What Is Virtual Guitarist IRON?

“Virtual Guitarist IRON” is a software instrument doubling as a professional guitarist in a music studio, with you being in the producer’s chair.

Virtual Guitarist vs A Real Guitarist

If we denied the huge differences between a software plugin and a real guitarist, you wouldn’t trust us. If you have all the money, time and patience in the world plus a recording studio and a professional guitarist available, we would always recommend: Go for it!

But for most people, most of the time, that’s not the case:

Maybe you have no access to a (professional) guitarist.

you have no access to a (professional) guitarist. Maybe you want to just work out ideas totally by yourself.

you want to just work out ideas totally by yourself. Maybe you’re a guitarist but want to quickly lay down a track without the hassle of setting up.

you’re a guitarist but want to quickly lay down a track without the hassle of setting up. Maybe you want to use MIDI-controlled guitar tracks as source material for electronic manipulation.

In these and many other scenarios, “Virtual Guitarist IRON” is a great alternative to the real thing.

What is “IRON” about?

“Virtual Guitarist IRON” focuses on Power Chords, the key ingredient of Metal, but generically used for powerful sounding distorted rhythm tracks in almost every genre of modern music.

Why so few controls?

Ujam are all musicians and they know that the time for learning a user interface is better spent making music. Therefore, the user interface of Virtual Guitarist IRON is designed for maximum ease of use and minimum distraction.

It is also fail-proof in that no matter how you set up the controls of Virtual Guitarist IRON, the result will never be musically or technically wrong – without sacrificing any creative freedom. You can trust in the fact that tracks produced with Virtual Guitarist IRON are realistic, professionally produced guitar tracks.

Start Playing!

The top half of the Virtual Guitarist IRON window is dedicated to the guitarist’s performance – in other words: How he plays. Here, you’ll find two musical core aspects you can control: Phrasing and Notes.

The Interactive Keyboard is split between a Phrase Range (left) and a Chord Range (right). The basic principle is simple:

When you press keys from C4* upwards , Virtual Guitarist IRON will start playing a phrase with the chord determined by the notes you play. When you release the key(s), playback will stop.

, Virtual Guitarist IRON will start playing a phrase with the chord determined by the notes you play. When you release the key(s), playback will stop. MIDI notes below C4 don’t represent musical keys but switches varying the phrasing of your player in realtime. This is a powerful way of making your performance more interesting and dynamic.

below don’t represent musical keys but switches varying the phrasing of your player in realtime. This is a powerful way of making your performance more interesting and dynamic. By turning up the Modulation wheel, you can morph from normal to shorter to dead notes – another powerful way of varying phrases.

If you know these things and can switch presets, you know all you need to start producing with Virtual Guitarist IRON.

*C4 is one octave above middle C. The MIDI note number is 72. Some DAWs refer to it as C5.