Shreddage 3 Legacy
A drop-tuned rhythm guitar powerhouse perfect for heavy metal.
$119
Audio Demos
- Bleed Meshuggah (Mock-up by Andrew Aversa) 0:25
- Sketch Montage Andrew Aversa 0:43
- Forged Anew Nabeel Ansari 1:33
- Chords and Riffs Matt Guillory 1:11
- Concrete Aquatic Christian Yoder and Jeremy Anderson 2:31
- Rock the Dragon Bruce Falcouner (arr. Andrew Aversa) 0:25
- The Fire and the Fury Firewind (arr. Andrew Aversa) 0:36
- Final Fantasy VI - Desertion Nobou Uematsu (arr. Andrew Aversa) 3:19
- Descent Into Darkness Robert Santolupo 1:10
- Jackhammer Tremendouz 1:41
Overview
The evolution of Shreddage 1 / Classic, Shreddage 3 Legacy features our original, legendary drop-tuned 6-string guitar with a brutal heavy rock and metal tone. It has an aggressive sound that begs for high gain and will destroy any chunky rhythm part you give it.
Product Info
Customizable, killer sound
Recorded DI (direct in) so you can use any amp tone.
6 strings, low string tuned to drop-Bb (Bb Eb Ab Db F bb)
Super thick and heavy sound, perfect for metal chugs.
All crucial lead and rhythm articulations
Sustains, powerchords, palm mutes, harmonics, pinch harmonics, tapping, FX, hammer-on/pull-off, portamento, grace note slides, tremolo, and fingered vibrato.
Realistic performances through meticulous sampling
Up to 4x down/4x up strokes per note and 3 palm mute layers.
45 production-ready tone snapshots
From hi-gain amped options to clean, ambient playing.
Features
Cutting edge virtual guitarist engine
Beautiful, expanded UI for easier editing
POLY INPUT feature for realistic chords
Total Articulation Control Technology
Console FX rack and mixer
Requirements
3GB of disk space
7200 RPM hard drive or solid state drive recommended.
6GB of RAM
Higher amounts of memory let you load more instruments.
Kontakt Player 6.7+
This library will run in the FREE Kontakt Player.
Kontakt Requirements - Mac OS
Intel Macs (i5 or higher): macOS 10.14, 10.15, 11 or 12 (latest update).
Apple Silicon Macs (via Rosetta 2 & natively on ARM in Standalone or in hosts that support it): macOS 11 or 12 (latest update)
Kontakt Requirements - Windows
Windows 10 (latest Service Pack, 32/64-bit). Intel Core i5 or equivalent CPU. Graphics hardware support for OpenGL 2.1 or higher.
Tutorials
Shreddage 3 Legacy Walkthrough
S3 Masterclass Part 1
S3 Masterclass Part 2
S3 Masterclass Part 3
S3 Masterclass Part 4
Featured Artists & Composers
Matthew Carl Earl
Overwatch 2, Rainbow Six Siege, Call of Duty Mobile, PUBG Mobile, Arknights
"Impact Soundworks creates easy-to-use, great-sounding virtual instruments right out of the box. Highland Harps, Emotional Mallets, and Shreddage 3 are in my daily toolkit."
Lena Raine
Celeste, Chicory, Minecraft, Guild Wars 2, Deltarune
Instruments from ISW are a staple of my soundtrack work for games. Vocalisa has been a mainstay vocal aesthetic of nearly every game I've worked on including Celeste & Chicory: A Colorful Tale. Shreddage 3 has also given me the confidence to write some really fun guitar riffs & solos despite not being able to play a real one. I've started incorporating Tokyo Scoring Strings into the acoustic side of my scoring work, and can't wait to try out more from ISW in the future!
Ben Prunty
FTL: Faster Than Light, Into the Breach, Subnautica: Below Zero
"I've been using ISW since 2015, and their instruments have shown up in Into the Breach and Subnautica Below Zero, and in nearly all of my solo albums. Shreddage helped me fill in the gaps around my own guitar performances. Super Audio Cart provided some great raw synth sounds for parts of Below Zero. Impact Soundworks is often the first place I go to when I'm shopping for a new project. Everything they make works and sounds great."
In 2010, Impact Soundworks made virtual instrument history with the original Shreddage electric guitar, which set a new standard, showcasing stunning realism for high-gain rock & metal rhythm parts. Shreddage 3 Legacy is a modern update of the groundbreaking original. Composers and producers have always enjoyed its aggressive 6-string tone, which features a popular “Standard” guitar.
In addition to its signature chunky rhythm parts, Shreddage 3 Legacy is also more than capable of killer strums and leads. It’s an excellent choice for anything that needs an aggressive, high-gain tone that packs a real punch.
While the original Shreddage had a somewhat limited sample pool, lacking per-fret sampling and the note range to perform convincing leads, that all changed with Shreddage 3 Legacy. Using state-of-the-art tools and a pinch of audio magic, we’ve taken the original sample pool and expanded it via meticulous offline pitch-shifting to cover every fret on all six strings.
Console is our mixer, modular effects rack, and pedal board, designed to give you full control over your virtual guitar tone with 30 effects modules to choose from!
These include multiple EQs (digital and analog-style), compressors, spatial FX, modulation FX, amps, distortion pedals, reverbs, and a selection of over 30 custom cabinet IRs recorded just for Shreddage 3! These cabs cover all the most important sounds you would want, with both dynamic & condenser mics in multiple positions plus a ribbon mic for certain models.
Using Console, you can easily save and load FX chains or presets between projects or even different Shreddage 3 products. It also allows you to mix and blend between guitar pickups, with custom inserts on each if you’d like.
Reviews
Shreddage 1 – ProRec
“What Shreddage does, it does VERY well. If you need power chords, and don’t want the extra complexity that some libraries have, it’s a no-brainer… It’s affordable and you get a lot of sound and flexibility for the price … The value is tremendous if you need solid power chords to spice up your arrangements. The dry and consistent recordings allow you to create the sound YOU want … [It’s] a solid and fun library. Easy to play, light on resources… [it] will find it’s way into your tracks, whether they be scratch tracks for future live replacement, or final, render-ready guitar parts.”
Brent Randall (ProRec)
Shreddage 3 Legacy – Sample Library Review
“All in all, this is a fantastic package that excels at more aggressive tones in music, such as rock, punk, and metal, but can also hold its own with clean tones. From simple power chords and “chugging” palm mutes, to more advanced bends, slides, and pinch harmonics, this library is great for beginners and pros alike.”
B Free (Sample Library Review)
Shreddage 3 Series – Sample Library Review
“Impact Soundworks have blown the lid off my DAW with Shreddage 3. This is the electric guitar library I have long been looking for. Whether you want a rocking rhythm guitarist, a wailing, screaming guitar soloist, or simply a tool for writing your own rhythm and solo guitar parts, Shreddage 3 fits the bill. You can easily write a full rock track with Shreddage 3 that sounds authentic and believable. It’s hard to ask for much more than that.”
Raborn Johnson (Sample Library Review)