# Steel Guitar PRO — Virtual Slide Guitar & Plugin

> Virtual slide guitar processor with expressive controls, amps, FX, and AUv3/MIDI support. (iPhone/iPad app by Yonac Inc..)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/steel-guitar-pro/id1619441235 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Yonac Inc.](https://appshunter.io/developer/288670023)
- Category: Music
- Price: $9.99
- Rating: 4.50/5 from 67 App Store ratings · 48 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 14.0 · 180 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2023-03-14
- Data updated: 2026-09-13
- Monetization: paid
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/steel-guitar-pro/id1619441235/reviews.md

## What is Steel Guitar PRO?

Steel Guitar PRO is a highly advanced guitar processor that combines cutting-edge realtime audio generation with a truly expressive control interface. It provides many unique guitar models, built-in amps & FX processing, MIDI control, AUv3, and wide-ranging customizability.

:: Control Surface ::

Steel Guitar PRO features a powerful yet familiar control interface. Simply touch the strings to “pick,” and drag the slide bar to modulate pitch. By enabling enhanced slide control, you can even use multiple touches to tilt the slide bar, or dampen the strings. Fretboard dimension, string spacing, and pick guard size are all configurable. A high level of resolution enables minute pitch control and realistic vibrato. Settings let you vary guitar tone, sustain and release times, touch behavior, slide bar auxiliary control, handedness, and more.

:: Guitars ::

Steel Guitar PRO provides you with an arsenal of guitars to choose from: unique examples of humbuckers, single coils, P90s, and more. Instruments include many 6 string guitars, as well as 8- and 10-string steel guitar variants. Each family of instruments comes with many tuning to choose from, but you can also create and save your own. In addition, you have up to seven virtual “pedals” to bend individual or collections of string — much like a pedal steel. The pedals can be actuated by slightly tilting the device, or via MIDI, or even with the fretting touch. All of this is configurable by the user.

:: Built-In FX Processing ::

Steel Guitar PRO incorporates a virtual signal chain where you can put amps and FX in any combination. The included dozen amps and 20 FX are all custom tuned to evoke the best tones from the guitar processor. Each amp or effect features multiple parameters to precisely modify its tone and feel. These parameters are MIDI-mappable, so that you can control them via an external device. The amp collection covers a broad spectrum from bell-like cleans to thick overdrive. The FX include many analog inspired “pedals” that range from overdrives, distortions, mods, delays, reverbs, to beyond.

:: AUv3 & MIDI ::

Steel Guitar PRO can also be used as an AUv3 MIDI plugin. We developed a custom MIDI sub-protocol so that Steel Guitar PRO and its powerful control interface can run seamlessly inside an AUv3 host. You can also use a traditional MIDI keyboard or device to play Steel Guitar PRO, which readily accommodates MIDI pitch & mod wheels, and key velocity as well. 

:: Useful Features ::

Steel Guitar PRO includes a comprehensive preset management system that allows you to save, modify, and share any number of your “rigs.” The standalone app also includes a handy “tape deck” where you can record, play, loop and import/export audio. MIDI learn feature is easy and intuitive to use, but also offers deeper customization. All audio processing is done in the highest resolution, natively and without resampling at rates up to 96kHz. The fluid user interface integrates readily with many different AUv3 hosts.

## Key features

- Expressive touch control interface
- Multiple unique guitar models
- Built-in amps and FX processing
- AUv3 and MIDI support
- Customizable tuning and pedals
- High-resolution audio processing
- Preset management system

## Recent user reviews (10 of 48)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/steel-guitar-pro/id1619441235/reviews.md

### 1/5 — Does not work with current GarageBand

*2026-05-22*

Was super excited to start using this in GarageBand on iOS, but then it does not record what you do. I guess it’s for just playing in person because it does not record the performance. Very unfortunate right when I was starting to have fun I find it is actually completely useless.

### 5/5 — Bluetooth Support Needed!

*2026-05-09*

I play steel guitar for a living on the road, bluetooth would definitely help for very small practice before a show. But I don’t wanna blare it out loud on the tour bus.

Please add BT support

### 1/5 — Doesn’t work with g band

*2025-12-12*

Tired of these companies selling music apps that are buggy or don’t work at all in the obvious DAW’s fo which anyone would use them. Cool sounds and all but can’t use it as a plugin nor does it show up with inter app audio. Apple Store refuses to give me a refund. Merchant refuses to give me a refund. They really don’t care. Buyer beware.

### 5/5 — Great App

*2025-09-18, version 1.1*

As audio and guitar simulation apps go, this is gonna be about the best available imho.

### 4/5 — Fantastic

*2025-08-29, version 1.1*

After working with this so for sometime I  cannot be anything but impressed .. the interface is easy to work with and the sounds are excellent

### 3/5 — Needs MIDI sustain (CC 64)

*2025-08-01, version 1.1*

Without MIDI sustain, this app is basically useless for keyboard players.

With MIDI sustain, it is the best rock and blues guitar app on iOS.

Please add sustain and expression (CC 11) and a way to map the bend pedals to midi commands or key notes.

You are 90% of the way there, but it is a 100% failure without finishing the last few details. You are losing thousands of keyboard users by not implementing sustain.

### 5/5 — Tunings

*2025-07-19, version 1.1*

App is really great and sounds amazing - do you perhaps know the tuning setting for “Breathe” by Pink Floyd.

### 5/5 — Great!

*2025-06-23, version 1.1*

This is a very fun great sounding app!

### 5/5 — Outstanding

*2025-03-20*

I'm a pro coming from Mac OS. 
Sound is superb and a bargain at the price. 

Constructive criticism : The ability to edit the raw guitar tone would be a great asset - especially guitar vibrato lfo speed, currently it's much to fast to be usable.

Apart from that it's a keeper!

Edit: still fantastic but infuriating that it doesn't accept cc64 sustain!

### 4/5 — MPE SUPPORT PLEASE!!!

*2025-03-18, version 1.1*

I use the geoshred as midi controller to play this app , but there is a problem when slide so support the MPE Plz

## Frequently asked questions about Steel Guitar PRO

### What is Steel Guitar PRO?

Steel Guitar PRO is a sophisticated virtual guitar processor that simulates the experience of playing a steel or slide guitar. It offers a highly expressive control interface, a wide selection of unique guitar models, and integrated amplifier and effects processing.

### What are the key features of Steel Guitar PRO?

Key features include an expressive touch control surface for picking and sliding, a variety of guitar models with customizable tunings, built-in amps and over 20 effects, AUv3 and MIDI support for integration with other software and hardware, and a comprehensive preset management system.

### How much does Steel Guitar PRO cost?

The application is a paid product. Pricing details can be found on the app store where it is listed.

### What devices is Steel Guitar PRO compatible with?

Steel Guitar PRO is designed for mobile devices and supports AUv3 and MIDI, allowing it to be used within compatible music production hosts on iOS devices. Specific OS version requirements are typically listed on the app's store page.

### How can I use Steel Guitar PRO in my music production?

You can use Steel Guitar PRO as a standalone app with its built-in recording features, or as an AUv3 plugin within a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) on compatible devices. It also supports MIDI input, allowing you to control it with external MIDI keyboards or controllers.

## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.1 — 2022-07-08

This update to Steel Guitar PRO augments general robustness and provides certain new functionality to improve the user experience.

• Adds option under Enhanced Slide Control preference to allow 2-touch damping
• Copedent (“Pedals Setup”) now displays current tuning, as well as names of bent notes on the matrix
• String spacing preference now improved to retain relative margins when changing screen sizes in AUv3
• Fixes an issue where guitar may get muted when changing presets with Load Guitar From Preset was set to off
• Improved and more robust preset and fullstate loading
• Fixes an issue where guitar may get muted when loading from saved state (AUv3)
• Fixes an issue where MIDI note-off caused a retrigger when using certain external MIDI keyboards with GarageBand
• Other improvements and optimizations

### 1.0 — 2022-06-24

No release notes.

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