Impact Soundworks Pop and Jazz Guitar Virtual Instrument Bundle, Download

A songwriter's dream, this bundle of four acclaimed guitar libraries contains everything you need to start creating: our timeless favorite Pedal Steel, the versatile hollowbody Shreddage 3 Archtop, gorgeous lead and rhythm performances in Django Gypsy Jazz Guitar, and our definitive acoustic loop library Acoustic Revolutions 3.

- Pedal Steel -
An extremely expressive and playable pedal steel guitar, designed by Dimitris Plagiannis to focus on authentic performances and ease-of-use! This quintessential American instrument is capable of playing rich harmonies and sonorous leads simultaneously. Great for jazz, country, bluegrass and much more.

The Pedal Steel
This library is all about capturing and performing the unmistakable sound of the pedal steel guitar, a classic of American music for over 100 years. The instrument originated in the Hawaiian Islands as a regular guitar, de-fretted and played with the edge of a dull knife to produce a signature sliding tone. It then evolved into the Dobro, followed by the lap steel guitar, before arriving finally at the pedal steel we know today: complete with electrified output and pedal control.

As the name suggests, pedal steel guitars rely on not just the hands to fret and play melodies and chords, but also the feet and knees to trigger pedals and levers. By doing so, the performer can produce unlimited inversions and chords under expressive sliding melodies. Our goal with our Pedal Steel was to offer this level of flexibility, without requiring intimate knowledge of the techniques required to play the actual instrument!

Library Concept
In creating this library, we recorded a modern standard 10-string E9 pedal steel (Nashville tuning) through a DI box, later re-amped with Fender and MESA/Boogie tube amps. The amps were recorded at their speaker output using a reactive load box so that they can be used with any cabinet IR including our own Console FX rack and mixer.

Capturing all the nuance and flexibility of a pedal steel guitar was a huge challenge, but making it playable on a standard MIDI controller was an even greater hurdle. Our goal with this library was to offer easy playability without requiring intimate knowledge of a pedal steel guitar. To that end, it has a few key design concepts:

• There is no visual fretboard, as we wanted the focus to be on simply playing the instrument
• Multiple modes of playing depending on whether you want monophonic leads, polyphonic chords, or lead + harmonies
• An innovative harmony system that uses simple keyswitching with a powerful editor to produce nearly unlimited voicings

The project's goal was to create an expressive instrument that doesn't distract you with unnecessary complexities. We hope we came close, and that you will find this virtual instrument inspiring and enjoyable!

Console: Modular FX Rack and Mixer
Console is our mixer and modular effects rack, designed to give you full control over your instrument tone and space, with 30 effects modules to choose from!

These include multiple EQs (digital and analog-style), compressors, spatial FX, modulation FX, amps, distortion pedals, reverbs, and a selection of over 30 custom cabinet IRs! Using Console, you can easily save and load FX chains or presets between projects or even different Console-enabled ISW instruments. It also allows you to mix and blend between mic positions, with custom inserts on each if you'd like.

Features
• The most realistic and expressive virtual pedal steel guitar for studio and live performance
• Designed for real-time performance
• Intuitive harmonizer engine
• Automatic slide and vibrato playing
• Beautiful, functional UI
• Over 30 FX modules included

- Shreddage 3 Archtop -
Shreddage 3 Archtop (an upgraded Archtop: Hollowbody Electric Guitar) is a supremely versatile hollowbody 6-string electric guitar with a clear, warm tone and incredible realism. It's perfectly suited for both clean and amped playing and shines in jazz, blues, R&B, funk, pop & more.

About the Guitar
Shreddage 3 Archtop is an upgrade of our incredibly popular Archtop: Hollowbody Electric Guitar, expanded and updated to the Shreddage 3.5 engine! The original instrument, featuring a six-string Sadowsky Jim Hall model with dual pickups, was favored by thousands of composers, producers, and bands for its playability and smooth tone. Now, you can enjoy these incredible samples with even better performance playback, strumming, articulation mapping, and tone options!

Shreddage 3 Archtop was performed by master session musician Josh Workman, who brought detail and nuance to every note. Each sample was cleanly recorded DI through a true analog signal chain for maximum warmth, making this guitar equally usable in both amped and clean contexts. While it is more than capable of hi-gain styles, Shreddage 3 Archtop truly excels with cleaner tones and genres like jazz, fusion, pop, alt-rock, blues, funk, and R&B. Its mellow tone and absolute realism (thanks to a generous number of round robins) make this a standout guitar that absolutely deserves to be featured in solos and leads at the heart of your tracks.

Console Modular FX Rack & Mixer
Console is our new mixer, modular effects rack, and pedal board, designed to give you full control over your virtual guitar tone. Unlike our previous FX racks, which were limited to a small amount of preset modules, Console gives you 30 effects modules to choose from!

These include multiple EQs (digital and analog-style), compressors, spatial FX, modulation FX, amps, distortion pedals, reverbs, and a selection of over 30 custom cabinet IRs recorded just for Shreddage 3! These cabs cover all the most important sounds you would want, with both dynamic & condenser mics in multiple positions plus a ribbon mic for certain models.

Using Console, you can easily save and load FX chains or presets between projects or even different Shreddage 3 products. It also allows you to mix and blend between guitar pickups, with custom inserts on each if you'd like.

Features
• Virtuosic, custom model 6-string electric guitar that excels with clean tones
• Cutting edge virtual guitarist engine
• Beautiful, wide UI
• Poly input feature for realistic chords
• Total articulation control technology
• Console FX rack and mixer

- Django Gypsy Jazz Guitar -
A stunning collection of three virtual instruments tailor-made for gypsy jazz and swing music! DJANGO includes two lead guitars (acoustic & electric DI) plus an acoustic rhythm guitar, all with incredible realism and superb playability. The heart of Django Reinhardt's signature style, available in your DAW at last. Lead & rhythm available separately!

About the Instrument
This library is a tribute to the legendary musical style of its namesake, Django Reinhardt, innovator of gypsy jazz (also known as gypsy swing, hot club jazz, or jazz manouche). We recorded three instruments - acoustic lead, electric lead, and acoustic rhythm - designed to deliver solo and accompanying parts in the characteristic expression and speed of this wonderful style. With over 20,000+ samples total, we can confidently say we achieved our goal!

But the degree of sampling depth and authenticity included in DJANGO makes the instrument suitable for other contexts as well: modern jazz, swing, blues, or even pop, and can provide an alternative sound for lead steel or nylon acoustic guitar parts played with a pick. The rhythm instrument is ideal for the well-known upbeat swing rhythm, best known as "la pompe", in any key and with a wide range of chords.

The designer of DJANGO, Dimitris Plagiannis, also produced our popular bouzouki and oud sample libraries, and approached this with the same sampling philosophy: meticulous recording, editing, and scripting techniques to make the instruments sound absolutely real. Not just through intelligent note playback (smart virtual fret selection, bends, slides, release noises), but also by including playing inconsistencies that provide the dynamics, flow, and expressiveness of real acoustic performances. It's these subtle (and controllable) imperfections that give sampled and sequenced performances true life and depth.

We hope you'll enjoy the result!

Features
• A set of character-filled lead & rhythm acoustic guitars ideal for swing jazz
• Elegant UI
• Instantly realistic performance
• Fine editing options
• Tailor your sound
• Rhythm patch: pattern builder & playback

- Acoustic Revolutions: Strum Designer -
Our definitive acoustic guitar rhythm instrument! Acoustic Revolutions: Strum Designer (formerly: Acoustic Revolutions 3) gives you the convenience of loops with the ultimate in flexibility, so that you can quickly write entire rhythm tracks in virtually any key, chord, or tempo, using a single instrument.

About the Library
Acoustic Revolutions: Strum Designer is our definitive rhythmic acoustic guitar library. More than just a collection of loops, Strum Designer gives you the tools to build complete rhythm parts in virtually any chord progression, key, and tempo. You'll find amazing versatility in these loops, which can sit easily in soft rock, epic ballads, edgy pop, dance, folk, easy listening, and even world genres. We've exhaustively sampled 48 unique strummed rhythms in two tempos, six keys, twelve chord types, and multiple variations per rhythm.

Features
• The fastest way to lay down acoustic guitar rhythm tracks
• Host-synced playback
• True double tracking
• Multiple playback modes