Rob Papen has released RG
RG is a groove plug-in that is advertised as “far more than just a virtual rhythm guitar player”. It’s obvious however that it’s mainly a rhythm guitar player.
Guitar types included are:
- The classic Fender Stratocaster ® electric guitar
- A 8th note groove type Steel String acoustic guitar
- A 16th note groove type Steel String acoustic guitar
So how does this thing play? From Rob Papen
To play the grooves RG is using a keyboard layout of “major chords” and “minor chords”, each with two sequence patterns (A or B) option. It is only a matter of hitting a single note in the major keyboard range or minor keyboard range and the groove plays. The sound sets are clean sampled guitars, which gives you great freedom and flexibility when using the synthesizer features and effects of RG.
Not to be mr Negative here, but I’ve never heard a synth, software or hardware, sound like it’s a guitar being played. I’m open-minded though, so I’ll at least give the synth section a go:
The synthesizer parts of RG include a classic analog modelled synthesizer filter, LFO, envelopes and modulation section. The effect section can be built up by using up to 3 effects at a time. Included are midi time-based delays, chorus and also speaker simulators, phaser, flanger and many more.
sounds like shXX, i don´t know who needs a thing like this one….if you listen to the demo songs…….absolutely NO chance! why is papen spending his time on a plugin like that? just to have a filtered rhythm guitar???
By snider ~ August 22, 2008 kl 9:58 am
…forget all about that processed sh__ and learn how to play guitar….
That will be the first and last time I will quote or paraphrase john cougar melonhead
Playing a guitar sounds infinitely better than the samples I heard on this site.
And who is the Con Quesodor who composed those samples. I like my stock verizon cel phone ring better!
Next!
By mr sean ~ August 22, 2008 kl 12:17 pm
I have RealGuitar which is good for rhythm stuff buried deep in a track. I have RealStrat which is okay at best every now and then. The Pettinhouse guitars are actually pretty good when you run them through an effect (like Digi’s Eleven.) But MAN the papen module sounds absolutely awful. I spent about 20 seconds listening to the demo and was left just scratching my head. How could he think it sounds good?
By Ron ~ August 22, 2008 kl 11:52 pm
I’m with Ron. I’d say RealGuitar is actually okay if you want strummy acoustics set back in a track. It sounds better if you record two different “guitars”, and pan them left-right. The flams help conceal the sonic limitations. Obviously I wouldn’t use it to make a folk album. But there have been times where I needed that kind of acoustic feel in a writing session, and 1) there was no guitar to hand 2) the acoustics of the writing room were awful for recording an acoustic.
RealStrat isn’t as good. But there’s even less need for it, because you can always D.I. an electric, use an amp modeler, and sort the sound out later. It doesn’t depend on the room.
By Guy Sigsworth ~ August 26, 2008 kl 6:05 am