I have heard precisely two keyboard players who could emulate a natural-sounding lead guitar. (I should probably get out more.) However, these were single-note lines with a distorted sound. I never heard an attempt at chords or multistring slides.

Propellerhead Reason, a combination soft synth and DAW, has what they call Refills (sound libraries by PH and third parties) with some absolutely amazing Strat and other guitar sounds. But you have to own Reason (~$450 USD) and the appropriate Refills and be able to do those keyboard gestures in order to make it work.

Any way you go at it there's a price to pay.


"My primary musical instrument is the personal computer."