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Where can you find a crisp recorded acoustic guitar plugin in a user-friendly interface – that doesn’t take up huge chunks of space on your computer? Prepare to be amazed by the Acoustic Samples Sunbird Acoustic Guitar library. Based on the 1962 Gibson Hummingbird guitar, the Sunbird library is an ideal tool for a multitude of musical genres. With its deep tone that isn’t too overpowering, the sky’s the limit!
The Hummingbird guitar was created in 1960 by Gibson and was the first square-shouldered dreadnought. It was designed to be extremely versatile so that it can cover many music genres and have a deep tone without being too powerful, which is perfect to accompany a voice. It is a huge 8GB acoustic guitar library built for the UVI Workstation. Demo video of the Sunbird Guitar library by Acousticsamples, a library based on a Gibson Hummingbird library that features strumming, picking, chord recognit.
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Electri6ity has been around for a while now, but I think it's still the cat's meow of sampled guitar libraries because of how deeply sampled and deeply controllable it is. Its wealth of articulations will allow you to create stunningly realistic guitar tracks, but the trade-off is that there are a lot of keyswitches and keyswitch combos to.
In this article, I will walk you through the salient features of Sunbird and why it has become my go-to guitar plugin.
Looking for more guitar plugins? Check out our ultimate round-up of guitar VSTs.
If you’re interested in purchasing this product, you can do so via Acoustic Samples’ website.
Why Sunbird?
Chances are, you’re looking for a plugin that can replace the need of having an actual guitarist in the studio. Maybe you’re not a proficient guitarist, maybe you don’t have the budget to effectively record an acoustic guitar, or maybe you’re simply an on-the-go producer that doesn’t have the luxury of a studio while traveling.
We’ve covered a number of guitar plugins in the past, all of them with specific purposes, but Sunbird is a truly unique one!
I first came across this plugin through SoundAndGear’s awesome review. (below) I just had to try it myself!
Most guitar plugins I’ve tried were good, but couldn’t fool a trained ear.
I was pleasantly surprised with Sunbird! With a bit of tweaking – adding some swing and imperfections to your MIDI, adjusting velocities, etc – you can get a really realistic acoustic guitar sound without external processing.
Here are some demos on Acoustic Sample’s Soundcloud.
Fingerstyle blues
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Demonstrating muting:
Modes
You can switch between four modes using key-switches C5 and C6.
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- The Solo mode allows you to play melodies
- The chord mode is essential for playing strums and picking
- The Patterns mode does all the strumming and picking for you
- The MIDI mode allows you to use a MIDI guitar controller of your choice
The Sunbird sample library runs on the UVI Workstation 2 sample player that you’ll get free of cost with the purchase, making it a sweet deal for those who do not use Kontakt – a staple for Acoustic Samples’ close competitors.
Sunbird is also compatible with the Mach 5 Sampler by Unicorn for it is basically the same as UVI Workstation 2.
However, if you are a Kontakt or Play user, you will need some time to get accustomed to the process of saving, loading, etc as the user interface is quite different from the one you may have used before.
The good news is, the new user interface is straightforward, easy to use and doesn’t hog all the space on your computer. Sunbird’s cross-platform compatibility is also an added plus because it comes in all common plugin formats and runs on both Mac OS and Windows efficiently.
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What You’ll Get With Sunbird
The Sunbird library is more vast than you can imagine. It has more than 8GB worth of uncompressed samples and over 1.5 GB of compressed samples in the lossless flac format, approximately 13,300 samples.
It comes with two mic positions and a pickup that you can toggle on or off and you can adjust it to your requirements. There’s a strumming engine too that comes with 67 pre-programmed patterns for use with a pattern or song builder to create different patterns for every section of your song.
That’s not all – The sampler also has a legato script and bend control with all the necessary articulations sampled at different velocities. You can select strings manually or automatically. It converts the hand position in solo mode and readjusts the chords the way the real guitar would play them in chord mode while simulating palm muting and reverb.
A Modern, User-Friendly Interface
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Unlike other complicated samplers out there, Sunbird is like a breath of fresh air with a modern, easy-to-use graphical interface. You can tweak the settings using knobs and key-switches. For instance, you can simply toggle in-between the four modes. When you switch to the Solo mode, you’ll see controls right above legato and string selection.
As you move over to the Chord mode, a wide variety of controls pop up on the screen that gives you the freedom and flexibility you need to create your own melody. There’s also an interesting option that includes the choice of having the sampler ‘think’ like a guitar or piano player.
The Pattern mode lets you sync to your host if you prefer while the MIDI mode gives you more options for the mode of data entry you choose. Use the dedicated Microphones tab to load and unload mic positions, pickup and control and blend sounds. You will also have several options to mold the sound according to your taste.
The innovative Song Builder panel allows you to compose tunes quickly and accurately. This is a great feature to have especially if you don’t know how to play complicated chords. With the Song Builder feature, you can decide which chord will be triggered by picking just one note.
For instance, simply pressing the C will be identified as C Major. You may use the same trick for all the 12 notes of the octave to create new songs from scratch. You will have an extensive collection of presets to build on new song ideas, chord progressions, chord types and modes.
The Bottom Line
The great thing about Sunbird is its ease of use – a novice musician can play the instrument just as well as an advanced level player can; thanks to its user-friendly options. It will take a bit of experimenting, but pretty soon you’ll get used to the Sunbird workflow and will be able to compose acoustic guitar melodies and chord progressions with ease.
Apart from that, the strumming engine works wonderfully in tandem with chord recognition that allows you to play convincing guitar parts as soon as you become familiar with the interface.
If you’re looking to add a realistic acoustic guitar to your tracks including chords, mutes, strumming as well as pick/finger playing, the all-new Acoustic Samples Sunbird Acoustic Guitar won’t disappoint you.
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We would like to thank Digistormers for providing the review copy and also to let you know that if you would like to buy a copy of Sunbird then Digistormers are offering it a a special price.
What Is Sunbird?
AcousticSamples Sunbird is claimed to be the world’s first Acoustic Guitar VI that can really substitute the real acoustic guitar player. You will never hear that it repeats.
All of the frets of all strings with upstrokes, downstrokes, round robins, releases, staccatos, mutes, palm mutes, hand blocks, slides, hammer ons, pull offs, retriggers, fretnoises, percussions other articulations have been sampled carefully.
There are essentially 4 modes, which you can choose using key-switches, G5 to C6, the solo mode that allows to play melodies, the chord mode that helps playing strums or picking very easily, the patterns mode that does all of the strumming or picking for you and the MIDI mode that allows you to use your preferred midi guitar controller.
Sunbird Features
8.16Gb uncompressed, 1.53Gb compressed in lossless flac format, around 13300 samples.
Strumming engine (features chord recognition and a smart strumming technique to produce guitar-like chords) and complete control of all its parameters.
67 realistic patterns for easy strumming, picking and advanced playing styles.
Integrated song builder to create songs within minutes and very easily
Integrated pattern builder to automatically strum your chords
Legato script to play natural hammer ons, pull offs and slides.
Natural hand placement simulation.
39 different samples per fret and all 21 fret sampled for each string.
Multi velocity Hammer on, pull off, slides up, slides down, mutes, ghost notes, pre notes.
Included sparkVerb.
Control over the two microphones perspectives and pickup volumes.
Advanced bend control.
Advanced UVI scripting giving you access to a simple yet powerful interface and advanced features.
Available As AAX, RTAS, AU, VST & MAS.