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Description
Unleash your creativity with Steinberg Tales, a remarkable virtual instrument designed for the modern composer. This plugin breathes life into your compositions, offering a beautifully sampled nylon-strung concert guitar that transcends the ordinary. Each string is meticulously tuned and sampled in an open tuning format, giving you a long, resonant sound that captures the warmth and intimacy of a live performance. Steinberg Tales allows you to blend the expressive articulations of soft, hard, mute, and harmonics with a diverse array of textures, making musical storytelling not just intuitive, but genuinely fun.
Dive into the world of sound with over 60 texture-based layers crafted for fantasy, sci-fi, drama, and beyond. Whether you’re scoring a film or composing an epic ballad, the main interface offers seamless control over the balance between guitar and texture, with options to adjust the distance mix, treble contour, and sound variation. The guitar page is your playground, offering parameters to shape compression, saturation, and reverb, while the texture page lets you explore with 66 presets and mod wheel assignments. Elevate your compositions with the effects page, featuring delay and reverb that syncs seamlessly to your host tempo.
Key Features:
- Concert nylon guitar with open-tuned strings for a rich, resonant sound
- Four expressive articulations: Soft, Hard, Mute, and Harmonics
- Over 60 texture layers for diverse soundscapes
- Balance control between guitar and texture with adjustable microphone settings
- Dedicated pages for guitar, texture, and effects with comprehensive control options
- Compatibility with major formats: VST3, AU, AAX
- Requires 4.9 GB free HD space and internet connection for activation and download
Product specs
| Available since | July 2025 |
| Acoustic Piano | No |
| Wind Instruments | No |
| Chorales / Vocals | No |
| Cinematic / Effects | No |
| Drum computer | No |
| Drums / Percussion | No |
| Electric Pianos | No |
| Ethno / Folk | No |
| Guitars / Plucking instruments | Yes |
| Loops/Construction-Kits | No |
| Dubbing / Foley | No |
| Orchestral Instruments | No |
| Organs | No |
| String Instruments | No |
| Synthesizers | No |
| Halion | Yes |
| Rex Files | No |
| Soundfont | No |
| Wave Files | No |
| Download | Yes |
| Memory requirement | 4 GB |
| Special feature | require Steinberg HAlion |
FAQs
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What type of instrument is Steinberg Tales designed to emulate?
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Steinberg Tales is designed to emulate the intimate sound of a classical guitar, capturing its purest quality and subtle emotions through a unique sampling technique.
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Does Steinberg Tales require any specific software to operate?
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Yes, Steinberg Tales requires Steinberg HALion to function, as it is a virtual instrument designed to work within this software environment.
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Is Steinberg Tales suitable for creating ethnic or folk music?
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While Steinberg Tales focuses on classical guitar sounds, it does not specifically cater to ethnic or folk music genres.
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How much memory does Steinberg Tales require?
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Steinberg Tales requires 4 GB of memory to run efficiently on your system.
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Can Steinberg Tales be downloaded directly?
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Yes, Steinberg Tales is available for download, allowing easy access and installation on your compatible system.
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