Andrew Aversa
Lead Developer
Impact Soundworks is proud to announce the release of PEDAL STEEL, a virtual guitar that captures the true sound of this quintessential American instrument!
Developed by Dimitris Plagiannis, creator of our Django and Turkish Oud libraries, PEDAL STEEL allows you to create expressive performances: sonorous leads, chords, and harmonized melodies using just a single instance.
Overview
You don't need to be an expert at playing pedal steel guitars to understand this virtual instrument: Dimitris has introduced a unique and intuitive way to perform melody & harmony parts without multiple tracks or takes.
In "Harmonized Mono" mode, you can play expressive lead parts in the right hand with automatic pitch bends and optional auto-vibrato. Holding harmony keys in the left hand while playing with the right triggers interval harmonies that intelligently follow your playing. With a few minutes of practice, you'll find it incredibly easy to play beautiful harmonized melodies!
If you want to dive in further, our bespoke harmonization editor allows you to define custom intervals and settings for each harmony key, opening up endless musical possibilities.
Pedal Steel also includes our powerful CONSOLE modular mixer & FX rack. Here you can mix between DI and amped signals, plus use up to 30 different FX modules from EQs to custom amps, cabinets, delay, chorus, and much more.
Instrument Walkthrough
Key Features
- Nearly 10,000 samples recorded through DI (clean) and two amps
- Three voicing modes: polyphonic, poly legato, harmonized mono
- Six fret positions to choose from, altering the performance timbre
- Manual and automatic vibrato modes
- Beautiful automatic legato slides
- Normal and harmonic articulations
- Humanization options for timing, tune and noise
Demos
Enjoy our rich demo playlist showcasing Pedal Steel in many contexts!
Availability
Pedal Steel is available now for the intro price of $149 (MSRP: $199) for Kontakt Player and is fully NKS compatible.
Get Pedal Steel Now!
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