Anyone in for the GN guitar library?

Ignar Hillström · 2007-01-17T06:21:46Z

Lately I've been having some thoughts about some things and this led me to record my own guitar for sampling. In other words, I picked up one of my guitars, plugged it directly into the mixer and recorded myself playing three notes. I then used a Kontakt2 to turn it into a sample instrument which I can then send to a amp modeler. So, what's the point of that? Well, basically it gives a whole new instrument, a mxi between a harpsichord and an electric guitar. The advantages are that you can play things that are physically impossible, like playing all kinds of otherwise impossible chords voicings or playing in tempos that are way above what any human could every play. Each note can sustain for as long as you want regardless of what other notes you play. You can play a Cma7 chord and keep it sustaining while you improvise a lick over it. Bending and vibrato is possible, including wide bends that are impossible on a real guitar. You can play parts yourself with the exact tone and sound as the sampler, allowing to add things to the recorder that are guitar-exclusive.The disadvantages are that there are no dynamics whatsoever and that guitar-specific things like hammer's, pulls and slides are impossible. There is no difference in sound between an open or fretted string, how it sounds depends on which one you sampled. It doesn't feel like a guitar.Two examples using my ultra basic sample. It's really just an experiment, lots of things could be improved upon easily. Both songs are with my stratocaster using both the mid and bridge pup.Flight of the Bumblebee. This cover is played at what would probably be a prety impossible tempo which makes the notes blend together into one smooth line. (for those who didn't know, this is not an original but a cover)Rock the Baroque. This is the kind of tune you'd expect to be played on a harpsichord.Now the cool part is that it's fairly easy to record such samples, you don't need any special tools or software. So I was wondering about making a GN sample library of all kinds of guitars with all kinds of pickups, could be a lot of un I think. Let me know what you think of stuff like this. :D

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Chris C

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20/01/2007 9:39 pm

PS...

I enjoyed your version of Flight of the Bumblebee. :D

I was reminded of a story (doubtless invented..) about a nervous new announcer who breathlessly informed the audience that the next work on the program was:

"Rimsky-Korsakov's much loved piece - The Bum of the Flightle Bee"...

:wink:

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20/01/2007 10:31 pm

So if I understand correctly, you want to use different guitar sounds from whatever MIDI instruments (be it keyboard, drum pads, whatever...) and play those sounds unaltered, as if you had the actual guitar with you?

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