Thank you Andrew and the rest of the ISW crew for making very accessible libraries. I am a severely disabled composer/musician and Shreddage has helped me be the guitarist I have always wished to be. I have been with you since you released Shreddage II and I keep coming back.
Congratulations Andrew 🎉 I am a huge fan of these types of videos as they help us connect with the individuals and heartbeat behind the code. The benefit of having many instrument developers is each one has their unique voice. Here is to many more years of success and innovation for Impact Soundworks! Joyfully Yours!
Love the shreddage instruments! 🤘 I’ve made some amazing metal with them. They prompted me to pick up a few more of your design instruments over the years, and they’re all great. Looking forward to the next 15 years!
Wonderful video and I deeply love learning about the etymology. I’m grateful for what Impact Soundworks does for the industry and the innovation it brings! Cheers to 10 more successful years and beyond! 🎉
As a proud user of Impact Soundworks' products for over 10 years, there are a few things I have to say here. 1. If Will hadn't started the company, or if you hadn't met him, my life would be totally different today. I think over 70% of my libraries are from Impact Soundworks, because I'm always impressed by what you guys bring to the table. I probably wouldn't be as productive of a composer today either. 2. It's extremely rare for me to find people where I live who appreciate music or music technology with as much depth as you guys do (read: I know 0 people of that kind EXCEPT from online). It warms my heart to know you and Will will continue to push the boundaries of instrument sampling and keep the age of detail-oriented musical people interested. 3. I'm very excited for Super Audio Cart 2! I don't know if you remember but I'm still thankful that you invited me to help test Super Audio Cart 1 and Super Audio Cart PC way back then, as well as produce presets, in 2016 - 2017. Always an honor to work with any music-tech-savvy people like you!
Love to throw support at ISW - Shreddage is a wonderful engine and the way you guys engage with the community is definitely noticed and appreciated. It's really neat to hear the story of the company and I always get a warm fuzzy out of hearing how others rode into music on the JRPG tide of the 90s. I also can't think of many tutorials out there that are more helpful than anything Andrew cranks out. You guys are great!
Shreddage2 was my first ISW purchase in 2015. Since then I've added many other titles and really gotten a lot of usage from them! I'm in that amateur category and am grateful that the quality and affordability of Impact Soundworks is what it is. I think Andrew's live composing streams back in the day probably sold me on more plugins and inspired me to create stuff more than anything. Hint: do that again! :)
bought S3 jupiter and abyss on a whim because i heard it was good, i was on a really tight budget but definitely did not regret the purchase, then when TSS came out i bought it the second i could, and am desperately awaiting the moment i can own the whole Tokyo Scoring Symphony
Congratulations Andrew and team on an awesome success story. Well deserved and well earned with amazing tools in your catalog. One of my fav developers.
Wonderful video. Dear Andrew, this personal and informative presentation about your company has deepened my sincere appreciation for both you and ISW even more. God bless y’all, and I wish you the very best of continued success. 🙌 💚
Congratulations on 15 years! I've picked up a number of ISW libraries over the years. Super Audio Cart always manages to sneak its way into most of my projects, even the non-electronic tracks. Looking forward to what you guys make in the future!
Fantastic backstory!! I'm so happy I discovered ISW many years ago and I've already made extensive use of a wide variety of your libraries, with hopefully more to add in the future (including SAC2, of course). Keep up the amazing work!
@Impact Soundworks LLC. I've been reckless eyeballing and ear hugging Impact Soundworks instruments for over a decade..Make no mistake, they sound amazing. I personally can't afford them but they are not over priced.Your hard work and vision has changed how sample libraries are made. I can almost eargasm Impact Soundworks developing instruments on their own platform.
i am an owner of Hydra and i am very happy with. what i really looking for the future is a library instrument based on unusually source like tools, nature sounds, electric style noisy sounds an so on, mixed with a granular engine and special sounding send effects on top.
I would absolutely love to do more instruments with unusual sound sources. We've done that in Resonance, Sonic Forest, Sonic Ocean, and Momentum... but I want to do more!!!
Congratulations Andrew, i would like to thank you for developing your libraries. Most of my releases have shreddage strat you can listen on my channel you'll know. Thanks again they're amazing!
There is always great satisfaction in hearing the coming of stories, especially for a company such as this that helped me land my first freelance gigs. Also seeing so many familiar names in the comments section shows Impact Soundworks created a community. Much love for the future ISW!
I really like this video as it gives me insight into the vision and design of the instruments you make. I have shreddage telos and stratus and love them. Keep up the great work! I love what you and your team is doing
I don't own any Impact Soundworks library (although I did play around wit Shreddage 3 Free) but just this video makes the company so likable. It's passion, love and effort that creates these products. A fact that is found far more likely in a smaller market like the sample library "industry" than ... say diet fitness, nutrition and lifestyle products for example. Interesting that guitars and orchestral instruments are the most popular products. Please keep up the good work, your "spirit" and this thing you called "thinking outside the box" 😉 What about an UNDERwater piano?
GREAT STUFF, Andrew. Really enjoyed hearing this entire history. Very much admire what the industry leaders like you and David Hilowitz are doing to further the capabilities of digital instruments. Keep turning the wheel, Alex Yacovelli
It's nice to hear something about your history and passion. Thanks for sharing. About new libraries or apps: what I still miss in regard to (heavy) guitar sounds is a dedicated (guitar) Feedback plug-in where you can program and alter different kinds of guitar amp feedback. I'm thinking of this as a variation on an ambient guitar or synth pad... with various pitches and note lengths. I know there's a plug-in from Blue-Cat-Audio, but I'm sure you guys can do a much better job! This may be a nice complementary rock / metal product for Shreddage.
We've definitely had requests for SOME kind of feedback plugin or tool... figuring out the best way to do it is tricky, but it's on our radar. Thanks for the suggestion!
I'm rapidly becoming a big fan. What you were saying about people with disabilities being able to create really hits close to home. Keep up the good work!
Very good to know more about you, a very humble and simple beginning that you keep until today, and it is good to keep that spirit while growing in experience and development. Very happy to know more about you. The part I liked the most was when you said "instruments beyond Kontakt" hahaha, I long for the time (I know it's complicated and expensive) that you could develop your own host for instruments, custom made according to your own needs and without being tied to NI... I think the instruments could be exploited more and benefit from a more finished sample treatment and modeling, not only the new virtual instruments but even the existing ones. I will be closely watching you grow even more, you have my support and my blessings. Long live SHREDDAGE in particular!
Thank you so much for the kind words! This year, our engineering team has done a lot of work in developing a sort of "framework" for virtual instruments. While it can be used on top of Kontakt, it's also platform-agnostic, so we could use it (to even greater effect) in a custom plugin as well. Physical modeling is certainly one interesting thing we could do with a custom plugin that isn't really possible in Kontakt. But I'm also excited about other kinds of real-time DSP. With Kontakt, we're (understandably) limited to the effects NI gives us.
Shreddage is my jam I wish it had a menu for creating riffs in kontakt it’s self like a step sequencer but per string or something like like that be dope af
You guys are awesome! Especially you Andrew, Also, Tokyo Scoring Strings, Shreddage SRP and Kageyama Taiko are my favorite. Ps. Love the Spectrasonics Namedrop.
You're a good man Andrew. Been a fan for a long time, hearing the story of ISW only increases that. Have you considered looking into supporting something like UVI Falcon? I would think through it's support for LUA, you would be able to accomplish quite a bit in terms of your playback goals.
Hey Marc, thank you for the kind words. We've had our eyes on Falcon for awhile. I think it could be suitable for some kinds of instruments - far superior to Kontakt in some ways - not as developed for large (high sample count / RAM) instruments.
My current issue is that I want to do a root+octave style power chord. This would be E3+E4 in this case so I put down an E3 in the midi piano roll and when I play the single note it will be played on the high A string 7th fret which I where I want it, great! The moment I add the E4 the problems start. When I do that the engine decides to play it on the low A and low E string, at the end of the fret board. This gets me a very undesirable tone and sounds awful. I've tried to mess with the force string option but no matter what I choose it keeps going to the low A and low E. I've tried different picking modes, fretting modes, hand positions, hand sizes, min and max preferred frets but nothing gets the notes to play in the place I want them. When I remove the E4 from the piano roll and only play the E3 it works flawless any time. I have no clue how to get Shreddage to behave as I want it to, does anyone have an idea?
Best company in the game. Period. I am a fan for life!
We're honored :D
Great company. Great libraries. Great story.
Thank you Andrew and the rest of the ISW crew for making very accessible libraries. I am a severely disabled composer/musician and Shreddage has helped me be the guitarist I have always wished to be. I have been with you since you released Shreddage II and I keep coming back.
Congratulations Andrew 🎉 I am a huge fan of these types of videos as they help us connect with the individuals and heartbeat behind the code. The benefit of having many instrument developers is each one has their unique voice. Here is to many more years of success and innovation for Impact Soundworks! Joyfully Yours!
Thank you for the kind words! 🙏
Love the shreddage instruments! 🤘 I’ve made some amazing metal with them. They prompted me to pick up a few more of your design instruments over the years, and they’re all great. Looking forward to the next 15 years!
Your customer support team are absolutely stellar, and the same can be said for your libraries. Major Hype for super audio cart 2
Wonderful video and I deeply love learning about the etymology. I’m grateful for what Impact Soundworks does for the industry and the innovation it brings! Cheers to 10 more successful years and beyond! 🎉
As a proud user of Impact Soundworks' products for over 10 years, there are a few things I have to say here.
1. If Will hadn't started the company, or if you hadn't met him, my life would be totally different today. I think over 70% of my libraries are from Impact Soundworks, because I'm always impressed by what you guys bring to the table. I probably wouldn't be as productive of a composer today either.
2. It's extremely rare for me to find people where I live who appreciate music or music technology with as much depth as you guys do (read: I know 0 people of that kind EXCEPT from online). It warms my heart to know you and Will will continue to push the boundaries of instrument sampling and keep the age of detail-oriented musical people interested.
3. I'm very excited for Super Audio Cart 2! I don't know if you remember but I'm still thankful that you invited me to help test Super Audio Cart 1 and Super Audio Cart PC way back then, as well as produce presets, in 2016 - 2017. Always an honor to work with any music-tech-savvy people like you!
Love to throw support at ISW - Shreddage is a wonderful engine and the way you guys engage with the community is definitely noticed and appreciated. It's really neat to hear the story of the company and I always get a warm fuzzy out of hearing how others rode into music on the JRPG tide of the 90s.
I also can't think of many tutorials out there that are more helpful than anything Andrew cranks out. You guys are great!
You're too kind! Thank you!
I wish he would come out with an "Allura Volume 2" or something similar. His wife has a beautiful voice and it is one of my favorite vocal VSTs.
Funny you should say that... we have a new Allura instrument coming just a little later this year :)
As Andrew said, stay tuned! (And thanks so much for the kind words!) ❤
Shreddage2 was my first ISW purchase in 2015. Since then I've added many other titles and really gotten a lot of usage from them! I'm in that amateur category and am grateful that the quality and affordability of Impact Soundworks is what it is. I think Andrew's live composing streams back in the day probably sold me on more plugins and inspired me to create stuff more than anything. Hint: do that again! :)
Nice to hear the story of impact Soundworks
bought S3 jupiter and abyss on a whim because i heard it was good, i was on a really tight budget but definitely did not regret the purchase, then when TSS came out i bought it the second i could, and am desperately awaiting the moment i can own the whole Tokyo Scoring Symphony
We aspire to make the rest of the series and our future guitars equally good, if not moreso :D
Congratulations Andrew and team on an awesome success story. Well deserved and well earned with amazing tools in your catalog. One of my fav developers.
Cheers Dirk! And thank you for your excellent demos earlier in our story. I love seeing your success as well.
Congratulations Andrew you guys are the bomb...; sincerely ....Bryant C
Wonderful video. Dear Andrew, this personal and informative presentation about your company has deepened my sincere appreciation for both you and ISW even more. God bless y’all, and I wish you the very best of continued success. 🙌 💚
🙏Thank you!
I'm a metal musician but, surprisingly, not a guitar player. Your Shreddage instruments are a lifesaver for me!
Congratulations on 15 years! I've picked up a number of ISW libraries over the years. Super Audio Cart always manages to sneak its way into most of my projects, even the non-electronic tracks. Looking forward to what you guys make in the future!
Fantastic backstory!! I'm so happy I discovered ISW many years ago and I've already made extensive use of a wide variety of your libraries, with hopefully more to add in the future (including SAC2, of course). Keep up the amazing work!
Love what you guys make. It’s very inspiring and everything has some great uses. Keep ‘em coming! Looking forward to what you’ve got coming
@Impact Soundworks LLC. I've been reckless eyeballing and ear hugging Impact Soundworks instruments for over a decade..Make no mistake, they sound amazing. I personally can't afford them but they are not over priced.Your hard work and vision has changed how sample libraries are made. I can almost eargasm Impact Soundworks developing instruments on their own platform.
Thank you for the kind words! And if price is an issue, the end of the year is peak discount season (Dec 15-31 or so)
i am an owner of Hydra and i am very happy with. what i really looking for the future is a library instrument based on unusually source like tools, nature sounds, electric style noisy sounds an so on, mixed with a granular engine and special sounding send effects on top.
I would absolutely love to do more instruments with unusual sound sources. We've done that in Resonance, Sonic Forest, Sonic Ocean, and Momentum... but I want to do more!!!
Congratulations Andrew, i would like to thank you for developing your libraries. Most of my releases have shreddage strat you can listen on my channel you'll know. Thanks again they're amazing!
Your passion shows in this video and your products! THAT’S why I’m a customer.
There is always great satisfaction in hearing the coming of stories, especially for a company such as this that helped me land my first freelance gigs. Also seeing so many familiar names in the comments section shows Impact Soundworks created a community. Much love for the future ISW!
Cheers!!
I really like this video as it gives me insight into the vision and design of the instruments you make. I have shreddage telos and stratus and love them.
Keep up the great work! I love what you and your team is doing
I don't own any Impact Soundworks library (although I did play around wit Shreddage 3 Free) but just this video makes the company so likable. It's passion, love and effort that creates these products. A fact that is found far more likely in a smaller market like the sample library "industry" than ... say diet fitness, nutrition and lifestyle products for example.
Interesting that guitars and orchestral instruments are the most popular products. Please keep up the good work, your "spirit" and this thing you called "thinking outside the box" 😉 What about an UNDERwater piano?
GREAT STUFF, Andrew. Really enjoyed hearing this entire history. Very much admire what the industry leaders like you and David Hilowitz are doing to further the capabilities of digital instruments. Keep turning the wheel, Alex Yacovelli
Shreddage 3 Archtop sings to my soul
It's nice to hear something about your history and passion. Thanks for sharing. About new libraries or apps: what I still miss in regard to (heavy) guitar sounds is a dedicated (guitar) Feedback plug-in where you can program and alter different kinds of guitar amp feedback. I'm thinking of this as a variation on an ambient guitar or synth pad... with various pitches and note lengths. I know there's a plug-in from Blue-Cat-Audio, but I'm sure you guys can do a much better job! This may be a nice complementary rock / metal product for Shreddage.
We've definitely had requests for SOME kind of feedback plugin or tool... figuring out the best way to do it is tricky, but it's on our radar. Thanks for the suggestion!
congrats of 15 years!
I love your products and love hearing this story
Impact Soundworks has some great sounding packages...especially the guitars!🎸🎧🎛🎶
Thank you for making free versions of Shreddage Guitar / Bass Kontakt player compatible!
Congrats!!!! Great story!!! Keep going !
❤ you guys and gals. I need to buy you a beer next time I’m in Baltimore area.
so cool :) and i'll follow along for the next 15 as well :)
I'm rapidly becoming a big fan. What you were saying about people with disabilities being able to create really hits close to home. Keep up the good work!
Very good to know more about you, a very humble and simple beginning that you keep until today, and it is good to keep that spirit while growing in experience and development. Very happy to know more about you. The part I liked the most was when you said "instruments beyond Kontakt" hahaha, I long for the time (I know it's complicated and expensive) that you could develop your own host for instruments, custom made according to your own needs and without being tied to NI... I think the instruments could be exploited more and benefit from a more finished sample treatment and modeling, not only the new virtual instruments but even the existing ones. I will be closely watching you grow even more, you have my support and my blessings. Long live SHREDDAGE in particular!
Thank you so much for the kind words! This year, our engineering team has done a lot of work in developing a sort of "framework" for virtual instruments. While it can be used on top of Kontakt, it's also platform-agnostic, so we could use it (to even greater effect) in a custom plugin as well.
Physical modeling is certainly one interesting thing we could do with a custom plugin that isn't really possible in Kontakt. But I'm also excited about other kinds of real-time DSP. With Kontakt, we're (understandably) limited to the effects NI gives us.
Shreddage is my jam I wish it had a menu for creating riffs in kontakt it’s self like a step sequencer but per string or something like like that be dope af
We want to do something like this in Shreddage 4. It's very high on my wish list.
You guys are awesome!
Especially you Andrew,
Also, Tokyo Scoring Strings, Shreddage SRP and Kageyama Taiko are my favorite.
Ps. Love the Spectrasonics Namedrop.
You're a good man Andrew. Been a fan for a long time, hearing the story of ISW only increases that.
Have you considered looking into supporting something like UVI Falcon? I would think through it's support for LUA, you would be able to accomplish quite a bit in terms of your playback goals.
Hey Marc, thank you for the kind words. We've had our eyes on Falcon for awhile. I think it could be suitable for some kinds of instruments - far superior to Kontakt in some ways - not as developed for large (high sample count / RAM) instruments.
If your already incredible library's where to ever leave kontakt that would be a dream come true. ( i love using those but i dont love using kontakt)
Good!
Which drums and keys were used during 10:13? I'm loving the fusion jazz sound!
More to come, too :)
So Tokyo Scoring Choir is next?
Tokyo Scoring Solo Strings first, along with a v2.0 update to TSS. :)
Tokyo Scoring Choir... interesting... something like Ghost in the Shell, right? Hmmmm 👀
Please make a les Paul Custom version
LPs are a very common request!
Please realize a Les Paul library
My current issue is that I want to do a root+octave style power chord.
This would be E3+E4 in this case so I put down an E3 in the midi piano roll and when I play the single note it will be played on the high A string 7th fret which I where I want it, great!
The moment I add the E4 the problems start.
When I do that the engine decides to play it on the low A and low E string, at the end of the fret board.
This gets me a very undesirable tone and sounds awful.
I've tried to mess with the force string option but no matter what I choose it keeps going to the low A and low E.
I've tried different picking modes, fretting modes, hand positions, hand sizes, min and max preferred frets but nothing gets the notes to play in the place I want them.
When I remove the E4 from the piano roll and only play the E3 it works flawless any time.
I have no clue how to get Shreddage to behave as I want it to, does anyone have an idea?
PWM Mourn Lead is still the best thing you have ever made.
Physical Modeling is the future.. Not sampling.. Anyway time will tell.
Why not have both?
Both have merits. And then there's AI.