Overview

Shreddage 3 Stratus Free is a free electric guitar sample library designed for Kontakt Player. It is based on the full Shreddage 3 Stratus library and offers realistic and versatile electric guitar sounds with a focus on high quality and playability.

Features

• Recorded in pristine 24-bit quality through the neck pickup with multiple samples per note (up to 24 samples per note).
• Includes essential articulations such as sustain, palm mute, choke, pitched and unpitched release noises.
• Provides 3 octaves of playing range with multiple dynamic and palm mute layers.
• Classic American-style 6-string guitar sound suited for genres like rock, blues, pop, and funk.
• Comes with dozens of production-ready tone snapshots, ranging from clean to high gain amp tones.
• Advanced virtual guitarist engine with customizable fretting and voicing algorithms.
• Includes a modular FX rack and mixer called Console with over 30 effects modules—EQs, compressors, spatial and modulation effects, amps, distortion pedals, reverbs, and custom cabinet impulse responses.
• Poly input for realistic chord playing and total articulation control technology.
• Fully compatible with the free Kontakt Player version 6.7 or higher on both Mac (Intel and Apple Silicon) and Windows platforms.

System Requirements

• Minimum 1 GB disk space with recommended 7200 RPM hard drive or SSD.
• 4 GB or more of RAM recommended for optimal performance.
• Kontakt Player 6.7+ required.
• Supported operating systems: macOS 10.14 or newer (Intel/Apple Silicon), Windows 8 or newer.

Additional Information

The free version includes a subset of features and sounds from the full Shreddage 3 Stratus library, including key articulations and a selection of pickups. Users can create lead, rhythm, and strummed guitar parts with a single Kontakt instance. Console FX rack presets and tone snapshots enable deep customization without the need for external plugins.

The developer encourages a small voluntary donation to help cover bandwidth costs for the free library.

Manual & Support

• Shreddage 3.5 Stratus FREE Manual (PDF)

Reviews

The library has received positive reviews highlighting its realistic Stratocaster sound, extensive articulation options, powerful and flexible virtual guitarist engine, and integrated FX.