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Blue Rhythms Black Friday pricing is 51% off, which brings this Strum GS-2 sound bank to $19 until Nov 18, 2026.
Blue Rhythms is a preset collection for the Strum GS-2 session guitarist plugin, built around the soulful guitar grooves of the '70s. The Applied Acoustics Systems (AAS) listing describes it as a tribute to the sound of artists from that era.
It covers a lot of ground, from Motown to Muscle Shoals. The maker says it is meant to bring an expressive guitar vibe, groove and swagger to your next production.
The bank comes with three main pieces of content:
The strumming patterns play along with your own chord progressions. You feed in the changes and the guitar performs them in the chosen style.
The purchase also includes the following:
Blue Rhythms comes from Canadian musician Yves Frulla, who is back with a new bank. He is a songwriter, producer and keyboardist, and he runs his own project studio in Sin City.
He is best known as Celine Dion's keyboard player. He recorded three live albums with her and appeared with her on shows including David Letterman, Jay Leno, Arsenio Hall and Oprah Winfrey.
He has also done work for television and movies. He toured extensively with Canadian artists such as Corey Hart, Bobby Bazini, Michael Breen, Dan Bigras, Sass Jordan, Julie Masse and Sylvain Cossette.
There are two ways to use the bank once it is installed. If you own Strum GS-2, the bank is added to it automatically.
If you don't own Strum GS-2, you can play it in the AAS Player, either as a plugin or as a standalone application. The AAS Player is free and ships with this purchase.
All AAS sound banks run on the AAS Player, so you can load and play Blue Rhythms with no other AAS plugin installed.
Yes. The Blue Rhythms Black Friday deal is 51% off, which comes to $19 until Nov 18, 2026. It is a preset collection from Applied Acoustics Systems that plays inside Strum GS-2 or the free AAS Player.
The purchase includes the preset bank for Strum GS-2, the AAS Player plug-in, a serial number and installation instructions. The bank itself holds 12 playing styles, 87 guitar presets and 84 strumming patterns.
No. The bank works with the Strum GS-2 session guitarist plugin, and it also plays in the free AAS Player, which is included with your purchase. The player runs as a plugin (VST, AU, AAX, RTAS) or as a standalone application.
Canadian musician Yves Frulla created it. He is a songwriter, producer and keyboardist, best known as Celine Dion's keyboard player. The maker says Blue Rhythms pays tribute to the soulful guitar grooves of '70s artists, from Motown to Muscle Shoals.
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