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The Tropical Jam Black Friday deal takes 51% off this Strum GS-2 sound bank from Applied Acoustics Systems, bringing it to $19 until Nov 18, 2026.
Tropical Jam is a preset collection for the Strum GS-2 session guitarist plugin, built around reggae and dub guitar. Sound designer Niall McCallum made it, and the maker describes the result as laidback grooves with a vintage vibe.
It covers 12 styles, 84 guitar presets and 84 strumming patterns.
The patterns play back over your own chord progressions, so you write the harmony and the bank handles the strumming.
The maker lists a wide spread of playing styles in the set:
The maker also says the bank leans on the spiralling sound of spring reverb.
The design nods to reggae and dub names: the rhythmic finger-work of Sly & Robbie and Bob Marley & The Wailers, and the sound system aesthetics of King Tubby and Lee 'Scratch' Perry.
Slow the tempo right down for the kind of groove the pack is aiming at.
Niall McCallum is the resident sound designer on this bank. He co-founded ModeAudio, a UK team that specializes in music loops, samples and bespoke preset design.
His team's credits include drum and percussion samples that ship with FL Studio, plus custom sound design for Native Instruments, Bitwig and Intua, among others.
The purchase includes:
All AAS Sound Banks run on the free AAS Player, which comes with the purchase.
If you own Strum GS-2, Tropical Jam is added to it automatically once the sound bank is installed.
If you don't own Strum GS-2, you can play the bank from the AAS Player, either as a plugin or as a standalone application.
Yes. The Tropical Jam Black Friday deal is 51% off this Strum GS-2 sound bank, bringing it to $19. The offer ends Nov 18, 2026. The bank includes 84 guitar presets and 84 strumming patterns.
You get the Tropical Jam preset bank for Strum GS-2, the AAS Player plugin in VST, AU, AAX and RTAS formats, and a serial number. The bank has 12 styles, 84 guitar presets and 84 strumming patterns.
No. The bank also runs in the free AAS Player, as a plugin or standalone app. If you do own Strum GS-2, Tropical Jam is added to it automatically once the sound bank is installed.
Tropical Jam is built around reggae and dub guitar. The maker lists sub-heavy muted riffs, offbeat chords, delay-drenched stabs and relaxed picked melodies, plus spring reverb. Strumming patterns play over your own chord progressions.
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