If you are digging the pre-sets, you will definitely dig the final products. You will immediately be able to tell the quality of the VST based off of how the pre-sets sound. With a lot of the guitars, you can dive super deep into the customization. You simply draw in the MIDI and then you can manipulate the sound with your VST. It will just depend on the producer or the band’s preference. I feel like we’re living in a world where they both coexist. People will always desire real instruments, but there will always be a demand for VST’s as well.

Is this a little discouraging to guitar players? No, I don’t think so.

They have a huge range of purposes as you can use them to write with, but also use them as your main guitars. These VSTs are so realistic that producers are using these sounds in the final versions of their songs. These have some nice grit and are being used all over the industry today. I recently did a review on my favorite electric piano plug-ins that you can check out here. This is great for those who want to test the waters before spending money. *These VSTs are not in ranking order as some of them are just different styles and it will come to personal preference.Īt the bottom of this article, I have included my favorite free guitar plugin. You can get a wide variety of sounds and change from a wide variety of amps with some VST’s. It is my opinion that the best electric guitar VSTS actually sound incredibly realistic. They were pretty terrible compared to the VSTS that are out today. I still remember the first keyboard that I purchased had electric guitar sounds on it.

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