AAS Strum GS-2 Update!

Awesome update! Thanks for the heads-up.

Did we not get Strum Session with a previous version of Sonar as I cannot find the serial number in my cakewalk account?

Thanks for that, I thought so.

I had bought Strum Electric in a no brainer sale way back but did not like it all that much. I was not going to do this upgrade but in a moment of weakness i paid out my $29. I am pleasently suprised! Its a big improvment over the earlier version. It still exhibits a bit of "brittleness" that I associate with physical modeling. It wont be a first goto but I will certainly be using both the acoustic and electric versions along side my Orange Tree, Indiginus and Music Lab guitar libraries.

Is anyone using GS-2 then?
 
I updated today because I'm experimenting using Strum "power chords" routed through Guitar Rig. Which work okay, I guess, though not as good as the real thing...
 
For some reason, the Speed, in the Strumming section, doesn't appear to be altering the speed of the strum at all.
 
I might post a query on their forum...

Fleer
But do you like it as a whole?

Well, I've had the earlier versions of Strum for a while now, but never really got to grips with it. It's only in the last week or so now that I've dragged Strum out again to give it another try and learn more about how to get a reasonable sound, which is more down to technique than the physical sounds that Strum produces.
 
One of the main reasons I updated was because if you set the earlier version of Strum to Power Chord mode, it crashed Sonar, and I wanted to see how that mode worked.
 
It's still too early to answer that question as I've not explored it that much. I upgraded yesterday morning and within an hour of that my eldest son paid us a visit (fathers day) so I had to get off my laptop really.
 
Then later on, I spent some time making sure I wasn't missing something, with respect to the Speed "issue."
 
I've yet to delve into the many numerous patches that are now available... I had a quick flick through the patch list and there's plenty there to play with, for sure.
 
The interface is somewhat changed, similar to what they did with Ultra Analog. So I also need to learn my way around the interface again. But so far, so good.
 
I like the ability to select different pick shapes. I'm not sure you could do that in the earlier version... At least, I never found that. I play my real guitar without a plectrum, so I've had a quick mess with the pick shape that emulates that.
 
I've e-mailed AAS  about the Speed problem, so I'll keep peeps posted on that one. And I'm hoping it's not just me.
 
I went onto their forums and I'm afraid that nothing much goes on over there.

JoeOss
Did we not get Strum Session with a previous version of Sonar as I cannot find the serial number in my cakewalk account?

I think it was an offer.
 
But, SONAR Platinum Members will be getting Strum Sessions 2 free this month. Scroll down the page.

That's weird... It say $39 for an upgrade, and yet most here are paying $29...
 
Ah well... What's ten bucks?

SmokeyJ628

synkrotron
That's weird... It say $39 for an upgrade, and yet most here are paying $29...
 
Ah well... What's ten bucks?

 
I think $29 was a limited introductory upgrade price.

Just paid that ($29) today.

When I go to the AAS product page, I see this:-
 

 
I dunno... Perhaps it's because I'm in the UK...

synkrotron
When I go to the AAS product page, I see this:-
 

 
I dunno... Perhaps it's because I'm in the UK...

Did you get an email from AAS about the upgrade?  The link in that email should show the right prices. 

Oh yeah, couldn't let it slide, could I ?
Had to go and buy it, didn't I ?
Well, it's in da house now!

First impressions: sweet-a-pa-teet indeed.
For those in doubt: there's a tasty video or two from AAS showing both the acoustic and electric side of Strum GS-2.
As for pricing, their site is showing $149/$29/$49 now (https://www.applied-acoustics.com/strum-gs-2).

Thanks for the update. I use both A AS Strum and Music Labs Real Guitar, which I like better, but they both are two good acoustic guitars.