Strum GS-2

Strum GS-2 Guitar Synthesizer

 

By AAS

AU, VST, AAX, RTAS, NKS, STANDALONE (Mac/Win)

MAP: $185 

Strum GS-2 is a plug-in for the production of guitar tracks. With a huge collection of acoustic and electric guitars, automatic chord recognition, sophisticated chord voicing, integrated strumming and picking action, MIDI riff library, amp and effects, playing guitar on a keyboard has never been so easy.

 

Strum Electric GS-2 is the ultimate Power Guitar workstation for keyboard players. AAS engineers tapped all of their accumulated physical modeling skills to create what is perhaps the most expressive and aggressive virtual electric guitar ever!

The secret to Strum's success is how it translates keyboard performance into six-string virtuosity. With features like Strumming Keys, Down and Up Strokes, Slides, Bends, Palm-Muting and more, plus various pickups, cabinets, and effects, a massive repertoire of tones and playing styles is at your fingertips.

 

ROCK WITH POWER CHORDS

Strum's chord library contains basic and extended chords available in open, movable, drop voicings, or power chords. Play the chords you know and Strum voices them as a guitarist would.

Strum Chord Chooser

STRUM ON YOUR KEYBOARD

Strum is the keyboardist’s perfect solution for creating great sounding acoustic guitar tracks. AAS' physical modeling approach not only allows one to find the right sound but also to easily and efficiently reproduce a wide range of left and right hand playing techniques on a keyboard.

Strum Chords

GIG READY

A great collection of single coil-and humbucker-fitted classic guitars, a 2-channel amp with spring reverb, a speaker cabinet, and effects, all prepped in a ready-made preset library.

THE BENEFITS OF PHYSICAL MODELING

An inspiring and animated instrument that reacts dynamically to your playing. Small memory footprint, flash-loading presets, and no velocity switching ensure a smooth workflow and a natural sounding instrument.

 

What's New in GS-2?

  • NEW Acoustic and electric

    The acoustic and electric guitars are now included in a single plug-in.

  • NEW Guitar library

    A completely reviewed factory library with a huge collection of production-ready acoustic and electric guitars.

  • NEW MIDI loop library

    An extensive set of strumming patterns in MIDI loop packs covering different techniques and musical styles.

  • NEW Modeling

    A completely revised string module, finer pick/finger interaction, integrated coupling at the bridge, and precise body response for a super rich and natural tone

  • NEW Keyboard mode

    The new Keyboard mode lets you play lead lines and your own voicings.

  • NEW 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.

  • NEW Strumming engine

    Completely revised strumming engine for expressive and natural strumming.

  • NEW 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.

  • NEW 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.

  • NEW 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.

  • NEW Bank and program manager

    Strum GS-2’s new manager allows simple and efficient organization, backup, and sharing of your sounds.

  • NEW Native 64-­bit AU, VST, and AAX plug­-ins

    Strum GS-2 now runs in native 64-bit on Mac OS X and Windows making it compatible with the latest sequencers.

  • UPDATED 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!

 

System Requirements

Mac minimum system requirements*

  • macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) or later
  • Intel Core i5 (circa 2015), Apple M1 processor or later
  • 64-bit DAW

 

PC minimum system requirements*

  • Windows 10 64‑bit or later
  • Intel Core i5 (circa 2015) processor or later
  • 64-bit DAW

 

*The minimum system requirements mentioned above are for standalone usage. For plug-in usage, please refer to your DAW software requirements (Sonar, Pro Tools, Cubase, Live, Digital Performer, Logic Pro, etc.)

 

Strum GS-2 is also part of the AAS Modeling Collection.