SC2 SPI lets you perform ultra-realistic electric guitar parts in real time. Instantly access a wide range of playing techniques without interrupting your performance, and create convincing guitar tracks with speed and precision.
 
• Sampled Real Chords / Emulated Chords
• User Chords (create any chord you like with the User Chord Editor)
• Real-Time Legato Slide / Hammer-on & Pull-off
• Vibrato
• Trill / Picking Tremolo
• Mute & Picking Noise
• Gliss Up / Down
• Natural Harmonics
• Unison Bend / Stationary Bend / Double Bend
• Pinch Harmonics
• Feedback
• Cricket
• Whammy Bar
• Moving Harmonics
• Special FX (scrape, whammy bar, etc.)
• Fret Noise, Pick Stop Noise, Bridge Mute Noise, Release Noise, Position Change Noise
• …and more

As with any virtual instrument, the realism and playability achievable in real-time performance may vary depending on playing technique, workflow, and musical context.

Whether you’re shaping a focused, genre-specific tone or experimenting with new sonic landscapes, SC Electric Guitar 2 gives you the flexibility to use its built-in tools—or bypass them entirely and use your favorite amp simulators.
 

You can reorder effects simply by dragging and dropping them, and add or remove them with a couple of clicks.

A wide array of amp and effect modules is included, letting you shape your tone freely and intuitively. More than 100 inspiring signal-chain presets deliver a mix-ready guitar tone the moment you load them.

The SPI engine automatically selects the optimal string and fret position based on your performance, and you can also switch strings manually using key switches. The Fretboard Monitor shows the current fret position and playing technique in real time.

We modified a Stratocaster® so that the neck, middle, and bridge pickups could be recorded simultaneously as direct signals through separate output jacks. Each pickup was captured in meticulous detail, allowing SC Electric Guitar 2 to faithfully reproduce all five classic pickup positions:
– Neck position
– Neck-middle position
– Middle position
– Bridge-middle position
– Bridge position
 
SC Electric Guitar 2 even captures the subtle switching noise of the pickup selector, delivering an exceptionally realistic playing experience.

SC Electric Guitar 2 features an extensive collection of real chord samples—including double stops (2-string dyads), octaves, major, minor, 7th, m7, maj7, add9, sus4, 9th, ♯9th, m9, maj9, dim7 and aug chords, plus open chords and low-position voicings—making your guitar tracks sound remarkably authentic. These pre-recorded (or “pre-played”) chord samples are instantly available and cover a wide range of voicings and musical styles. Few other guitar libraries, if any, offer such a comprehensive selection of real chord recordings.

In addition to the large set of real chord samples, SC Electric Guitar 2 offers an even wider range of chord types and voicings through emulated chords. Our proprietary recording and scripting techniques make these emulated chords virtually indistinguishable from the sampled ones.

The User Chord Editor lets you create custom chord shapes with full control over every string. You can define exactly how each string behaves: whether it sustains or is muted, whether it produces picking noise, whether it always plays open regardless of the fret position, whether it is included in the strum, and more.

SC2’s Real-Time Legato Slide uses actual legato samples to deliver the expressive nuance of a finger sliding along the string—something pitch-based emulation simply cannot replicate. Hammer-ons and pull-offs are also real recorded performances, not emulations. Real-time legato slide and hammer-on/pull-off articulations are available on every instrument except the FX instruments—chord instruments included.

“Cricket” is a guitar technique often used by metal and rock guitarists during solos. When you strike the whammy bar, the tremolo unit vibrates rapidly, producing a distinctive chirping sound reminiscent of a cricket.

On a real guitar, feedback occurs when a heavily distorted tone is played close to the amplifier. SC2 reproduces this faithfully and lets you adjust both the pitch and the fade time.

Beyond the User Chord Editor, you can also customize how each string responds when it is triggered by the Strum Keys or the Normal Key.

Each string has a dedicated Arpeggio Key. When you select a chord instrument, the notes of that chord are automatically assigned to the corresponding Arpeggio Keys, so you can play arpeggios intuitively.
 
Note that this is not a traditional arpeggiator: it lets you play the individual notes (strings) of a chord yourself, one at a time.

SPI’s Auto Stroke Detection analyzes the current beat position and automatically chooses the appropriate stroke direction—down or up. Several detection modes are available, and you can always take manual control.

Double-tracking is a widely used guitar recording technique that creates a rich, wide stereo image and adds thickness to the sound. With SC2 SPI, you can achieve this simply by loading the Double Track multi. The two channels never play the same sample at the same time, which keeps the result natural and spacious.

You can instantly select any instrument or articulation using the Instrument Select Key Switches, and every articulation can be freely assigned to any key, so you can build your own key switch map.
These switches also feature chord recognition: you can call up a chord instrument not only by pressing its assigned key, but simply by playing the notes of that chord within the key switch range.
In other words, there is no need to memorize specific key switches—just hold the chord in the designated range and you are ready to play.

SC Electric Guitar 2 includes dedicated low-note samples covering low C to low D♯, making it suitable for a wide range of musical genres.

Every sample was recorded as a direct (DI) signal straight from the guitar, with no amp or effects in the signal path. That means you can shape your tone to match any musical style—using the built-in amp simulators, or your favorite third-party amp plug-ins.

 
SC2 officially supports NKS (Native Kontrol Standard^®), which allows for intuitive, seamless integration with KOMPLETE KONTROL keyboards and MASCHINE hardware. You can control the main parameters directly from a KOMPLETE KONTROL S-Series keyboard or from MASCHINE hardware and software, and the Light Guide on S-Series keyboards shows the available key switches and the playable key range of each articulation.

• An extensive range of playing techniques and expressive capabilities, unmatched by any other guitar library
• The largest and most advanced library ever created for a single instrument, designed for uncompromising realism and expressive depth
• Runs in the free Native Instruments Kontakt Player