Prominy

Prominy has released the LPC Electric Guitar Libraries, capturing the sound of Gibson Les Paul Custom and including over 60 Gigabytes, approximately 150,000 samples, in Kontakt 2 format.

Included are:

• Over 7,200 .nki files – Single note, 5th-dyad chord, 4th-dyad chord, mute (tight, medium, loose), octave, vibrato (single note, 5th-dyad cord, 4th-dyad chord, octave), single bend, unison bend, stationary bend, double bend, legato slide, pinch harmonic, various chords, picking noises, scrape, etc.
• Legato Slide – A number of sampled legato slide techniques; From Seminole (1 fret) to 1 octave (12 frets), multiple tempos and velocity options for every single note, 5th-dyad chord, 4th-dyad chord2, and octave playing styles
• Various chords played by up, down, fast, and slow strokes – major, minor, 7th, minor7th, major7th , add9th, 7th-9th, major7th-9th, sus4th, dim7th, #9th, minor9th, major3rd(vibrato), major (picking harmonics), open chords, etc. Clean and Distorted, both timbres of the electric guitar are included.
• Huge number of picking noises are recorded in multiple forms on all frets and strings.

Clean only version and distortion only versions are also available. (Over 3,600 .nki files over 30 Gigabytes, approximately 75,000 samples in each)

The Kontakt format discs are shipped with the GIGA format discs. (Both are included in one package.)

Price: Full version $599.00 Clean only or Distortion only version $349.00

More information is available via the Prominy site.

Prominy has announced new sample library; LPC Electric Distortion & Clean Guitar, for GIGA STUDIO 3.0 / 2.0, capturing the sound of Gibson Les PaulTM Custom. The LPC guitar library includes over 60 Giga-bytes, approx. 150,000 samples

Features:

• 243 .gig files which includes over 7,200 instruments
  Single note, 5th-dyad chord, 4th-dyad chord, mute(tight, medium, loose), octave, vibrato(single note, 5th-dyad cord, 4th-dyad chord, octave), single bend, unison bend, stationary bend, double bend, legato slide, pinch harmonic, various chords, picking noises, scrape, etc.
• Legato Slide
  A huge number of sampled legato slide techniques; From Seminole (1 fret) to 1 octave (12 frets), multiple tempos and velocity options for every single note, 5th-dyad chord, 4th-dyad chord2, and octave playing styles.
• Real-time Legato Slide instruments
  Using Giga Studio 3.0’s new feature, ‘Legato Mode’, you can enjoy real-time legato slide.
• Various chords played by up, down, fast, and slow strokes major, minor, 7th, minor7th, major7th , add9th, 7th-9th, major7th-9th, sus4th, dim7th, #9th, minor9th, major3rd(vibrato), major (picking harmonics), open chords, etc.
• Clean and Distorted, both timbres of the electric guitar are included.
• Huge number of picking noises are recorded in multiple forms on all frets and strings.

Price: $599.00 (Introductory price: $499.00 offer ends May 6 2005)

Prominy has announced Electric Grand PCP-80, a sound library featuring the sound of a Yamaha Electric Grand Piano CP-80.

Giga, HALion, Kontakt, and EXS formats are all included. It is
compatible with both PC and Mac. The samples are recorded at 24bit,
96kHz sampling rate and is also applicable at 16 bit, 44kHz. The PCP-80
was awarded 5 stars by Sound On Sound magazine, September 2004.

Instruments:

• 96kHz/24bit 20 velocity Layer (HALion Format)
• 96kHz/24bit 16 velocity Layer (Kontakt, EXS Format)
• 96kHz/24bit 8 velocity Layer (HALion, Kontakt, EXS Format)
• 44kHz/24bit 20 velocity Layer (HALion Format)
• 44kHz/24bit 16 velocity Layer (Kontakt, EXS Format)
• 44kHz/24bit 8 velocity Layer (HALion, Kontakt, EXS Format)
• 44kHz/16bit 16 velocity Layer (Giga Format)
• 44kHz/16bit 8 velocity Layer (Giga Format)

System Requirements:

PC

• -Windows98SE/ME/2000/XP
• 20 GB of available hard-disk space
• CPU: 1 Ghz (2 Ghz or faster processor recommended)
• RAM: 1GB or greater (1.5 GB or greater recommended)
• DVD-ROM drive
• GSIF compatible audio interface (GIGA Format Version)
• HALion: v 2.0.3.5
• GIGASTUDIO: v 2.5
• Kontakt: v 1.5.2
• EXS: Logic Platinum5.5.1+EXS24

MAC

• MacOS 9.2.2 / MacOS X 10.2
• 20 GB of available hard-disk space
• CPU: G4 800 Ghz (G41.25 Ghz or faster processor recommended)
• RAM: 1GB or greater (1.5 GB or greater recommended)
• DVD – ROM drive
• HALion: v 2.0.3.4
• Kontakt: v 1.5.2
• EXS: Logic Platinum6.1.1+EXS24 (MacOS 9.2.2)
• EXS: Logic Platinum6.3.1+?‹EXS24 (MacOS X)

Price: $199.00 Available at Prominy sound shop: http://www.prominy.com/shop/catalog/

Media: 1 DVD-ROM (total 15GB)