

If not overdone like it could be bluffing for the non-critical listener.įor me, it’s important to have a real sound so it’s why I struggle to play (butch?) guitar riffs, play bass myself, does my drumming and put on top some key parts (with Kontakt Rhodes or pianos). However, in the case you don’t have guitar players in your vicinity and no guitar and it’s not practical for you, you go with the lesser tools. I teach keyboard at school and some kids have it instinctively but for others, it’s like trying to speak Chinese… I consider keys to be one of the most easiest instrument to learn but my neighbor or my friends could have another opinion. If I need a lead part, I would ask one or two of my friends that are really guitar players. Like said, I can barely play power chords, maybe simple rhythm riff with basic chords if needed. It's funny how some people can't realize what for many people is so clear and easy, they get offended because they want to believe that a crappy emu is a real guitar, this is really fantastic and then you wonder why most music sucks today?Could be easy for some but not for everyone. Thank you for the info.In fact, it is easier and satisfying to make a power chord with a gtr instead of surfing samples or even worse trying to do it with a vst that pretend to be a real guitar. Orange Tree Samples virtual guitars for Kontakt Player, such as Evolution Songwriter ($179) have a strum module that allows you to edit and save user strum patterns.Īmple Sound virtual guitars (non-Kontakt) such as Ample Guitar M ($169) feature the Strummer - a built-in sequencer that makes it possible for users to develop their own strum patterns.Īs far as I know the virtual guitars from Native Instruments and UJAM just provide preset strum patterns. Each step specifies whether the chord should be an up- or down-stroke, muted or sustained, and each stroke’s velocity. The strum sequencer can have up to sixteen steps. You can link ten of these to ten keyswitches for on-the-fly pattern switching. ģ2 generic strum patterns come built in that you can use as-is or modify, or you can create your own from scratch. It's very reasonably priced ($69), but requires the full version of Kontakt. You may want to take a look at Renegade Acoustic Guitar from Indiginus.
