YOUR NEW SESSION GUITARIST
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.
WHAT’S NEW?
We’ve completely reinvented Strum GS-2—
You didn’t know you could play guitar so well.
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!
PICK A GUITAR FROM YOUR COLLECTION §
With more than 200 different acoustic and electric guitars—nylon, steel, single coil and humbucker fitted pickups, clean, crunchy, distorted—, a 2-channel amplifier, spring reverb, speaker cabinet, and effects as well as 102 MIDI riffs covering many musical styles, Strum GS-2 packs everything you need to create guitar parts for your productions.
Acoustic—63 presets
Dreadnought
Wide
Parlor
Soul Mood
Cold Friday
Clean Slate
Endless Nameless
Freedoms
Sunny California
R&B King
Flamenco
Winter Nylon
Warmest Nylon
Aramid
Lamento
Straight Nylon
Dark and Fat Nylon
Nylon Soloist
LA Nylon
Hot Rio
Parlor Full
Parlor Bright
Parlor Smooth
Dreadnought Full
Dreadnought Bright
Dreadnought Smooth
Wide Full
Wide Bright
Wide Smooth
Hollow Body
63 TOTAL…
Acoustic Experimental—40 presets
Traditional Murts
Only Time
Blue Ridge
Smuitar
In To Wishing
Hammer Child
Fuitar
Chapper
Lower Broom
Prisma
Hanger
Eastern Snap
Awesome Thai
Gameland Arp
Urban Chaos
Bubble Bath
Buzzing Love
Oozing Mall
Eastern Water
Wahper
Plate Moos
Delaying Squeeker
Space Lay
Ghostly Drinks
String Flu
Fallen Rig
Distorted Feeder
Aggresive Distorter
Sweeping Wah Intro
Expectations
40 TOTAL…
Electric Clean—80 presets
Smokey Club
Clean S-type
Bright Snow
S-type King
Stratosphere
S-type Legend
Greenwitch
Blue Jazz
Clean Dreamer
Clean Jacky
S-type Pro Bright
S-type Pro Rhythm
Dry Fly
Jamaican Strum
No Tricks
Tell Her Now
Surf's Up
Sweet Jacky
Baycheck
S-type Vintage Rhythm
S-type Vintage Bright
T-type Vintage
T-type Pro
Lester Vintage
Lester 59
Lester Pro
Throated 1
Throated 2
Soft Muted
Rock FM
80 TOTAL…
Electric Crunch—34 presets
Twangy Trem
PSL Rhythm
Scooped
PSL Crunch 1
PSL Crunch 2
Crunchy Gerry
Funk Screamer
Cola Crunch 1
Cola Crunch 2
Cola Crunch 3
Pentatonic Master
Super Dirt
Attitude
The Lowdown
Go-to S-type
California Grooves
Dark Side Of The Wall
Dream Wah Sweep
Talking Baby
Summer Chorus
Trem Crunch
Muddy Waters
Matcher
Cute Rip
Cracky Jacky
Phased Lady
Space Feedbacker
Notchy Rotor
A Little Talking
Lost In Translation
34 TOTAL…
Electric Distortion—25 presets
PSL Pushed
PSL Lead
Invasion
Annihilation
Redrate
Bruut
Damage
Red Fuzzer
Rigger Feed
Fuzz Solo
Front Fire
Rock U
Ringer Feed
90s Rock Solo
Face Melter 1
Face Melter 2
Face Melter 3
Overdrive
Power Code
Dirtbag Phase
Up In Flames
Baby Cries
Dist Wah Sweep
Rage x Machine
Red Whopper
Electric DI—11 presets
S-type Vintage Rhythm
S-type Vintage Bright
S-type Pro Rhythm
S-type Pro Bright
T-type Vintage
T-type Pro
Lester Vintage
Lester 59
Lester Pro
Mellow Mood
Mellow Groove
Acoustic MIDI loop packs—406 loops in 58 packs
Bluegrass Basics 120 bpm
Country Farm Jam 110 bpm
Country Funk 105 bpm
Country Pickin 120 bpm
Country Shuffle 100 bpm
Folk Arp 110 bpm
Folk Pop 120 bpm
Folk Rock 110 bpm
Folk Swing 101 bpm
Hip Hop 1 90 bpm
Hip Hop 2 85 bpm
Hip Hop 3 120 bpm
Jazz Bossa Nova 2 120 bpm
Jazz Bossa Nova 130 bpm
Jazz Swing 120 bpm
Latin 96 bpm
Pop 16th Strums 90 bpm
Pop Alternative 1 110 bpm
Pop Alternative 2 120 bpm
Pop Arp 1 100 bpm
Pop Arp 2 100 bpm
Pop Arp 3 115 bpm
Pop Arp 4 94 bpm
Pop Ballad 90 bpm
Pop Daisy 88 bpm
Pop Fast 130 bpm
Pop Fast Tap 130 bpm
Pop Flamingos 95 bpm
Pop Indie 1 90 bpm
Pop Indie 2 110 bpm
58 TOTAL…
Electric MIDI loop packs—301 loops in 43 packs
Backstage Jam 80 bpm
Black Metal 1 220 bpm
Black Metal 2 220 bpm
Blues 82 bpm
Busy Funk 120 bpm
Chorus Mood 3-8 80 bpm
County Blues 6-8 74 bpm
Crunchy Gerry 92 bpm
Death Metal 1 220 bpm
Death Metal 2 220 bpm
Dirty Meal 95 bpm
Djent 1 180 bpm
Djent 2 180 bpm
Doom Metal 1 90 bpm
Doom Metal 2 90 bpm
Dreamer 120 bpm
Eclectic 110 bpm
Fast Light Rock 130 bpm
Ferdinand 130 bpm
Hard Rock Day 88 bpm
Heeyaa 115 bpm
Hip Hop Swing 87 bpm
House Funk 120 bpm
Kids TV Show Shuffle 70 bpm
Mellow Groove 12-8 110 bpm
Mellow Mood 12-8 82 bpm
Metal 1 160 bpm
Metal 2 160 bpm
Metal 3 Double-Time 145 bpm
RNB 69 bpm
43 TOTAL…
PLAYING GUITAR ON A KEYBOARD
HAS NEVER BEEN EASIER
Creating a realistic guitar track from samples is a tough job. Guitar players voice chords differently, strumming is not easily reproduced on a keyboard, and guitar players use all sort of techniques such as palm muting, scratching and sliding simply not available on a keyboard. Strum GS-2 now does all of this for you!
Strum with MIDI loops
Use the vast collection of 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.
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 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.
GUITAR CRAFTSMANSHIP
Have you ever had the chance to create your own guitar? Strum GS-2 allows you to do just that by controlling every aspect in the making of your instrument.
Picks and fingers
Hand picking or playing an heavy riff? Use a pick that is rounded or sharp, stiff or soft. Dig into the strings or use a light touch, play near the bridge or towards 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 breath 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 colour 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 rifs with palm muting, scratches, and hammer-ons.
BARE NAKED—ALL SUITED UP §
You’ll love the pure raw sound of Strum GS-2, but the built-in effects will bring it to so many places that you’ll enjoy having them on hand.
And you have a chock-full of them to choose from: compressor, equalizer, delay, distortion, phaser, chorus, flanger, wah wah and notch filters, and reverb.
WINDOWS MAC OS X 32-/64-BIT
VST AU RTAS AAX NATIVE NKS STANDALONE
Strum GS-2 is compatible with nearly all DAWs.
Ableton Live
Apple GarageBand
Apple Logic Pro
Apple MainStage
Avid Pro Tools
Bitwig Bitwig Studio
Cakewalk by BandLab
Cuckos Reaper
Image-Line FL Studio
MOTU Digital Performer
Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol
Native Instruments Maschine
Presonus Studio One
Propellerhead Reason
Steinberg Cubase
Strum GS-2 + PACKS
Whats included with my purchase?
Links to the Windows and Mac OS X installers (less than 88MB)
Serial number
License for two computer installations (e.g. a laptop anddesktop)
Standalone application (runs without a plug-in host)
VST, RTAS, and AAX Native plug-ins for Windows
AU, VST, RTAS, and AAX Native plug-ins for Mac OS X
Manual (PDF)
Mac minimum system requirements*
Mac OS X 10.7 or later
Intel Core processor or later
512MB of RAM
70MB of free hard drive space
PC minimum system requirements*
Windows 7 32/64bit or later
Intel Core or equivalent processor
512MB of RAM
70MB of free hard drive space
*The minimum system requirements mentioned above are forstandalone usage. For plug-in usage, please refer to your DAW softwarerequirements (Cakewalk, Pro Tools, Cubase, Live, Digital Performer, Logic Pro,etc.).