Velvet Chic Strum GS-2 Sound Bank Black Friday Deal 2026: $19, 51% off

The Velvet Chic Black Friday deal takes 51% off this Strum GS-2 sound bank from Applied Acoustics Systems, bringing it to $19 until Nov 18, 2026.

Velvet Chic is a preset collection for R&B guitar parts, built for producers who want soulful chords in a track without playing guitar themselves.

It is the first Strum sound pack from Thiago Pinheiro, a Brazilian producer and keyboard player.

What does Velvet Chic put in your session?

The maker describes the pack as covering R&B from its beginnings up to its modern form. The sounds range from gentle chord whispers to dreamy, atmospheric textures that sit alongside your beats.

Here is the content list:

• 12 R&B styles
• 84 guitar presets
• 84 strumming patterns that follow your own chord progressions

You feed in the chords and the pattern does the strumming, so the guitar part follows whatever progression you write.

What's included, and what do you run it in?

The purchase is a preset bank for Strum GS-2, delivered with a serial number and installation instructions.

All AAS Sound Banks run on the free AAS Player, which comes with the purchase. The player is available as VST, AU, AAX and RTAS plug-in formats, and it also runs as a standalone application.

There are two ways to load the bank once it is installed:

• Strum GS-2: if it is installed on your computer, Velvet Chic is added to it automatically.
• AAS Player: if you don't own Strum GS-2, you play Velvet Chic from the AAS Player plug-in or the standalone app.

Either way you are working with the same bank, so the Velvet Chic sound pack doesn't depend on owning the full Strum GS-2 plugin.

Who is Thiago Pinheiro?

Pinheiro grew up among Brazilian musicians and has perfect pitch. He began composing on piano at age four, and by twelve he had performed alongside Stevie Wonder, Billy Cobham, Gilberto Gil and Hermeto Pascoal.

He produces and directs across a wide stylistic range, taking in blues, jazz, house, drum and bass and further electronic styles. He also produces music for Hollywood and the movie industry.

The maker says the pack celebrates the pioneers of R&B, and that the guitar tones and strumming are meant to lift your arrangements without any guitar skills on your side.