In Session Audio has released Desert Guitars, a free version of the forthcoming commercial Desert Guitars loop collection for Native Instruments Kontakt and all WAV compatible digital audio workstations.
I’ve never been a big fan of loop libraries and I pass on them most of the time, but this one by In Session Audio turned out to be an unexpected positive surprise for me. The thing with Desert Guitars Free is that the included guitar loops are not just well recorded and nice sounding, but also quite inspiring. Maybe it’s just me, but it actually made me pick up my guitar and plug it in for a little evening jam, whereas it did nothing apart from collecting dust for the past several months of its, er, guitar life (a side-effect of using virtual instruments for everything).
It’s important to point out that the free pack is available for a limited time only. Once the full commercial version of Desert Guitars hits the (virtual) shelves, the freebie pack will be removed from In Session Audio’s website, at least according to the information provided in the official announcement. The commercial version of Desert Guitars will be released sometime next week, so you should act fast if you want to grab the freebie pack.
Desert Guitars Free contains 36 guitar loops in WAV format, so it isn’t necessary to own Native Instruments Kontakt if you want to use these sounds in your DAW of choice. However, the custom Kontakt user interface provided with the NKI patch is tons of fun to play around with, hence you should definitely check it out if you have access to Kontakt or Kontakt Player (although the sound will time out after fifteen minutes in Kontakt Player).
The user interface allows you to combine three different guitar performances on the go (these are fully mapped across three octaves of your MIDI keyboard), which is pretty much the perfectly easy way to come up with new musical ideas. As I’ve mentioned before, Desert Guitars Free actually made me pick up my dusty guitar and spend a few hours jamming and coming up with a couple of song ideas. The pack also contains a mini pack of reverb impulse responses, which are also provided in WAV format.
Download
Desert Guitars Free is available for free download via In Session Audio (88.2 MB download size ZIP archive, contains 36 guitar loops in 24-bit WAV format, 1 instrument patch in NKI format for Native Instruments Kontakt).
6 Comments
Mill
onI think this is very important to note:
“Demo versions are for evaluation purposes only… You can not use them in any commercial way”.
Taken from their readme file within the demo.
Paul D.
onThanks for the information.
Mill
onTherefore I think this is should not be considered a free soundware or free loop collection. It’s a demo with limited use.
Howdy – I operate the In Session Audio website and was directed to the above post.
The free “Desert Guitars” set can be used the same as if you purchased the entire set. It is not a “demo”. It can be used freely as long as it respects our normal license agreement (that you would receive if you purchased any product at our site).
Thanks! – Kyle Z
Mill
onHi Kyle! And thank you very much for stopping by. License Agreement is the first thing I open in my sound collections, sorry if I misunderstood anything.
But still, paragraph 10. of License agreement in the readme file states:
“Unpaid Demo/Trial versions of any product are for evaluation purposes only. You cannot make money with the use of any of the in Session Audio Demo/Trial sounds. You cannot use any of the In Session Audio Demo/Trial sounds in any commercial way without the prior purchase of the product from which the Demo/Trial sound comes from.”
This is way off topic, but somewhat related to what Tomislav was saying…
It’s nice to know that I’m not the only guitarist distracted by virtual instruments. I try to set aside two or maybe three hours of practice a day, But I find that a good two hours every other day gives me the freedom to play with all my other toys, and when I finally sit back down with my guitar, it doesn’t feel old hat. I think guitar ruts are often produced by familiarity breeding contempt.
I think it was Larry Carton who said in a recent interview that every few years, he’ll actually go several months without playing. That way, the instrument feels new to him by the time he get’s back into it. In the last six years, I’ve experienced a similar process, and I find that my general approach to the instrument is significantly improved by neglecting it for a considerable amount of time, and then rediscovering it all over again.
It’s like a dysfunctional relationship with an endless series of breakups and reunions :)