I am planning tu buy a guitar vst for hard rock and metal. I was planning to get the artefakt guitar but there is very little information in the web, everything I found is related to the riff sequencer, but no info at all related to the solo instruments and how good it is to record leads, what techniques does it have and so on.
On the other hand I was looking at the odin 3 vst, and it looks like a good option but I am not sure how well integrates with dorico (in terms of creating expression maps, etc.).
If you have information either on artefakt guitar or odin 3 guitar, could you please share with me your opinions on how well these vst works in dorico??
Ample LP is nice. There’s a good selection of cabinets and effects to choose from but you can turn them all off and put Guitar Rig on an FX channel as well. I have expression maps that map most of the functionality: fret position, string indicators, and the normal, mute, H/P techniques. I could never get slides to work in Dorico, but they’re fairly easy to add in a DAW at a later stage.
Native Instruments session guitarist is also pretty good. It doesn’t have nearly as much programmability as Ample, but it’s still useful for rhythm work.
There are countless others available but if you aren’t willing to spend an inordinate amount of time programming them in a DAW, you won’t get convincing results.
Please allow me to reiterate a feature request to the team at this point:
Consider implementing a keyswitch during the duration of a note. This would enable multiple additional “articulations“ in VSTs originally more catered to playing live, like my Chris Hein Horns and indeed Ample Guitars.
