NI Session Guitarist Electric Storm Deluxe

Native Instruments put the pedal to the very modern metal with their latest Session Guitarist title.

Native Instruments now have a pretty diverse selection of styles within their Session Guitarist series and the latest title — Electric Storm Deluxe — expands that further. If you follow electric guitar trends, then you won’t have failed to notice the rise of modern metal into (almost!) the mainstream: for example, Karnivool, Periphery, Animals As Leaders and, if you watched the Paris Olympics opening ceremony, Gojira. Often combining the chug of djent, highly technical riffs, and ambient chord voicings that might make even a jazz player squeak, it’s a style that has also seen 7‑ and 8‑string guitars come to the fore. It has already embedded itself firmly into video and film soundtracks. It’s perhaps not surprising, therefore, that developers are paying attention and providing software instruments that deliver this sound and style.

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