by Riot Audio
Baritone Guitar Washes by Riot Audio is a cinematic pad instrument for Kontakt. Its uniquely versatile WASHES sound design engine creates beautiful ambient swells, pads and pluck & stab sounds based on recordings with an aluminium neck baritone electric guitar custom-made for legendary Italian ambient composer Eraldo Bernocchi (Sigillum S, Obake, Simm, Harold Budd, Bill Laswell).
$ 59.00
BARITONE GUITAR WASHES is a versatile Kontakt instrument based on sampled recordings of a custom-made hand-built baritone electric guitar with an aluminium neck by NUDE Guitars (see pictures below). The deep resonance and incredible sustain of the instrument make it perfectly suited to designing long pads and other ambient sounds.
BARITONE GUITAR WASHES is based on our proprietary Kontakt engine (WASHES) that incorporates three layers of sound – Body, Grit and Air, each with a specific function and sound characteristics.
BARITONE GUITAR WASHES is a versatile Kontakt instrument based on sampled recordings of a custom-made hand-built baritone electric guitar with an aluminium neck by NUDE Guitars (see pictures below). The deep resonance and incredible sustain of the instrument make it perfectly suited to designing long pads and other ambient sounds.
BARITONE GUITAR WASHES is based on our proprietary Kontakt engine (WASHES) that incorporates three layers of sound – Body, Grit and Air, each with a specific function and sound characteristics.
There are also detailed FX controls as well as an “EDGE” control mapped to the mod wheel by default for some added saturation and spectral shaping to bring out extra dirt and presence.
The resulting palette of possible sounds is unique in its breadth, whilst still retaining the DNA of the original sound sources. Whether you’re looking for icy, thin trails, warm, sparkly harmony pads, or edgy, scratchy atonal textures, BARITONE GUITAR WASHES is guaranteed to have something for you.
BARITONE GUITAR WASHES is a two-page Kontakt instrument designed for as a powerful tool for detailed sound creation.
MASTER
Controls for Volume, Pan and Stereo Width, as well as an “Edge” control for added saturation and spectral shaping and a main level meter.
FX
Controls for Distortion (including Damping), Filters (LP, BP, HP), Delay (including up to 100% feedback time for endless textures) and Reverb (including length).
EQ
Low, Mid and High Frequency EQ with variable Q controls.
BODY, GRIT and AIR
Controls for Layer Source Sample, Volume, Sample Start, Attack and Release as well as a layer-specific level meter for each of the three layers.
MORPHING
A number of controls are available for BARITONE GUITAR WASHES’ morphing capabilities. For each layer there is a selection menu for Target Sample and controls for Morphing Direction (base layer<->target layer), Morphing Amount and Speed.
The guitar session with Eraldo Bernocchi (Sigillum S, Harold Budd, Bill Laswell) was tracked using an ultra-quiet Profiler Amp from German high-end manufacturer Kemper Amps owned by Eraldo himself
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Hoover mono
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Bowed
Distorted Weirdness
Distorted tonal
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