Funk Soul Productions Vintage Rhythm Section [KONTAKT]

FULL INFO BELOW:

Vintage Rhythm Section is a virtual instrument for Kontakt 5 designed to emulate the classic rhythm section sounds of R&B, Soul, Funk, Jazz, and Rock records from the 1960s and 1970s.

Vintage Rhythm Section (VRS) is easy to use, with a simple interface that lets you work quickly and intuitively. If youre producing retro or indie-style music on a budget, or if youre a TV or film composer working on a tight deadline, VRS can be used to create live-sounding drums, bass, guitar, keyboard, and percussion tracks.



CAPTURING THAT VINTAGE RHYTHM SECTION SOUND

Like its sister-products, Vintage Horns and Vintage Strings, Vintage Rhythm Section was not designed to be a shiny, perfect-sounding virtual instrument. Instead, we tried to capture the way rhythm sections sounded back in the 60s and 70s, including some of the minor imperfections that added character to those instruments and made them sound so good.

For VRS, we sampled a large collection of vintage instruments - some amazingly still in mint condition, and others looking every bit as vintage as youd expect a piece of 40-50 year-old gear to look.

Wherever possible, we used the same types of amps and mics that were used in the 60s and 70s. Some of this old gear was pretty funky-sounding, which probably would have disqualified it from being used on most other types of sample libraries. But for VRS, it was just what we were looking for.

VINTAGE RHYTHM SECTION GUIs

VRS features two easy-to-use GUIs:

1) A 12-channel mixer for drums

2) The main GUI, which is used for all of the keyboards, basses, and guitars.

Heres a quick overview of both.

THE DRUM MIXER

Reverb Select: This is a drop-down menu that allows you to select various types of convolution IRs.Channel Strips: Each offers controls for Treble, Bass, Reverb Amount, Pan, and Solo/Mute. Note that not all kits have the same number of toms and cymbals. Instead, each kit was custom-built to fit the musical genre and era it came from.Master Channel: Allows you to add tape saturation (SAT) and/or compression (COMP) to the entire kit.

THE MAIN GUI

From top to bottom and left to right, this GUI has the following controls:

- TAPE SAT adds tape-style saturation/compression

TREBLE adds or cuts high endBASS adds or cuts low end DISTORTION SWITCH - use this to turn the effect on or offDISTORTION adds amp-style distortionDELAY controls the amount of tape-style delayDELAY SELECT allows you to choose from several types of delayROTATOR SWITCH turs Leslie-style effect on or offROTATOR allows you to select the speed of the Leslie-effectREVERB controls the amount of reverb addedREVERB SELECT allows you to choose from a selection of high-quality Convolution Reverbs designed to replicate a number of vintage amp-reverbs and recording spacesMOD-WAH SWITCH turns on your controllers Mod Wheel as a wah-wah pedal

Key-Switches
Key-switching is a function that allows the user to quickly change from one articulation to another. If an instrument has any key-switch options, it will have red keys located on the far left of the Kontakt virtual keyboard. Many of the basses and guitars offer key-switched long and short (sustain and staccato) articulations, and some of the keyboards offer different key-switched presets.

Details

- 67 Instrument es
- 19 Multi es
- Over 16.4 GB of uncompressed WAV data (7.4 Compressed)
- Instruments are divided into 3 categories:

R&B:
- R&B Basses
- R&B Drums
- R&B Guitars
- R&B Keyboards
- R&B Percussion

Jazz:
- Jazz Basses
- Jazz Drums
- Jazz Guitars
- Jazz Keyboards
- Jazz Percussion

Rock:
- Rock Basses
- Rock Drums
- Rock Guitars
- Rock Keyboards

Complete List

The instruments in VRS are organized into three main Style Folders, which contain the following instrument es:

R&B Instruments

R&B Basses:
- 70s Funk Bass
- Bright R&B Bass
- Slap Bass
- Slap Wah Bass
- Soul Bass Mutes

R&B Drum Kits
- 60s Motown Kit
- 70s R&B Kit
- 70s Tight Funk KIt
- Retro Soul Kit

R&B Guitars
- 70s Funky Telecaster
- Funk-Soul Wah Rhythm Guitar
- Mod-Wah Soulful Strat
- Philly Soul Electric Sitar
- Psychedelic Soul Lead Guitar

R&B Keyboards
- Clean Hohner D6 Clavinet
- Funk Wah Clavinet
- Funky Amped Rhodes
- Gritty Hohner D6 Clavinet
- Hammond Gospel Organ
- Retro Soul Vibes
- Warm Wurlitzer
- Wurlitzer Vibrato

R&B Percussion
- R&B Bongos
- R&B Congas
- R&B Hand Percussion

Jazz Instruments

Jazz Basses
- 70s Jazz-Rock Bass
- Fusion Slap Wah Bass
- Upright Bass

Jazz Drums KIts
- 60s Soul Jazz Kit
- 70s Fusion Kit
- Vintage Jazz Brush Kit
- Vintage Jazz Stick Kit

Jazz Guitars
- Clean Jazz Guitar
- Gritty Jazz Guitar

Jazz Keyboards
- Rhodes Clean Jazz
- Rhodes Fusion Amped
- Soul Jazz Hammond B3
- Vintage Jazz Upright Piano
- Vintage Jazz Vibes

Jazz Percussion
- Soul Jazz Bongos
- Soul Jazz Congas

Rock Instruments

Rock Basses
- 60s Hagstrom Rock Bass
- 60s Rickenbacker Rock Bass
- Psychedelic Fuzz Bass
- Surf Rock Bass
- Univox Picked Rock Bass

Rock Drum Kits
- 60s Surf Rock Kit
- 70s Prog Rock Kit
- Brit Rock Kit
- Classic Rock Kit

Rock Guitars