AAS Strum GS-2 Explained®
Chapter 1 : Performance Controls
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5:48 Understanding the Interface
Learn how the different components of this plug-in are organized and how the three playing styles respond to incoming MIDI notes.
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4:34 Keyboard Mode
See how this mode enables you to play in chords manually without Strum GS attempting to voice the notes you play on the keyboard.
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5:59 Automatic Chords & Auto Strum
Discover how Guitar Mode works using the automatic chords function with Auto Strum enabled.
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7:55 The Strumming Keys
Hear how these notes are used to trigger various picking strokes and articulations guitarists play with their picking hand.
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5:30 Chord Voicings
Explore the way the moveable, open, drop, and power chord voicing settings react to incoming MIDI chords that incorporate inversions.
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6:57 Loop Mode
Learn how to use preset the MIDI loops that ship with Strum GS-2 to trigger strumming key patterns in a variety of styles.
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6:00 Creating Your Own Loop Packs
Learn how to create, export, and manage MIDI files so that they are mapped across the Loop Keys.
Chapter 2 : Controlling the Sound
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6:24 The String Module
Explore the controls used to model the vertical and horizontal vibrational motion of the individual guitar strings.
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6:00 The Pick Module
See how the stiffness, dampening, positioning, and timing of the pick striking the string are controlled.
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6:27 Hammer Ons, Mutes, & Palm Mutes
Hear how these Edit Page modules control the modelling of these specific articulations.
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4:55 Body & Pickups
Explore the modeling of acoustic guitar body and air cavity qualities, and electric guitar pickup settings.
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6:13 The Effects View
Discover the internal effects, amplifier, and signal flow controls available within Strum GS-2.
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4:18 MIDI Control
Learn how MIDI controllers are assigned and managed, and how to work with the stand alone version of Strum GS-2.
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4:40 Managing Banks & Programs
Learn how to save and manage custom banks and programs.
Product Overview
In this FREE series commissioned by Applied Acoustic Systems, Eli Krantzberg covers the expansive performance library of electric and acoustic guitar strumming inside and out, and shows you how to make Strum GS-2 your new favorite session guitarist!
Eli starts by explaining the performance controls. He shows you around the interface and then dives into Keyboard Mode, which plays in chords manually without Strum GS-2 attempting to voice the notes you play on the keyboard.
Next, he demonstrates how Guitar Mode works using automatic chords and the Auto Strum feature. After that, he explores the Strumming Keys, which trigger various picking strokes and articulations.
Eli now demonstrates the Chord Voicings, Loop Mode, how to use the preset MIDI loops that ship with Strum GS-2, and how to create your own Loop Packs.
Continuing on, you’ll learn about your options for controlling the sound. Eli reveals the String Module, which models the vertical and horizontal vibrational motion of the individual guitar strings, then moves to the Pick Module, which controls the stiffness, dampening, positioning, and timing of the pick striking the string.
The various Edit Page controls for hammer ons, mutes, and palm mutes, as well as models of the the guitar body, including air cavity qualities, and electric guitar pickup settings are then all explained.
Now Eli gives you a full description of the internal effects, amp models, and signal control parameters available within Strum GS-2, and wraps it up with an explanation on how MIDI controllers are assigned, how to work with the standalone version, and how to manage custom banks and programs.
If you have Strum GS-2, or you’re looking for a virtual solution to great sounding guitar tracks from your computer, watch “AAS Strum GS-2 Explained” today!
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Reviews
Submitted 9 months ago
Thought I knew Strum GS-2 but this shows much more
I thought I had a good understanding of Strum GS-2 but this showed so much more. I’ll need to revisit many parts as it is more powerful than I even imagined. The course was easy to follow and much more complete than I would have thought.
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Submitted 9 months ago
Picked up a bunch of helpful tips
Have been using Strum GS-2 for a long while now & picked up a bunch of helpful tips for using this. Like how Eli has a summary screen. Which that summary screen wasn't WHITE background! : )
I am a: Hobbyist, Musician, Audio Engineer, Reason, Studio One
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Submitted 2 years ago
Very helpful
Video gives you a good starting point for using AAS Strum GS-2.
I am a: Hobbyist, Producer, Cakewalk Sonar, Reason
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Submitted 2 years ago
Great! Excellent!
From now, I will use Strum 2 efficiently. Very helpfull!
I am a: Hobbyist, Musician, Cubase, Reaper, Studio One
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Submitted 2 years ago
Excellent demonstrations!
These videos present a quick overview of each function on Strum GS-2. They certainly provide a short-cut to understanding how this fantastic plug-in works.
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Submitted 2 years ago
Useful course
As usual Eli does a great job of explaining all the features of this software. So grateful for this.
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Submitted 2 years ago
SUPER ...
xxx
I am a: Hobbyist, Musician, Ableton Live, Cakewalk Sonar, Reason
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Submitted 3 years ago
Awesome tutorial!
I didn't even have to read any of the documentation and was able to customize the settings rather quickly.
I am a: Hobbyist, Musician, Producer, FL Studio, Logic Pro
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Submitted 3 years ago
Sehr viele praxisnahe Videos aus vielen Bereichen
Dieses Sammelbecken von Informationen bringt alles, was ich brauche
I am a: Producer, Musician, Hobbyist
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Submitted 3 years ago
Comprehensive tutorial
As always Eli explains and demonstrates with lots of examples every aspect of this brilliant plugin.
I am a: Hobbyist
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Reviews
Submitted 9 months ago
Thought I knew Strum GS-2 but this shows much more
I thought I had a good understanding of Strum GS-2 but this showed so much more. I’ll need to revisit many parts as it is more powerful than I even imagined. The course was easy to follow and much more complete than I would have thought.
Submitted 9 months ago
Picked up a bunch of helpful tips
Have been using Strum GS-2 for a long while now & picked up a bunch of helpful tips for using this. Like how Eli has a summary screen. Which that summary screen wasn't WHITE background! : )
I am a: Hobbyist, Musician, Audio Engineer, Reason, Studio One
Submitted 2 years ago
Very helpful
Video gives you a good starting point for using AAS Strum GS-2.
I am a: Hobbyist, Producer, Cakewalk Sonar, Reason
Submitted 2 years ago
Great! Excellent!
From now, I will use Strum 2 efficiently. Very helpfull!
I am a: Hobbyist, Musician, Cubase, Reaper, Studio One
Submitted 2 years ago
Excellent demonstrations!
These videos present a quick overview of each function on Strum GS-2. They certainly provide a short-cut to understanding how this fantastic plug-in works.
Submitted 2 years ago
Useful course
As usual Eli does a great job of explaining all the features of this software. So grateful for this.
Submitted 2 years ago
SUPER ...
xxx
I am a: Hobbyist, Musician, Ableton Live, Cakewalk Sonar, Reason
Submitted 3 years ago
Awesome tutorial!
I didn't even have to read any of the documentation and was able to customize the settings rather quickly.
I am a: Hobbyist, Musician, Producer, FL Studio, Logic Pro
Submitted 3 years ago
Sehr viele praxisnahe Videos aus vielen Bereichen
Dieses Sammelbecken von Informationen bringt alles, was ich brauche
I am a: Producer, Musician, Hobbyist
Submitted 3 years ago
Comprehensive tutorial
As always Eli explains and demonstrates with lots of examples every aspect of this brilliant plugin.
I am a: Hobbyist
1. When did you start dabbling in music?
I started playing drums in high school at age fourteen. Like most kids my age around then, I was into progressive rock. Genesis, Emerson Lake and Palmer, and Yes. They rocked my world. A few short years later though, my musical life changed. While studying music in college I discovered Charlie Parker, Milt Jackson, Sonny Stitt, and John Coltrane. Milt Jackson spoke to me in such a profound way that it left me no choice but to take up vibraphone.
These great players, along with drummers like Philly Joe Jones, Max Roach, Art Blakey, and Elvin Jones changed not only the way I thought about drumming, but also music - and by extension, life - as a whole. I realized life was meant to be a creative endeavor. The idea of improvising based on a loose set of guidelines and rules permeated into my psyche even when I wasn't holding a pair of drumsticks or mallets. But if I am going to be perfectly truthful, I have to hold Henry Miller and Woody Allen equally responsible for shaping the way I view and experience the world around me.
2. What training have you had?
I am currently an Apple certified Logic Pro. Young and cocky, and armed with only a partial University degree, I dropped out of school and began playing steady commercial hotel engagements and jazz gigs when I could. This went on for many years until I decided it was time to complete my degree - which I ultimately did with a major in Political Science and a minor in music.
It was at this point that I formed my current band Nightshift. We are going in to our twenty third year now - playing commercial one nighters like weddings, corporate events, etc. Don't turn your nose up at it though - it has allowed me a wonderful quality of life. It gave me the freedom to go back to school and complete a post graduate degree in Communications Studies - all the while supporting myself by playing weddings.
3. When did you get into recording?
It was in this graduate program - in the early nineties - that I found myself drawn to the fledgling emerging universe of hard disc recording and midi sequencing. Based on nothing more than the recommendation of one of my band mates who had an old Atari, I jumped in head first and bought a Mac LC ll, along with a version 1.1 of what was then Notator Logic. I had no idea what I was getting myself into. But, in hindsight, it was a decision of epic importance in my life - shaping my future as much as the music of Milt Jackson and Charlie Parker did fifteen years prior.
I opened up my own commercial home studio in 1998 and began doing a variety of projects, working on radio jingles, artist CD projects, and whatever came my way. A couple of years later a colleague called me up - desperate. He was working at a post production house and one of the editors had just quit. They were doing audio post for a weekly TV series and needed a Pro Tools editor - and fast! And so, once again, I jumped in head first into what would ultimately open up my world even more - the world of Pro Tools.
4. People you have worked with/for?
Focusing on Logic, I built up a small but loyal client base and my phone kept ringing for Logic tech support and instruction. Film composers and studio owners all over the city were calling me. Even the music stores were giving out my phone number at this point! This kind of stuff becomes a self fulfilling prophecy. The more of it you do, the more calls you get to keep doing it. At least that's the way it should be!
As my Logic chops kept growing, I was hired by an old buddy of mine, Len Sasso, who was then an associate editor at Electronic Musician magazine, and began writing some columns for them. I had a blast doing them - and really learned to focus and express my thoughts in a concise and clear manner. This lead to a collaboration with LA based composer Terry Michael Huud on the 2006 film called Civic Duty - which was certainly one of the highlights of my professional life as a composer.
5. Why are you so good at training people?
I wake up every day excited to boot up, and create. Whether it's instructional videos, creating music, working with a studio client, performing with my band, or teaching at the schools - my days are filled with what I love doing. Enriched by the stimulation and creative freedom this modern music making software brings to my life. I bring that excitement and passion to each and every training product I create. My years of experience both using and teaching these programs has taught me the best way to make the user comfortable with these complex programs.
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