recommendations for guitar plugin please

[peterlemer]

If this has been discussed on the group earlier, reference please???

I frequently find myself wishing I had a decent electric guitar plugin for commercial tracks - I have good acoustic gtrs from a variety of sources including Kontakt and hardware, but medium to heavy guitars are thin on the ground.

I am aware of:
Halion


M-Audio
http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/HeavyGuitars.html


Humbucker Guitar for Kontakt
http://www.pettinhouse.com/html/hg.html

I can;t find a demo of Halion, but the other 2 sound great on their demos.

trouble is, I have no idea what these tools are like in a flexible songwriting environment - demos can be, by their nature, an exaggeration of power 🙂

Does the panel have any experiences to share?

peter

 

[Orren Merton]

The one I've heard people like the most is the Prominy LPC. They also have a Strat now. http://www.prominy.com/

There is a video of the creator playing a very heavy guitar part...very expressive! The video demo on the site has better sound, but I'll embed the YouTube version so you can get an idea of it.

Orren

[YOUTUBE]BqGJ8y67SU8[/YOUTUBE]

 

[petegwatson]

I have Ministry of Rock by EastWest it has a variety of electric guitars, basses, one accoustic and some great drums...

Video review
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUt5d-C-jtE

EW site
http://www.eastwestsamples.com/details.php?cd_index=1032

worth a look

 

[Jay Asher]

I like Pettinhouse's Direct Guitar 2 with Amplitube.

 

[peterlemer]

Thanks, Orren, pete, Jay - what an interesting haul!

HAving had a dip into each, I find that the Ministry of Rock looks most promising for my playing style and the scope of finger control, although I resent paying for the drums - I love my SD2! 🙂

Much more research needed - I'll keep you posted.