Obviously the Kontakt application from Komplete will host my guitar selections, but I did not feel the included sampled guitar options were complete enough for me. Fortunately, as a previous owner of a Kurzweil K2000 I had bought a CD-ROM from Sweetwater Sound called Ultimate Guitars. This not only covered a good range of guitar sounds, but I was also able to convert it for use in Kontakt.
I am still in the process of converting the K2000 guitar sounds to Kontakt usability. Actually, the conversion of the samples themselves happens in one clean run, but sample conversion is not always pretty. It is common to have to do some manual cleanup.
That means I have to manually set up each preset and listen to the notes to make sure the entire instrument is playable. I can't do that in one or two sittings, so I will do it as an "in between" project as time goes on. The Ultimate Guitars sounds are so good they are worth it.
Meanwhile, the song clip "The Winner Is You" demonstrates how I have used guitar sounds in the past. Mostly, I played single line melodic runs, licks and accompaniments with those sounds. I plan to explore more ways to present guitar in the future.
In the video clip on the right shows how Kontakt can handle guitar sounds.
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