PEDAL STEEL Instrument Tutorial (Kontakt Player, VST, AU, AAX)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 มิ.ย. 2019
- A beautifully expressive and highly playable virtual Pedal Steel guitar, created by Dimitris Plagiannis & Impact Soundworks for Kontakt Player (VST, AU, AAX plugin!) Now available: impactsoundworks.com/product/...
In this video, we'll demonstrate some of the key features of the library such as the different voice modes, auto-vibrato, and Console FX rack & mixer. You'll see in real time how beautiful harmonized melodies can be played with no overdubs in a single Kontakt instance!
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Even with this Kontakt Instrument, it's clear how complex this awesome instrument is.
I bought this and I love it. Thanks Impact Soundworks. This is more than just another auxiliary plugin. This is a frikin’ instrument. Keep up the great work guys!
I owned a pedal steel for 5 years. Never practiced was not meant to be. Thanks for giving me the chance to use my piano skills - well done!!!
It’s brilliant. Incredible and fully integrates into kontakt - none of this having to import rubbish from other companies.
I definitely need this! Fantastic!
Its simple and just great! Finally i got my steel played the way i like it the best!
wow thanks for the overview, I liked the sound!
I LIKE WHAT THE YELLOW KEYS DO VERY USEFUL FOR THIS KIND OF INSTRUMENT
Looks and sounds great! Good work IS!
This thing is amazing. Thank you!
GREAT STUFF ANDREW !!!!
I've got a pedal steel that's very realistic in my "Band In A Box" hard drive. But this is really quite wonderful and would be a great tool to express even more unique parts for all kinds of styles. Great job there!!! You've done very well to say the least.
Ashokan Farewell and Emmylou on the first forty seconds? If I could be sold on the song choices alone that's that
That tone is smackin
I have a really good ear and have been playing country for years and have performed and recorded with some really great pedal steel players. The vast majority of listeners will not even know this is not an actual pedal steel. (I do some Dim Pro viola on a couple songs and people were surprised because they never know I played "violin")
Wow! I find your genre so beautiful and attractive yet quite tough to master unless you grow up with it, in the midst of it as well.
Wow, finally someone made a decent pedal steel VI! Seems to have a bit of a learning curve to it, but not surprising since it's a bit difficult to translate that instrument onto a keybed.
Unfortunately I don't have any money to spend on plugins right now, but I hope to be able to grab it around christmas at least. Would warm up the winter a bit!
try learning a real steel for a learning curve!!~ Yikes!
Hope you got it
Finally, the dream is real. Realistic keyboard pedal steel guitar.
Realistic? That's funny
James Morris Music it fit well in a big arrangement
James Morris Music It’s pretty damn good for a keyboard plug-in. Sounds fine to me.
nice ... will give it a shot
Just got this beauty! Easy to load, sounds great...So much to learn! Thank you.. Subscribing Now.
Really cool, Andrew! I am wondering if it is possible to do long octave smooth slides like how Steve Howe does in the band Yes (for example And You And I song or Soon song)? I love that effect and would love that capability in a Pedal Steel guitar library...Probably really difficult to pull off though playing from a keyboard controller.
Here is an example of what I am after: th-cam.com/video/6bpsvp6GHTM/w-d-xo.html
Loving the software. Could you please address the neck position feature? It doesn't seem to impact the sound or pedal functions, the way neck position does on a real steel. Thank you!
Amazing
Any chance of a demo version? Love the tone of this. I've tried many and they just don't perform as well as the videos portray.
Did you ever pick one that sounded good? I've been eyeing Ample Lap Steel lately.
Very realistic!!
Great tool if you are a good keyboard player.
Don't have to be if you know how to program!
@@katiewilliams82 Exactly plus you ought to know the actual instrument's technicalities and behaviour when played by a proper pedal steel guitarist.
Wow, thanks
sounds great. what is the minimum number of keys on the midi keyboard do you need to take advantage of all those color coded keys? I have an AKAI MPKmini 15 white keys. If that is too few keys, can you give a list of 3 or so keyboards that would work with Pedal Steel? Thanks
The playable range of the instrument would just barely fit within a 49 key, so I would definitely recommend 61 at a minimum. It has a wide range not counting any of the keyswitches. However you don't NEED to use the keyswitches in one take. You can record once for the melody and then again to capture harmonies and other articulations via keyswitch.
I've been considering the Indiginus Pedal Steel VST for a short while @$59 I then stumbled across this product @ $179. Anyone know if they are that vastly different @ 3x the cost?
I absolutely love this plug-in. I always wanted to have access to a pedal steel, but they’re like 1000 bucks or something. And I don’t know how to play one anyway. Also, it has to be said. I am blind. So the ease of installation once I got everything together was amazing. I was able to install it quickly. And more important, it talks right out of the box. For me, being blind, this is a plus as I have been forced to use vision substitution apps for some plugins. I do not think console mode shows up with speech though. Anyway, can you make a country fiddle with the same kind of harmonizing and sliding capibility but doing what fiddles do not guitars? So far my search for anything that even touches this pedal steel in the fiddle department has left me wanting. Also, how do you make the notes sound like they are fading in? I can't remember what that was called, but I saw it in the beginning of the video.
Hi Michelle, Console is not quite screen reader compatible - I apologize for that. Our goal should be to make more snapshots with various tone options, which you can load more easily. Fiddle sounds like an interesting project! Have you checked out Red Room Audio's fiddle options?
Does anyone know how the "Volume Pedal" is being adjusted? Is it being done with a physical pedal or some other magic. I noticed that the volume level pretty consistently ends up at, or very close to, 92. Just curious.
This is a great product, but I think most of us really need some in-depth tutorials to figure out how best to use it. As others here have said, the demo session files help, but they don't explain why each setting is used and how to configure the Harmonization set up works, etc. I'll keep trying but it would be much easier with some real tutorials. Thanks.
Did you check out the video we posted recently about Harmonized Mono? th-cam.com/video/aDmhJpOF35k/w-d-xo.html
just found out Phoebe Bridgers used this often on her songs, I had no idea what it was till now!
She used a pedal steel guitar player, or Kontakt?
I decided to come back into music after a 30 year break. I tried playng the guitar again but the co-ordination was all over the place. I had to take a realty check and realise that I cant just pick up an instrument and start playing again. I decided to go down the electronic route and I have been amazed. Country was one of my passions and I have looked everywhere for a decent steel pedal patch. This looks great but after reading the reviews there is gonna be a lot of hard work ahead. It has taken six months to put together a guitar run and a few major chords on a guitar patch.
We have another video coming soon explaining Harmonized Mono further, but you can always simply use the Poly Legato mode, which is really easy to play (just use it like any keyboard patch)
Is it as amazing as it looks? I only need it for one song at the moment but never know what the future holds. I've tested some free ones and they're not even close to what this one sounds like.
Really fun plug. Tho I'm not seeing a 1 finger chord articulate like Ample has. Am I missing that?
Im definitely considering to Purchase this VST and especially because its an Actual Playable and Genuinely Realistic Sounding VST AND because i is Kontact Free Player Compatible. $179 Is a pretty fair price for certain. God Bless & Thanks
It would be nice if the key switches would light up correctly on the NI S-series keyboards. Otherwise I love the instrument.
Is there a way to adjust the “speed” of the vibrato???
Can't figure out the initial chord on Emmylou. It looks as if 3 notes are being played but if I have Harm Mono on, I can't make "chords" per se. Is the Poly and Harm modes being toggled somehow or is there a setting I'm missing?
Does this easily integrate/plug in with MainStage?
Can this plugin to be used in electric guitar?
Hey, does this work on logic pro x? Great stuff guys congrats
Yep! Logic works great with Kontakt, which is what this instrument uses.
Thumbs up, bought it but please make a VST stand alone plugin from it. For it only works with a full copy of Kontakt...
It works with the FREE Kontakt Player!
It would be nice to have a demo MIDI file available for this instrument to download and see just how all the key switches work.
That is a great idea. I'm having the same problem getting the multiple voicings without a keyboard.
Can i download to korg pa 700. Please help
Can this be played live in a band situation? And what gear would I need beside the obvious?
Sure. You would just use a computer (like a laptop) running Kontakt Player and Pedal Steel, and then a MIDI controller hooked up to that. You could then output your computer audio to a PA system, mixer, amp, etc.
does this work with Studio One 5?
Andrew its great to watch your tutorials again. Howz 'Zicorn' coming along?
I've always been a long time Follower of you and inspired by your Creativity in FL STUDIO. I've released my NEW Single as well now available on my TH-cam channel titled "WOKIM HAUS".
Guess what? The whole song, production, recording was done in FL STUDIO. who said FL studio ONLY limited to EDMs and cannot produce ROCK BALLADs.
I am a testament otherwise.
Emmylou by First Aid Kit was made using pedal steel vst?
We were simply using that melody as a demonstration :-)
Gettin his Hank Williams Sr on 3:59
I just bought this yesterday. QUick question: How do I find that editor that you are showing on your video at 3 minutes? I can't find it as an add-on or within the Pedal Steel library itself unless I'm missing something. Please let us know. Thanks!
Did you click the "Harmonization" tab on the UI?
@@zirconst Yes I did but it does not open that window that window that I see on the left side as it shows in your video. I get only the window on rge right where I can customize the harmonies by sliding them up and, etc.
Oh, I understand what you're talking about. The window on the left is just the user's DAW; I believe that's Cubase. You can use Kontakt (and thus Pedal Steel) in any DAW.
is this onlu usable with Kontact?
Looks very interesting ! Seems to own a very useful keyswitch technique !
Could you use the ROLI seaboard with this?
That's what I'd like to know too! Is it MPE compatible? Or if not, can you still somehow make use of Seaboard's polyphonic pitch bend?
If my Kontakt Player worked CORRECTLY ! %$#^... I would def buy this.
I am not into country western music. However you can use the Pedal Steel in a Rock format. The best example of this has to be Dave Gilmour playing pedal steel guitar on High Hopes by Pink Floyd.
ALSO ON ONE OF THESE DAYS ...BUT IN THAT CASE HE USED DISTORTION
And don't forget Robert Randolph and the Family Band
@@steveyraynelson and Steve Howe from Yes.
The question is how will this library sound if you try to use it for that. I wish they would have given at least one example in that style.
The solo in the end of High Hopes is phenomenal, gives me chills every time I listen to it
Can you do a bar slant ot a hammer on? 😅😅😅
love that beginning whats the song?
Band: First Aid Kit, Song: Emmylou * Great band!
does this vst come with a 16 digit serial number so I can integrate it with Native instruments Ultimate?
Yes, it's a licensed Kontakt Player instrument.
wow. absolutely incredible.
On the requirements part of the website, it says you MUST have Kontakt.
Do I need Kontakt or can it be used like any other VST as a in a plugin in your preferred DAW?
Thanks
You only need the FREE version of Kontakt Player, which runs in any DAW as a VST, AU, or AAX plugin.
Impact Soundworks LLC so if I have FL studio, I will need to download the free version of Kontakt, and then load this plugin into that?
@@sammygoris Right, Kontakt is like an 'engine' that powers tens of thousands of instruments. There are thousands of developers making sounds for Kontakt so it's a great plugin to have.
@@ImpactSoundworksLLC Oh thanks for explaining that. Very helpful! Last question - that demo song played, I see it's called 'Emmylou' - is it based off a real Emmylou Harris song? Or inspired by a particular song? It's beautiful.
@@sammygoris It's a mockup of "First Aid Kit" :)
Can this work inside Cubase 10? I don't understand VST imports too well.
Yes, it runs in Kontakt Player which works just fine in Cubase.
I have the Fishman Triple Play midi guitar pickup. Will this work with that?
It won't map 1:1 to the strings on the instrument, but you could use it as a replacement for a standard MIDI controller.
@@zirconst That makes sense. I guess the keyboard would be the way to go, I'm just not a keyboard player. Even on single note stuff, I get a better feel on the guitar. Thanks,
god darn!
you have to think like a steel player and know something about what riffs work... otherwise it might end up sounding like organ... very interesting though does it do different tunings C9 western swing etc?
You mean C6th. ;) he plays an example of I love you because, but I dont think this sounds like a pedal steel. Lol
Hi. I bought this VST and the keyboard section is not showing in my Kontakt, I can not figure it out why. Maybe you can help me. Thanks
This is a Kontakt option - press F3 to toggle the keyboard on and off. You can also go to the top bar and click the icon with the three squares, then select "Keyboard"!
@@zirconst thanks 😀
This sounds awesome. I make my own music with Anvil Studio with only the mouse and not the keyboard as I can only use my left hand. Does this also work with Anvil?
Great quality again guys, but this one's not for me :)
Does this come free with kontact 7 player?
No it does not
Does it work on ProTools?
Yep! It runs in Kontakt Player, which works great in Pro Tools.
Impact Soundworks LLC thanks!
You’re using this to make really typical sounds and here iam planning to use it with weird synths like how Snakefinger from the 80s used them
Hi does anyone know how to fine tune this ? From 440 to 432 can it be done?
Sure, simply use the Tune knob in Kontakt itself. It's above the pan control and to the left of the level meters in the instrument 'strip'. You can hold shift to do fine tuning.
Impact Soundworks LLC awesome thank you 🙏 😁👍👍
Can this be installed in Native Instrument Komplete 12?
It runs inside Kontakt 5 or higher, so it will work just fine in Kontakt 6 (which comes with K12)!
@@zirconst Thanks for the quick answer!! Very helpfull.
Help please. I bought this but can’t get the different settings to work. It plays only in one simple mode!
What specifically are you trying that isn't working?
Hi, it’s all working now thank you! Shutting down Mac after installing and restarting somehow helped..
Does this work for Mac Catalina?
It runs in Kontakt Player, which runs in Catalina - yes!
This is so complicated
I just want this for fl studio without a ton of stuff ;-;
Does this work in studio one
Yes!
Hello sir. Need your help please
is it compatable for reaper?
Yep! It runs in Kontakt Player which works just fine in REAPER.
My kontakt player is not showing the keyboard at the bottom. Any fix?
Same - did you find out why?
It’s a setting you can use to toggle the keyboard on or off.
Any chance this is FL studio compatible?
Yes, it runs in the free Kontakt Player which absolutely works in FL Studio.
just WOW ! A bit expensive
H.LEET....... Try buying one or hiring a pro to play the parts. Then there is the lesson cost's to consider too....... It's not a bad deal.
Have you checked the price of a real psg? This is a bargain by comparison.
Does this plugin work in ableton ?
Hi Burnsy, have you figured out if this works with Ableton (in my case Abelton Live 11 Lite)
Kontakt is a cpu hog high latency compared to other plugins.
NEXT ... A FRETLESS BASS !!!
This is awesome but Jesus Christ, $180? I can live without it for the 1-2 songs I was hoping to use something like this for.
$180 for this is insanely cheap. I cant believe this thing even exists tbh. Just now discovered this beautiful creation
I can’t live without it for 100 - 200 songs I am hoping to use this for. SOLD!
@@SafelandingRecords Mfw the ample guitar one is only around 150 iirc
In fairness, that’s what a live musician would cost for one session. By the time you’ve used this on 3 tracks, you’ve got your money’s worth.
@@nickanton7983 The thing is these VSTis are so complex that by the time you've mastered them you are essentially worth as much as a live musician playing them. Unless this thing has amazing automation it's basically like overpriced Ikea furniture. The live musician already knows how to play when you hire them.
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why do you play when the notes are already recorded?
The video is showing how those notes were input into MIDI. In other words, you're seeing the notes played in real-time, and simultaneously WHAT was recorded.
What if you dont have Kontact?
It runs in the FREE Kontakt Player which works in every DAW. :)
Nice but I use real steel in my studio. And on my Album. But it’s good.
Do you know anyone who would be willing to give me a tutorial and answer questions? Terrific product. Thanks!
What kind of help are you looking for? We may not be able to provide detailed one-on-one lessons, but we do try to help with tutorial videos and answering questions when we can. If you can let us know what specifically you need, we may be able to help or at least take it into consideration for future tutorials. Thank you!
@@ImpactSoundworksLLC A couple questions and favors.
Would it be possible to get the settings, notes, and key switches for Ashokan Farewell, Emmylou, and the country demo that starts at 4:19? I’m not getting the same sound.
I’m especially not hearing the note sustain. How do you get that? With the Mod Wheel? How do you control the Mod Wheel? Do I need a keyboard sustain pedal?
And the pitch/note bending. How do you do that? Is it related to the express volume?
Sorry for all the questions but I love the product and I really want to get the sound you get. I’m planning to use it in live shows.
Thanks and Happy New Year!
Following up to see if you saw my note. Thanks.
@@ImpactSoundworksLLC Following up on my earlier question. Would it be possible to get the settings, notes, and key switches for Ashokan Farewell, Emmylou, and the country demo that starts at 4:19? I’m not getting the same sound.
I’m especially not hearing the note sustain. How do you get that? With the Mod Wheel? How do you control the Mod Wheel? Do I need a keyboard sustain pedal?
And the pitch/note bending. How do you do that? Is it related to the express volume?
Sorry for all the questions but I love the product and I really want to get the sound you get. I’m planning to use it in live shows. Thanks!
@@kbwhite06 Hi Ken, I'm also working on using pedal steel VST's for live performance. Do you have an expression pedal for your midi controller? That helps if you start the note with the pedal backed off and then press it down as the note plays.
On the subject of getting this to work for live performance. I've been watching many hours of beginner pedal steel instruction tutorials here on TH-cam. I've also studied the history of the instrument to better understand the current E9 setup. The pedal steel players who stumble across videos of VST pedal steel instruments are correct that the real instrument has more potential of expression, but I disagree that the VST can't also be played with emotion. It's a different instrument that can sound very similar. When the pedals were added players waited between notes to bend the string, so it still sounded "Hawaiian". Most people using a VST pedal steel are looking to sweeten their country recordings. They play in the melody and then work on it afterwards in a midi editor to increase the realism. Look up Tod Stilwell if you want to hear the pinnacle of that kind of effort (using his own Kontakt library).
My love of slide guitar led me to lap steel and finally pedal steel. I can play decent slide guitar and have a lapsteel but purchasing a pedal steel and transporting it to live performances isn't going to work for the acoustic and electric rock music I play so instead I'm pursuing this avenue. My goal is to play as much like a real pedal steel as my knowledge of the instrument applied to the midi controller allows. I've been thinking about finding a pedal streel instructor open minded enough to teach just the theory and help me translate licks to the VST 's.
hello!?
Help...I bought this and I can't get it to work. I downloaded the files and the activation process is too difficult.
Please reach out to our support, we're happy to help.
Cool stuff, but i think it's too cheap, at least 400$ would be great ;)
i'm trying to install this program, it's literally the worst third party install i've ever been through. no customer support from kontakt. they asked for screen shots and then disapeared. i was so excited to get started now i regret ever messing with this. please some help for the $150 spent for a broken install!
You can contact our support anytime and we will help you out. We do have a video tutorial on this very channel on how to set up Native Access libraries; if you follow along you shouldn't have any trouble.
Just got it up and running this am. This is my first try: th-cam.com/video/qiNi9mKtZzE/w-d-xo.html
there's no legato, second after: there's legato mode, dude what the fuck?
I guess if you can't play one then this what you need.
Get wavelore instead
doesn't sound as good as this.
@@jadonx Ironic that this comment is still here - because I ended up buying this plugin! It does sound WAY better than Wavelore!
@@guitarheel99 me just waiting for a discount before I buy..demos look good.
Why do these people insist on saying the word 'functionality' when they really mean 'function'. Are they trying to impress us with their bigger words?
"Functionality" is a little more grammatically correct here, because we're talking about several things. The "functionality" consists of the keyswitches (which trigger harmonies when held), the script which they trigger, and the harmonization editor.