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Addictive Drums 2 vs Virtual Guitarist

Both stand on virtual instruments. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.

Choose Virtual Guitarist if you want guitar parts and accompaniment in a DAW without playing guitar yourself. Its range includes many styles and phrases, while IRON 2 adds an instrument mode and detailed tone options. Look elsewhere if you need a free plan or a platform beyond macOS and Windows.

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The facts

	Addictive Drums 2	Virtual Guitarist
Free plan	No	A free trial
Open source	Not published	Not published
Runs on	Mac, Windows	Mac, Windows
Lowest paid plan	Not published	Virtual Guitarist IRON 2: $9.03, paid once
Plans published	None	2
Maker	Not published	Not published
Website	xlnaudio.com	ujam.com
On virtual instruments	#20 of 33	#16 of 33

Addictive Drums 2: what it does well

Virtual Guitarist: what it does well

Includes electric and acoustic guitar plug-ins across six named products.
Series lists 777 presets, 12,110 phrases and 365 styles.
MIDI drag and drop exports patterns to a DAW.
Built-in effects and amp modeling offer selectable guitar, amp and speaker combinations.
IRON 2 includes an instrument mode and Drop D tuning.

What to know first

No free plan is available.
Plug-ins are limited to macOS and Windows.
IRON 2 formats are 64-bit only.

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