Hemisphere: Ambient Cinematic Guitars for Kontakt Player | Walkthrough

[@mjsinay]

Y’all got your hands on a great selection of pedals and sampled them masterfully. This is likely the best library I’ve heard yet for this style. Beautifully done.

[@fracturesounds]

Thanks so much!

[@brianmccombe9262]

Just Got It Today.WOW !!! Fantastic.😀 Transports you to another world of Peace and Calm. Many Thanks for this Detailed Walkthrough. Greatly Appreciated.

[@fracturesounds]

Thanks for your support and glad you're enjoying it!

[@BartekEVH]

​@@fracturesoundsI beg you to promote it, because I love this library, but I can't afford it because of lack of work and illness. This is what I dream of!!!! Wonderful!!!!! Thank you for it!! ❤

[@jackspring7709]

Incredible. This instrument was recommended to me by a musician: I can see why - just 8 minutes in and I've decided to buy it.

[@fracturesounds]

That's great to see!

[@AURofficial]

I think I found the best Atmospheric/Guitar library for Kontakt! This is beyond amazing and blew my mind.

[@fracturesounds]

Wow, thanks!

[@AURofficial]

@@fracturesounds Impressive one, even my guitarist producer friend was wowzers XD

[@BartekEVH]

I beg you to promote it, because I love this library, but I can't afford it because of lack of work and illness. This is what I dream of!!!! Wonderful!!!!! Thank you for it!! ❤

[@faxinadu]

Sounds so smooth, amazing work!

[@HayDigital]

Really enjoying everything about this sample pack, I just can't leave it alone! Simeon's play through was what made my mind up. Thank you @PraiseTracks

[@TTRM]

The sound of the instrument is really good! Thank you :)

[@HansJohnsonStudios]

Even if you don't need guitar, the pad sounds are so damn sweet that It's worth buying Hemisphere just for those!

[@buspalladium1880]

Brillant ! This VST is incredible, and your tuto's perfect. I love it !

[@basspartout]

Excellent!! And the pitch bend option is pure genius!!!

[@lambadalasse]

The absolute best plugin I have ever heard. Amazing job. Well done guys

[@fracturesounds]

Thanks so much 😄

[@gregoryhaddock5395]

This virtual instrument is EXACTLY what I've been wanting. And the intro price seem very reasonable, imho

[@fracturesounds]

Our aim is to create the highest quality instruments at the most reasonable prices for all composers, and that's what we'll continue to do throughout this year! Thanks for your support!

[@pasc1977]

Amazing , even if I'm a guitarist, I will still pick this on and it will complement a wide range of textures, excellent work!

[@kwameryan]

Absolutely stunning instrument. I absolutely don’t need it but I want it!

[@p.i.c.charles5004]

Wow! amazing sounds and the settings interface is huge and very well thought out. Bravo great video very well explained

[@mustang201]

you are crasy man,. so many details.....PERFECT, go one and make perfect solo violin pluck please

[@Andante51]

Found Hemisphere today searching for good guitar vsts, & bumped into @PraiseTracks vid on it. I'm a keys player, but long ago played guitar for a decade & miss it. Also recently obsessed with ambient & cinematic plugins, so grabbed this within an hour of hearing it :-) You provided so much info here that will help me get the most out of it right away! Fantastic sounds, and so customizable!

[@fracturesounds]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@PluieMelodique]

Congrats on such feature rich programming some of them seem so convenient and useful i imagine it would be hard fo work without them on any other interface (fadein reverb and polyphonic selective pitch bending are the two that immediately come to mind). Forgot to mention that the sounds are great too. Very tempted :) bravo and thank you for a cleanly detailed breakdown.

[@fracturesounds]

Thanks for the lovely feedback 😀

[@snooganssupreme1339]

Some of these sounds actually made me tear up.

[@Skyverb]

Sounds awesome! Would be cool if it included a DI patch/ option. Pass for me on this one. Not every guitar vst includes round robins or multisamples, so being able to use ones that do include those with DI is always amazing as it makes it more versatile for the user. I understand the reason for not including it tho ✌ and love ur team's work. Can't wait to hear the future libraries from you. Thanks for the presentation!

[@fracturesounds]

A lot of composers own an electric guitar, so our aim for this library was to go beyond that, to provide our community with an inspiring toolset of ambient sounds that requires no additional processing in the box. Though completely understand if you prefer to do that processing yourself- thanks for the feedback!

[@RoyMaya]

Such beautiful sounds.

[@KeithHutchinsonYT]

Beautiful indeed......

[@InfiniteConstellations]

This sounds magical. Really! I hope that I'll buy it someday (can't do it now due to...wa- [DATA CORRUPTED]. And thanks for the Kontakt version 6.6 (old W7 user here) :3

[@andrelefebvre5453]

Just gorgeous... ♥ My next library (2 weeks to payday). Does the modwheel give us some whammy bar mode?

[@fracturesounds]

Thanks Andre! There are no whammy bar effects in this library, but you've still got plenty of FX choices from pitch bending, to tape effects.

[@ER-sb3zt]

Hi, Fracture Sounds team: How to remove the guitar tone in that Kontakt library? I'm very interested in the pad instrument only. Thank in advance for your reply.

[@davidsiddle3700]

Hi, is there any information on how the guitar tones were created i.e. guitar type, settings, amps/pedals? I'd like to play the guitar part myself and use the atmospheres from Hemisphere to sit around it. I couldn't see a manual on your web page; sorry if I missed it! p.s. Simeon brought me here!

[@fracturesounds]

Great question! We used a Fender Strat and Fender Tele, going through mostly clean amp settings. The playing techniques vary per tone - for example the 'Delicate' tone was a Strat played with fingers, on the middle-neck pickup position. The 'Twang' tone was a Tele played with a pick, on the middle pickup position, going through a very slightly driven amp setting. The fx/pedals vary on each tone, but in general, a good algorithmic reverb (e.g. a Big Sky / Blackhole) will go a long way, and also a subtle stereo chorus. Hope that helps!

[@davidsiddle3700]

@@fracturesounds Thanks for your helpful reply. I have never been a gigging musician and have very little knowledge about building a guitar tone, so I will have a go using these suggestions.

[@EchoScape74]

I guess my plan to stop buying libraries for a while went headfirst out of the window. Thank you very much :/

[@vkhor927]

Are you feeding the signal into a Mastering bus ..i.e. having some limiter, eq, and compression? Thanks.

[@fracturesounds]

There is a protective limiter on the master channel to catch any stray peaks, but it's barely doing anything. And there's no EQ or compression (other than on the voiceover). Thanks!

[@Kervinou12]

🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@koraleclasik]

Your Library Sounds Epic, The Overall feel When Playing However Doesn't Feel So Good, Whatever Orange Tree Samples Use Feels More Like Guitarist When Playing On The Keyboard, Otherwise, Ya'll Rock

[@iamthatiam1]

❣❣❣

[@iamthatiam1]

After Simeon Amburgey's review and your Walkthrough I HAD to buy this library!! So looking forward to creating with Hemisphere Guitars!!💛🧡💛

[@TonyByte]

To create a truly realistic guitar instrument, especially fingerstyle guitar, it is essential to incorporate hammer-ons and pull-offs. This is a crucial factor that sets apart professional, realistic versions of guitar plugins from the rest. It's a shame that this falls short, I like the tones.

[@esongsore]

While I get your point, I'd say those of us who work in the ambient and cinematic spaces do not require hammer-ons and pull-offs. Haven't owned a tonne of guitar libraries in the past that were created to serve our genre, I'd give this a 95% without hesitation. In fact, I will go as far as arguing that the layers alone (minus the guitar sound) are worth the asking price.

[@TonyByte]

@@esongsore Hammer-ons and pull-offs can enhance the sound by creating smoother and more fluid transitions between notes, resulting in a more connected and melodic sound. These techniques are particularly effective in the ambient genre using fingerstyle, where a sense of flow and continuity is often key. Hammer-ons can also add a percussive quality to the sound, creating a sense of urgency or intensity that can be especially impactful in ambient music. Similarly, pull-offs can add a subtle, melodic quality to the sound, enhancing the expressiveness and dynamic range of the performance. These techniques add texture possibilities, dynamic options, and uniqueness of expression for each of us. While virtual instruments may not replicate the nuances of playing a real instrument, they offer convenience and flexibility, allowing musicians to experiment with different sounds and textures. That said, not all virtual instruments are created equal. Some are more realistic and expressive than others. In the case of this particular virtual guitar instrument, the developers clearly aimed for realism, but in my opinion, they fell short. If we were discussing pick scrapes or other rock articulations, I would agree with you. However, while this instrument has its uses, depth and expressiveness could be improved, particularly when it comes to techniques like hammer-ons and pull-offs.

[@fracturesounds]

Hi Tony, thanks for your feedback! Our aim here wasn't to try and replicate the nuances of an electric guitar- an instrument that many composers own and can play outside of the box. Our goal here was to create a toolbox of ambient and cinematic soundscapes that cut down the process of discovery required in the real world, through pedal manipulation and processing. Yes, the pitch bend settings and reverb fade-in knob allows you to create greater realism than most e.guitar libraries, but essentially it's a quick and inspiring instrument to add texture and atmosphere to your soundtracks rather than your classic "electric guitar" sound. I'd encourage you to listen to our composer demos to get a feel for what the library can achieve: soundcloud.com/fracture-sounds/sets/hemisphere-guitars-demo-tracks? All the best, Angus

[@TonyByte]

​@@fracturesounds Thank you for responding. I understand your perspective and aim. Using my own guitar is irrelevant. I believe tracks like your examples, where clearly the composers aimed for realism of guitar, would sound fantastic with the added texture and dynamic options. They would have used the hammer-ons and pull-offs and the guitar wouldn't sound anymore "classic" than it already does; it would sound less stiff during the fingerstyle portions. I now understand that it will never happen but thank you. I'll continue to process the virtual guitars that I own. It's not particularly difficult, I just liked the tones and texture layers of your instrument out of the box because, yes, you used quality hardware. Angus, two things can be true at once: 1. The tones are an amazing collection of pedal manipulation and processing saving time. 2. The music created with this instrument would be enhanced SIGNIFICANTLY with the addition of hammer-ons and pull-offs.