Legato Expressive Guitar by Loot Audio Kontakt instrument interface

Legato Expressive Guitar: Kontakt Electric Guitar Instrument by Loot Audio

Legato Expressive Guitar is a Kontakt instrument from Loot Audio that offers an electric guitar sound built around legato playing. It includes five legato transition types, round robin samples, three dynamic layers and a set of guitar-based pads.

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01Overview

Legato Expressive Guitar is a virtual electric guitar for Kontakt, developed by Loot Audio. The developer says it draws on film scoring and ambient post-rock, aiming for an expressive, melodic character. The instrument is built from the developer's earlier El Dorado series and the legato work done on Balvi Cello, and it is designed for producers who want lines that feel played rather than programmed.

Best for

Expressive lead lines
Film scoring guitar parts
Ambient post-rock textures
Sustained guitar pads
Melodic legato phrases

Developer: Loot Audio
Category: Kontakt Instruments
Requires: Kontakt
Store: Plugin Boutique

02Key features

What you get

Five types of legato transitions between notes
Numerous round robin samples for natural variation
Three dynamic layers for velocity-based expression
Master, legato, sustain and pad patches included
Multiple guitar-based pads
Manual or automatic crossfading between pads
Integrated effects within the instrument
Requires full Kontakt 5.8.1 or later; about 2.1 GB disk space

03In depth

Legato Transitions and Expressive Playing

The core of the instrument is its legato engine, which offers five types of transitions between notes. These transitions are meant to make melodic lines flow smoothly, which suits lead lines and slow, sustained phrases.

Numerous round robins and three dynamic layers add variation from note to note, so repeated phrases do not sound identical. Together these features are aimed at expressive, performed-sounding parts.

Patches, Pads and Integrated Effects

Legato Expressive Guitar ships with Master Patch, legato, sustain and pad patches, so you can move between single-line playing and sustained textures within one instrument.

The pads are guitar based and can be crossfaded manually or automatically, which helps when you want a guitar texture to bloom under a melody. Integrated effects are included for shaping the sound inside Kontakt.

Version 2 adds a legato baritone guitar and new pads, roughly doubling the size of the original library. The developer offers Version 2 free to existing customers.

04Specs