NB-GTR
Aggressive Stereo Guitars
Your New Writing Buddy
NB-GTR is a free, lightweight, highly customizable virtual stereo guitar instrument specifically designed for aggressive music.
It uses Digital Waveguides and Residue Sampling to accurately reconstruct the original signal, but also packs an extremely wide keyrange, 15 Round-Robins and all the tone customization you could ask for.
NB-GTR outputs a Direct Signal (DI) for reamping with your favourite amp plugin.
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NEATBrain Instruments are free, for everyone, forever.
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Built for Rhapsody
NEATBrain Instruments are an extension of the free Rhapsody Player, available for VST & AU for Windows, MacOS & Linux.
Rhapsody is fast, stable, open source and supported by all major DAWs.
Installation
- Download and extract the .ZIP Archive, place both .LWZ files in a single chosen directory (keep them both in the same folder, do NOT extract their contents).
- Download & Install the free Rhapsody Player (VST & AU).
- Open Rhapsody (sign-in optional), click “Add Product” -> “Manual Install“.
- Click the Folder Button -> Navigate to one of the downloaded .LWZ files.
- Choose a location to install the Samples -> Click “Install“.
System Requirements
- Digital Audio Workstation with VST or AU support (AAX Not Supported).
- Rhapsody Player (Free)
- Up to 200MB for Download & HDD Space per Instrument
- Modern Intel/AMD/Apple Silicon Native Processor
- 8GB System RAM
Redefining Virtual Instruments
NB-GTR is a hybrid physical model with all of the great sounds of a Sample Library, minus the disk space.
You can change and sculpt the sound in more ways than a traditional virtual instrument, and it has a consistent tone throughout the keyrange thanks to its advanced modal decomposition.
NB-GTR doesn’t boast a hundred different articulations, there’s no fingerpicking or legato, there’s no MIDI player or string-swapping algorithm – it has one job, and it does it well.
It’s also free, for everyone, forever. With no signup or iLok required.
FEATURES
High RR Count
15 (or more) Round Robins without any significant memory overhead.
Tonal Consistency
Advanced Spectral Decomposition results in having some reaaally long guitar strings.
Tiny Memory Footprint
Digital Waveguides can use as little as 1/100th the Memory of regular Sample Libraries.
No AI Gimmicks
NEATBrain uses tried and tested techniques and DSP for a consistent result.
Decoupled Signals
Decoupled Waveguides and Residue allow for more control, customization and sound-design.
Swappable Tone Profiles
Instantly switch between one of three Tone Profiles, or create your own.