Hi I have just bought the full version of Kontakt and have been puzzling over which guitar library to buy, I'm not much of a keyboard player so was wondering out of Lyrical distortion , orange tree strawberry to Torch to go for . I was planning on trying to compose some Theodora Krueger "type " stuff in PRV ........any suggestions which to go for , pros and cons of the above.... Or any other recommendations gratefully received. 

Ps sorry about typos, above damn iPad . I know it's not Theodora :-) 

Orange Tree Samples Evolution Electric Guitar is amazing, especially since it's just been updated.
Customer service from Greg is also beyond expected.

thank you, I keep hearing this about Orange Tree.  I've also, just checked out Shreddage which looks interesting. 

Have both and IMO, Shreddage is kind of like a one trick pony compared to OTS EEG.

Ah, ok that's interesting to know. Thanks again, I may be misreading , but the articulations seem limited compared to some others, but the accolades say otherwise. 

I am definately going to look into it deeper. 

Ilya Efimov has a new LP, and released a Tele like 2 days ago... http://www.ilyaefimov.com/ Bought the LP recently, but been doing like 18 hour work days, and haven't had any chance to spend w/ it, so can't give any useful feedback as of yet. Greg's support from OTS is definately outstanding though... One thing you might consider is getting one of the "light" LD libs, like LDi Select, which is only $19.. use that to get your feet wet with emulating guitar on a keyboard/in a piano roll/etc.... Then when you're at a point of realizing "what you're missing", you'll be better prepared to understand what exactly the bigger and more featured libraries provide. Just a thought.

There's a bug crawling on my screen, here, and I can't get rid of him.

I just bought OT EEG and, yeah, it is looking promising. I've really got a lot more to learn about the strumming, though, and other articulation triggering.

keith


One thing you might consider is getting one of the "light" LD libs, like LDi Select, which is only $19.. use that to get your feet wet with emulating guitar on a keyboard/in a piano roll/etc.... Then when you're at a point of realizing "what you're missing", you'll be better prepared to understand what exactly the bigger and more featured libraries provide. Just a thought.

I have quite a few of those $19 Lyrical Distortion libraries I bought very cheaply in a sale and you are correct, as good as they are they show you what you are missing. I don't really know much about their larger libraries.
 
I think Orange Tree is very good with a very comprehensive rang of articulations and features. I have both Strawberry and Steel Strings I have the to try the updated Strawberry yet.
 
Indiginus is a company worth checking out. Torch and ACC are not a fully featured as Strawberry and Steel Strings, but is simpler and very effective. Good value at the price.
 
You should look into guitar amp simulators too. Torch is better through Amplitube of Guitar Rig than using the built in effects, I suspect that will be the case with the new Strawberry too. Kontakts amps and speakers are OK but do not match a full package.
 
Ilya Efimov looks tempting but I should concentrate on getting the best out my OT and Indiginus products first. Of course I could become the Nigel Tufnel of virtual guitars.

The "Reja Vu" demo on the Evolution Electric Guitar Strawberry page uses only the built-in effects system, just so you can get an idea of the tones it's capable of producing: http://www.orangetreesamples.com/audio/RejaVu.mp3 All the presets used in the demo as well as the MIDI file are included in the download.