RockOut is the first virtual guitar for Google Android phones like the T-Mobile G1. Just strum the onscreen guitar to play chords sampled from real guitars. RockOut is the first app on the Android Market that allows users to play songs in real time using chords sampled from studio recordings of actual guitarists.

The free version of RockOut features two different guitars with three chords each: One clean for strumming along to mellower songs, one distorted for rocking hard.

RockOut Acoustic Pro has these extra features:

• Over 100 sound samples from actual acoustic guitars
• Over 50 chords
• Custom arrangements – make sets with up to 6 chords on screen.
• Built-in Web Chordbook – download new sets from your phone
• Tremolo effect pedal simulator
• Tiny footprint – all samples loaded to SD card to save memory
• Better audio quality and virtually lag-free strumming

What other people say

We think RockOut is great – but you don’t have to take our word for it!

RockOut and RockOut Acoustic Pro are some of the most popular music app in the Android market, with over 125,000 total downloads.

AudioJungle posted a roundup of Android music apps and calls RockOut “the most fun Android app to play music with,” noting that “The app feels very responsive.”

Myxer.com lists RockOut as one of their favorite music apps of 2009.

Here are a few actual comments and ratings from the Android Market:

“Selling my Fender, this is all the guitar I need!” – steve (RockOut Acoustic Pro)

“Great app, must have for guitar fans” – felipe (RockOut Acoustic Pro)

“I can go from freebird to smells like teen spirit with the press of a button!” – semeon (RockOut)

“Genius” – tony (RockOut)

RockOut users have also started an independent community group on Yahoo! to trade chord sets and share helpful information and links (not affiliated with Active Frequency).

So what are you waiting for? Grab RockOut and RockOut Acoustic Pro now on the Android Market from your G1 or compatible Android handset.