Impact Soundworks Special Reserves - Nashville Banjo KONTAKT

The quintessential American instrument. Super expressive and easy-to-play. Lay down realistic banjo parts fast, whether you’re creating an intricate picking part or writing a solo line. Create full-blown country or bluegrass tracks, or bring a folk flavor to a pop song or video game score, with the stunning realism and authenticity of Special Reserves: Nashville Banjo. Like all Special Reserves, it offers a streamlined interface, affordable price, and Kontakt Player compatibility!

Special Reserves: Nashville Banjo brings you as close as possible to the varied sound and musicality of a live player. We sampled sustains and harmonics with a high number of round robins per note. These include both up and down picking in three dynamics across a large range. During fast playing, an additional set of samples gets triggered for even more variation and nimbleness, so you never have to worry about rapid-fire repetition. For further authenticity, we also sampled the drone string (used to provide harmony) separately.

The production-ready tone fits seamlessly into country, bluegrass, folk and other genres. Tweak the sound and performance easily with eight intuitive controls across the single-page GUI. Want a bold, twangy sound for soloing? Use the release noise and pluck controls to dial in a more raw and realistic sound. Playing a busy picking part? Put it in mono mode to avoid overlapping notes and use the response control to tighten things up for live performances. All controls can be automated and are midi-learnable.

Real banjo players will vary the tone by moving their hands to different fret positions as they play. We fully sampled two hand positions, so you can use the hand position control to get a warmer, rounder sound with the high position or a brighter sound with the low position.

Whether you’re creating country or bluegrass tracks or simply want to bring the distinctive sound of roots music to your video game scores or pop productions, Special Reserves: Nashville Banjo is a realistic, authentic virtual banjo instrument at a budget price.

Authentic bluegrass performance
Featuring a performer who won Banjo Player of the Year from the International Bluegrass Music Association.

Impeccable realism and variation
Features a huge number of round robins, including multiple additional sample sets for rapid playing to avoid the “machine-gun” effect, plus three distinct dynamic layers.

From twangy to tight
Simple controls make it easy to dial in the performance you want, with as much or as little realistic noise (plucks, releases) as you choose.

Includes fifth (drone) string
A unique component of traditional bluegrass-style banjo playing, the drone string provides harmony and can be controlled separately.

Production-ready sound out-of-the-box
No special mixing, EQ, or reverb required. This is the ideal studio banjo tone, right out of the box.

The Artist
Ronnie Stewart, a multi-instrumental bluegrass musician, has played with countless bands and on a staggeringly long list of recordings in addition to several of his own solo albums. He won the International Bluegrass Music Association award for Banjo Player of the Year in 2011 and for Fiddle Player of the Year in 2000.

What is the Special Reserves Series?
The Special Reserves series delivers production-ready sounds that are streamlined and extremely easy to use. Created by Impact Soundworks co-founder Andrew Aversa, each entry in the series is designed around a single sonic concept, polished to a mirror shine and ready to drop in your next hit soundtrack or record. Sporting just 8 simple controls, these instruments make it as simple as possible to get great results.

Requires Native Instruments Kontakt Player or Kontakt FULL v7.8.1 and higher!

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