Shreddage 3 Rogue
A bright, aggressive Japanese 7-string guitar perfect for metal lead guitar.
$149
Audio Demos
- A Mild Case of Whiplash Ian Dorsch 1:10
- Revenant (with Shreddage Drums) Brendon Williams (feat. Brandon Morris) 2:16
- Blood Lunacy Nabeel Ansari 2:35
- The Jewel's Serpent (Rogue Version) Nabeel Ansari 1:13
- The Spirit's Rogue (Rogue Version) Nabeel Ansari 1:22
- The Queen's Jupiter (Rogue Version) Nabeel Ansari 1:00
- Ai Wo Torimodose!! Crystal King (cover by Andrew Aversa) 1:12
- Burn the Darkness Andrew Aversa 1:39
- Quantum Enigma Derek Shunia 7:08
- Riva Cory Pelizzari 5:16
- Head Crash Henning Nugel 0:31
- Quantum Enigma (Full) Derek Shunia 8:33
Overview
The evolution of our popular Shreddage 2 IBZ, Shreddage 3 Rogue features the ultra-aggressive sound of a legendary 7-string Japanese guitar ideal for metal. With a bright, biting tone that cuts easily through the mix, it’s perfect for lead tones that demand to be heard as well as in-your-face rhythms.
Product Info
Over 13,000 pristine 24-bit samples
Recorded DI (direct in) so you can use any amp tone.
7 string guitar drop-tuned to A
Highly aggressive tone ideal for fast metal, uptempo rock, and other high-octane genres.
All crucial lead and rhythm articulations
Sustains, powerchords, palm mutes, staccatos, harmonics, pinch harmonics, tapping, tremolo, slides, fingered vibrato, FX, hammer-on, pull-off, rakes, and chokes.
Realistic performances through meticulous sampling
Every string sampled from open up to the highest fret with up to 4x down/4x up strokes per note and 5 palm mute layers.
45 production-ready tone snapshots
From hi-gain amped options to clean, ambient playing.
Features
Cutting edge virtual guitarist engine
Beautiful, wide UI
Poly input feature for realistic chords
Total articulation control technology
Console FX rack and mixer
Requirements
4GB disk space
7200 RPM hard drive or solid state drive recommended.
6GB RAM
Higher amounts of memory let you load more instruments.
Apple M1, Intel i5 or equivalent CPU
A faster CPU with more cores will allow you to play more simultaneous voices.
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 Upgrade Trailer
Shreddage 3 Upgrade Overview
S3 Masterclass Part 1
S3 Masterclass Part 2
Instrument Walkthrough (Legacy)
Jupiter vs. Serpent vs. Rogue Comparison (Legacy)
"Revenant" Demo Playthrough (Legacy)
Featured Artists & Composers
Brian Pickett
PAW Patrol, Lucas the Spider, Daniel Tiger
"I never would have thought that sampled guitars could sound as good as ISW's do. The fact that I can use them to lay down a realistic solo is unprecedented. They’ve pushed the boundaries of realism."
Simon Franglen
Titanic, Skyfall, Spectre, Avatar, Avatar: The Way of Water
Impact Soundworks make detailed, emotive instruments. I’ve happily bought over two dozen of their libraries which should say everything. They get used every day.
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."
We’ve been in the business of making virtual guitars for well over a decade, and each generation is bigger and better than the one that came before. Shreddage 2 IBZ, one of our older best-sellers, was renowned for its bright, brutal tone. Shreddage 3 Rogue builds on that remarkable sound and adds the power, realism, and user-friendliness of the updated Shreddage 3.5 engine. The result is our brightest, most in-your-face guitar perfect for crunchy rhythms and searing leads that can cut easily through any mix. It offers a full range of detailed articulations and performance techniques.
With 7 strings and drop-A tuning, this classic Japanese guitar is perhaps the most legendary hard rock & metal axe ever created. It has a bright, biting and aggressive tone emphasizing the pick and attack of each note, compared with the much darker sound of Shreddage 3.5 Jupiter. From lightning-fast chugs to sweeps and soaring leads, this virtual guitar will take your hi-octane tracks to the next level.
Our array of articulations have you covered for a full, realistic performance and include sustains, with hammer-ons and pull-offs when appropriate; mutes; staccato; power chord sustains, mutes, and staccato; natural, artificial, and pinch harmonics; chokes; tremolo; tapping; rakes; legato slides and power chord slides; pitched, power chord pitched, and unpitched releases; and FX. Articulations are easy to adjust and remap with the TACT 3.0 articulation system, and NKS is supported for more parameters.
Shreddage 3 Rogue includes an updated version of TACT allowing you to customize how all articulations are mapped and triggered! Everyone has their own preferences for how to perform or write for virtual guitar, and with TACT you can create the perfect setup for your DAW.
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 3 Rogue – Sound on Sound
“Soundwise, IBZ succeeds in delivering a tight, bright and aggressive sound that’s suitable for metal, but rock musicians and sound designers shouldn’t disregard it. Reducing the preamp gain is all that’s needed to take the instrument from metal to general rock territory, for example.”
Tom Flint (Sound on Sound)
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)
Shreddage 2 IBZ – Bedroom Producers Blog
“The first word Impact Soundworks use when listing the key features on their page is “brutal”, but I’d say “versatile” is the best word to describe Shreddage 2 IBZ. Though metal was the goal and its not a guitar for every application, Shreddage 2 IBZ is a great and very detailed library suitable for any music where being heavy-handed and aggressive is better than being smooth.”
D Smolken (Bedroom Producers Blog)
Shreddage 2 IBZ – Sample Library Review
“I had a blast getting to know Shreddage 2 IBZ… It’s priced very low for what you get giving you the ability to create dead-on realistic heavy guitar parts! … It’s been years since my guitar chops were good enough for a face-melting metal solo but with the extensive deep sampling and attention to controls [IBZ] has me pumping my devil horns into the air and believing every note of my programmed guitar parts were real. With a beautifully sampled tone and ease of use […] any composer with some MIDI chops can shred as a metal god.”
Don Bodin (Sample Library Review)