Oh, and it’s also cheap, so that’s a bonus. Well, I am happy to report that at long last I’ve found a virtual mandolin that I truly like, one that’s easy to use and sounds convincing in a mix. Tracy has a lot of experience sampling and scripting virtual stringed instruments, such as his Mountain Dulcimer and my favorite, Delta Blues Acoustic Slide Guitar. I suspect it may be a harder instrument to sample than one might think.īut when I found out that Indiginus proprietor Tracy Collins was releasing a mandolin library, I was cautiously optimistic. But strangely, the hunt for a believable mandolin has been long and frustrating. That’s why I’m a fan and collector of sampled instruments. Then again, I can’t play a bouzouki or a sitar, either. Unfortunately, my own attempts to learn to play one were thwarted by physics: even as a child, those frets were closer together than the width of my fingers! I had to reluctantly conclude that I would probably never play the mandolin. ![]() My grandfather played mandolin in a bluegrass band and I’ve loved the sound of the instrument since childhood. Spoiler alert for the impatient reader: it’s good, and fun to play. ![]() Yet another inexpensive and easy-to-use instrument from Indiginus.
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