Applied Acoustics Systems Strum GS-2 + Packs combines the Strum GS-2 acoustic and electric virtual guitar plug-in with its associated Latin Vibes and Pop Rocks sound packs. The bundle offers a comprehensive suite of sounds, loops, effects, and authentic guitar articulations that let you create realistic guitar parts for your productions in musical genres ranging from Country, Jazz, and Hip Hop, to Pop-infused riffs and sensual Latin grooves.
Applied Acoustics Systems Strum GS-2 is a virtual instrument plug-in that utilizes physical-modeling technology for the production of realistic guitar tracks. With a large collection of 253 acoustic and electric guitars, automatic chord recognition, sophisticated chord voicing, 707 integrated strumming and picking patterns, 102 MIDI loop/riff library, amps/speakers and effects, playing guitar on a keyboard has never been so easy and inspiring.
Strum GS-2 is compatible with Mac and Windows. It runs as standalone software for quick jams and experimentation or operates within AU, VST2, VST3, AAX, and NKS formats. The license is for two computer installations (e.g., a laptop and desktop).
ript>- Acoustic and electric: The acoustic and electric guitars are now included in a single plug-in.
- Guitar library: A completely reviewed factory library with a huge collection of production-ready acoustic and electric guitars.
- MIDI loop library: An extensive set of strumming patterns in MIDI loop packs covering different techniques and musical styles.
- Modeling: A completely revised string module, finer pick/finger interaction, integrated coupling at the bridge, and precise body response for a rich and natural tone
- Keyboard mode: The new Keyboard mode lets you play lead lines and your own voicings.
- 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.
- Strumming engine: Completely revised strumming engine for expressive and natural strumming.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Bank and program manager: Strum GS-2’s new manager allows simple and efficient organization, backup, and sharing of your sounds.
- Overhauled effects: Reinvigorated and polished, Strum GS-2’s multi-effect processor features our best sounding chorus, delay, phaser, flanger, distortion, notch filter, wah-wah, auto-wah, and reverb to date!
- Strum GS-2 comes with 253 acoustic and electric guitars including nylon, steel, single-coil and humbucker fitted pickups, clean, crunchy, and distorted.
- A 2-channel amplifier, spring reverb, speaker cabinet, and effects are onboard to help you tailor your sound to your production style.
- The right voicings for the chords you know: Strum GS-2 chord library contains basic and extended chords available in open, movable, or drop voicings. Play the chords you know and Strum voices them automatically as a guitarist would.
- Strum with MIDI loops in 101 musical styles: Use the vast collection of 707 recorded strumming patterns over the chords you play and find inspiration for your track. Drag and drop the loop to your host sequencer and make it perfect for you song.
- Strum on your keyboard: Trigger down and upstrokes, scratches and mutes, or create picking patterns using the arpeggio keys.
- Articulation and expression: Slide and bend with the pitch wheel or aftertouch. Add vibrato with the modulation wheel. Natural hammer-ons and pull-offs when playing leads.
- Picks and fingers: Use a pick that is rounded or sharp, and stiff or soft. Dig into the strings or use a light touch. Play near the bridge or toward the neck for an evolving tone.
- String by string: Select material and natural decay for each string. Precise control of coupling and interactions at the bridge breathe life into your tone with beating and organic envelopes.
- Pickups: Whether they are single-coils or humbuckers, pickups are a fundamental part of the electric guitar sound. They shape the whole instrument’s response, and their multiple configurations give tremendous tone flexibility.
- Body shopping: The soundboard of a guitar radiates vibrations from the strings. Choose a body size to color the sound with specific resonances and find the right character.
- Mutes and scratches: As on a real guitar, strings interact with the players hands and frets. Fine-tune your rhythm parts and riffs with palm muting, scratches, and hammer-ons.
- Sound manipulation at the source core
- Presets load in a flash
- Supersmooth dynamics—no velocity layers
- Small memory footprint—less than 256 MB of RAM per instance
- Installs in less than a minute
Applied Acoustics Systems Latin Vibes is a sound pack powered by Strum GS-2 and created by French musician and sound designer Christian Laffitte. It explores the world of traditional and modern Latin music, with 81 presets and 84 loops that include electric and acoustic guitars played in styles such as Bossa Nova, Reggaeton, Brazilian, Kompa, Flamenco, Bachata, and more.
The collection can also be also be accessed with the included AAS Player plug-in.
- Sound pack for the Strum GS-2 acoustic and electric guitar virtual instrument (available separately)
- 12 styles, 81 guitar presets, and 84 loops and struming patterns of Latin vibes playable with your own chord progressions
- Styles include Bossa Nova, Reggaeton, Brazilian, Kompa, Flamenco, Bachata, and more
- Patches can also be accessed and played via the included AAS Player plug-in (Mac/Windows, VST, AU, AAX, RTAS, standalone)
- Created by sound designer Christian Laffitte
- Bachata Lead
- Bachata Rhythm Left
- Bachata Rhythm Right
- Bachata Chorus
- Bachata Live
- Bachata Acoustic
- Brazilian Lead
- Brazilian Rhythm Left
- Brazilian Rhythm Right
- Brazilian Chorus
- Brazilian Flanger
- Brazilian Amplifier
- Brazilian Acoustic
- Cavaquinho Lead
- Cavaquinho Rhythm Left
- Cavaquinho Rhythm Right
- Cavaquinho Chorus
- Cavaquinho Live
- Cavaquinho Flanger
- Cavaquinho Guitar
- Compas Lead
- Compas Rhythm Left
- Compas Rhythm Right
- Compas Chorus
- Compas Flanger
- Compas Phaser
- Compas Electric
- Cortes Lead
- Cortes Rhythm Left
- Cortes Rhythm Right
- Cortes Chorus
- Cortes Phaser
- Cortes Tremolo
- Cortes Electric
- Django Lead
- Django Rhythm Left
- Django Rhythm Right
- Django Chorus
- Django Flanger
- Django Phaser
- Django Electric
- Gypsyland Lead
- Gypsyland Rhythm Left
- Gypsyland Rhythm Right
- Gypsyland Live
- Gypsyland Wah
- Gypsyland Acoustic
- Latino Hit Lead
- Latino Hit Rhythm Left
- Latino Hit Rhythm Right
- Latino Hit Chorus
- Latino Hit Tremolo
- Latino Hit Electric
- Makkina Lead
- Makkina Rhythm Left
- Makkina Rhythm Right
- Makkina Phaser
- Makkina Delay
- Makkina Electric
- Makkina Chorus
- Nova Bossa Lead
- Nova Bossa Rhythm Left
- Nova Bossa Rhythm Right
- Nova Bossa Eq
- Nova Bossa Phaser
- Nova Bossa Chorus
- Nova Bossa Live
- Nova Bossa Electric
- Paco Lead
- Paco Rhythm Left
- Paco Rhythm Right
- Paco Chorus
- Paco Live
- Paco Clean
- Paco Electric
- Reggae Tune Lead
- Reggae Tune Rhythm Left
- Reggae Tune Rhythm Right
- Reggae Tune Chorus
- Reggae Tune Wah
- Reggae Tune Acoustic
- Bachata 139 BPM
- Brazilian 140 BPM
- Cavaquinho 101 BPM
- Compas 115 BPM
- Cortes 98 BPM
- Django 160 BPM
- Gypsyland 148 BPM
- Latino Hit 92 BPM
- Makkina 103 BPM
- Nova Bossa 98 BPM
- Paco 98 BPM
- Reggae Tune 96 BPM
Available for download, Applied Acoustics Systems Pop Rocks is a sound pack with loops and guitars designed to provide pop-infused riffs and rhythms for music producers, musicians, and composers in home, project, and commercial studios. Created by sound designer Christian Laffitte, it includes seventy-four acoustic and electric guitar presets and eighty-four loops in twelve styles. The licks lend themselves to productions in genres such as pop, funk, and more.
Use Pop Rocks as a standalone, in the Strum GS-2 synthesizer (available separately), or via the included AAS Player. It is compatible with Mac OS X and Windows systems, and it supports AAX Native, Audio Units, RTAS, VST, and NKS plug-in formats.
- Kool Lead
- Kool Rhythm Left
- Kool Rhythm Right
- Kool Flanger
- Kool Wah Wah
- Kool Acoustic Rhythm
- Island Lead
- Island Left Rhythm
- Island Right Rhythm
- Island Chorus
- Island Phaser
- Island Acoustic Rhythm
- Weekend Lead
- Weekend Flanger
- Weekend Wah Wah
- Weekend Amplifier
- Weekend Tremolo
- Weekend Acoustic Rhythm
- Tresor Lead
- Tresor Rhythm Left
- Tresor Rhythm Right
- Tresor Flanger
- Tresor Wah Wah
- Tresor Spring Fx
- Park Lead
- Park Rhythm Left
- Park Rhythm Right
- Park Overdrive
- Park Chorus
- Park Tremolo
- Park Acoustic Rhythm
- Beatz Lead
- Beatz Rhythm Left
- Beatz Rhythm Right
- Beatz Chorus
- Beatz Flanger
- Beatz Acoustic Rhythm
- Princestar Lead
- Princestar Rhythm Left
- Princestar Rhythm Right
- Princestar Phaser
- Princestar Flanger
- Princestar Acoustic Rhythm
- Smooth Lead
- Smooth Rhythm Left
- Smooth Rhythm Right
- Smooth Chorus
- Smooth Amplifier
- Smooth Tremolo
- Smooth Acoustic Rhythm
- U Stars Lead
- U Stars Rhythm Left
- U Stars Rhythm Right
- U Stars Flanger
- U Stars Amplifier
- U Stars Acoustic
- Latin Lead
- Latin Rhythm Left
- Latin Rhythm Right
- Latin Chorus
- Latin Flanger
- Latin Electric Rhythm
- Session Lead
- Session Rhythm Left
- Session Rhythm Right
- Session Chorus
- Session Flanger
- Session Acoustic
- Westworld Lead
- Westworld Rhythm Left
- Westworld Rhythm Right
- Westworld Phaser
- Westworld Wah Wah
- Westworld Acoustic Rhythm
- Beatz 90 BPM
- Island 120 BPM
- Kool 116 BPM
- Latin 96 BPM
- Park 120 BPM
- Princestar 120 BPM
- Session 100 BPM
- Smooth 109 BPM
- Tresor 116 BPM
- U Stars 108 BPM
- Weekend 123 BPM
- Westworld 100 BPM