This can literally be the start of the go to midi guitar series. Please do this with different guitars, this way of sampling is what weve always needed
Did you try Ample Sound? Renaxxance? Nylon guitar by Ilya Efimov? Session Guitarist Picked Nylon? Vir2 Acou6tics? . On same note - you don't have to see, you have to listen ))
Being well-acquainted with so many aspects of guitar performance and recording, I must say that MG Soft Acoustic Guitar has to be one of the most thoughtful and thorough guitar emulations I've ever seen and heard. Finally, a guitar emulation created by a pedigree *guitarist*. Beautifully done. Congratulations (and thanks) to you and to Spitfire for achieving and providing this very much-needed life-like representation of an acoustic guitar.
This is the MIDI guitar to set the standard for any other MIDI guitar. You’ve done a beautiful job creating it. I already have MG Soft Nylon and will be getting this one as well. Cheers!
What sets this library apart is the beautifully intuitive sequencer mode. I'm so glad to *finally* see a pattern/sequencer mode with in-depth editing capabilities allowing me to create the EXACT strumming or arpeggio pattern I hear in my head instead of having to settle for "as close as possible" with other Vsti's.
I'm in the process of completing my first (basic) DAW setup in this pkugin will absolutely be in my setup, together with the package of EZ Toons. Great explanation of this beautiful peace of software!
Mike, many congratulations on what is quite simply a beautiful rendering of an acoustic guitar in the virtual instrument setting - without doubt the best and most flexible I’ve heard out there. Quick question - are the tuning offerings customizable and/or offer the Nashville style tuning? Congratulations once again!
Thanks really good to hear that. And for tunings, you can tune each string down up to 2 semitones, plus put on a full capo. No Nashville option sorry..this may be for a future guitar release.
Wow! You should be very pleased with what you’ve accomplished here!! Beyond the clear and clean as a bell tones, you’ve arrived at a truly brilliant Sequencer. Thankfully, you didn’t name it a STRUMMER. I have so many guitar plugins and guitar sample libraries-you know all the brands. Some are very fiddly to the point I consider taking up Gardening as my passion. Others are quite possibly brilliant, but my brain is not nearly large enough ; I quickly realize I don’t have the determination to master the thing. Until I discovered your new product-and…being a plenty good enough rhythm guitar player (like…I could stand in with Credence on Green River or…If I practiced really hard, I could perform with America, on their song, RIVERSIDE, do uptempo stuff. What am I talking about ? Oh yeah….being so frustrated with the entire dealio, I decided there should simply BE a software thing that would simply allow ME to be the strummer!! Bottom line: I’m buying your instrument. Very excited about it too! Thanks Mark
I really like the sound and functionality, but I'm a bit surprised that "hammer-on's" and "pull-offs weren't incorporated in this plugin, since it's a major function of a guitar player!!!! I hope that this function will be added with an update, cause I would really like add this to my studio!!!
@@JosBlomsma yes but you would just need to move the key switches, namely the fret positions and any articulation switches. I am planning to modify the pack to work with Soft Acoustic soon..
thanks for video. in chord mode why it does not detect inversions? for example E7 I need to start with E, if I play D,E, G sharp, B - I will get Dsus2 instead of E7. Are you going to fix it? In MusicLab (Realguiar) I can play any inversion I want and the plugin detects it. Spitfire has been a reputable company and to be honest I don't understand why they let half-backed product hit the market....Weird !
The instrument doesn’t go quite as deep with the auto chords as some other vst’s, though I could argue it far exceeds them in other important aspects. Thanks for your feedback though and expanding auto chords is definitely on the list of possible improvements for the next update.
All popular chords up to 7ths and sus2/4 are supported in Auto-Chord mode (and for the sequencer), otherwise you can use Manual-Chord mode to create your own voicings.
Hi Mike, does the Auto mode that interprets notes to automatically pick realistic one also apply to midi ? I'm a beginner and I'm pretty sure I make the most delusional melodies that wouldn't;' be able to work on a real guitar. Thanks
Auto mode selects the most realistic way of playing the notes you input, but it's also down to you to get the best results! I will shortly be releasing videos on getting the best out of the guitar, stay tuned thanks..
@@ComposerMG Thank you so much for your response. I got the soft acoustic guitar yesterday and have been playing around with it. I'm not a guitar player and really appreciate the most realistic notes play feature! Thank you again!
I play a bit of open chords, low E string down to D // B string up to C and high E string down to D. Can you untune the strings on this plugin? On Ample sound guitar is possible. Pleaase let me know, thanks
I am a composer and I would like to know ... if I make a score in Finale and import the midi to my DAW and use this guitar. Can it play my written midi... and also can I set up key switches for my midi to activate the various sounds? I would really like to know.
Of course no problem! You may need to shift the midi up or down to the correct octave for where the playing keys are set up..then you can add articulation keys to your liking.
Do we contact Spitfire Audio for support? Is there a manual? I can't get my DAW, Ableton Live 11 Windows, to start the guitar sequencer on beat one. I tried triggering both the pattern (yellow key) and chord first in my piano roll. The audio playing always starts on beat two. The drag and drop midi mirrors the same issue and a few more. Also, I click to my DAW and then back to Kontakt 7 and all of the colors that show the key assignments on the virtual keyboard disappear.
There is a manual available on the product page. I will be covering the sequencer in an in-depth video early in '24. The sequencer keys are set up to start on the first beat of the next full bar, so you should start the sequence just before the bar you want to come in on. I did not explain this in the above video and am actually making this an optional feature in a new update about to be released. I will check out the keyboard colors issue, first I've heard of that. Thanks!
I'm going to make a video on chord recognition very shortly..but basically you need to play standard triads with any 7ths at the top. It does also allow for inversions but only for standard maj/min chords. One other thing is the chord notes need to be pressed together (within 55 ms).
@@ComposerMG I appreciate the response, Mike. I did notice that timing is very important - perhaps too much so; I assume 55 ms was chosen for a good reason but the result for me is that it's hit and miss. I also have been using standard triads with the 7th on top and while I can do an Fmaj7 I could NOT get a GMaj7 (just an example). I'm also stumped at how to choose chords in the sequencer but perhaps that's just be being deft.
Hi Mike! I just bought the MG Soft acoustic guitar via Spitfire. I wanted to load different sequences, but when I click on the disc-Icon there are no presets and I can not save my own presets. Can you help me please? Thanks in advance.
My first release was a small nylon string guitar..this is a larger steel string guitar, plus this has a strumming engine and sequencer plus loads more.
You overlap notes to produce slurs (hammer-ons and pull-offs)..there is also a slur sensitivity slider to control how softly you need to press the key to get the slur.
@@ComposerMG Thanks for your response. And is there refund policy if I realize that plugin is not working the way it is shown in videos, and that it doesnt sound that good, as was the problem with all the other publishers of vst guitars?
This can literally be the start of the go to midi guitar series. Please do this with different guitars, this way of sampling is what weve always needed
My plan exactly!
This is the best guitar plugin I’ve ever seen. Great job!
Did you try Ample Sound? Renaxxance? Nylon guitar by Ilya Efimov? Session Guitarist Picked Nylon? Vir2 Acou6tics? . On same note - you don't have to see, you have to listen ))
Best Soft Steel Guitar library I've ever heard.
Congratulations Mike, if there are master luthiers in the digital realm, you are definitely one of them.
Haha thanks will add 'Digital Luthier' to my CV!
😂I mean it, such care and attention to detail definitely merits the title!@@ComposerMG
This is not an overstatement: This may very well be the most thoughtful UI I have ever seen on a virtual instrument. Well done Mike!
Wow thanks!
Absolutely, just bought it and look forward to using it!@@ComposerMG
Being well-acquainted with so many aspects of guitar performance and recording, I must say that MG Soft Acoustic Guitar has to be one of the most thoughtful and thorough guitar emulations I've ever seen and heard. Finally, a guitar emulation created by a pedigree *guitarist*. Beautifully done. Congratulations (and thanks) to you and to Spitfire for achieving and providing this very much-needed life-like representation of an acoustic guitar.
Thanks for your kind words
This is the MIDI guitar to set the standard for any other MIDI guitar. You’ve done a beautiful job creating it. I already have MG Soft Nylon and will be getting this one as well. Cheers!
Cheers Jim!
What sets this library apart is the beautifully intuitive sequencer mode. I'm so glad to *finally* see a pattern/sequencer mode with in-depth editing capabilities allowing me to create the EXACT strumming or arpeggio pattern I hear in my head instead of having to settle for "as close as possible" with other Vsti's.
Great to hear that thanks!
Congratulations Mike, great work!
The instant realism is pretty astounding on this one, Mike. It was an honour to be a part of making it come to life!
The honour was mine Hunter, thanks for everything!
Wow! The level of details is absolutely insane!
Beautifully captured but it's the programming that's astonishing. Amazing work all, great walkthrough too ♥️
Thanks glad you like!
Man, I wish I had come across this yesterday when I purchased a different library. looks like I'll have 2 now!
Haha sorry about that!
The creativity levels are off the charts.
As an intermediate level guitarist I can hear in my head a lot more music than I can play properly. This is utterly brilliant for me. Great work!
Glad to hear that!
Great bro❤.Well done
Great job mate, beautiful stuff!
2023-2024 seems to be when sampled guitars finally become usable. Very nice!
Nice!
Great possibilities with this bookcase. Perfect sound and good sound detail.
Just got this today. I love the way it sounds.
Great to hear that.
Insane detail. Thank you
Beautiful! Well done indeed🙏🏻
I'm in the process of completing my first (basic) DAW setup in this pkugin will absolutely be in my setup, together with the package of EZ Toons. Great explanation of this beautiful peace of software!
Great to hear good luck with the new setup!
@@ComposerMG Thnx!
Excellent work. Can’t wait to get this as it sounds amazing
the engine is insane
also really hope this gets applied to other guitars as well
Yes will be definitely covering other guitars..
This thing is so convincing - very well done!
Your sounds are straight out of the same dreamland where Olafur Arnalds and Nils Frahm have been
really real guitar sound. im shoking!
Thank you, glad you like!
Excellent work guys, it seems really well thought out and sounds fantastic, I will definitely be getting this
Wow. This is a must buy if you want to have realistic acoustic guitar sound
Sounds great, and really nicely explained, thanks!
Wonderful sound!! I already have Soft Nylon and wish that version had all of the capabilities you demo-ed here!
Thanks! I plan to make a video on how to transfer some things to Soft Nylon..you would need Soft Acoustic as well though..
Brilliant ✨
Incredible!
Mike, many congratulations on what is quite simply a beautiful rendering of an acoustic guitar in the virtual instrument setting - without doubt the best and most flexible I’ve heard out there. Quick question - are the tuning offerings customizable and/or offer the Nashville style tuning?
Congratulations once again!
Thanks really good to hear that. And for tunings, you can tune each string down up to 2 semitones, plus put on a full capo. No Nashville option sorry..this may be for a future guitar release.
Wow! You should be very pleased with what you’ve accomplished here!! Beyond the clear and clean as a bell tones, you’ve arrived at a truly brilliant Sequencer. Thankfully, you didn’t name it a STRUMMER.
I have so many guitar plugins and guitar sample libraries-you know all the brands. Some are very fiddly to the point I consider taking up Gardening as my passion. Others are quite possibly brilliant, but my brain is not nearly large enough ; I quickly realize I don’t have the determination to master the thing. Until I discovered your new product-and…being a plenty good enough rhythm guitar player (like…I could stand in with Credence on Green River or…If I practiced really hard, I
could perform with America, on their song, RIVERSIDE, do uptempo stuff.
What am I talking about ?
Oh yeah….being so frustrated with the entire dealio, I decided there should simply BE a software thing that would simply allow ME to be the strummer!!
Bottom line: I’m buying your instrument. Very excited about it too!
Thanks
Mark
Haha thanks enjoy!
SO BOORING!
I really like the sound and functionality, but I'm a bit surprised that "hammer-on's" and "pull-offs weren't incorporated in this plugin, since it's a major function of a guitar player!!!! I hope that this function will be added with an update, cause I would really like add this to my studio!!!
Hammer-ons and pull-offs are very much included..explained at 2:36 in the vid you can overlap notes on the keyboard to produce them, thanks!
Thanks, I must have missed that part!!@@ComposerMG
Nice guitar!
Will MG Soft Nylon Guitar ever get these UI and Engine updates?
Not sure yet!
Do this with more guitars, genius
Nice video, nice sound, one of the best sample guitar sounds I've heard! Where are you from mate?
Thanks mate I'm from Zambia
@@GEELASOUNDTV Your name reminds me of a Greek name, thank you!
Actually I'm from around London!
I'd love to see a short 'preset'-walkthrough with the available MIDI-patterns!
Early in the new year I will be making a video for each page, so the presets will be in the Sequencer video, thanks.
@@ComposerMG Is the Midi-pack for the nylon guitar 'compatible' with the Soft Acoustic Guitar, will it sound realistic?
@@JosBlomsma yes but you would just need to move the key switches, namely the fret positions and any articulation switches. I am planning to modify the pack to work with Soft Acoustic soon..
Sounds top of the notch! One question though. Is the strumming adjustable or cast in presets?
Thanks, and yes you can customise strumming in lots of ways.
That's amazing. Great work. I'm a blind composer. Can I get around most of it using keyswitches and vst plugin parameters? Thanks.
Thanks. The instrument is set up with NKS support and the controls can easily be assigned to whatever you like.
thanks for video. in chord mode why it does not detect inversions? for example E7 I need to start with E, if I play D,E, G sharp, B - I will get Dsus2 instead of E7. Are you going to fix it? In MusicLab (Realguiar) I can play any inversion I want and the plugin detects it. Spitfire has been a reputable company and to be honest I don't understand why they let half-backed product hit the market....Weird !
The instrument doesn’t go quite as deep with the auto chords as some other vst’s, though I could argue it far exceeds them in other important aspects. Thanks for your feedback though and expanding auto chords is definitely on the list of possible improvements for the next update.
I was 100% sure i was gonna watch a Greek channel coming here due to your name. 😂
Are all chord types possible with this program or just some?
All popular chords up to 7ths and sus2/4 are supported in Auto-Chord mode (and for the sequencer), otherwise you can use Manual-Chord mode to create your own voicings.
Thanks for the reply. Are the chords formed by the software from individual notes or were the chords recorded as a whole?
Individual notes make up the chords.@@axelheld6655
素敵です。私はJ40の実物の日本人ユーザーです
Thanks! Yes it's a great guitar for that pure tone.
Hi Mike, does the Auto mode that interprets notes to automatically pick realistic one also apply to midi ? I'm a beginner and I'm pretty sure I make the most delusional melodies that wouldn't;' be able to work on a real guitar. Thanks
Auto mode selects the most realistic way of playing the notes you input, but it's also down to you to get the best results! I will shortly be releasing videos on getting the best out of the guitar, stay tuned thanks..
@@ComposerMG Thank you so much for your response. I got the soft acoustic guitar yesterday and have been playing around with it. I'm not a guitar player and really appreciate the most realistic notes play feature! Thank you again!
where did you learn how to make kontakt banks? i have experience with coding, instruments, and production so i hope i can be fine creating one myself
I play a bit of open chords, low E string down to D // B string up to C and high E string down to D. Can you untune the strings on this plugin? On Ample sound guitar is possible. Pleaase let me know, thanks
You can tune each string down up to 2 semitones. You can also place a capo on any fret. Thanks.
@@ComposerMG Thanks for your time!
Way better than amplesound guitar
I am a composer and I would like to know ... if I make a score in Finale and import the midi to my DAW and use this guitar. Can it play my written midi... and also can I set up key switches for my midi to activate the various sounds? I would really like to know.
Of course no problem! You may need to shift the midi up or down to the correct octave for where the playing keys are set up..then you can add articulation keys to your liking.
Do we contact Spitfire Audio for support? Is there a manual? I can't get my DAW, Ableton Live 11 Windows, to start the guitar sequencer on beat one. I tried triggering both the pattern (yellow key) and chord first in my piano roll. The audio playing always starts on beat two. The drag and drop midi mirrors the same issue and a few more. Also, I click to my DAW and then back to Kontakt 7 and all of the colors that show the key assignments on the virtual keyboard disappear.
There is a manual available on the product page. I will be covering the sequencer in an in-depth video early in '24. The sequencer keys are set up to start on the first beat of the next full bar, so you should start the sequence just before the bar you want to come in on. I did not explain this in the above video and am actually making this an optional feature in a new update about to be released. I will check out the keyboard colors issue, first I've heard of that. Thanks!
I purchased this and am finding the chord recognition is just.... seemingly random. Makes it kind of useless
I'm going to make a video on chord recognition very shortly..but basically you need to play standard triads with any 7ths at the top. It does also allow for inversions but only for standard maj/min chords. One other thing is the chord notes need to be pressed together (within 55 ms).
@@ComposerMG I appreciate the response, Mike. I did notice that timing is very important - perhaps too much so; I assume 55 ms was chosen for a good reason but the result for me is that it's hit and miss. I also have been using standard triads with the 7th on top and while I can do an Fmaj7 I could NOT get a GMaj7 (just an example).
I'm also stumped at how to choose chords in the sequencer but perhaps that's just be being deft.
Hi Mike! I just bought the MG Soft acoustic guitar via Spitfire. I wanted to load different sequences, but when I click on the disc-Icon there are no presets and I can not save my own presets.
Can you help me please? Thanks in advance.
Hi, yes we're aware of the file browser problem sorry, getting it sorted in an update asap this week, thanks!
Sounds great! So, what is the difference between this release of soft acoustic guitar and the pianobook version?
My first release was a small nylon string guitar..this is a larger steel string guitar, plus this has a strumming engine and sequencer plus loads more.
Can you untune the E string down to D?
Yes!
Sorry but how can you do Hammer on and pull off? Maybe I just don’t understand how to do it.
You overlap notes to produce slurs (hammer-ons and pull-offs)..there is also a slur sensitivity slider to control how softly you need to press the key to get the slur.
@@ComposerMG Thank you for your answer! I will buy this vst asap!
Amazing plugin, I'm thinking of purchasing it, but is there a free trial so that I can check if I really like it
Thanks..sorry no free trial.
@@ComposerMG Thanks for your response. And is there refund policy if I realize that plugin is not working the way it is shown in videos, and that it doesnt sound that good, as was the problem with all the other publishers of vst guitars?
@@user-tu7ww1tm7j you'll need to contact Spitfire for that..but I can say the sound you're hearing is exactly what the plugin does.
So...asking for a leap of faith. Ok Sir, since it sounds amazing, I'll buy it and then get back here to share my opinion
@@ComposerMG
I have the predecessor and I can confirm that it is quite lovely. I'm sure it's even better this go round.
Probably awesome but I quit watching after "I have used vintage mics and an old Martin". Enough of the vintage marketing BS.
existe déjà aucun intérêt. pourquoi faire des choses déjà faites?
Your loss, mate. XD