MICROPHONES AND PICKUP

The AkousKontr is a German 4/4 four-string upright bass, recorded both from its pickup and with a pair of electrostatic microphones.

It is sampled in depth: around 1710 samples, with 5 velocity layers for the sustain, two takes of each note (2 round robins) so repeated notes never sound identical, and about 13 velocities for the releases.

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Overview & walkthrough

Listen

1 C-Town Shufflin' by Myron Davis (ft. DTA jazz and E-pian) 23,122 plays 1:39
2 Demo 1 (ft. TheBox and Vibysm) 12,796 plays 1:22
3 Demo 2 (ft. AcademicGrand and DrumTasteJazz) 10,988 plays 1:12
4 Demo 3 (ft. TheDulcet and DrumTasteJazz) 7,079 plays 2:34
5 Demo 1 bassline only 7,619 plays 1:22
6 Demo 1 bassline only/mic only position 5,536 plays 1:22

Interface

Legato, hammer-ons and slides

Play legato and the AkousKontr connects the notes the way a bassist would, with real hammer-on and slide samples.

The legato mode decides what an overlapping note does: trigger a hammer-on, a slide, a plain sustain, or nothing at all. The legato distance sets the widest interval it applies to, so a big jump is still played as a fresh note.

Vibrato, harmonics and percussion

An advanced vibrato effect sits on the modulation wheel, so you can bring it in and out as you play.

Harmonics, ghost notes and string hits are all sampled, along with percussion: hits with the hand on different parts of the bass.

Microphones or pickup

The AkousKontr was recorded both through its pickup and with the microphones, and you can set the volume of each from the interface to blend the two.

The sensitivity sets how quiet the softest notes are, and the release volume controls the sound of a string being released while a note is ringing.

Tech specs

779Mb uncompressed, 325Mb compressed in lossless flac format, around 1710 samples.

two microphone positions (microphonees + pickup).

5 Velocity layers for the sustain and two different takes for each note (2 rond robins).

about 13 Velocities for the release.

Hammer on samples.

Advanced Vibrato effect controlled via modulation wheel.

slides effects.

Harmonics, ghost notes, string hits samples.

Percussion samples (hits with the hand on different parts of the bass).

Advanced UVI scripting giving you access to a simple yet powerfull interface and advanced features.

Sample player

AkousKontr comes with its own sample player, the UVI Workstation 3 (requires v3.1.6 or later). We provide it for free with every library that you buy, you don't need to buy an expensive sampler to use our products. It works on Mac (10.14 or later intel or arm processor) and PC (windows 10 or later), in standalone or as a plugin (VST / VST3 / AU / AAX) and in 64 bits only. You can find more info about it here.

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Copy Protection

We use the iLok system to protect our products and you can choose to register your license to your computer or to an iLok dongle. If you decide to use an iLok dongle, both V1 and V2 are compatible with our products. You can activate your license on up to 3 computers or iLok dongles at the same time and you can deactivate one and activate another as many times as you want.

Registration

Once your order is complete, you will be provided with a serial number. You will then be able to register it to your iLok account from our website on this page (you need to be logged in to access this page). The whole process is described in the FAQ (instructions + screencast).

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