A new soft axe for you

There’s no doubting that the sound of the guitar – both electric and acoustic – is now much easier to get from a computer, and more authentic than ever. OK, wielding a laptop on stage will never be as sexy as an ‘axe’ [you say that, but I disagree – Ed] but purely as a way of making rock sounds, without needing rock playing skills, the computer is now a totally viable option.

And Cinesamples will be hoping to back that claim up with Continuum Guitars. “This library is like having the flexibility and expertise of a real guitarist at your fingertips, offering performance based textures, rhythms, pads, melody and more,” they say of it, and also that they have all genres of music in mind, for its target producers, not just rock. Consequently it has 200 custom presets, a “unique” signal chain, a steps arpeggiator and what they describe as a “dual morphing pad module”. It is priced at $249 (regular price $299) and available now.

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