It is also possible to let the engine “Detect” chords, including inversions for different guitar positions, by using a range of notes. In “Select” mode, you can set up 12 chords in the plugin GUI, and use the sequencer to program strumming techniques, and just program single MIDI notes to trigger it all. One of the things that took me a while to grasp is the strummer, which includes no less than 28 modes and 14 strum notes, and a library of 15 chord types and a total of 180 preset chords in 3 positions.
AMPLE SOUND GUITAR PRS HOW TO
If you know how to play guitar you can obviously do some things quite a bit faster on a real guitar (depending on your skills of course), but once you get the hang of the Ample Sound guitar engine, it becomes a great alternative to recording your own parts or session guitarists.
AMPLE SOUND GUITAR PRS MANUAL
You really need to sit down and read the online manual – maybe a few times, since the instrument engine has so much to offer, including small detail type things that will really improve the performance of your guitar tracks.Īmple Sound recognizes that you will likely need some more hands-on training, so they have included MIDI and project files of the demos for some of the major DAWs, so you can see how the tracks were programmed. The MIDI programming options are comprehensive, and you will need get familiar with all the settings and controls. The AGM can sound incredibly realistic, but it also takes a fair amount of time and effort to learn how to play it. But there’s a catch… A fantastic demonstration like the one above typically leaves you scratching your head once you load the virtual instrument in your DAW, wondering how the heck they did that. Now I don’t know about you, but this gets me all excited about using the AGM instrument in my projects. There are various playing styles, fret noise, resonance control, comprehensive chords and strumming, various stereo & mono modes and doubling, and lots more. The Ample Sound engine comes with tons of features that allow you to make it sound like you are playing/recording a real guitar. The instrument is built on a total of 3,842 dry samples in finger and strum playing styles. This one sounds a lot like the Takamine I use myself, so I was drawn to it immediately. My favorite Ample Sound library is the Ample Guitar M, which brings the sound of the Martin D-41 dreadnought to your computer. The audio demos of these acoustic demos impressed me so much, that I had to check one of these virtual guitars. After doing a set of three electric guitars (Fender Strat, Gibson Les Paul & PRS Artist) they have recently released Martin and Taylor acoustic guitar libraries. Only about a year after Ample Sound first launched, it has already managed to produce no less than 5 virtual guitar instrument libraries.