MG Soft Acoustic Guitar - Walkthrough

My new acoustic guitar library for Kontakt Player. Recorded with my Martin J-40 steel string acoustic guitar for its beautiful soft and pure tone, this instrument offers various ways to easily create authentic guitar lines. With three playing modes including a chord / strumming engine and a 4-bank step sequencer with MIDI drag and drop into your DAW.
Out now on Spitfire Audio - www.spitfireaudio.com/mg-soft...
Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
1:39 - The GUI & Note Mode
9:26 - Chord Mode
15:52 - The Sequencer
22:59 - MIDI Drag and Drop
24:15 - The Calibrate Tab
27:13 - The FX Tab
I am a composer and guitarist / multi-instrumentalist from London. My past projects include Assassin's Creed Odyssey (working with composer duo The Flight) and I am currently composing for highly anticipated game The Plucky Squire, due for release in early 2024.
My previous Kontakt guitar release MG Soft Nylon Guitar is available to purchase on Spitfire Audio - www.spitfireaudio.com/mg-soft...

[@crayzmusic]

This can literally be the start of the go to midi guitar series. Please do this with different guitars, this way of sampling is what weve always needed

[@ComposerMG]

My plan exactly!

[@yojz]

This is the best guitar plugin I’ve ever seen. Great job!

[@thiagobrial]

Congratulations Mike, great work!

[@jackrubinacci_official]

Excellent work. Can’t wait to get this as it sounds amazing

[@DixonBeats]

Great job mate, beautiful stuff!

[@Oliasn8]

Beautiful! Well done indeed🙏🏻

[@crayzmusic]

Insane detail. Thank you

[@PAZPERDEE]

Excellent work guys, it seems really well thought out and sounds fantastic, I will definitely be getting this

[@abrahamproject]

Being well-acquainted with so many aspects of guitar performance and recording, I must say that MG Soft Acoustic Guitar has to be one of the most thoughtful and thorough guitar emulations I've ever seen and heard. Finally, a guitar emulation created by a pedigree *guitarist*. Beautifully done. Congratulations (and thanks) to you and to Spitfire for achieving and providing this very much-needed life-like representation of an acoustic guitar.

[@ComposerMG]

Thanks for your kind words

[@alandeacon1988]

Sounds great, and really nicely explained, thanks!

[@christiankjrbl8397]

This thing is so convincing - very well done!

[@bsc7758]

Wow! The level of details is absolutely insane!

[@Pedro-bp6yj]

Great possibilities with this bookcase. Perfect sound and good sound detail.

[@SteveMacLachlan]

Beautifully captured but it's the programming that's astonishing. Amazing work all, great walkthrough too ♥️

[@ComposerMG]

Thanks glad you like!

[@ALIENGOATMESSI]

Great bro❤.Well done

[@secretreleases]

Incredible!

[@TheSoundChronicles]

Best Soft Steel Guitar library I've ever heard.

[@hunterrogersonmusic]

The instant realism is pretty astounding on this one, Mike. It was an honour to be a part of making it come to life!

[@ComposerMG]

The honour was mine Hunter, thanks for everything!

[@jimrogers7425]

This is the MIDI guitar to set the standard for any other MIDI guitar. You’ve done a beautiful job creating it. I already have MG Soft Nylon and will be getting this one as well. Cheers!

[@ComposerMG]

Cheers Jim!

[@DesoloZantas]

Brilliant ✨

[@MatthewGawronskiMusic]

This is not an overstatement: This may very well be the most thoughtful UI I have ever seen on a virtual instrument. Well done Mike!

[@ComposerMG]

Wow thanks!

[@MatthewGawronskiMusic]

Absolutely, just bought it and look forward to using it!@@ComposerMG

[@richbbm]

Just got this today. I love the way it sounds.

[@ComposerMG]

Great to hear that.

[@tedregklis]

Congratulations Mike, if there are master luthiers in the digital realm, you are definitely one of them.

[@ComposerMG]

Haha thanks will add 'Digital Luthier' to my CV!

[@tedregklis]

😂I mean it, such care and attention to detail definitely merits the title!@@ComposerMG

[@thekazakh123]

really real guitar sound. im shoking!

[@ComposerMG]

Thank you, glad you like!

[@paulkorchok6567]

As an intermediate level guitarist I can hear in my head a lot more music than I can play properly. This is utterly brilliant for me. Great work!

[@ComposerMG]

Glad to hear that!

[@BUY_YOUTUB_VIEWS_478]

The creativity levels are off the charts.

[@cherrysound]

Nice guitar!

[@rautshsale1948]

the engine is insane also really hope this gets applied to other guitars as well

[@ComposerMG]

Yes will be definitely covering other guitars..

[@jeffb1886]

Wonderful sound!! I already have Soft Nylon and wish that version had all of the capabilities you demo-ed here!

[@ComposerMG]

Thanks! I plan to make a video on how to transfer some things to Soft Nylon..you would need Soft Acoustic as well though..

[@watchaddicts1213]

Wow! You should be very pleased with what you’ve accomplished here!! Beyond the clear and clean as a bell tones, you’ve arrived at a truly brilliant Sequencer. Thankfully, you didn’t name it a STRUMMER. I have so many guitar plugins and guitar sample libraries-you know all the brands. Some are very fiddly to the point I consider taking up Gardening as my passion. Others are quite possibly brilliant, but my brain is not nearly large enough ; I quickly realize I don’t have the determination to master the thing. Until I discovered your new product-and…being a plenty good enough rhythm guitar player (like…I could stand in with Credence on Green River or…If I practiced really hard, I could perform with America, on their song, RIVERSIDE, do uptempo stuff. What am I talking about ? Oh yeah….being so frustrated with the entire dealio, I decided there should simply BE a software thing that would simply allow ME to be the strummer!! Bottom line: I’m buying your instrument. Very excited about it too! Thanks Mark

[@ComposerMG]

Haha thanks enjoy!

[@AlexNiedt]

2023-2024 seems to be when sampled guitars finally become usable. Very nice!

[@ComposerMG]

Nice!

[@ivanbasso9313]

Wow. This is a must buy if you want to have realistic acoustic guitar sound

[@mohitrahaman]

Your sounds are straight out of the same dreamland where Olafur Arnalds and Nils Frahm have been

[@crayzmusic]

Do this with more guitars, genius

[@kyrastar313]

SO BOORING!

[@Mhotepful]

Sounds great! So, what is the difference between this release of soft acoustic guitar and the pianobook version?

[@ComposerMG]

My first release was a small nylon string guitar..this is a larger steel string guitar, plus this has a strumming engine and sequencer plus loads more.

[@DesoloZantas]

Will MG Soft Nylon Guitar ever get these UI and Engine updates?

[@ComposerMG]

Not sure yet!

[@betov75]

That's amazing. Great work. I'm a blind composer. Can I get around most of it using keyswitches and vst plugin parameters? Thanks.

[@ComposerMG]

Thanks. The instrument is set up with NKS support and the controls can easily be assigned to whatever you like.

[@ronaldcoleman9370]

I really like the sound and functionality, but I'm a bit surprised that "hammer-on's" and "pull-offs weren't incorporated in this plugin, since it's a major function of a guitar player!!!! I hope that this function will be added with an update, cause I would really like add this to my studio!!!

[@ComposerMG]

Hammer-ons and pull-offs are very much included..explained at 2:36 in the vid you can overlap notes on the keyboard to produce them, thanks!

[@ronaldcoleman9370]

Thanks, I must have missed that part!!@@ComposerMG

[@wisdomteller]

Sounds top of the notch! One question though. Is the strumming adjustable or cast in presets?

[@ComposerMG]

Thanks, and yes you can customise strumming in lots of ways.

[@yoavschmidt7082]

where did you learn how to make kontakt banks? i have experience with coding, instruments, and production so i hope i can be fine creating one myself

[@JosBlomsma]

I'd love to see a short 'preset'-walkthrough with the available MIDI-patterns!

[@ComposerMG]

Early in the new year I will be making a video for each page, so the presets will be in the Sequencer video, thanks.

[@JosBlomsma]

@@ComposerMG Is the Midi-pack for the nylon guitar 'compatible' with the Soft Acoustic Guitar, will it sound realistic?

[@ComposerMG]

@@JosBlomsma yes but you would just need to move the key switches, namely the fret positions and any articulation switches. I am planning to modify the pack to work with Soft Acoustic soon..

[@TonyByte]

Do we contact Spitfire Audio for support? Is there a manual? I can't get my DAW, Ableton Live 11 Windows, to start the guitar sequencer on beat one. I tried triggering both the pattern (yellow key) and chord first in my piano roll. The audio playing always starts on beat two. The drag and drop midi mirrors the same issue and a few more. Also, I click to my DAW and then back to Kontakt 7 and all of the colors that show the key assignments on the virtual keyboard disappear.

[@ComposerMG]

There is a manual available on the product page. I will be covering the sequencer in an in-depth video early in '24. The sequencer keys are set up to start on the first beat of the next full bar, so you should start the sequence just before the bar you want to come in on. I did not explain this in the above video and am actually making this an optional feature in a new update about to be released. I will check out the keyboard colors issue, first I've heard of that. Thanks!

[@wordstune3849]

Hi Mike! I just bought the MG Soft acoustic guitar via Spitfire. I wanted to load different sequences, but when I click on the disc-Icon there are no presets and I can not save my own presets. Can you help me please? Thanks in advance.

[@ComposerMG]

Hi, yes we're aware of the file browser problem sorry, getting it sorted in an update asap this week, thanks!

[@landismaitland-whitelaw5040]

I am a composer and I would like to know ... if I make a score in Finale and import the midi to my DAW and use this guitar. Can it play my written midi... and also can I set up key switches for my midi to activate the various sounds? I would really like to know.

[@ComposerMG]

Of course no problem! You may need to shift the midi up or down to the correct octave for where the playing keys are set up..then you can add articulation keys to your liking.

[@jand3941]

Hi Mike, does the Auto mode that interprets notes to automatically pick realistic one also apply to midi ? I'm a beginner and I'm pretty sure I make the most delusional melodies that wouldn't;' be able to work on a real guitar. Thanks

[@ComposerMG]

Auto mode selects the most realistic way of playing the notes you input, but it's also down to you to get the best results! I will shortly be releasing videos on getting the best out of the guitar, stay tuned thanks..

[@jand3941]

@@ComposerMG Thank you so much for your response. I got the soft acoustic guitar yesterday and have been playing around with it. I'm not a guitar player and really appreciate the most realistic notes play feature! Thank you again!

[@S1m3le]

I play a bit of open chords, low E string down to D // B string up to C and high E string down to D. Can you untune the strings on this plugin? On Ample sound guitar is possible. Pleaase let me know, thanks

[@ComposerMG]

You can tune each string down up to 2 semitones. You can also place a capo on any fret. Thanks.

[@S1m3le]

@@ComposerMG Thanks for your time!

[@user-tu7ww1tm7j]

Amazing plugin, I'm thinking of purchasing it, but is there a free trial so that I can check if I really like it

[@ComposerMG]

Thanks..sorry no free trial.

[@user-tu7ww1tm7j]

@@ComposerMG Thanks for your response. And is there refund policy if I realize that plugin is not working the way it is shown in videos, and that it doesnt sound that good, as was the problem with all the other publishers of vst guitars?

[@ComposerMG]

@@user-tu7ww1tm7j you'll need to contact Spitfire for that..but I can say the sound you're hearing is exactly what the plugin does.

[@user-tu7ww1tm7j]

So...asking for a leap of faith. Ok Sir, since it sounds amazing, I'll buy it and then get back here to share my opinion @@ComposerMG

[@doodle6497]

I have the predecessor and I can confirm that it is quite lovely. I'm sure it's even better this go round.

[@yamashin9971]

素敵です。私はJ40の実物の日本人ユーザーです

[@ComposerMG]

Thanks! Yes it's a great guitar for that pure tone.

[@axelheld6655]

Are all chord types possible with this program or just some?

[@ComposerMG]

All popular chords up to 7ths and sus2/4 are supported in Auto-Chord mode (and for the sequencer), otherwise you can use Manual-Chord mode to create your own voicings.

[@axelheld6655]

Thanks for the reply. Are the chords formed by the software from individual notes or were the chords recorded as a whole?

[@ComposerMG]

Individual notes make up the chords.@@axelheld6655

[@S1m3le]

Can you untune the E string down to D?

[@ComposerMG]

Yes!

[@ChristicBoy]

Sorry but how can you do Hammer on and pull off? Maybe I just don’t understand how to do it.

[@ComposerMG]

You overlap notes to produce slurs (hammer-ons and pull-offs)..there is also a slur sensitivity slider to control how softly you need to press the key to get the slur.

[@ChristicBoy]

@@ComposerMG Thank you for your answer! I will buy this vst asap!

[@iancurrie3763]

I purchased this and am finding the chord recognition is just.... seemingly random. Makes it kind of useless

[@ComposerMG]

I'm going to make a video on chord recognition very shortly..but basically you need to play standard triads with any 7ths at the top. It does also allow for inversions but only for standard maj/min chords. One other thing is the chord notes need to be pressed together (within 55 ms).

[@iancurrie3763]

@@ComposerMG I appreciate the response, Mike. I did notice that timing is very important - perhaps too much so; I assume 55 ms was chosen for a good reason but the result for me is that it's hit and miss. I also have been using standard triads with the 7th on top and while I can do an Fmaj7 I could NOT get a GMaj7 (just an example). I'm also stumped at how to choose chords in the sequencer but perhaps that's just be being deft.

[@AdaptivePhenix]

Probably awesome but I quit watching after "I have used vintage mics and an old Martin". Enough of the vintage marketing BS.

[@yves2078]

existe déjà aucun intérêt. pourquoi faire des choses déjà faites?

[@doodle6497]

Your loss, mate. XD