Spectrasonics (virtual instrument software plugin company) arranged to demo a few of their products using world-class musicians Lyle Mays (keyboards/composer - solo, Pat Metheny) and Alex Acuña (drums/percussion - solo, Weather Report, and almost any good musician you can think of).

Here are the results...



...which were nothing short of stellar.



Lyle Mays...



...discusses the process.



Music for adventurous listeners

tA

Tribal Records

[Edited 7/14/11 19:30pm]

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When I show that to people, everyone is amazed at the sound and tone of the Upright Bass voice...people have been sampling instrument sounds for years, but this is the first time I've heard anything that close to the instrument....especially because the attack on a keyboard is so different from a plucked string......but that's pretty damn close.....

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[Edited 7/15/11 14:22pm]

The second clip where he's using that sample with both hands is an incredibly lush sound.


Music for adventurous listeners

tA

Tribal Records

Lyle Mays & Friends...



...@TEDxCaltech

Lyle Mays has been an integral part of the Pat Metheny Group since its inception in 1977, and has co-written much of the consistently engaging music for the multi-Grammy-winning group's albums. Lyle's sense of melody, crystal clear virtuosity and almost cinematic scope of orchestration has clearly distinguished the group's sound.Born into a musical family in Wausaukee, Wisconsin, in 1953, he was always encouraged to explore new forms of expression. As a teenager, Lyle attended jazz summer camps and studied with such talents as Rich Matteson and Marian McPartland. He then studied composition and arrangement at North Texas State University before touring with Woody Herman's Thundering Herd. While appearing at the 1975 Wichita Jazz Festival, Lyle met twenty-year-old guitarist Pat Metheny, and the two formed a musical alliance that has proven to be among the most artistically successful of the past three-plus decades.

http://tedxcaltech.com/sp.../lyle-mays

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Music for adventurous listeners

tA

Tribal Records

Alex Acuña...



...Rhythm Collector




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tA

Tribal Records

These plugins are sick. I just started using komplete 7 about a month ago.

I'm amazed by the quality of the sound. I'm thinking about selling some of the boards...and I'm a "board" guy.

theAudience said:

Lyle Mays & Friends...

Really enjoyed the TEDx performances! Thanx!!!

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