All user reviews for the Steinberg Virtual Guitarist 2

The facility is comfortable trs. The transfer time of files is long, even after one hour with a powerful configuration trs. VG2 I use with Cubase SX and, of sr, a running like clockwork. The manual is clear, the main screen and ergonomic. The musician has all the main functions the screen.

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

My configuration: Pentium D920 2 x 2.8 Ghz, dual-channel memory 2 x 1048 MB, 500 GB SATA, MOTU 24 I / O and PCI Express via Audiowire. The software runs full power and stability is total, no latency. Loading sound banks is fast, less than a second, even with larger files. The sound quality is excellent.

OVERALL OPINION

VG2 I use for 1 month. Each sound benefitted a small dmo available online which allows to quickly select the guitar that I need for my piece. This is an excellent complment when working alone, but can not fully replace a guitar that said, the prsence of VG2 vritable is a "trompe-ear" and fills a hole in the compositions inhrent "keyboards ".

The intallation is very simple and it's without a problem (about 30 minutes)
there is a paper manual clear.

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

P4 3ghz, 4GB ram, 3 hard drives and a RME HDSP 9632
The app is very stable with Nuendo 3 as host

OVERALL OPINION

I received it yesterday and I am delighted for all the news is excellent and surprisingly easy to reach, new styles are still better than the old, the FX part is really well designed and above SONNE! (Better than VGEE the previous version), to finish the riff editor is very simple and works perfectly.
the only flaws are the same since the first, ie no agreements with 9th and 13iémes.à Apart from that it's perfect.

Trouble free installation.
Some very minor bugs at times (bad patches that are responsible and must restart, but it poses no problem too).
Manual very clear, in French.

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

It works on simple configs. No need to have a Bécanne art. It works on all the sequencers I've tried.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it really often. I start with the negatives, as it's done:
The thing I blame is the lack of consistency between the spirit of the product and what it is in the end. It's supposed to be a tool to place the rhythm guitar in your compositions, and hence be chameleon. The problem is that half of the rhythmic patterns are proposed or phrases typed hyper and hyper connotations. For example there are very specific patterns counrty. Either you use it in the country and in this case soon after you arrive and you can not do without a dedicated guitarist, it is to do a western film music, and it does not go beyond the cliché (dobro slides on the image of the saloon, etc..) Ditto for the melodic phrases: too limited in their style and they are recognized immediately when it went around (just as we recognize the melodies Reason found in many movies ... I will not name ...) In fact they would have to focus on styles easier to integrate everywhere. Quite a basic rhythm guitar missing, but they can reproduce manually (see below)
Even some critics: not easy to manage noon: the rhythmic Going from the midi note, so when we read the file must start early. The agreements are not recognized easily live, but after quantization, there is no problem. Finally, the effects section is really not great, but it can make its own effects instead.
I come to praise:
The sound is absolutely fatal. The nature of the game is particularly good. Attention even when not abused, it ends up being too clean! But we can use lots of variations and breaks to break the smooth side. There's even a feature to make the game less in place and more realistic. There are lots of parameters égalenent very useful at the stereo.
Finally something really great is that it is very flexible: you can change the groove of each pattern at will, save her own groove, and you can manually create the rhythm part fully as you want. Be careful though, it's not obvious, and the slices are placed on the keyboard anyway, means you need to prepare your shot.
Finally I would say it's the app that is still used, even if you have a guitar at hand it is always convenient to put such a runway mishap reggae (fatal, those!) In 2 seconds comp. You will not even need to reregister as the sound is good and natural play.