Jensen Guitar Collection – Forte

The Jensen Guitar Collection includes both acoustic and electric models. Included are some truly excellent guitars with numerous layers, articulations, and effects. Purgatory Creek Soundware obtained a special commercial license of the libraries in order to provide it to our users. Please note that these samples are not in the public domain and Jensen Samples retains all rights to ownership of the samples.

You can find out more about the Jensen Guitar Samples on their website.

Acoustic Guitars

Acoustic Guitars include:

  • Handmade German Framus Guitar. Single String Instrument is a sample set with 3 velocity layers. The highest layer is recorded with slide-on and wide vibrato. Chords are also included.
  • Handmade ’72 Classical Guitar. Single notes in four velocity layers and major and minor chords. Includes various slides, glissandos, and other effects.
  • 12-String Acoustic Guitar. The 12-string Acoustic Guitar is a sample set with both single notes (in two velocity layers).
  • Little Martin Chords. The small body size gives the guitar a bright sound, and it is a good choice in a crowded mix. The Acoustic Guitar Chords Instrument is a sample set with major, minor, dominant 7, sus4 and add9 chords. All samples are recorded in stereo.

Chord mapping for the Framus and Little Martin are as follows:

  • G0 – B0: Effects
  • C1 – F#4: Single Notes
  • G4 – B4: Effects
  • C5 – B5: Major Chords
  • C6 – B6: Minor Chords

Mapping for the Classical Guitar is as follows:

  • B0: Muted strum
  • C1 – B1: Minor Chords
  • C2 – B2: Major Chords
  • C3 – B3: Dominant 7
  • C4 – B4: Sus4
  • C5 – B5: add9
  • C6 – B6: Major 7

Octave up (sw#1) and down (sw#2) allow access to the full range of chords and effects.

Forte File Sizes:

⁃ 12STRING.FOR: 14MB
⁃ NYLONGTR.FOR: 40.3MB
⁃ ACGUITAR.FOR: 92.7MB

Electric Guitars

The Electric Guitar Collection includes:

  • Gibson Hollow Body DI (Direct Input). Warm and jazzy sound. Recordings of the direct signal from the neck pickup.
  • Jazz Guitar. Warm and jazzy sound. Gibson Hollow Body Guitar played thru a vintage tube amp.
  • Fender Stratocaster DI (Direct Input). The Direct Fender Stratocaster Instrument is a sample set with recordings of the direct signal.
  • Fender Stratocaster->SideKick Amp. The Fender Stratocaster Instrument is a sample set with recordings of a 95 American Fender Stratocaster, played through a Fender Side-Kick 30 amp and with a touch of overdrive. A very basic sound without any fuss – just a pure, authentic sound.

Forte File Sizes:

⁃ GIBSONHB.FOR: 54.8MB
⁃ JAZZGTR.FOR: 29.4MB
⁃ STRAT.FOR: 38MB