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Joelle Ridgeway
As technology has rapidly advanced in the recent decade, computers are stealing more and more roles from physical musical instruments and accessories. Nowadays, you do not need expensive amps, pedals, or microphones to record or play guitar with a killer tone. All you need are some plugins such as virtual amps, effect pedals, even instruments that sound amazing and leave no space for physical equipment.
Another good news is that, unlike the physical equipment, some VST plugins are entirely free, which you can use to play or record your instrument. Furthermore, you can use VST instruments to play or record instruments you do not physically have. So, all you need will be a computer to play and record music these days.
When it comes to excellent guitar VST plugins, there are some fantastic options out there, along with so many that are not worth your time. As guitars and guitar amps, effect pedals are complicated instruments to replicate on the digital platforms as plugins; you often lose the character and the details of your tone and playing on the computer. But, luckily there are also excellent plugins to avoid that loss with brilliant ways and add more spice to your tone and playing.
One of the most popular virtual guitar plugins is undoubtedly Ample Guitar M Lite IIs, aiming to bring the Martin D-41 Acoustic Guitar sound to your studio. With 866 samples and rich fingering noise, Ample Guitar provides realistic and vivid guitar sounds.
Lethality by Iridium Iris is a great free VST electric guitar with many valuable playing options. It has most of the crucial articulations and effect modes in order to provide a good sample, especially for alternative and rock genres.
Free Mute&Slap is a free instrument library for Native Instruments Kontakt taken from the DirectGuitar 3.0 library. It is specially created for playing muted guitar grooves along with slap notes. It is an excellent tool for funky compositions, but it can also be used for playing rock as it features excellent power chords with a bit of distortion, which sounds pretty fantastic.
Shreddage Stratus Free by Impact Sound Works is yet another excellent VST guitar for the Kontakt platform. The plugin features deep-sampled sustain, palm mute, and choke articulations with 24 samples for each note. The rich sound library includes 3 octaves of playing range and tons of performance options.
Shreddage Stratus Free also has TACT 2.0 and the new console mixer, along with the modular FX rack for you to create the guitar tones you like. The sound samples are one of the most realistic free VST guitars, and the interface is relatively easy to navigate.
Revitar 2 is a guitar synthesizer plugin with many different guitar sounds and playing styles. The plugin features a unique guitar pick, string, and body simulation in order to create a more realistic approach along with more flexible playing. The plugin does not use audio samples, which makes every note sound unique.
There are 48 programmable chords along with different techniques like bends, legatos as well as 6 different guitar bodies to choose from. The interface is quite intuitive and easy to use. Revitar 2 works only on the Windows platform.
Guitar Rig 6 by Native Instruments is one of the most excellent VST amp simulators and effects racks on the market. The free version, Guitar Rig 6 player, features an amp simulator with matched cabinet, 13 effects, and 50 ready-to-use presets.
From E1 to D5, every note on a keyboard activate three different sample types depending on the velocity value. In total, there are 141 samples, 47 samples per type. The types include vibrated palm-muted and open string notes.
AmpliTube 5 CS is the free, limited version of the legendary AmpliTube VST amp simulator. As one of the most used amp simulators today, it offers revolutionary ways to create unique tones and enrich your virtual gear collection. It features over 41 models, including 10 stompbox FX and 5 amps with matching cabs on the free version, and 400 different gear models, including iconic models like Fender, Leslie, and Orange, can be purchased with the paid version.
ReValver 4 by Peavey is a virtual guitar amp, stompbox, and effects modeling plugin with a dash of high realism, dynamics, and tone. It uses a unique technology called Audio Cloning Technology that allows incredible instrument modeling on the input and tone matching on the output. That means that you can clone the sound of any amp in the world, making the plugin unlimited.
With complete MIDI control and GIG mode, you can also use this plugin in live performances with seamless switching between presets. The plugin is free and additive components can be purchased from the Amp Store inside the app. You can use it on the Windows and Mac platforms as a standalone program or as a VST, AU, or AAX plugin.
Yummy Beats Modest Guitar is a free virtual instrument plugin for Kontakt users. This Kontakt library presents sound with round robins and three articulations, including acoustic guitar, flageolets, and fx guitar. The flageolets, especially, sound pretty impressive with their well-rounded tone.
In order to get the plugin, you have to open a Yummy Beats account. If you are looking for a good flageolets sound, this is the plugin for you. You will need Kontakt 5 or higher software to use the plugin.
Spicy Guitar by Keolab is a physically modeled acoustic guitar synthesizer with a rich, natural and lively sound. Thanks to its physical-based sound design and 9 guitars with 2 types of strings, it provides an astonishing expressivity.
Just like a real guitar amp, the drive amount and frequency response with the included EQ can be easily adjusted. The plugin works with Windows and Mac and with any software that supports VST, AU, or AAX formats.
Nick Crow Lab 8505 Lead is another great tube guitar amplifier plugin with marvelous metal and rock tones. The plugin supports HQ oversampling for more realistic sound with standard adjustment features of a tube amp such as gain, master volume, and EQ knobs.
Dynamic Guitars by DSK offers 3 different great-sounding virtual instruments, including Acoustic, Steel, and Nylon guitars. The realism and dynamic response of the guitars are more than satisfying. There are many adjustment knobs on the control panel to edit the sound of the guitars as you like.
Direct Guitar 3.0 is a great virtual Stratocaster guitar plugin that works with Kontakt platforms. The 10 GB innovative sound library is a comprehensive tool offering a wide range of stunning sound effects like delay, reverb, phaser, wah controlled via Mod Wheel. The plugin also provides you with many different articulations such as Bride, mid-bridge mid, mid-neck, neck, jazz, strum, slap hand, arpeggio, inspiring chords, Mute M+N, Mute M+B, and many more.
Haunted Guitar Lite is a multi-sampled virtual Fender Stratocaster Plus Deluxe electric guitar. It offers dark and spooky guitar sounds, with each preset containing 28 samples that are processed with high-quality effects.
DVS Guitar is a sampled virtual electric guitar plugin with a basic interface and basic effects such as overdrive, reverb, and flanger. It is a decent virtual instrument for leads and heavy sounds in which high realistic sounds can be achieved with good control of the pitch wheel controller.
Greed Smasher by Mercuriall Audio is a free virtual stompbox plugin with a precisely modeled circuit inspired by the Mesa/Boogie Grid Slammer type overdrive. It offers low CPU usage along with mono-stereo modes. Plus, it sounds pretty close to the original hardware.
Simulanalog is a VST guitar suite of VST plugins with virtual amps and analog pedals. The suite includes the distortion pedal Boss DS-1, the super overdrive pedal Boss SD-1, overdrive pedal Tube Screamer, phaser pedal Oberheim PS-1, Univox Univibe modulation pedal, Fender Twin 1969 guitar amp, Marshall JCM900 guitar amp.
ProF.E.T. by Ignite Amps is a virtual distortion preamp/stompbox developed to model its real hardware counterpart accurately. In order to keep the distortion aggressive and harmonics prosperous, the plugin delivers tons of tube-like saturation with carefully tuned JFET-based gain stages and filters.
Boogex is a VST amp simulator with expansive sound shaping features from heavy distorted to slightly jazzy saturated tones. The plugin can also apply any speaker cabinet impulse response with its built-in impulse selection. Another great feature is that the latency is almost zero, making it a suitable plugin for real-time usage.
Classic.Gtr Lite is a VST multi-sampled virtual Spanish classical guitar with 7 great presets and 301 samples. Each preset contains 43 samples which were first recorded with a basic guitar and processed with various effects.
The CPU usage and real-time playability are considered when the plugin was designed, and the simple interface was designed for live performances and jamming. You can use the plugin on Windows and Mac in VST, AU, and AAX formats with any DAW.
Chorus WS-I by Mercuriall Audio is a VST chorus stompbox plugin with a great sound and adjustable modulation speed and depth. The tone can be adjusted with depth, speed, and mix knobs, along with the option to switch between mono and stereo modes.
AmpLion Free is the free limited version of the AmpLion Pro plugin, which was created using advanced circuit modeling technology. The free version offers a limited number of simulated amps and effects compared to the pro version. However, it is still enough to experience the high quality and realistic sound of a real analog amp.
Tubes Creamer 808 by Mercuriall Audio is an emulation of the famous Tube Screamer distortion. It was modeled based on a real circuit of the Ibanez TS-808. With low CPU usage and low-high quality and mono-stereo switch, it is an excellent VST effect pedal.
DSK Electric Guitarz is a straightforward VST electric guitar with 10 different electric guitar models, a 5-band equalizer, 4 built-in effects, and velocity response. It also features MIDI automation and amp envelope, finetunes, and portamento.
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