Ample Guitar L

Name: Ample Guitar L
Price: 169 USD
Author: Ample Sound

by Ample Sound · Instrument · Sampled classical guitar (nylon string)

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Ample Guitar L is a sampled Alhambra Luthier Classic nylon-string guitar that runs in Ample Sound's own plugin.

It includes fingerstyle and pick libraries, a riff editor, a strummer and Guitar Pro tab import. It costs $169.

Best for: Guitars, Acoustic Instruments. Genres: Jazz, Acoustic & Classical, Pop, Ambient & Cinematic.

Keywords: guitar instrument, sample-based, chord generator, monophonic, bright, cinematic, film & game audio, gentle, plucks, polyphonic, sequencer, simple, smooth, warm.

What it does

Ample Guitar L is Ample Sound's classical, nylon-string guitar, sampled from an Alhambra Luthier Classic. The developer's aim is "a Alhambra Luthier Classic Guitar sound" in your studio, played from MIDI with tools that think in guitar terms.

Two sample sets: a library with separate Fingerstyle and Pick recordings, so you can choose a softer fingered tone or a brighter plucked one.
Eight articulations: sustain, palm mute, natural harmonic, hammer-on and pull-off, legato slide, slide in, slide out and pop.
Realism: left-hand performance noises and adjustable acoustic resonance.
Legato and tuning: a polyphonic legato and slide smoother for legato at any interval and speed, and drop tuning with the lowest note down to D1.
Riffer 4: a MIDI riff editor that switches between piano-roll and guitar-tab views, treats chords as single Strum Note objects, stops two notes landing on one string, has CC and velocity editors, and comes with hundreds of riffs.
Strummer and Tab Reader 4: the Strummer detects chords in two modes (or takes custom chords) and plays them through a strum sequencer with a rhythm library you can drag out as MIDI; Tab Reader imports Guitar Pro GP3 to GP8 files with fingering and articulations kept.
Effects: 8-band EQ, compressor, delay and convolution reverb.

The product page shows no version number.

Source: Ample Sound product page

When to use it

Ample Guitar L sits among the playable, MIDI-driven guitars rather than the loop-based ones. It is soft, nylon and acoustic, unlike Heavier7Strings (Three-Body Technology), the rated guitar instrument on the site, which is built for seven-string metal. Compared with Tonalic (Celemony, rated), which takes another route, playing recorded human performances that follow your chords, it is slower but gives more note-level control. Its closest rival in approach is MusicLab RealGuitar, and it shares its engine with Ample's own Guitar M and T, which cover steel strings. Pick Guitar L when you want to write or import exact parts note by note and the part has to be nylon.

Best for: fingerpicked nylon parts, bossa nova and Spanish-flavoured lines, and gentle film or game cues.
Genres: classical, Latin, pop, singer-songwriter and cinematic music.
Look elsewhere if: you need steel-string or electric tones (Ample Guitar M, T or TC), metal riffs (Heavier7Strings), or instant chord-following parts without programming (Tonalic).
Tip: use the Strummer for chord sections instead of sequencing repeated block chords, and raise the humanize (velocity variation) setting for a less mechanical feel.

What producers say

The little feedback there is on this edition is very positive, mostly about the realism of the tone.

Producer Sphere reviewed Guitar L III, gave 5 out of 5 for both sound and features and called it "disturbingly realistic"; it praised the warm, detailed tone, the two sound banks and the simple interface, and named no drawbacks.
MusicnGear users rate it 5 out of 5 from 2 reviews, praising the sound and the affordable price; the site notes the reviews are not verified.

Where to buy

Ample Sound: $169
Plugin Boutique: $169

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