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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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Originally Posted by shlind
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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Originally Posted by shlind
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 smile
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.

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Mario,
Is Soundprop phrase based (as session or ujam) or just sampled guitars? Will it follow (recognize) Midi chord track?

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