Impact Soundworks Shreddage 3 Rock Band Virtual Instrument Bundle, Download

Includes everything you need to create complete rock & metal tracks in your DAW: heavy guitars for rhythm & lead, dozens of thunderous drum kits, and floor-shaking bass - tens of thousands of samples in total with stunning realism and tons of articulations to pick from. Compatible with MIDI drums and guitar pickups.- Shreddage 3 Jupiter -Shreddage 2 is now Shreddage 3 Jupiter! Our most popular 7-string electric guitar has the ultimate dark, rich tone for heavy rock and metal music. Now upgraded to the S3 Engine with more realistic performances, custom articulations, better editing, and 30+ BUILT-IN FX (amps, cabs, pedals, and more!)Library OverviewShreddage 3 Jupiter takes our most popular instrument ever (Shreddage 2: Absolute Electric Guitar) and upgrades it to our cutting-edge S3 engine. Used by thousands of composers, producers, and bands all over the world, the original S2 guitar set a new standard for virtual guitars and pushed the limits of realism for "in-the-box" rock & metal production. Now you can enjoy these incredible samples with even better performance playback, strumming, articulation mapping, and tone options!Sporting 7-strings and tuned to drop-A, Shreddage 3 Jupiter has a dark, rich guitar tone that is perfect for heavy rock and metal. Its massive powerchords and chugs will instantly fill out a rhythm track, especially with our one-click double and quad-tracking. With the included Console FX rack and mixer, you don't even need external plugins; just choose from our dozens of included presets and you're ready to shred.All the articulations from the original S2 are here, and can be mapped or triggered however you want using Total Articulation Control Technology 2.0 (TACT). There are more ways to tweak and play these articulations than ever: dynamic layer and mute level adjustments, per-articulation velocity to volume, Strum Mode, and much more.Welcome to the next generation of virtual guitar instruments!Console: Modular FX Rack and MixerConsole is our new mixer, modular effects rack, and pedal board, designed to give you full control over your virtual guitar tone. Unlike our previous FX racks, which were limited to a small amount of preset modules, Console gives you 30 effects modules to choose from!- Shreddage 3 Stratus -The next generation of virtual guitar instruments for KONTAKT PLAYER is here! More realistic and versatile than ever before, featuring an American classic sound, three pickups, tons of articulations and the new CONSOLE mixer and modular FX rack!Library OverviewShreddage 3 Stratus is the first chapter in a new universe of Impact Soundworks guitar and bass instruments. In creating this sample library, we've drawn from nearly a decade of experience and customer feedback on our previous guitars. We created a new engine - Shreddage 3 (or S3, for short) - entirely from scratch, incorporating the latest Kontakt technology and tools available in version 5.7.Our new fretting and voicing algorithms give you more realistic performances and playback than ever, emulating how a real guitarist would play a part. Changing these is as simple as selecting from a menu or pressing a keyswitch. A much-requested Strumming engine has been added, great for both slow and fast rhythm parts alike. And with our new modular mixer Console, you now have over 30 effects at your fingertips, from EQs to pedals, compressors, amps, cabinets, modulators, and more.To showcase all these incredible features, what better guitar to sample than a classic American tone used in countless rock, blues, metal, pop, soul, and funk tracks? Stratus includes three unique pickup positions with custom blending along with all the key articulations you've come to expect from the Shreddage series sampled in exquisite detail.Welcome to the next generation of virtual guitar instruments!Console: Modular FX Rack and MixerConsole is our new mixer, modular effects rack, and pedal board, designed to give you full control over your virtual guitar tone. Unlike our previous FX racks, which were limited to a small amount of preset modules, Console gives you 30 effects modules to choose from!- Shreddage 3 Abyss -Shreddage Bass 2 is now Shreddage 3 Abyss! Superb realism, depth, and stunning tone from a custom six-string Muckelroy bass, now upgraded to the S3 Engine: more realistic performances, easier editing, custom articulation mapping, and tons of built-in FX (amps, cabs, pedals & more!)Content:• Pristine 24-bit recordings with 3 pickups• Sustains, palm mutes, powerchords• Powerchord mutes, staccato, snaps• Harmonics, tremolo, tremolo slides• Hammer-on/pull-off, portamento slides• Fingered, whammy, and emulated vibrato• Unpitched & pitched release noises• Rakes, muted chokes, DI line noise• Over 30 new & custom cabinet IRs• Multiple demo MIDIS / projects includedLibrary OverviewShreddage 3 Abyss is the evolution of our custom six-string bass library Shreddage Bass 2, taking the complete set of over 10,000 recordings and placing them in our cutting-edge S3 engine. Featuring the sound of a one-of-a-kind, custom Muckelroy electric bass, Shreddage 3 Abyss is a super versatile instrument that starts at a floor-shaking drop A and extends up four and a half octaves. Now you can enjoy these incredible samples with even better performance playback, strumming, articulation mapping, and tone options!This instrument was performed by master bassist, composer, and session musician Tony Dickinson, who brought his massive experience and skill to recording the library from both the perspective of a performer and a producer. To capture the most pristine and well-rounded DI tone possible, we used a Universal Audio Solo/610 analog tube pre for maximum fatness, punch, and warmth. Each string was recorded in exhaustive detail across every fret at multiple dynamics, with up to 8x round robin (RR) variations per note.Now, with the included Console FX rack and mixer, you don't even need external plugins to mix and process the instrument; just choose from our dozens of included presets and you're ready to shred. Every articulation can be mapped or triggered however you want using Total Articulation Control Technology 2.0 (TACT). There are more ways to tweak and play these articulations than ever: dynamic layer and mute level adjustments, per-articulation velocity to volume, Strum Mode, and much more.Welcome to the next generation of virtual bass instruments!Console: Modular FX Rack and MixerConsole is our new mixer, modular effects rack, and pedal board, designed to give you full control over your virtual guitar tone. Unlike our previous FX racks, which were limited to a small amount of preset modules, Console gives you 30 effects modules to choose from!Content:• Pristine 24-bit recordings• Sustains, staccato, popping• Tapping, harmonics, FX• Hammer-on/pull-off, portamento• Emulated vibrato• Pitched release noises• Over 30 new & custom cabinet IRs- Shreddage Drums -The ultimate rock & metal drum instrument, produced by award-winning composer Frank Klepacki. Shreddage Drums offers an arsenal of heavy-hitting, radio-ready drum sounds for your tracks. With dozens of included kit presets, an ultra-deep mixer with full bleed control, totally customizable mapping and drum tweaks, plus over 700+ included MIDI grooves and fills from Groove Monkee, Shreddage Drums has everything you need to create brutal drum tracks.Midi GroovesShreddage Drums comes packed with over 700 MIDI grooves and fills to inspire your creativity and flesh out your drum tracks! Created by Groove Monkee, these phenomenal MIDIs span a wide range of styles and time signatures and feature REAL performances from REAL drummers - not artificial sequences. The grooves and fills were recorded at tempos from 80 to 200 BPM and adapt perfectly to any project tempo.The included grooves offer a small taste of the following Groove Monkee products: Progressive, Power Rock, Metal, and Hard Rock. So, if you use our "Shreddage Edition" (SE) grooves and crave even MORE awesome loops, we highly recommend heading to Groove Monkee for even more!Interface & EngineShreddage Drums features an extremely powerful KONTAKT engine allowing for total control over drum kit design, mixing, routing, effects, and tweaks. In the image above, note the bus mixer along the bottom which gives flexible control over the volume, panning/width, and output routing of each microphone position. You can also tweak the overhead/room send to each mic which is very useful if you want a tight, focused kick or snare, but wide/roomy hihats and toms... or any other combination.Content:• 25,000+ samples provided as 16 and 24-bit• Custom-built for rock & metal music• Dozens of produced drum kit presets• Raw AND pre-produced drums included• 700+ MIDI grooves and fills from Groove Monkee