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MusicLab RealGuitar 2L

Item ID: RealGuitar2

Virtual Acoustic Guitar Plug-in, 555MB, with Floating Fret Position Technology, Guitar Touch Technology, and 8 Virtual Acoustic Guitars - Mac/PC - VST, AU

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Expressive Acoustic Guitar Tracks - Using MIDI!

MusicLab's RealGuitar 2L makes it easy to achieve realistic guitar solo and accompaniment sounds - without picking up an axe. This sample-based virtual instrument features special technology that imitates the way a guitarist would change fret position on the neck. With it, you can smoothly play up to 104 guitar frets, using just 43 keys of your MIDI keyboard. RealGuitar 2L also features Guitar Touch technology, which lets you access guitar-specific techniques - including strumming, plucking, sliding, bending, and muting - by using standard MIDI controls. You'll have a great session guitarist on call anytime, with RealGuitar 2L.



MusicLab RealGuitar 2L Guitar Virtual Instrument at a Glance:
  • Puts a great guitarist inside your computer
  • Perform with expressive guitar techniques, using a MIDI controller
  • Includes a 555MB sample set and features 8 acoustic guitar patches
  • Works as a VST and AU plug-in

Puts a great guitarist inside your computer
Enjoy great-sounding acoustic guitar tracks, even if you don't play guitar, by using MusicLab's RealGuitar 2L. This innovative virtual instrument uses guitar samples and special Floating Fret Position technology, to achieve realistic guitar tones and chords. As you play in changing notes on your MIDI controller, RealGuitar 2L responds to them, changing chord shapes the way a guitarist would move about the neck. In fact, you can play up to 104 guitar frets, by using just 43 standard MIDI keys.

Perform with expressive guitar techniques using a MIDI controller
In addition to RealGuitar 2L's Floating Fret Position technology, there's also Guitar Touch technology. With it, you can use your MIDI controller's pitch-bend wheel, modulation wheel, sustain pedal, and after touch features to tap into guitar-specific techniques. Perform strumming, plucking, sliding, bending, and muting styles - just as a real guitarist would play.

Includes a 555MB sample set and features 8 acoustic guitar patches
There are 555MB of samples included with RealGuitar 2L, covering eight different acoustic guitar patches - from steel-stringed acoustics to nylon-stringed acoustics to a realistic 12-string sound.

Works as a VST and AU plug-in
Use RealGuitar 2 inside your favorite VST- or AU-compatible DAW host. Or, you can use it in standalone mode to practice your virtual guitar chops or perform onstage.

MusicLab RealGuitar 2L Guitar Virtual Instrument Features:
  • Virtual acoustic guitar instrument - VST, AU
  • Features 55MB of samples, with multi-channel sample layering technology
  • Built-in EQ and FX (Stereo Tremolo, 2-way Chorus)
  • Custom 32-bit sound engine
  • Solo, Harmony, Bass & Chord, Bass & Pick, and Chords modes
  • Nearly 2000 instant guitar chords + up strum, down strum, up/down muted strum, slow strum chords
  • 1-4 note chords to 6-voice guitar strums real-time translation
  • 26 chord types recognition, including 7th, 9th and altered chords, in any inversion and voicing
  • Slash Bass Chords option - allows to perform major/minor triads with any note in the bass (including its own III, V (and Root of course))
  • Legato Chords option - allows to sustain note(s) on chord change if the same note(s)/string/fret is being triggered in the previous chord
  • Automatic Fret position change
  • Strum speed adjustable
  • Repeat Key zone (for performing repetitions, tremolo, up/down/muted strums)
  • Velocity Switch articulations (slow strum, slide up/down, bend, reverse bend,)
  • Key/Pedal Switch guitar effects (harmonics, mute, palm mute, body smacks, tremolo)
  • Hammer-on, Pull-off
  • Hammer-on with automatic Pull-off on key release
  • Legato Slide (up and down) - automatic slide between any two pressed notes
  • Tremolo - automatically repeating the released note(s) to easily perform tremolo technique
  • 4 Key Switch FX keys (C1, C#1, D1, D#1) let you assign and use up to 4 various guitar effects in the same performance
  • Polyphonic controllers (applying Pitch Bender, Modulation Wheel, AfterTouch to individual voices)
  • Automatic Fret Noise and Release Noise

Included Guitars:
  • Steel Fingered
  • Nylon Picked
  • Nylon Fingered
  • Steel 2 Picked
  • Steel 2 (Doubling)
  • 12-string
  • Steel Stereo 290MB

System Requirements:
  • 512MB RAM (1GB+ recommended), 1.2GB+ free hard drive space
  • PC: Windows 2000 SP4/Windows XP SP2/Vista, 1GHz Pentium 3 (2GHz+ P4 recommended), VST 2/DXi host
  • Mac: Mac OSX 10.3.9/10.4/10.5, G4/G5 800+ MHz or Intel Core Solo/Duo, VST 2/AU host

Perform realistic guitar parts with your MIDI controller, using MusicLab's RealGuitar 2L!

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Specification Detail
Software Type Guitar
Supported Computer Format Mac, PC
Supported Plug-In Formats RTAS , VST
Supported Audio Formats AU, DXi
Hardware Requirements - Mac G4/G5 800+ MHz or Intel Core Solo/Duo, 1GB RAM
Hardware Requirements - PC 1GHz+ Intel Core Duo, 1GB RAM
OS Requirements - Mac OS X 10.4/10.5/10.6 32bit or 64bit
OS Requirements - PC Windows XP SP3/Windows Vista SP2 32bit or 64bit/Windows 7 SP1 32bit or 64bit
Manufacturer Part Number 12-41186

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based on 4 reviews

Best virtual acoustic guitar I've heard.

by Dan Richards from North Canton, Ohio
August 12, 2011
Music Background: Semi-pro guitarist, MIDI hobbyist.
I've played around with many virtual acoustic guitar sounds. This one is the best I've heard, BY FAR. Virtual instruments that focus on just one type of instrument typically have better quality sound ... read more [+]than one that's packed in a bundle with a few hundred other instruments. I've heard recordings with RealGuitar that I honestly couldn't tell it wasn't a superbly recorded acoustic guitar. It gives you everything - squeaks, hammer-ons, slides, strums (up and down). What more could you ask for? close [-]

Amazingly Realistic!!!

by Grant from Liberty, SC
July 1, 2009
Music Background: Hobbyist
I just recently got to hear this software through a friend of mine who produces music for a living. This is THE software my friend uses to use acoustic guitars. I plan on purchasing this soon enough!!... read more [+]! close [-]

RealGuitar2L Great Little Package!

by Alfred John from Florida
June 17, 2011
Music Background: Recording Artist, and Film Composer
RealGuitar2L.. Great little package! It has some great sounds
8 guitars in the line up. Go to the Music lab website and check out the demos that people submit. This is an intuitive software so ... read more [+]it takes some time to develop a understanding to how to get the feel you’re looking for. I use logic with RealGuitar so running it threw the Pedal Board, Space Designer and Delay gives you a ton of sound enhancements. The Pattern Bank gets you going and gives you some ideas of what you can do right from the start. If you’re a guitar player it’s a nice way to back yourself up The only thing that’s a little tinny sounding is the high notes; sounds more like your playing a piano keyboard of some kind. Oh and when you install from the disc make sure you do all the upgrades for the website first and it will take them a few days to give you a authorization number to activate it so keep your pants on when you get it. Other than that it’s well worth the money. You’ll find yourself going to it for more that you think. close [-]

Gets the job done

by R. Reid from Laurel, Maryland
November 30, 2010
Music Background: Pro Musician, Producer, Engineer
If you've ever used a really good guitarist on a project, this will not replace that, and i don't think any synth guitar will sound as good. That said, this IS an excellent synth guitar. I just used i... read more [+]t on a track, and even though it will eventually be replaced by a live acoustic guitar, it gives him a good idea of what i'm looking for, and i'd even be okay with leaving RealGuitar on the track, if necessary. The best thing about it to me is the string release noise, which you never got with keyboard synth guitars. close [-]

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MusicLab RealGuitar 2L

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