Appex - Modern Trailer Guitar by Keepforest Kontakt instrument interface

Appex - Modern Trailer Guitar: 8-String Kontakt Guitar Instrument by Keepforest

Rated 4.9/5 on Plugin Boutique (10 ratings)

Appex - Modern Trailer Guitar is a Kontakt instrument from Keepforest built around a playable 8-string guitar with a 5-octave range. It includes a Riff Designer, a riff-playing mode driven by MIDI, and genre kits for composing trailer, cinematic and metal music.

REQUIRESKontaktHost player sold separately
Kontakt
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01Overview

Appex - Modern Trailer Guitar is aimed at composers and producers who want aggressive, cinematic guitar parts without recording a player. The instrument pairs a playable 8-string guitar with a dedicated riff tool, so you can sketch and arrange guitar ideas from MIDI. Keepforest positions it for trailer-style and game-style soundtracks across genres such as metal, rock, blues, EDM and cyberpunk.

Best for

  • Trailer music
  • Cinematic guitar parts
  • Metal riffs
  • Cyberpunk soundtracks
  • EDM guitar layers
  • Game score textures
Developer
Keepforest
Requires
Kontakt
Store
Plugin Boutique
02Key features

What you get

  • Playable 8-string guitar with a 5-octave range
  • 11 articulations and 16 round robins
  • High-quality samples
  • Riff Designer to create, automate, export and import riffs via MIDI
  • Riff-playing mode triggered by MIDI signal
  • 3,700+ riffs and rhythms
  • 87 genre kits with 7 scenes each
  • 150 element kits and 180 chain presets
03In depth

Sound, Range and Articulations

Appex is built around an 8-string guitar that covers a 5-octave range, giving you low, heavy registers alongside higher lines. The library includes 11 articulations and 16 round robins, which help repeated notes and performance details sound less mechanical when you play it live from a keyboard or controller.

The samples are described as high quality, and the instrument is designed to produce both clean and heavily driven guitar tones for rhythmic and melodic parts.

Riff Designer and Genre Kits

The Riff Designer lets you create, automate, export and import riffs via MIDI, and a riff-playing mode lets MIDI input trigger riff material directly. The library includes more than 3,700 riffs and rhythms to start from.

For faster starting points, there are 87 genre kits with 7 scenes each, plus 150 element kits covering pulses, arps, chords, melodies, motions, accents and FX. Internal and external chains and 180 chain presets let you reshape the signal path to fit your mix.

04Specs

Will it run?

Formats, systems and requirements as listed by Plugin Boutique. Missing details are left out, not guessed.

DeveloperKeepforest
TypePlugin
CategoryKontakt Instrument
RequiresKontakt
FormatsKontakt
05FAQ

Questions, answered

What do I need to use Appex - Modern Trailer Guitar?

Appex requires Kontakt. Kontakt 8.0 or newer is required, and the library is compatible with the free Kontakt Player.

What formats is Appex available in?

Appex is available in the Kontakt format.

What is the Riff Designer used for?

The Riff Designer lets you create, automate, export and import riffs via MIDI, so you can build guitar patterns that are reusable across projects.

What genres does Appex cover?

The library includes 87 genre kits and is described as suited to metal, rock, blues, cyberpunk, EDM and cinematic styles.

07Developer

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