Tales

Description

Steinberg Tales (ESD); virtual sample-based instrument for HALion; concert nylon guitar with four articulations: Soft, Hard, Mute, Harmonics; every note recorded individually using open-tuned strings for long-sustaining, resonant sound across an extended pitch range; includes 66 texture-based layers as a secondary sound source; main page with balance control between guitar and texture, distance mix between close and room mics, contour filter for high-frequency shaping, variation control for added liveliness; guitar page with parameters for color (tone), compression (transient shaping), transient level, saturation, reverb send and articulation selection; texture page with 66 preset slots, mod wheel assignment, key range restriction, envelope controls (attack, release), color, contour, variation, and reverb send; effects page with delay and reverb, both independently adjustable for guitar and texture layers; delay with preset selection, host tempo sync, time in ms or note values, feedback and mix; reverb with preset selection, predelay, reverb time and mix control