequencer? Please keep supporting K4 - at least until I've got all the OTS products!

Only for MIDI integration--the ability to export MIDI files from the built-in pattern step sequencer, or to be able to drag the pattern out of OTS into your DAW's sequencer.
 
I'm on the same page as you--I'd rather keep it compatible back to Kontakt 4, and that's my current plan. If I decide to move to Kontakt 5, would licensing the Kontakt Player make it work out for you? (and the other users who use Kontakt 4)

Hi all, I just wanted to share this review Orange Tree Samples' Lap Steel Guitar (currently at $63.20 USD and about to go even lower). The reviewer included audio files of him playing the Lap Steel Guitar and CoreBass Pear acoustic bass libraries in a song. 
http://shannonpenner.wordpress.com/2013/09/17/lap-steel-by-orange-tree-samples/

Question about the Group Buy.  Can I/someone signup for the purchase of one item, but before the end of the group buy also sign up for additional items?
 
I want Acoustic Steel, but might also get Strawberry Electric if it goes to 50%.  So can we add to our selection closer to the end of the Group Buy period?

cecelius2
Question about the Group Buy.  Can I/someone signup for the purchase of one item, but before the end of the group buy also sign up for additional items?
 
I want Acoustic Steel, but might also get Strawberry Electric if it goes to 50%.  So can we add to our selection closer to the end of the Group Buy period?

I can answer that one (I consult to Orange Tree Samples & help out with Group Buys). Yes, you can modify your order at any point prior to making your purchase. I've seen several posts from people at various forums and on Facebook who have shared that they'll pick up more libraries if it reaches the 40% or 50% discount level. I think that's pretty reasonable. Btw, we're now up to 99 people in the GB, one person away from the 30% discount level. I've helped out and participated in a lot of independent devs group buys over the years and all of Orange Tree Samples, I think two, prior group buys (the last one was 3 yrs ago, so these things are pretty rare for them) and people are joining this one at a very fast rate. I have no doubt it will reach 250 people long before the deadline in 20 days. 

So once it reaches 250 can we then purchase and receive our downloads or do we have to wait until the deadline is up?

If I decide to move to Kontakt 5, would licensing the Kontakt Player make it work out for you? (and the other users who use Kontakt 4)

NO! We'd still be handing more money to Native Instruments, just with you as an intermediary. I've given them all I want to give.

bitflipper

If I decide to move to Kontakt 5, would licensing the Kontakt Player make it work out for you? (and the other users who use Kontakt 4)

NO! We'd still be handing more money to Native Instruments, just with you as an intermediary. I've given them all I want to give.

  I'm with you there!
 
Also, we are at the 30% off tier now!

Hey, the Group Buy just reached 100 people and the 30% discount level!!!

Now on to the next challenge, reaching the 40% tier when we hit 175 people. Spread the word.