MusicLab RealGuitar 2.3, RealStrat 1.2 and RealLPC 1.1 updates with 64bit support

Very nice even if I haven't taken the plunge into 64-bit yet (seem I need it for the RAM benefits though...). Do you know if there are any other improvements in the update?

It always feels good when a company updates their products even if they are a few years old for the benefit of their userbase and don't only focus on their newest roduct and new customers

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Very nice even if I haven't taken the plunge into 64-bit yet (seem I need it for the RAM benefits though...). Do you know if there are any other improvements in the update?

It always feels good when a company updates their products even if they are a few years old for the benefit of their userbase and don't only focus on their newest roduct and new customers

I have not had chance to install and try this yet so. Apart from the 64 bit version all the website says is the updates "fixed several bugs".
 
I am happy to have the 64 bit update for my RealStrat. Music Lab may have missed the boat however. If they had been 64 bet a while ago I would have bought Real guitar and maybe real LPC, Now I have  Orange Tree's Evolution Strawberry & Steel Strings and Indigenous' ACC I am sorted.
 
They were the leaders, and while their products are still very good they now they need to do something big to get the No 1 position back. The current products are looking a bit over priced compared to the competition. Of course if you don't own Kontakt already the pricing dynamics change considerably.

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the Guitars in Independence Pro which I like even if I miss a strumming feature and also IK's Acoustic and Electric Expansion Tanks that are ok but sound a little dated and lacks some functionality (like strumming and keyswitching).

 
There is a feature in Real Guitar to output the strumming as MIDI so you can use it with a different VSTi. Have you ever tried it? I looks like it was added in v2.2.1 of Real Guitar and v1.1.1 of Real Strat.  There is something on their forums on the topic and its on my list of something to try one day.
 
I have also read that Indiginous's Strummaker III script can be run with other Kontakt instruments. I have never tried it and given how important the velocity switching is for mutes in ACC I am not sure how successful it would be.
 
The Arpeggiator in Cakewalk 8.5 and later nearly gets you there, its worth playing around with the strum patterns. What it lacks is chord detection and versatility, you just play the root note and get a preset chord structure based on that note. I can't see any way to change the chord type. If the strum pattern is based on a major chord, that's all you can get.  I think you could get somewhere by having multiple MIDI tracks feeding your "guitar", each with an instance of the arpeggiator with a different strum, but I have never tried. Life is too short.
 
I have quite a few of the Lyrical Distortion $19 "guitars" that could be very useful if I could get them to strum. I have used them with Twiddley Bits midi files. That works OK but you are limited to what's in the file, however you can transpose the chord and change chord structures by editing in PRV.
 
EDIT - Here's the link to MIDI  out with Real Guitar/Strat/LPc  http://www.musiclab.com/community/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2942

I have not upgraded yet. Thanks for the heads up.
 
Has anyone got it working or is it a system specific issue?

I removed, reinstalled, did a chicken dance, and followed their instructions , and when I insert  RS as a VST it still cannot find the sound bank, but works perfectly as a stand alone.

I tried both Glyn, tried placing the DLL in different locations to scan. It does show up in plug in manager, but just cannot find the library when instated as a VST.