Alan Lastufka of Bela D Media

 Studio B: The Rock Collection

Studio B consists of an acoustic bass guitar, an electric guitar (a custom version of the Lyrical Distortion guitar) and three separate drum kits; two played with sticks and one played with hot-rod brushes.

Combined you have the fundamental backing tracks for many pop/rock/blues and jazz tracks. All three are unique instruments.

The acoustic bass guitar is something rarely sampled, and we have sampled separate index finger and middle finger variations for every articulation, including sustains, marcatos, pops, slaps and more... (not to mention a very fun effects and slides toolbox)

The guitar is simple but powerful. It is not distorted to the point of being crunchy, but its amped, not direct in - making it perfect for backing tracks or focused leads.

Last are the drums; recorded and programmed in the true multitrack technique used by all professional recording studios. You get eight mic positions with full bleed in every mic. One snare crack and its felt through all the mics, which can be assigned to separate outputs from Kontakt, allowing for individual gating, EQing and reverbing of each mic. You don't get this authentically in any other drum library we are aware of in the Kontakt format.

This all results in the most authentic multisampled blues/rock package.

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