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Kontakt, instruments

KONTAKT - 40,43 GB
Ultra Real-sounding Virtual Acoustic Guitar - The true sound of Gibson® 1963 Hummingbird - includes approx. 80GB*, 89,000 samples.
Hummingbird enables you to compose and create powerful and natural acoustic guitar
tracks that imitate real acoustic guitar playing!

Main Features:
- Incredible real-time playability – Hummingbird SPI (Super Performance Instrument)
- Fretboard Monitor
- Realtime Legato Slide / Realtime Hammer-on&Pull-off
- Intelligent Instrument Key Switch with chord recognition
- Real sampled chords
- Real emulated chords
- User Chord
- True stereo recording
- Double-tracking
- A large number of guitar percussion samples
- Customizable Strum Key
- Arpeggio Key
- Auto Stroke Detection
- NKS (Native Kontrol Standard ®) ready


Data size: 40.3 GB ( = 80 GB* of 44 kHz/24 bit .wav files)

Incredible real-time playability - Hummingbird SPI (Super Performance Instrument)
With Hummingbird SPI, you can play ultra realistic acoustic guitar performance in real-time. You can access various playing techniques instantly without stopping your performance and create convincing guitar tracks very quickly.
Single note, Emulated 2-strings dyad chords (minor 2nd, 2nd, minor 3rd, major 3rd, 4th, flat 5th, 5th, #5th, 6th, 7th, maj7th, octave), Sampled real chords (octave, major, minor, 7th, m7, maj7, add9, sus4, 9th, m7(9), maj7(9), dim7, aug, open / low chords, etc.), Emulated chords (major, minor, 7th, m7, maj7, add9, sus4, 7sus4, 9th, #9, m7(9), maj7(9), dim, dim7,m7-5, aug, open / low chords, etc.), User chords (You can make any chords using User Chord Editor.), Realtime Hammer-on & Pull-off, Realtime Legato Slide, Vibrato, Trill, Picking Tremolo, Mute & picking noise, Gliss down, Natural Harmonics, Percussion, Fret noise, Pick stop noise, Bridge mute noise, Release noise, Position change noise, Special FX, etc..
You can play ultra realistic acoustic guitar performance in real-time!

Fretboard Monitor
The SPI automatically selects a proper string / fret position depending on the situation. You can also change the string manually by key switches. The Fretboard Monitor visualizes the current fret position / playing technique you are playing.

Intelligent Instrument Key Switch with chord recognition
You can instantly select an instrument (articulation) using the Instrument Select Key Switches. All the instruments can be assigned to any key switches and you can create your own key switch mapping. The key switches have a chord recognition feature that enables you to select a chord instrument by not only hitting a key that the chord is assigned, but also by hitting the chord notes in the key switch range. In other words, you don’t need to memorize the key switches for the chord instruments. Just hold the chord notes in the key switch range, and you are ready to play the chord.

Real sampled chords
The extensive number of the 'real' chord samples makes your guitar tracks very convincing. (octave, major, minor, 7th, m7, maj7, add9, sus4, 9th, m7(9), maj7(9), dim7, aug, open / low chords, etc.) Hummingbird includes the huge number of 'real' recorded (in other words, 'pre-recorded' or 'pre-played') chord samples. You can instantly access the various types of guitar chords. Prominy's guitar libraries are the only ones that include such a huge number of the real chord samples.

Real emulated chords
Though Hummingbird already includes a huge number of real chord samples, more chords (and more chord shape variations per each chord) are available with the emulated chords. Our unique recording / programming make it possible for you to get a realistic chord sound that is close to a real sampled chord sound, even if you are playing emulated chords.
minor 2nd-dyad , maj2nd-dyad, minor 3rd-dyad, major 3rd-dyad, 4th-dyad, flat 5th-dyad, 5th-dyad, #5th-dyad, 6th-dyad, 7th-dyad, maj7th-dyad, octave-dyad, major, minor, 7th, m7, maj7, add9, sus4, 7sus4, 9th, #9, m7(9), maj7(9), dim, dim7, m7(b5), aug, open / low chords, etc.

User Chord
User Chord Editor enables you to build your own chord shapes and make any chords you like. Each string is fully customizable and you can configure how the string is played using the User Chord Editor. (For example, normal sustain or mute or picking noise, always play open string regardless the fret position, strum the string or not, root string, etc.)

A large number of guitar percussion samples
Hummingbird includes a larger number of percussion samples (hitting, tapping, knocking the various part of the guitar's body) that enable you to play and create percussive and rhythmic guitar tracks.

Customizable Strum Key
As well as the User Chord Editor, you can configure how each string is played when you hit the Strum Keys and the Normal Key.

Arpeggio Key
Arpeggio Key is a dedicated key for each string. When a chord instrument is selected, each note of the chord is automatically assigned to the Arpeggio Key for the string so you can play arpeggio with the keys.

True stereo recording
The samples were recorded using three microphones; a pair of small diaphragm microphones for stereo recording, and one large diaphragm microphone for monaural recording. As a stereo option for the large diaphragm microphone, a Double-Tracking instrument is available (see below).

Double-Tracking
In addition to the stereo recorded samples that capture a natural stereo sound, Double-Tracking instruments are available as another option to get a stereo sound. ‘Double-Tracking’ is a technique that is frequently used in recording guitar tracks. It gives the guitar track a nice, wide-spread stereo images and thickness. With Hummingbird SPI, you can reproduce it very easily just by loading the double-tracking instruments. No identical samples are played simultaneously in both channels. You don't need a stereo delay or tweaking your midi data to emulate the double-tracking.

Realtime Legato Slide / Realtime Hammer-on & Pull-off
With Hummingbird’s Realtime Legato Slide feature using 'real' legato samples, you are able to get perfectly real expressions of the human finger's legato slide that cannot be reproduced with a slide emulation by changing pitch. Hammer-on & Pull-off samples are real recorded samples as well. Realtime Legato Slide is available with all the instruments including chord instruments except FX instruments and Percussions. Realtime Hammer-on&Pull-off is available with single note instrument.

Auto Stroke Detection
With the SPI's Auto Stroke Detection feature, SPI automatically detects the current beat position and identify proper stroke direction (down or up). There are several stroke detection modes and you can also control stroke direction manually.

NKS (Native Kontrol Standard ®) ready
Hummingbird officially supports NKS (Native Kontrol Standard ®) that allows for intuitive and seamless interaction between Hummingbird and KOMPLETE KONTROL and MASCHINE hardware. You can control major parameters via KOMPLETE KONTROL S series keyboard / Maschine hardware and software. KOMPLETE KONTROL S series keyboard's Light Guide shows available key switches, playable key ranges of each articulation.


This version requires Kontakt Player (or Kontakt Full) 5.7.3 or later!

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ver. 1.20
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[New]
- New feature; 'forced hammer-on / pull-off'
- New chord presets; m11th (5 chord shapes), 9sus4 (5 chord shapes)

[Improved]
- When the hybrid  mode is selected and the string skip key switch featurte is used, the sampled chord is automatically cancelled and an emulated chord is played. (In the previous versions, the string skip is just ignored if the hybrid mode is selected.)

[Fixed]
- Picking noise that is assigned to Stop Key is not played correctly in some situations.
- When the hybrid mode is selected and the prefer low / open is ON, string / chord shape select key switches cause an incorrect chord position in some situations.
- minor fixes


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comments

  Releaser 5.01.2018 212 679
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Thanks but we need rubber hdd. Even so it is appreciated not to stop
  Resident 17.06.2014 362
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Your need for bigger hdd is your problem. If you earn using these products, buy a bigger hdd and buy the product. Let them keep releases coming, and download what you need. Noone is forcing you to have everything. I recently cleaned 6 terabytes of kontakt libraries I didnt need. I am not sorry. Left only 40-50 I really liked over the years.
|| suck it up and make music with what you have ||
  Releaser 5.01.2018 212 679
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Sorry I have all the hdd, sd and nVME discs that are needed, but at the speed that publishes, (and that's what I was referring to), we need them in rubber. And I keep telling Talula not to stop climbing. You're the best
  Member 28.01.2018 1 602
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I've never heard of a "rubber hdd" so please tell me what you're referring to. Are you talking about rubber hdd mounts or something?
Learn how to make tight, radio-ready mixes with the STOCK plugins in your DAW. After that, THEN you can horde out!
  Moderator 21.01.2012 2361 16057
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He was just joking...
  Moderator 21.01.2012 2361 16057
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Yes, croods2,
josenacha meant it in a positive way.
  Releaser 21.07.2012 16477 7170
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Only premium links ?
  Releaser 22.10.2007 2359 1496
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why? check right now - downloading as guest
ViP Team - true legends stays in history!
  Releaser 22.10.2007 2359 1496
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sorry, uploaded not working =( i'll fix it asap
ViP Team - true legends stays in history!
  Resident 30.01.2014 6 2381
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Thank you very much, Talula!

Does anyone know what the reasons are for this huge size?
  Resident 25.01.2012 3462
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It is a little ridiculous for a guitar library. Maybe it can be thinned like the last 11gb lite edition?
  Resident 23.09.2015 978
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I'd say there are endless guitar libraries better than this one.
Tootally not worth for the space it takes.
  Resident 15.11.2013 3 1472
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Yes, Orange Trees are much, much better and much smaller :)
But all are welcome, so thanks :)
  Member 30.03.2014 6 97
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I totally disagree. Most people confuse their own tastes with what is best, or it just does not have space on the hard drive and says it's not worth it.
For me, that I do not value a library due to the fact that it fits on my hard drive or not, this library is worth it and it is one of the best acoustic guitar libraries that exist, and for my taste, infinitely better than the Orange Tree (which also fit on my hard drive).
  Member 28.01.2018 1 602
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Agreed! In my opinion, when 40 GIGABYTES is needed in order to reproduce whatever subtleties and nuance are to be found in a guitar performance, then you just need to concede defeat and hire a damn guitar player. HaHa!!
Learn how to make tight, radio-ready mixes with the STOCK plugins in your DAW. After that, THEN you can horde out!
  Resident 28.06.2013 1 717
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quote by audiozloverDoes anyone know what the reasons are for this huge size?


mostly it's because they also sampled chords instead of just individual strings. there are some good sonic reasons for doing that, but it does make the library huge.
  Member 28.01.2018 1 602
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...there are some good sonic reasons for doing that...


Like what? I'm always willing to learn something new that I didn't know yesterday. Why the need to sample chords? Perhaps something to do with the fact that keyboard's and guitar's chords are typically voiced differently due to the uni-linearity of the keyboard and the multi-linearity of the guitar?
Learn how to make tight, radio-ready mixes with the STOCK plugins in your DAW. After that, THEN you can horde out!
  Resident 30.01.2014 6 2381
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Yeah, that would be one reason. But 80 gigs unpacked? Holy sh*t. :D

I assume they also have multiple mic positions, with and without reverb etc.?

Anyway. Thx for the reply!
  Member 29.05.2015 845
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is it possible to have only the update? I already have 1.0
  Resident 29.11.2016 16 712
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I totally agree!
  Resident 4.07.2015 346
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Update only would be great. Already downloaded the last one which was 43G
  Resident 1.07.2015 4 649
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Yeah, totally w/ ya on that! (Assuming it's available?)

Anyway, thx a load Talula, appreciate the (effectively) re-up at least.
Thx to anybody posting Spitfire / OTB libs!
  Resident 31.01.2017 631
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For me based on the soundcloud and youtube demos, it has a distortion in the instrument's sound, it doesn't sound clean. As if they put a chorus effect on it but in a dirty way, like a dirty distorted tube. I guess they wanted a bolder sound but this way?
  Member 21.05.2017 6 47
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Oh man!!
i wonder how much time did he spent to upload this best
Unfortunately, hard drives can't be pirated
  Member 16.01.2014 98
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quote by Sonny CrockettI'd say there are endless guitar libraries better than this one.
Tootally not worth for the space it takes.


Agree.....
  Member 3.11.2016 3
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Anybody knows, are there midi-files included? If not it’s really useless staff. It sounds great but very tricky in use.
  Member 3.11.2016 3
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  Resident 14.03.2012 10 224
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the Comment has been Removed
M4 Sequoia 15.3.2
Logic 11.1.2
  Member 16.10.2013 328
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This version requires Kontakt Player (or Kontakt Full) 5.7.3 or later!

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