Twang

Rockin‘-Italo-Soundtrack

The library contains 10 construction kits, ranging from Surf-Rock to soundtrack themes that could have been taken out of any 60‘s Italo-Western or crime movie.

Format:

ELASTIK

Genre:

60s, Blues

2 GB, 10 Construction Kits, 772 Loops and Samples

49.00 €

24.50 €

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Loop Library for the free Ueberschall Elastik Player
VST2/3, AU, AAX and Standalone for macOS and Windows

Twang

Twang, a unique guitar sound that has shaped Surf-Rock, Rockabilly and the so-called Spaghetti-Western genre during the sixties. Due to its rediscovery, Twang is up-to-date, more than ever - just listen to Tarantino‘s movies.

The distinctive sound of Twang is mainly produced by hitting the lower strings of a single-coil-equipped clean electric or baritone guitar with a plectrum near the bridge. This specific tone is harmonically rich and sustaining and often modulated in pitch by string-bending or the use of the guitar‘s vibrato arm. Authentic sound reproduction relies on using clean Fender valve-amplification with audible spring reverb and a tape delay as additional ingredients.

The library contains 10 construction kits, ranging from Surf-Rock to soundtrack themes that could have been taken out of any 60‘s Italo-Western or crime movie. The sounds of Twang! have been recorded directly without the use of any pitch manipulation. All guitars, baritones and electric basses were recorded through original classic amplifiers - no simulations!

The kits cover a tempo range from 76 to 144 BPM. Every construction kit offers a complete mix of all tracks plus individual tracks for guitar, bass, percussions and the drum-kit components. This way, you may also create your personal mix of kick, snare, toms, hi-hats and overhead microphones.

Kits 1 to 9 include intro, parts A and B, break and outro. Construction kit 10 contains 12 tracks of different instruments designed to be used as breaks in all other kits.

Twang is the perfect library to create authentic movie scores, advertisements and games with the specific retro-touch of a Spaghetti-Western or crime-series including the modern counterparts. And since these original soundtracks have always been a favored source for sampling, Twang! also is a great match for producers of Big Beat, Dance and Hip Hop tracks.

Elastik

Our free Elastik-Player allows changing the tempo and pitch of any library loop in highest quality and within the blink of an eye. Thanks to its attribute-based browser, all loops within all installed Elastik libraries can be found quickly and be combined to new construction kits. This is of great use when using loops across different genres. Functions such as Resample, Formant, Reverse and Elastik‘s effective multi mode filter allows turning the retro-loops of Twang! into modern version with ease.

Credits

Production: Kai Reuter, Uwe Kinast, Drums, Percussion: Michael Fromm,

Bass: Kai Reuter, Guitars: Kai Reuter

Genre: 60s

Elastik Soundbank for Mac & Win - AU/VST/AAX/RTAS/Standalone

2 GB, 10 Construction Kits, 772 60s Loops and Samples

SOUNDBANK CONTENT

Mixes: 60

Backing: 48

Drum Loop: 48

Acoustic Bassdrum: 47

Snare Acoustic: 48

HiHat: 40

Tom: 30

Cymbals: 50

Overhead: 48

Percussion: 52

Shaker: 4

Tamborin: 5

Windchimes: 2

Electric Bass: 60

Electric Guitar: 225

Organ: 2

In addition to the pitch and tempo manipulation, Elastik’s central Loopeye is a detailed loop-editing tool. A large number of parameters can be adjusted, including slice-based pitch-shifting, volume and pan, reverse, formant, filter and resample. Elastik even includes a random sound replacement function called INSPIRE: one click on the Inspire button and Elastik will select an alternative loop, providing just that bit of additional inspiration when you need it. All this can be done on the fly and without leaving the Elastik environment. You can define which soundbanks will be used in the Inspire tool with the new Inspire browser.

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REVIEW

Twang represents good value for money.

Twang

Sound on Sound, December 2012

www.soundonsound.org

"Twang represents good value for money."

Given the title of this Elastik-based library, you might be forgiven for thinking Uebserschall were delivering a slice of country-based Telecaster guitar. However, this is, in fact, the ‘other’ type of twang, so what we get here is more the surf sound of Dick Dale than the rapid-fire picking of Brent Mason. The surf sound got a high-profile shot in the arm with Quentin Tarantino’s use of Dale’s version of ‘Misirlou’ in the film Pulp Fiction. As a guitar player, I’ve always loved this sound. It is often characterised by low melodies played on standard guitars or, for extra growl, on low-tuned baritone guitars.

Like most Elastik libraries, the 2GB of samples are organised into construction kits — 10 in this case — with some 770 or so loops in total. Each of the kits is subdivided into musical sections so, in addition to three or four verse/chorus/bridge-style parts, you get an intro and ending to work with. You also get plenty of loops within each section, with both a full drum mix and separate kick, snare, hi-hat, overheads and cymbals, should you want to build your own drum mix. Bass loops are included but, of course, the star attraction is the guitars and those ‘surf-tastic’ riffs. These are absolutely the real deal: they twang, they ping, they grind and they swing, and all with suitable doses of genuine tone and, where appropriate, spring reverb and Echoplex delay.

If you are a media composer with a client looking for quick slice of something ‘Tarantino-ish’, Twang will fit the bill. However, there is also plenty here that might appeal as a touch of spice in a more contemporary context. Just recall how the Black Eyed Peas sampled ‘Misirlou’ for ‘Pump It’. There is plenty of potential for that sort of stylistic mix-and-match with Twang and, whatever you managed to weave these samples into, they would undoubtedly grab the listener’s attention.

My only significant criticism of Twang is that the library isn’t bigger, as more of the same would be even better! That said, what’s here is full of both character and sinister surf-rock vibe and, at this price, Twang represents good value for money. I guess if I want more, I’m going to have to buy that baritone guitar…

4.5/5 Stars

John Walden