Shreddage 1
The original Shreddage. A realistic and flexible electric guitar for rock and metal rhythm riffs.
US$59
Hear Shreddage 1 In Action
- Bleed Meshuggah (Mock-up by Andrew Aversa) 0:25
- Sketch Montage Andrew Aversa 0:43
- Rock the Dragon Bruce Falcouner (Mock-up by Andrew Aversa) 0:25
- Chords and Riffs Andrew Aversa 1:11
- Deep Impact Andrew Aversa 1:12
- Descent Into Darkness Andrew Aversa 1:10
- The Fire and the Fury Firewind (Mock-up by Andrew Aversa) 0:36
- Final Fantasy VI - Desertion Nobou Uematsu (arr. Andrew Aversa) 3:19
- Heroic Trailer Cue Andrew Aversa 0:34
- Self vs Self Pendulum (feat. In Flames) (Mock-up by Andrew Aversa) 0:40
Reviews
Simon Franglen
Titanic, Skyfall, Spectre, Avatar, Avatar: The Way of Water
Impact Soundworks make detailed, emotive instruments. I’ve happily bought over two dozen of their libraries which should say everything. They get used every day.
Mark Portmann
Ariana Grande, Luis Fonsi, Celine Dion, Quincy Jones
"[ISW]'s instruments consistently deliver the sound, feel, and reliability I need to do my best work. Thank you for raising the bar and making tools that inspire."
Neal Acree
World of WarCraft, Diablo III, StarCraft II, Overwatch
"Impact Soundworks has some of the most creative and innovative libraries out there. From world instruments to the insanely deep sampled Shreddage guitar series the Impact catalog is full of must-haves and unexpected and inspiring surprises. Highly recommended!
Stewart Winter
Co-founder, VideoHelper
"I'm a keyboard player -- I can't even make a REAL guitar sound convincing. But Telos and Rosette are my go-to guitars because they sound incredible, sit well in a mix and are so easy to configure to my personal playing habits. I'm constantly discovering new ways to play them and they've saved my ass more times than I can count. And the pedal Steel is still my favorite library of its kind for Country, Folk and organic layering behind synths."
Brian Pickett
PAW Patrol, Lucas the Spider, Daniel Tiger
"I never would have thought that sampled guitars could sound as good as ISW's do. The fact that I can use them to lay down a realistic solo is unprecedented. They’ve pushed the boundaries of realism."
Rosette Mandolin – Sound on Sound
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"The sound of the library is very pleasing...the more I used the library the more I felt I was learning how to write idiomatically for the instrument." "Rosette Mandolin provides a good sound that could have many applications, with versatile input options that cater to writing realistic mandolin lines, impossible 5+ note chords and everything in between." Thomas Field, September 2024
Richard Jacques
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, Mass Effect, Overwatch 2, James Bond 007: Blood Stone
"I'm a huge fan of the Ventus Winds series. They feature rare instruments deep-sampled to an incredibly high level of detail. It's so liberating to have such a wide range of articulations & phrases that perfectly capture the nuances and performance style of these instruments... from beautiful to haunting, celebratory to sorrowful. Each is expertly recorded and the sound quality is superb, sitting in the mix with ease. If you want to add authentic world winds to your palette, then look no further."
Kevin Manthei
Angry Birds Mystery Island, Marvel’s Spider-Man, Villainous, Neverwinter, Star Trek Online
"ISW creates some of the most inspiring & realistic guitar sample libraries. I had to write a bunch of really gritty, angry heavy metal & sports action rock cues. I used Shreddage 3 Serpent for leads and was blown away by its onboard processing, programming, and amazing live-sounding leads. I also created a signature sound based on the lead guitar in David Lynch's Twin Peaks series, originally played on baritone guitar. [Serpent] built a convincing replica of that sound just using on-board FX. It was so fun and easy to do!"
Audio Demos
- Bleed Meshuggah (Mock-up by Andrew Aversa) 0:25
- Sketch Montage Andrew Aversa 0:43
- Rock the Dragon Bruce Falcouner (Mock-up by Andrew Aversa) 0:25
- Chords and Riffs Andrew Aversa 1:11
- Deep Impact Andrew Aversa 1:12
- Descent Into Darkness Andrew Aversa 1:10
- The Fire and the Fury Firewind (Mock-up by Andrew Aversa) 0:36
- Final Fantasy VI - Desertion Nobou Uematsu (arr. Andrew Aversa) 3:19
- Heroic Trailer Cue Andrew Aversa 0:34
- Self vs Self Pendulum (feat. In Flames) (Mock-up by Andrew Aversa) 0:40
Overview
The virtual guitar that started it all. Shreddage was designed to be the most realistic and flexible electric guitar sound for rock and metal. Combined with its expansion Shreddage X, you get a full range of articulations from palm and aggressive mutes to powerchords, vibrato, harmonics, pinch squeals, pick scrapes, neck slides, portamento slides, chordstops, and much more. Available for Kontakt + SFZ! (Looking for something more recent? Check out Shreddage 3!)
Product Info
Drop Ab tuning
Non-pinched vibrato
Harmonics
Aggressive sustains
Tremolo picking
True recorded single note & powerchord slides
Hammered legato
Single-note release stops
Features
8x round robins
Pristine 24 bit clean (DI) samples
Scripted legato controls
Simplified mapping
Requirements
1.75GB of disk space
7200 RPM hard drive or solid state drive recommended.
Compatible with any SFZ-sampler
Kontakt 4.2.3+ Full Version
This library is NOT compatible with the free Kontakt Player.
Kontakt Requirements - Mac OSX
Intel Macs (i5 or higher): macOS 10.14, 10.15, 11 or 12 (latest update).
Apple Silicon Macs (via Rosetta 2 & natively on ARM in Standalone or in hosts that support it): macOS 11 or 12 (latest update)
Kontakt Requirements - Windows
Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 10 (latest Service Pack, 32/64-bit). Intel Core i5 or equivalent CPU. Graphics hardware support for OpenGL 2.1 or higher. Windows 10 strongly recommended.
Tutorials
Sequencing Tips & Techniques
New Features Walkthrough
SFZ Setup & Tutorial
Featured Artists & Composers
ShadyCicada
“Impact Soundworks software is an absolute mainstay in my work when it comes to Video Game and Anime-inspired tracks! The amount of ease and wonderful sounds these plugins offer allows me to get straight into writing and brainstorming.”
Ben Prunty
FTL: Faster Than Light, Into the Breach, Subnautica: Below Zero
“I’ve been using ISW since 2015, and their instruments have shown up in Into the Breach and Subnautica Below Zero, and in nearly all of my solo albums. Shreddage helped me fill in the gaps around my own guitar performances. Super Audio Cart provided some great raw synth sounds for parts of Below Zero. Impact Soundworks is often the first place I go to when I’m shopping for a new project. Everything they make works and sounds great.”
Brian Pickett
PAW Patrol, Lucas the Spider, Daniel Tiger
“I never would have thought that sampled guitars could sound as good as ISW’s do. The fact that I can use them to lay down a realistic solo is unprecedented. They’ve pushed the boundaries of realism.”
Shreddage is a DI guitar sample library that was ground-breaking when it was released. Rather than trying to cover every possible technique or style, it focuses entirely on rhythm playing in a rock/metal style. The result of this intense design focus (and two full years of research and development) is an extremely playable and realistic instrument. This library isn’t just for composers, though it is very easy to use in the context of trailer cues, video game arrangements and other massive productions. It’s also a great tool for producers and even guitarists!
The original Shreddage requires little editing or humanization to sound realistic right out of the box, and thus can be dropped in a track to fill it out, doubling a real guitarist or serving as a highly-accurate placeholder or demo until live guitars are recorded. The Kontakt patches feature a scripted interface that allows you to easily tweak envelopes and EQ, but does not require any sort of fancy keyswitches or MIDI CC control to use. Just load and play — each hand gets a different type of articulation, and velocities handle the rest. Swap out individual patches to tweak your performance multi.
The Shreddage X expansion pack / add-on goes a step further. We started by lowering the tuning even further, going from Bb to Ab. We added non-pinched vibrato on every note, for even more expressive performances, then recorded traditional harmonics (with no vibrato) as well as blazing tremolo picking. Shreddage X also includes true recorded portamento slides on every single note and powerchord, up to an octave. The portamento time can be reduced to create more subtle legato transitions, eliminated, or kept at max to create dramatic custom slides and dives.
There no need to memorize complex keyswitches, excessive midi CC automation, or pedal futzing. Just load up the master patch and prepare to have your face melted. For years, others claimed it was not possible to have realistic guitar samples without loops. The original Shreddage was how we proved everybody else wrong (and we continue to do exactly that in the Shreddage 3 series).
Shreddage uses a simple interface and mapping scheme with low CPU and RAM usage. No keyswitches required!
Reviews
Shreddage 1 – ProRec
“What Shreddage does, it does VERY well. If you need power chords, and don’t want the extra complexity that some libraries have, it’s a no-brainer… It’s affordable and you get a lot of sound and flexibility for the price … The value is tremendous if you need solid power chords to spice up your arrangements. The dry and consistent recordings allow you to create the sound YOU want … [It’s] a solid and fun library. Easy to play, light on resources… [it] will find it’s way into your tracks, whether they be scratch tracks for future live replacement, or final, render-ready guitar parts.”
Brent Randall (ProRec)