It looks like Strummaker 4 will be availble for ACC and Torch, but not just yet.
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=380422

How do you guys go about keeping & saving user sequences per song?

If I save my own to any of the 12 seq. slots will they overwrite the default ones already there or only for that instance in Kontakt used in the project?

I was able to save some user assigned chord changes by doing a save-as in kontakt 5 and saving it as a different instrument. I have not tried to change the patterns yet but I am hoping that same process would work that way also. I did struggle with coming up with a detailed naming convention though...
 
I did save a Sonar project with the user chords changed and it opened back up with the changes intact so that might also be a temporary solution.

From the sound of that KVR post and the info that I got from Indiginus in reply to my email it looks like that SM IV will be available "sometime in the future" in "some form" for "some amount" to previous ACG and Torch owners. Soooooo....$46 semolians is looking cheaper and "sooner" by the minute. Lemme hear some more reviews, will ya??

Well, while not a review, I can tell you that I am already wishing there were many more user chord slots available than the 12 allotted.  I can kinda get around this by having multiple instances of SM-4 in the Kontakt rack and changing the midi channel for each.
 
The thing I am really enjoying is how easy it is to voice your user chords and you can select which/how many of the six strings will be played in that chord just by clicking a button on/off for each string located at the nut.
 
There is also a button below the fretboard you can click that will show all of the notes names on the fretboard which makes it real easy to select which notes to include in your user chord voicing. Also one for midi note numbers but I have not yet found that as useful.
 
The guitar samples themselves sound pretty darn good without any EQ or effects applied although I only spent a couple of hours playing with it using AKG 240S headphones. The really cool thing is that I did it on a laptop using the mouse clicking on the keyboard within Kontakt, No external keyboard was required...
 
While subjective, So far I feel like I will definitely get my money back from the investment and Tracey has been very good to deal with and keeping things updated.
 
So have you placed your order yet? 

C'm myolpal... I did it... you gotta keep up the Bapus.

Alright...wait till I've finished my coffee and Sunday paper, will ya?

carl
How do you guys go about keeping & saving user sequences per song?

Save as an .nki?

rtucker55
I was able to save some user assigned chord changes by doing a save-as in kontakt 5 and saving it as a different instrument. I have not tried to change the patterns yet but I am hoping that same process would work that way also. I did struggle with coming up with a detailed naming convention though...
 
I did save a Sonar project with the user chords changed and it opened back up with the changes intact so that might also be a temporary solution.

Just tried it, the instrument maintains the sequences as well. I'm saving the instrument separately per song & into the project folder.
I noticed you can assign the mod wheel ( learn midi cc) to a note on the fretboard to turn it on/ off. 
Also using the non ks white keys on/off rather quickly & at random (C5+up) slightly interrupts & chokes the pattern so you can subtly break up the strum randomness a bit that way too.
 
Now I need a find way to ks through the orb to select sequences, latch & note values.
 
 
 

OK...got it.  Tried it.  Like it.  MUCH BETTER.  Yummy.
 
 
HOWEVER...
 
Here's what I'd like to see.  One octave of those extra (unused?) notes of the visible keyboard at the top be assigned to the twelve different sequence patterns so you could just insert the correct note to change the strum pattern whenever you needed it.  I haven't figured out the "chain" thingy yet so that might help.  But I still say it would be waaay better to have assignable notes.
 
Now, my only gripe so far:  If you inadvertently hit any note on your controller that's in the lower or upper "extra chord" octaves...all hell breaks loose in whatever you're doing and it's not intuitive how to get back to where you were or which note needs to be pressed (or re-pressed) to get you back to square one. 
 
Perhaps one day soon I shall read the manual:-)