What's Included:

16 Plucked String Instruments
Guitar and Box Kit
Indie Drum Kit

Features:

All sustains sourced from musical performances
All release triggers sourced from musical performances
Responsive length of “pre-pluck” material retained
Hand-tuned to retain natural pitch temperament
Attack times for all plucked instruments synchronized
Reverb control of custom plate impulse
Plucks performed softly

Specifications:

 Requires full retail version of Kontakt 5.8.1 or higher
Free Kontakt Player NOT supported
• Recorded in 48khz / 24bit
1.6 GB compressed NCW format
4,156 samples
Receive watermarked product by Pulse downloader

PLCK is not your typical pluck library. Most efforts behind existing pluck libraries involve recording samples in complete isolation. The issue with this is that it completely omits all the crucial “pre-pluck” information necessary for a lively pluck sample; that slight, anticipatory “brush” of your finger. To combat this, all of the round robin sustain samples were derived from procured, impulsive phrases.

We went a step further and sourced our round robin release triggers from performances developed specifically for successive note writing; capturing the information “in-between” the notes.  

In addition to these techniques, we also made it a point to non-destructively hand-tune the individual samples by ear. This results in a warmer, more natural temperament with harmonies and doublings while retaining that particular note’s intonation evolution.

Lastly, we opted to record the plucks at a comfortably-soft dynamic, which we felt produced the most interesting and useful tone for this release. The end result is a collection of instruments that you can essentially “guitar-chestrate” with for a variety of musical contexts both simple and intricate.

What's Included:

16 Plucked String Instruments
Guitar and Box Kit
Indie Drum Kit

Features:

All sustains sourced from musical performances
All release triggers sourced from musical performances
Responsive length of “pre-pluck” material retained
Hand-tuned to retain natural pitch temperament
Attack times for all plucked instruments synchronized
Reverb control of custom plate impulse
Plucks performed softly

Specifications:

 Requires full retail version of Kontakt 5.8.1 or higher
Free Kontakt Player NOT supported
• Recorded in 48khz / 24bit
1.6 GB compressed NCW format
4,156 samples
Receive watermarked product by Pulse downloader

PLCK is not your typical pluck library. Most efforts behind existing pluck libraries involve recording samples in complete isolation. The issue with this is that it completely omits all the crucial “pre-pluck” information necessary for a lively pluck sample; that slight, anticipatory “brush” of your finger. To combat this, all of the round robin sustain samples were derived from procured, impulsive phrases.

We went a step further and sourced our round robin release triggers from performances developed specifically for successive note writing; capturing the information “in-between” the notes.  

In addition to these techniques, we also made it a point to non-destructively hand-tune the individual samples by ear. This results in a warmer, more natural temperament with harmonies and doublings while retaining that particular note’s intonation evolution.

Lastly, we opted to record the plucks at a comfortably-soft dynamic, which we felt produced the most interesting and useful tone for this release. The end result a collection of instruments that you can essentially “guitar-chestrate” with for a variety of musical contexts both simple and intricate.

PATCH LIST

Guitars

Acoustic Bass Guitar

Acoustic Guitar 1

Acoustic Guitar 2

Banjo

Bass Guitar Creamy

Bass Guitar Clean

Mandolin

Nylon 1

Nylon 2

Resonator

Ukulele

Orchestral

Upright Bass 1

Upright Bass 2

Cello

Viola

Violin

Percussive

Kalimba

Guitar and Box Kit

Indie Drum Kit