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| System101 |
Hey i'm looking for a powerful guitar synth that is able to come close to the guitar that armin uses in his song white sand..or in general a realistic sounding guitar synth.
P.s. i know there is a good chance he's using a real guitar but i also know that there are some good powerful synths out there that could come close to it.
any help would be appreciated. |
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
| You can probably get something that *sounds* close to the timbre. The real trouble is trying to imitate human guitar-playing in a way that sounds natural. |
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| cryophonik |
I agree with MrJiveBoJingles - I have yet to buy/hear a convincing guitar VST. The closest I've found is SampleTank's guitars, but trying to emulate playing is time-consuming and it's still very difficult to get convincing results. If you own Nexus, they just released a Guitars expansion for it, so you could look into that, but I doubt it's going to be any better than a sampler.
Guitarists are a dime a dozen and the type of playing you're referring to doesn't require a tremendous amount of skill. Your best bet IMO is to just find a decent guitarist through an ad, a friend, or hanging out at a music store. |
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| echosystm |
try kontakt
the reality is though, as cryophonik says, it probably wont sound 100% convincing. there are certain things, like the fingers sliding over the strings, that won't be immitated. then again, will your audience know? will they care? |
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| Dj Nacht |
| you could get a good synth OR even better you could get a guitar sample cd! |
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| Project-K |
| I have yet to hear a convincing guitar sound. This guitar is a very hard instrument to reproduce because it's very dynamic and involves a ton of those 'x notes'. Your best bet is really just finding someone to record it for you. |
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| Dj Nacht |
| quote: | Originally posted by Project-K
I have yet to hear a convincing guitar sound. This guitar is a very hard instrument to reproduce because it's very dynamic and involves a ton of those 'x notes'. Your best bet is really just finding someone to record it for you. |
What are x notes? |
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| CReddick |
| quote: | Originally posted by Project-K
I have yet to hear a convincing guitar sound. |
Agreed, there's nothing that can recreate the sound of an actual performance on a guitar. Have a friend come over and play something. |
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| Khayat |
| that Nexus expansion pack is kool |
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| Project-K |
| quote: | Originally posted by Dj Nacht
What are x notes? |
It's basicly any sound produced by an accoustic instrument that isn't a straight up note; so the sound of guitar picks, accidental detuning, sliding down a string, etc. All of this stuff usually occurs during playing and is considered a part of the 'guitar' sound but is also very difficult to reproduce electronically. |
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| Zombie0729 |
| quote: | Originally posted by CReddick
Agreed, there's nothing that can recreate the sound of an actual performance on a guitar. Have a friend come over and play something. |
+1 i think everyone knows or has a friend that plays guitar... map out your chords/melody ahead of time and its easy from there. |
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| zodiac9 |
I've used a free vsti called solo string. It sounds a bit fakey, but not a bad acoustic guitar sound.
Real Guitar from Music Lab is supposed to be pretty good, it's sample based. |
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