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2015/07/27 17:52:08 (permalink)

Is The Upgrade To Strum Session 2 Worth It?

I have the old Steinberg Virtual Guitarist 2 plus the Scarbee Funk Guitarist. Later this year I plan on maybe getting either Rob Papen's Rhythm Guitar Synth, Musiclab's Real Guitar or one of the others. I can't afford to waste money. Even as little as $50 is a big deal right now.
 
I want to be able to create funky rhythm parts and convincing acoustic parts. Is this software capable of doing that? I've plaid with the version that comes with Sonar only to have gotten unusable results. Ended up going back to Virtual Guitarist 2. I guess my question is, is this just more of the same or is the upgrade actually useful?
 
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    Fleer
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    Re: Is The Upgrade To Strum Session 2 Worth It? 2015/07/27 18:01:23 (permalink)
    For one thing it includes both acoustic and electric.

    "We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl" (Wish You Were Here)
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    Re: Is The Upgrade To Strum Session 2 Worth It? 2015/07/27 18:15:54 (permalink)
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    For one thing it includes both acoustic and electric.

    That's cool. I like that about it. I just couldn't get the Sonar version to sound good. And, usable funky, Nile Rodgers, Roger Troutman, Prince style guitar parts were out of the question. But I'm not a guitar player so it's possible I just don't know what the hell I was doing. The acoustic parts I tried to do weren't usable either.
     
    Was thinking maybe there are options in the upgrade that make it more usable.

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    Re: Is The Upgrade To Strum Session 2 Worth It? 2015/07/27 18:29:53 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby TheMaartian 2015/07/27 18:49:25
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    Was thinking maybe there are options in the upgrade that make it more usable.




    Depends what you're trying to do - or how you're trying to do it.  One important new option is keyboard mode which let's you play Strum as a conventional (more or less) keyboard instrument.  I wrote a fairly in-depth review you can read here if interested:
     
    http://soundbytesmag.net/strumgs2fromaas/
     
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    Re: Is The Upgrade To Strum Session 2 Worth It? 2015/07/27 18:49:37 (permalink)
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    Was thinking maybe there are options in the upgrade that make it more usable.




    Depends what you're trying to do - or how you're trying to do it.  One important new option is keyboard mode which let's you play Strum as a conventional (more or less) keyboard instrument.  I wrote a fairly in-depth review you can read here if interested:
     
    http://soundbytesmag.net/strumgs2fromaas/
     


    Great review, Dave!

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    Re: Is The Upgrade To Strum Session 2 Worth It? 2015/07/27 20:02:18 (permalink)
    Cleverbridge is sure taking their time granting me access to my Strum upgrade!!!Should be near automatic!

     
     
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    Re: Is The Upgrade To Strum Session 2 Worth It? 2015/07/27 20:37:52 (permalink)
    Love soundbytesmag !

    "We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl" (Wish You Were Here)
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    Re: Is The Upgrade To Strum Session 2 Worth It? 2015/07/28 16:34:06 (permalink)
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    samson7842
     
    Was thinking maybe there are options in the upgrade that make it more usable.




    Depends what you're trying to do - or how you're trying to do it.  One important new option is keyboard mode which let's you play Strum as a conventional (more or less) keyboard instrument.  I wrote a fairly in-depth review you can read here if interested:
     
    http://soundbytesmag.net/strumgs2fromaas/
     


    Based on your review and the Youtube videos, I took the plunge. Thanks for the info.

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    Re: Is The Upgrade To Strum Session 2 Worth It? 2015/07/28 18:32:27 (permalink)
    I got the upgrade but haven't played with it very much.

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