Acoustic Revolutions 3: the ultimate acoustic guitar rhythm library

Acoustic Revolutions 3:
The Easiest Way to Create Acoustic Guitar Tracks

SmokeyJ628

ZincTrumpet
Thanks Fleer, good to hear some feedback. The YouTube video has got me interested in this. 
 
I don't have AR1 or 2 but I'm looking into using my APD credit to buy a $50 ISW voucher to reduce the cost to $49.
 

 
Does APD allow you to use your credit to buy the full voucher?  The ISW voucher has a "base" price of $30, so I was concerned that you could only use your credit to drop the price to $30.

Leee
My initial thoughts of Acoustic Revolutions 3.
First, I should point out that I have WAY more virtual guitars than I really need, but each one usually has something unique to offer.  A quick rundown on most of my guitar samplers are: MusicLabs Real Guitars (all of them), Orange Tree Samples -Evolution Series (12 of them), Scarbee Funk Guitarist and Strummed Acoustic 2, Indiginus guitars (including the new Renegade Acoustic).  That last one is where I should have stopped. 

msmcleod
Does anyone have an opinion as to how Acoustic Revolutions 3 this compares to either NI Strummed Acoustic or UJAM Virtual Guitarist Amber (I have both of these)?
I've got Impact Soundworks Shreddage 2, which is fantastic so I'm of no doubt that Acoustic Revolutions 3 is a great VSTi.
 From listening to the demos though, I'm struggling to see how this would give me any more than what I've already got.

SmokeyJ628
If I'm looking for acoustic strumming, then I'm heading for Pettinhouse's Acoustic Guitar 3.0.  Great sound and flat out simple strum engine.  Honestly, OTS acoustics are just okay for me in the area of strumming.  To me, they tend to sound "thin" relative to other acoustics.
 
Note that Pettinhouse's strum requires you to be able to at least play some chords on the keyboard.  If you feel unsure about that, though, the Kontakt instrument has a tab with keyboard diagrams showing you what to press for popular chords (which you can then transpose in your DAW).

SmokeyJ628
Acoustic Guitar 2.0 is the one I'm talking about.  Their electric guitar (Direct Guitar) is the one at version 3.0. My bad.
 
The Pettinhouse guitar is much more flexible than the strummed acoustics and the acoustic revolutions. In the Pettinhouse guitar, you have a "strum" page with vertical bars that you can adjust to put a strum of any type on any beat you want.  So you can build your own strum patterns and save them rather than using only the ones supplied.  Additionally, the Pettinhouse allows you to play the notes you want strummed so you can play traditional chords, you can play chords in any inversion (which some strum products like Ujam's do not allow), and you can play any odd ball chords you want.  So, the Pettinhouse one is all about maximum flexibility relative to the other strum products. 
 
That being said, that may be *too* much flexibility for some.  If that sounds like too much, then keep using the Strummed Acoustics.  They sound good.  I don't own Acoustic Revolutions so I can't say if that one is better or worse than the NI products.  

arznable

Leee
My initial thoughts of Acoustic Revolutions 3.
First, I should point out that I have WAY more virtual guitars than I really need, but each one usually has something unique to offer.  A quick rundown on most of my guitar samplers are: MusicLabs Real Guitars (all of them), Orange Tree Samples -Evolution Series (12 of them), Scarbee Funk Guitarist and Strummed Acoustic 2, Indiginus guitars (including the new Renegade Acoustic).  That last one is where I should have stopped. 

Hi Lee, since you have the OTS Evolution Series already, can I ask how come you also bought guitar strumming virtual instruments like the "NI Strummed Acoustic 2" and the "ISW Acoustic Revolutions 3"?  I think you can create any strumming patterns you want with the OTS Evolution Series, right?  Thanks a lot.