Tales is a virtual instrument plugin from Steinberg built around a classical nylon-strung concert guitar. It is sampled with open tuning and offers four articulations and more than 60 textures for composing.
Tales is a plugin from Steinberg that gives composers a nylon-strung concert guitar sampled with open tuning. The developer says each string was tuned and sampled using only open strings, producing a warm, intimate tone with long natural sustain. The instrument is presented as a composer tool for storytelling, with articulations and textures aimed at fantasy, sci-fi, drama and emotional scoring.
The core of Tales is a rare classical nylon-strung concert guitar. Because every string was sampled in open tuning, the instrument's harmonic voicing is built around open chords and resonant intervals rather than fretted-position tuning.
Steinberg describes the tone as warm and intimate, with long natural sustain. That makes the sound suited to sparse, expressive writing where the note decay is part of the musical line.
Tales includes four articulations: soft, hard, mute and harmonics. These give you different attacks and colors within a single performance, so a passage can shift from a gentle fingerpicked feel to a percussive or muted rhythm without changing instruments.
On top of the guitar sounds, the library offers more than 60 textures for fantasy, sci-fi, drama and large emotional moments. The developer describes the playing approach as similar to playing a piano, with the articulations and textures responding to the keyboard.
Formats, systems and requirements as listed by Plugin Boutique. Missing details are left out, not guessed.
| Developer | Steinberg |
|---|---|
| Type | Plugin |
| Category | Virtual Instruments |
| Formats | VST3, AU, AAX |
| Operating systems | Windows, macOS |
| Architecture | 64-bit |
Tales is a virtual instrument plugin built around a rare classical nylon-strung concert guitar, sampled with open tuning. It includes four articulations and more than 60 textures for storytelling music.
Tales is available in VST3, AU and AAX formats. It runs on Windows 10 and 11 (64-bit) and on macOS Big Sur through Sequoia, with Apple Silicon support through native and Rosetta 2 apps.
The listed requirements include about 4.9 GB of free hard disk space and an internet connection for activation, download, account setup and product registration. Additional software is required for the installation.
