Kronos and Guitarron (demo)

[Bolder]

Thought I'd share this catchy little tune with you all -

The brass and strings on this demo was played from the Kronos using factory Combi's B-28 Alto & Brass Section and C-6 ProStrings XL VJS.

What I also found to be interesting was that I did not use a sequencer (for the Kronos sounds). I just played each part into a audio track in Logic 9. There are generally 2 parts (a main melody and harmony) for both brass and strings. And I realized with this approach coupled with my poor keyboard chops is it sounded quite a bit more life-like with all the little inaccuracies as opposed to being played into a sequencer track.

The Guitarron is a fretless and very large bass guitar used in traditional and popular Mariachi music. It has a very cool sound and is traditionally played in octaves. This is a demo of a Kontakt library I'm working on. As far as I know - this instrument has never been sampled.

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[Stratario]

Sounded very nice and genuine. Thanks for sharing.

[QuiRobinez]

absolutely not my style of music

but i think it's a great demo !

[Bolder]

absolutely not my style of music

Really? I thought there was a huge Mariachi following in the Netherlands

But seriously - It is like anything - you get far enough into it and you find some very cool stuff.

For example - how many times do bass players in 3/4 time skip beat 1 and play on beats 2 and 3, and then in the next measure play on the upbeat of 1 and the upbeat of 2?

I was listening to Jackson Browne's - Linda Paloma from (The Pretender album). The Guitarron player simply (in 4/4) plays on beats 1, 3 and 4. But then right near the end he starts syncopating it just for 2 bars and it gives it a real kick of energy (on 1 - upbeat of 2 and on 4). Very cool stuff I think.

Thanks for listening you guys!