MusicLab releases RealGuitar 4

Described as featuring an innovative approach to guitar sound modeling and guitar part performing on keyboard, RealGuitar 4 features 8 acoustic guitar patches for a total size of 555 MB. Every fret of all 6 strings (including up/down/muted strokes) was sampled and several articulations and guitar techniques are included.

Compared with the previous 3.1 version, RealGuitar 4 adds the following features:

• Song mode added, a perfect songwriting tool, letting you insert chord changes and patterns for the song directly into the built-in Song Track
• Smart Chord Selector added, allowing to instantly insert chords in the Song Track
• Powerful Style Filter added, letting you automatically find suitable patterns in Pattern Library by musical criteria: tempo range, meter, playing technique, and rhythm feel
• Humanize engine with 9 parameters added
• Harmonics on black Add-on keys added in Bass&Pick mode
• Slow Strum time slider added in Timing panel
• FretNoise automatic for repetitive notes improved
• FretNoise (trigger) FX added
• Transpose, Transpose(toggle) FXs added
• Unison/Octave selection added for Harmonics FX
• Strum Time range increased to 200 ms
• PB down->Slide range automation added

A VST 2&3/AU/AAX plugin for Mac OS X & Windows, RealGuitar 4 is available now for $199 from www.musiclab.com. A demo version is also available.