Comparison 1 - 2
| Authentic Guitar 1 | Authentic Guitar 2 | |
| Plugin type | VST (only Win) & Kontakt library | VST & AU and VST for Mac |
| Velocity layering | no | yes (for main patches), up to four levels for some patches |
| Round Robin | no | yes (for almost all relevant patches) & user defined Round Robin procedure |
| Midi channels needed | Up to 10 (VST version) | 1 * |
| Loading time | fast | equally fast |
| Patch change | channel change - CC1 (Kontakt version via Program change) | user defined: CC1 (Modwheel), Keyswitch (not in Strokes and rasgueados) or Program change (except for RH contact sound: CC2 and string noise CC3) |
| Strokes | generally only down | all up & down (octave setting) |
| Copy protection | none | a serial number as unlock code and also as your watermark |
| Demo version | very small | complete lite version with time limit |
* more channels recommended for a very elaborated version (up to 3)
Full vs Lite
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