The Rhythm Guitar Project is a two disc CD-ROM set of Acoustic Rhythm Guitar, mapped to play live on a MIDI keyboard. This is a new type of sampling library. It works because we've invented a clever way of mapping the samples on a keyboard so that you can get the rhythm and feel of a real acoustic guitar. Strumming that you play on the keyboard. Not a looped performance. You control the down stroke. You control the upstroke. You control the chord, the accent, the sustain, the tempo. In short - you're playing Acoustic Rhythm Guitar from your MIDI keyboard.
Here's how we did it:
Quick summary of the performance technique.
More detailed instructions.
Here is a SampleCell demo instrument (D and D minor only):
(samples, instrument and MIDI sequence - 2.5 Mb Mac file).
Listen to these amazing short audio demos:
(6 & 12 string demo - 790k MP3 file).
(12 string solo - 740k MP3 file).
(tempo change demo, 1070k MP3 file).
(dueling guitars, 750k MP3 file)
(single notes highlighted, 500k MP3 file)
(as part of production, 1050k MP3 file)
Background on the organization of the disc:
Instrument Naming Convention
Sample Naming Convention
Sample Numbering Convention
Available exclusively for SampleCell.
Developed by LemonSky Labs.
Distributed by Big Fish Audio.
