Archtop: Hollowbody Electric Guitar
An Impact Soundworks Sample Library
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Overview
Archtop: Hollowbody Electric Guitar is our next-generation virtual instrument sampling a customized
Sadowsky Jim Hall model with dual pickups. This library is ideal for many genres, from jazz, funk, and
R&B, to ambient, rock, pop, and beyond. With lots of realism and detail, you can write or perform
virtually any rhythm or lead part you can imagine!
The gorgeous warm tone of Archtop can be processed with internal or external amps, cabs, and FX, or
left totally clean; with tons of subtle detail and two pickups, it excels at clean playing. By blending from
NECK to BRIDGE pickups you can change the tone from smooth and clear to more biting and nasal, or
whatever combination suits your tastes.
Archtop includes a handy Combinator setup for processing in addition to a selection of essential
techniques like sustains, palm mutes, tremolo, harmonics, octaves, and chokes.
Sound Content
The library contains two Combinator patches that span all important playing styles (sustains, palm
mutes, thumbed octaves, tremolo, vibrato, etc). For greater tweakability and customization, 13 NN-XT
patches are also included which break the articulations down into individual patches like mutes,
harmonics, releases, sustains, etc. However, we generally recommend using the Combinator patches
for maximum playability.
Please note that this library focuses on depth of sampling as opposed to hundreds of patches with
relatively few samples. We meticulously recorded thousands of samples for these instruments with
multiple velocity (dynamic) layers, round robin (RR) variations, articulations, and other techniques.
User Interface (UI)
All patches share some common features in the Combinator UI.
* Mid-Scoop: Controls the frequency of a handy, gentle EQ scoop.
* EQ-Boost: Hypes the high end of the instrument.
* Reverb: Mixes reverb into the signal.
* Fuzz Box: Toggles a fuzz saturation effect.
* Echo: Mixes delay into the signal.
* Guitar Amp: Toggles a Line6 amplifier effect.
* Saturator: Toggles a warming saturation effect.
* Neck-Bridge: Mixes between the sampled NECK and BRIDGE pickups. This can dramatically
change the tone of the instrument!
The Modwheel generally adds vibrato.
Mapping Layout
Archtop KSW
Single note articulations are mapped here from E1 to C#5. Low velocities trigger palm mutes, while the
higher velocities trigger sustains. C1, C#1, and D1 trigger choked strums at three locations on the neck
- useful for rhythmic fills. Releases are triggered on any note by default.
By holding certain notes ("keyswitches") you can switch to different articulations.
C-1: Harmonics
C#-1: Thumbed octave sustains
D-1: Natural vibrato
D#-1: Tremolo
Archtop
Identical to the KSW patch above, but without the keyswitch functionality.
** The NN-XT patches represent individual components of the Combinator patches. For example, you
could load only the Chokes or only the Harmonics and create your own structure. It is usually
worthwhile to simply use the Combinators but should you want to load just a single articulation, this is
the place to look. **
Credits
Designed, programmed and edited by Andrew Aversa. Performed and recorded by Josh Workman.
Reason conversion by Anthony Mena.
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