Spitfire Audio – Soft Acoustic Guitar

A beautifully recorded, meticulously crafted acoustic guitar with emphasis on the soft and delicate.

Recorded at Spitfire HQ with a pair of vintage Neumann U87’s, MG Soft Acoustic Guitar brings the soft sweet tone of a Martin J-40 steel string acoustic guitar, featuring various playing modes including a feature-rich chord / strum system and a fully customisable step sequencer plus a MIDI Drag and Drop feature. With deep sampling covering all guitar-related articulations including mutes, harmonics, slides, slurs, vibrato and string/body hits.

Recorded and scripted from the ground-up by composer and virtuoso guitarist Mike Georgiades, this guitar aims to set a new standard for virtual guitar libraries, offering a remarkably authentic sound out of the box, and helping to demystify the workings of the guitar for non-guitarists.

Walkthrough

Play 

3 performance modes

• Note Mode
• Chord Mode
• Sequencer Mode (with MIDI Drag’n Drop)

See the UIs below for more information

Key features

• A vast array of samples, with up to 7x round robins and 5 velocity layers.
• Offering all standard articulations including mutes, harmonics, slides (pre and post note), slurs, vibrato, bends and hits (string and body).
• Recorded with a pair of vintage Neumann U87 microphones.
• 8 separate NKIs included, each set up with suitable guitar calibration, FX chain and relevant sequence patterns.
• Choose from standard guitar tunings or create custom tunings.
• FX section with 5 FX modules; Convolution Reverb, Algorithmic Reverb, Chorus, Delay and EQ.

Note Mode

This is the default mode when first opening the instrument UI. As with all modes, the top half section displays the actual Martin J40 guitar from which the samples were recorded, and on the virtual fretboard any inputted (or automated) notes will be displayed.

Chord Mode

An all-new feature

Chord Mode enables the chord / strumming engine, and the UI provides many options for customising the guitar’s playing style.

Sequencer Mode

An all-new feature

Sequencer Mode features a fully customisable 4-bank 32-step (max) sequencer. Users can load and edit preset sequences, or create their own from scratch and save it. Each step of the sequence can be edited to alter the played string(s), articulation, pick/strum direction and volume. A very useful additional feature is the ability to record MIDI information and drag/drop the recording to DAW.

The Calibrate Tab

This tab deals with the overall setup of the guitar, from choosing different string tunings to adjusting levels and behaviours.

The FX Tab

An all-new feature

This is the FX section where any combination of five different effects can be activated. The user can arrange the order of the FX modules, which execute in order from left to right.

Mike Georgiades

Mike Georgiades is a composer and guitarist / multi-instrumentalist from London. With past projects including Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (working with composer duo The Flight) and various other game, film and TV music projects, Mike is currently composing for highly anticipated game The Plucky Squire.

“I began playing the classical guitar at the age of five, and am passionate about promoting the beauty of the guitar in all its forms…currently I am creating a series of sampled instruments to help demystify the workings of the guitar for non-guitarists, whilst providing useful writing tools for guitarists. I hope these instruments will inspire and encourage creators to make use of the guitar in their productions.”

What’s included

Presets

• MG Soft Acoustic Guitar.nki
• MG Soft Acoustic Guitar – Aged.nki
• MG Soft Acoustic Guitar – Chorus.nki
• MG Soft Acoustic Guitar – In Space.nki
• MG Soft Acoustic Guitar – Open Tuning.nki
• MG Soft Acoustic Guitar – Quaver Echoes.nki
• MG Soft Acoustic Guitar – Rhythmic.nki
• MG Soft Acoustic Guitar – Wide Reverb.nki

Tech specs

Mac system requirements

Mac OS X 10.15 or later

Minimum: Intel Quad Core i5, 4GB RAM

32bit DAWs not supported

Machine must be connected to internet during install

PC system requirements

Windows 10

Minimum: Quad Core CPU, 4GB RAM

32bit DAWs not supported

Must be connected to internet on install