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If one only could have one guitar plugin which one would be recomended as a first choice?.
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If one only could have one guitar plugin which one would be recomended as a first choice?. Thats easy... NI Sessions Guitarist - Strummed Acoustic!
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If one only could have one guitar plugin which one would be recomended as a first choice?. It is not so easy because we would need more information on what kind of guitar and what style are you looking for. Dr Dan's suggestion is great for acoustic guitar. I like NI Sessions Guitarist - picked nylon for a nylon guitar. You have Studio One Pro so you already have some guitar plugins. If you have Kontakt there are many different guitar plugins - I like Soundprop's guitars for both electric and acoustic guitars. There are a lot of other options available including PGM, IK Multimedia, Etc. FYI - Native Instruments (NI) is in financial trouble, check the off topic forum. So you might want to hold off on any NI purchases for now. If you do get an NI product make sure to install it and immediately back it up. Just my two cents.
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Mario, Perhaps NOW is a perfect time to get Session stuff, before they decide to do one of those "sub only" traps  Session guitars, bases and ukulele, had only minor bug improvements since initial release. They are, what they are. Maybe not the best sampled guitars, but definitely in upper 10%, even now after a decade of first release from the series. When on sale, most are $50, or you can pick them up "used" (license transfer) for same. VST3 should last (be supported) at least another decade or so, judging by previous versions, even if NI goes bye bye. The whole NI Session suit is amazing companion to BIAB. especially now, when there is BIAB option to "protect" certain note range on Chord track for key switches. Then you export MIDI chord track to DAW and it will perform same way as you programmed it in BIAB. shlind, another one of my favorites is Silk2 by Ujam. Nylon string, phrase based guitar. Syncs very well to BIAB. As with session guitars, phrases will follow your BIAB chords. You can pick it up for $20 on sale. -------------------------------- Mario, Is Soundprop phrase based (as session or ujam) or just sampled guitars? Will it follow (recognize) Midi chord track?
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Misha, I have a number of guitar, bass, and uke software, but I will keep an eye out for Session sales.
I forgot to mention Ujam products. I have most if not all of their guitar programs.
Soundprop guitars are not phrase based. They will follow any BiaB track. With the chord track it will follow it as is or with Soundprops' strum mode BUT you will only get one strum per measure as the chords in the track are one measure long. You can shorten the chord track to say quarter notes and copy and paste so you get strummed chord on each beat. Also eight note chord strums. I personally have only messed with this procedure and haven't used it in a song, yet.
I hope this helps.
I arrived early to a restaurant.
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I said no.
"Good", he said. "Take these drinks to table 3"
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Mario,
thanks!
"you will only get one strum per measure" That's a bummer for me.
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Thanks,
I mainly looking for something that can give me the "Rhythm guitar" in various strummings/patterns and chord chops, with a drive over a chord track with mainly one chord per bar. (It should produce the strumming pattern even if it is only one chord in the bar).
Mainly for country, rock, pop, blues and alike.
I didn’t know I have guitars in SPO (I’lll check it out).
I also have SILK2 and several other UJAM guitars but I removed them since I did not really get along with them. I’ll give it another more thorough try.
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Silk2 and Amber2 are probably most "common sense" guitars from the series. Ujam over spices phrase presets with fx a lot of times. The trick is to disable them all (fx), making patterns sound natural and then start playing with settings to match sound you are after matching your tune. if you need help setting it up (ujam) in BIAB, let me know, I can try to help. Perhaps in a fresh thread.
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Mario,
thanks!
"you will only get one strum per measure" That's a bummer for me. Yes, it is a bummer for me also, but they are not designed to be a strummed instrument. But they do work extremely well with BiaB MIDI guitar tracks.
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I arrived early to a restaurant.
The manager asks, "do you mind waiting a bit?"
I said no.
"Good", he said. "Take these drinks to table 3"
64 bit Win 10 Pro, the latest BiaB/RB, Roland Octa-Capture audio interface, a ton of software/hardware
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Here's an interesting video on the use of Tonalic for adding tonalics to an existing musical idea (piano audio and its chord track).
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To shlind , have a look at Strum GS 2 I've happily used it for years. re TONALIC. I used the free version to add guitar parts on my song broke down fine FWIW, I found it to be easy to use and was greatly impressed with it. The full version is via subscription which is something that I will have to debate as I prefer to buy outright. IMO Celemony are on to a winner with Tonalic. cheers Izzy.
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To shlind , have a look at Strum GS 2 I've happily used it for years. ................................... Izzy. Another +1 for Strum GS2. I also have used it for years. But if one is going to buy it wait for a sale. Most of the time one can get it for half price.
I arrived early to a restaurant.
The manager asks, "do you mind waiting a bit?"
I said no.
"Good", he said. "Take these drinks to table 3"
64 bit Win 10 Pro, the latest BiaB/RB, Roland Octa-Capture audio interface, a ton of software/hardware
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Sorry to go off topic but I just noticed.........
"Love is grand.
Divorce is twenty grand!"
Mario your hillarious pithy add ons just break me up 🤣
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To shlind , have a look at Strum GS 2 I've happily used it for years. ................................... Izzy. Another +1 for Strum GS2. I also have used it for years. But if one is going to buy it wait for a sale. Most of the time one can get it for half price. The half price sales happen every time they release a new preset bank for one of their apps. The new preset bank plus all of the existing banks and the associated full app are all 50% off. Strum GS-2 has gotten a couple of new preset banks recently. Check their website regularly. They post each new preset bank at the top of the home page. Applied Acoustics Systems
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