I got it today and I am impressed.

Genuinely curious John, ol pal...(and especially since I tend to agree with chefmike's sentiments above)...what, exactly are you impressed by?

I have to agree...the presets are REALLY BAD...

But if you do some tweaking you can get some usable material...

for $17.00 I won't complain....if I had paid $199....

That's a WHOLE DIFFERENT STORY!!!

yorolpal


Genuinely curious John, ol pal...(and especially since I tend to agree with chefmike's sentiments above)...what, exactly are you impressed by?

It sounds better than many other GT synths I have heard and it does have great potential. When I listened to the samples on the web site I heard a thin sound but one that could be tweak easily. Further it handles articulations better than most other synths I have heard and have.

I stuck it into a song I have and it did very well. I will later see how well GT rig does with it.

At any rate for $20 I don't see what the problem is. It does sound a lot more than $20.

I agree with John on this. I am speaking from a non guitarist point of view of course. So if you non guitarists are wondering can this thing do what you think it might be able to do the answer is a definite yes. It is going to get you out of trouble if you need some guitar parts and don't have a guitarist handy.

The sounds are fine and quite wide ranging and when you start using amp and cab simulators as well it takes on a whole new sound anyway. I have even done some reamping through a Marshall amp and it can sound very convincing. Treat it as you would any guitar part. Use the other tools you have available to enhance a guitar sound and it can sound excellent.

It comes with a sequencer thingy too for putting progressions into. It voices in a very realistic guitar like manner and like anything if you put the time into it you will get a lot out of it. It comes with a pretty detailed manual too.

My challenge is to make tracks that sound like huge metal style wall of guitar sounds for a production library. I have not done it yet but this is going to help a long way to getting there. And for $20 well who can complain.

AAS stuff is excellent and I don't agree with those who say their presets (for any of their plugins) are not great. It is the opposite in fact. Their presets are quite stunning and can be very inspiring. Sure you can put time into programming and learn how to alter and create sounds but there are also many great sounds to get you started with as well. The VS-1 Strings is an amazing plugin too. It depends who you are talking to doesn't it.

I am eagerly watching this thread develop, and I have not weighed in because I do not own this AAS product.  What I value about this Gear-Software sub-forum is the honesty and the help given and received.  

I have read the posts that dislike AAS and the posts that like it,  and honestly I do not know yet what to think.  I have been in the market for a good Guitar program and when I saw this I thought this is one I am going to get, but then heard the demo and the AAS product marketing video and just was not impressed.  But then this thread turned more positive toward this AAS product.  I want to be open to it. 

I have been looking at Orange Tree Samples Strawberry and also at Indiginus products like Torch and their $5 bargin Nashville and Lead Guitar One.  These sound great--at least the audio demos on their product pages do.

So, how does this AAS great deal (a no brainer) compare in sound quality to like minded products, to its competition, to Orange Tree and to Indiginus?  The price is really tempting, but the audio and video demo were not attractive at all.  If you have this AAS and Strawberry or Torch, give your opinion; please be honest, and give details. Some of us are still trying to make an informed decision.  

Your experience and comparisons are needed for good decisions to be made.

It's kind of weird because I actually like my Torch and my EEG very much but I think THE GUI on Strum is so much better laid out...but the demos suck.  I may give it a try at this price.  Dunno.  Gotta ponder.

I was making a video on various sounds with the build in patterns, but the screen capture soon got too large, and have to abort.. the audio is also a bit large for my soundclick account, so I just put it as mp3 file download if you like to hear it.

The first file :
http://www.mediafire.com/?6p9s3mao2yf5ohd

is from the Strum GS-1 Electric, running demo patterns, as I click through various presets.

The second file :
http://www.mediafire.com/?81yuwlabydzork4

is using the same patterns but using the Strum Acoustic Session (as sold in Cake store for 19/= for a long time) as sound module, first the nylon, then the steel.

The Acoustic Session does not have a midi pattern playback option, but can use midi patterns dragged out from the GS-1 Electric. It also cannot handle some pitch bend generated by the GS-1, so the demo is shorter.

tomixornot:  Thanks very much for posting these two audio/mp3 examples.  This helps.  I remain conflicted because the first few rounds sounded decent, and I was surprised that it really sounded like a clean guitar.  However, as the settings moved into more distortion presets, it sounded more and more like a clavinet being run through some stomp boxes or high gain amps.  I downloaded the demo and will give it a try and see if perhaps those early presets in your first example might sound even better ran through Scuffham's S-Gear and also through Amplitube.  I hope that it would give those clean sounds some overdrive without falling into a distorted clav sound.  I actually liked the clean tones and they might find use by me.


BTW my comment that it sounds like a clavinet with effects is not a statement about your playing, but rather on the tone of the aas presets.  


Again, thanks this really made me want to download and test it through some amp sims.


Cecelius2

tomixornot


I was making a video on various sounds with the build in patterns, but the screen capture soon got too large, and have to abort.. the audio is also a bit large for my soundclick account, so I just put it as mp3 file download if you like to hear it.

The first file :
http://www.mediafire.com/?6p9s3mao2yf5ohd

is from the Strum GS-1 Electric, running demo patterns, as I click through various presets.

The second file :
http://www.mediafire.com/?81yuwlabydzork4

is using the same patterns but using the Strum Acoustic Session (as sold in Cake store for 19/= for a long time) as sound module, first the nylon, then the steel.

The Acoustic Session does not have a midi pattern playback option, but can use midi patterns dragged out from the GS-1 Electric. It also cannot handle some pitch bend generated by the GS-1, so the demo is shorter.

I sprang for this being as it is...erm a no brainer.

It works well for layered rhythm parts that don't need to sound too realistic which, I do have a call for on occasion.

Amp simmed and chorused seems to be the way to go with it.

I like it alll in all as it sounds different and is pretty responsive dynamically but if you are looking for a realistic guitar emulation then keep looking as you're likely to be disappointed.  Treat it as a funky clav type thing in it's own right then it has its uses.  Seems to work better with standard midi input rather than all the auto-strum stuff too.