Acoustic Samples have announced their latest release, the AkousKontr , which they describe as a really expressive Upright Bass sample Library. Here's all the details that they have supplied:
The AkousKontr is a four strings Upright bass recorded at 24bits 44.1khz both from the pickup and with an electro-static microphone
779 Mo (1710 samples) sample library, no loops
Sustain samples: 5 different velocities per note and 2 round robins separated in microphone and pickup samples.
Release samples: about 13 different velocities per note.
Hammer-on samples easily triggered with the keyboard thanks to the advanced scripting
Advanced Vibrato effect controlled via modulation wheel
Multiple slides effects
Harmonics, ghost notes, string hits samples
Percussion samples
KONTAKT 2 and 3 format only, it uses a lot of script for hammers, slides, mixing, release level. Easy to use KONTAKT interface.