Applied Acoustics Strum GS-2 + Packs

Applied Acoustics Strum GS-2 is a plug-in for the production of guitar tracks. With a huge collection of acoustic and electric guitars, automatic chord recognition, sophisticated chord voicing, integrated strumming and picking action, MIDI riff library, amp and effects, playing guitar on a keyboard has never been so easy.

With more than 200 different acoustic and electric guitars—nylon, steel, single coil and humbucker fitted pickups, clean, crunchy, distorted—, a 2-channel amplifier, spring reverb, speaker cabinet, and effects as well as 102 MIDI riffs covering many musical styles, Strum GS-2 packs everything you need to create guitar parts for your productions.

Creating a realistic guitar track from samples is a tough job. Guitar players voice chords differently, strumming is not easily reproduced on a keyboard, and guitar players use all sort of techniques such as palm muting, scratching and sliding simply not available on a keyboard. Strum GS-2 now does all of this for you!

WHAT’S NEW?

• NEW Acoustic and electric: The acoustic and electric guitars are now included in a single plug-in
• NEW Guitar library: A completely reviewed factory library with a huge collection of production-ready acoustic and electric guitars
• NEW MIDI loop library: An extensive set of strumming patterns in MIDI loop packs covering different techniques and musical styles
• NEW Modeling: A completely revised string module, finer pick/finger interaction, integrated coupling at the bridge, and precise body response for a super rich and natural tone
• NEW Keyboard mode: The new Keyboard mode lets you play lead lines and your own voicings
• NEW Loop mode: The new Loop mode gives you direct access to elaborate rhythm figures—which you can pick from a large collection of MIDI loops covering many musical styles—to supplement your chord progressions
• NEW Strumming engine: Completely revised strumming engine for expressive and natural strumming
• NEW Compressor and equalizer: These new additions are perfect to add punch and definition to your sound, letting you cut through any dense mix or stage
• NEW Limiter: The new output limiter protects your ears and monitors during experimentation with the synth’s parameters while providing a maximum of distortion-free dynamics
• NEW Streamlined interface: Redesigned from the ground up, the new interface now divides Strum GS-2 into three panels: Play presents shortcuts to the performance and effect parameters including bypass switches for quick edits; Edit lets you tweak and create your sound; while FX supplies equalizer, compressor, multi-effect, and reverb processors for a final sheen
• NEW Bank and program manager: Strum GS-2’s new manager allows simple and efficient organization, backup, and sharing of your sounds
• NEW Native 64-­bit AU, VST, and AAX plug­-ins: Strum GS-2 now runs in native 64-bit on Mac OS X and Windows making it compatible with the latest sequencers
• UPDATED Overhauled effects: Reinvigorated and polished, Strum GS-2’s multi-effect processor features Applied Acoustics' best sounding chorus, delay, phaser, flanger, distortion, notch filter, wah-wah, auto-wah, and reverb to date!

Included Sound Bundles:

With five Sound Bank Series titles adding up to more than 400 presets, Strum GS-2 looks forward to spark your imagination—whenever you need it.

• Blue Rhythms by Yves Frulla
• Power Chords by Christian Laffitte
• Good Folks by Yves Frulla
• Latin Vibes by Christian Laffitte
• Pop Rocks by Christian Laffitte

Mac minimum system requirements:

• Mac OS X 10.7 or later
• Intel Core processor or later
• 512 MB of RAM
• 70 MB of free hard drive space

PC minimum system requirements:

• Windows 7 32‑/64‑bit or later
• Intel Core or equivalent processor
• 512 MB of RAM
• 70 MB of free hard drive space