Applied Acoustics Systems Blue Rhythms Expansion Pack brings the sound, feel, and attitude of blues guitar to Strum GS-2 with a collection of expressive presets designed for everything from laid-back rhythm work to gritty leads and driving blues-rock parts.
 
Built using Strum’s physical-modeling technology, Blue Rhythms captures a broad range of blues-inspired guitar colors without relying on conventional sampled performances. Warm cleans, edge-of-breakup tones, overdriven electrics, punchy rhythm sounds, and more aggressive lead textures provide plenty of territory for traditional blues while extending naturally into rock, soul, roots, and vintage-inspired production.
 
The collection is particularly useful for rhythm and accompaniment parts, where Strum GS-2’s chord voicings, picking patterns, strumming engine, and performance controls can bring considerably more life to a track than a static guitar sample. Presets respond naturally to changes in playing style, allowing everything from restrained chord work to harder, more aggressive performances.
 
Blue Rhythms also provides plenty of room to move beyond its presets. Because the sounds are generated using Strum’s modeling engine, guitar characteristics, pickups, playing behavior, amplification, effects, and other parameters can be adjusted to create variations tailored to a particular song or arrangement.
 
Whether you’re putting together a slow blues progression, a dirty electric riff, a soulful rhythm part, or a blues-rock track that needs some extra bite, Blue Rhythms gives Strum GS-2 a versatile collection of guitar sounds rooted firmly in the blues tradition.
 
From warm, restrained rhythm tones to gritty riffs and overdriven leads, Blue Rhythms expands Strum GS-2 with a collection that covers the expressive, rough-around-the-edges character that makes blues guitar what it is.