Applied Acoustics Systems is very excited to announce that Strum GS‑2, the all-newversion of its award-winning guitar track production plug-in, now includes both acoustic and electric guitars.With Strum GS‑2, creating guitar tracks in a DAW environment becomes a straightforward endeavour as it reproduces thesound of a huge range of guitars but also the playing technique of a guitar player. To achieve this, Strum GS‑2 usesmodeling to reproduce the various parts of the guitar chain—strings, bridge, soundboard, pickups, amplifier, and speakercabinet.
Strum GS‑2 also embeds an elaborate chord recognition and voicing module which automatically voices chordsplayed on the keyboard as a guitar player would on the fretboard. Strumming and picking swings into action with an autostrumfunction and special strumming keys. Elaborate rhythm figures available from a large collection of MIDI loops are onhand to supplement chord progressions.
Strum GS‑2 is a complete redesign of its predecessor. In addition to the synthesis and strumming engines which have beencompletely reviewed, Strum GS‑2 ships with a new streamlined interface, a new equalizer and compressor module, a newmulti-effect processor, brings native 64-bit operation on Mac OS X and Windows, and much more. Strum GS‑2 alsofeatures an all-new factory library comprising an impressive number of acoustic and electric guitars, both in natural andproduction-ready configurations.“We have completely reviewed the modeling of the complete chain behind Strum—including the strings, bridge, body,pickups, amplifier, speaker cabinet, and effects—and reconsidered how the different elements interact with each other.We have also re-examined how strumming is performed, now giving us a whole new level of realism, tone control, andexpressivity,” said Marc-Pierre Verge, CEO of AAS. “With its extensive collection of acoustic and electric guitars in a singlepackage and the ability to tweak them as required,
Strum GS‑2 represents exceptional value. Strum more than ever allowsyou to experience the genuine feel of playing guitar on a keyboard!”
Pricing and Availability
Strum GS‑2 is available now at a suggested retail price of US$199 but until June 30th, 2015, it is offered at theintroductory price of US$149.
Upgrades are available for Strum Acoustic GS-1, Strum Electric GS-1, and Strum Acoustic
Session users starting at $39.Strum GS‑2 runs on both Mac OS X and Windows in 32- and 64-bit host sequencers supporting the VST, Audio Units,RTAS, and AAX Native plug-in formats.Strum GS‑2 – Acoustic and Electric Guitars