


The sustained notes are sampled in three versions: normal, hard, and with vibrato. There are also various scrapes, squeaks, slides and other noise effects. There are sustained, muted and staccato single notes and power chords (with up to six different degrees of muting from loose to very tight), pinch harmonics, harmonics, hammer-ons/pull-offs and tremolo notes. When sampling all 25 notes on each of the seven strings on this guitar with a variety of playing techniques, the number of samples multiplies pretty quickly. The samples are of a custom-built Ibanez 7-string guitar tuned to drop G. Weighing in at more than 13,000 samples and 5 GB of disk space, Shreddage 2 IBZ ($139, or $119 for owners of Shreddage 2, $99 intro price) is a serious, big and detailed sample library for Kontakt and Kontakt Player, made with metal in mind.
