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ionized - Sat Sep 08, 2007 5:45 pm

Since there is no dedicated guitar forum on KVR, this thread will become the official spot to post links to threads and posts that are scattered around in various forums that would be of special interest to guitar players. When posting, please include direct links to the threads/posts along with a short description of the contents. If you are referring to a specific post on a page, please point out which one it is (unless there is a way to link directly to a specific post). And please stay on topic. If things get too far out of hand, a mod may have to wade in here and clean things up. Surprised

From time to time I will update this first post with the newest links so that we can keep them all in one place.

I know that there are other websites that cater to the computer recording guitarist, but many of us only frequent KVR and there has been a lot of great info posted here that deserves to be easily found. So help everyone out by posting links to old and new threads that you know about.

Who knows - if this thread is popular enough, maybe KVR will add a guitar forum someday.

I'll start things off with a link to the amazing KVR thread length champion (at least it's the longest product focused one I've ever seen):

The never-ending 352 page epic saga of the about-to-be-released Amplitube 2:

Topic: Amplitube 2 Jimi Hendrix RELEASED this month!!!
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=105637

...and the follow-on thread that needs more attention as it's only on page 7 as of today:

Topic: The Return of the Son of Shut Up and Play Your AT2JHE
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=183336

And then there is another massively long thread that a certain dev probably wishes didn't exist. This one has made it to 236 pages so far...

Topic: Guitar players, The soundclick MP3 demo page got updated!
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=50312

OK, so these aren't the most helpful threads but I wanted to ackowledge the longest (and most notorious) ones first. Of course there's some of the usual internet groundhogging, hand-wringing, bitching, and flaming going on in some of these threads, but there is some really good info also (as well as some really funny stuff). If anyone wants to point out specific stuff from any of these threads - do it!

Another thing I wanted to accomplish is getting all of the best software guitar rig ideas in one place. For example, I have seen several of Guitarzan's posts on his multi-vst freeware guitar rig experiments and they are scattered around in multiple threads. I would really like to see his rigs posted in one place, as well as what other people come up with. And maybe we could have one place where all of Dimitar's great demos are listed. And maybe....

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RonDP - Sat Sep 08, 2007 6:10 pm

ionized - Sat Sep 08, 2007 6:28 pm

Um... Well...thanks Ron for that informative post but it isn't really for guitarists is it?

Please - only post stuff for guitar players, not wanna be keyboard players who can only look on with envy Very Happy

Seriously, there are plenty of other threads for the keyboard players. Leave this thread for (real) guitar related information.

taijiguy - Sat Sep 08, 2007 6:48 pm

Effects? Why not hardware? All my guitar doodads are hardware. No software to bastardize the sound.

ionized - Sat Sep 08, 2007 6:58 pm

'Cause this is KVR. Wink

Hardware related to the recording process is OK to talk about (like DIs, pre-amps, miking techniques, etc...). Heck, I like to talk about guitar hardware (guitars, amps, stompboxes, etc...) also but there are lots of other great places to do that. Let's keep this focused on software and hardware related to recording into DAWs.

taijiguy - Sat Sep 08, 2007 7:17 pm

Oh yeah. Stupid butt me. Nowadays you need software to record hardware. How I miss those 16 and 24 track tape machines. Crying or Very sad

Anyway, I'm still using real guitars into hardware effects into a hardware mixer into a hardware sound card before Cubase does it's software dirty work. Being a purist nowadays is a real struggle. Sad

debra1rlo - Sat Sep 08, 2007 8:12 pm

Is it cool if I gloat about picking up Guitar Rig 2 on this thread? Very Happy

ionized - Sat Sep 08, 2007 8:19 pm

Taji - no worries. Keep the hardware faith as long as you can. I also still prefer plugging into stompboxes and amps but you can't deny the flexibility of software.

Debra - gloat away! But as payment for that license to gloat, please post a link to a cool guitar thread to help this thread get rolling.

RonDP - Sat Sep 08, 2007 8:58 pm

debra1rlo - Sat Sep 08, 2007 8:59 pm

OK lethe, I'll give ya 2, hope they're helpful to someone:

The Yamaha EZ-EG Guitar Midi Controller thread
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=41787&start=0
don't know that this one's as helpful, but i know guitar players like to look at guitar pics Wink

Show Your Guitar Pics
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=134288

*puts token in machine*
[/gloat start]
OK, so like I'd been using the Guitar Rig 2 demo more and more in my tunes, so I broke down and got it for my birthday. It got marked down to $349 USD thru Amazon.com / AudioMidi.com and because of an earlier return, AudioMidi gave me an extra 10% off Very Happy

On top of that I paid more than half of that with Amazon gift cards I got for my b'day, so that was kewl...

I've only had it like a couple weeks and used it on a couple songs already, but I don't feel like I've even scratched the surface, mostly because I'm comparatively a noob on guitar compared to my keyboard and bass playing. I'm still just trying out all the presets so far, but I'm looking forward to creating some screwed up patches with it.

If I had to register any disappointment (and really I don't), it was no longer being able to buy the software only version on Amazon, because while the pedal is cool, i already have a Tascam 1804 firewire interface, so the USB interface on the GR2 pedal is abit redundant for me, but i still wanted the pedal anyway, so a very small complaint at that... And I believe I can register the software on another computer (any info other users might have would be appreciated), so the guitarist in my band can borrow the pedal aa an interface for recording on Cubase on his PC, so that's a bonus at least. Overall I'm very pleased with my purchase, but ymmv because like I said I'm somewhat of a guitar noob and not the tone freak like I know some of you are (not that it's a bad thing) HiHi

[/gloat end]

Very Happy

RonDP - Sat Sep 08, 2007 9:14 pm

debra1rlo - Sat Sep 08, 2007 9:22 pm

Hey, I'm surprised that I haven't wandered off topic yet, given my track record and...

ooops, almost started, my bad, carry on... Embarassed

RonDP - Sat Sep 08, 2007 9:24 pm

RonDP - Sat Sep 08, 2007 9:28 pm

debra1rlo - Sat Sep 08, 2007 9:39 pm

Ron, don't let it get to you. I don't want to get in the middle of this because I can see both sides, but i do know that some people are a bit protective of threads they start because it's easy to get off track... probably mostly due to nutcases like me hijacking their threads...

I can see how there's a classification thing going on here as Virtual Guitarist is classified more as a Virtual Instrument than an effect, members and mods seem to be very interested in keeping everything in its proper category. But I would encourage you to start a thread in Instruments because i think programs like that are interesting and I for one would like to learn more. I'd check it out, Ron! Wink

OK, I promise I'll stick to topic now and let's all remember some respect so we can all benefit from this thread Smile

RonDP - Sat Sep 08, 2007 10:19 pm

SE_Newbie - Sun Sep 09, 2007 6:26 am

taijiguy wrote:

Being a purist these days is really expensive. I use a real guitar and have a hardware multi-fx pedal that I often use a blank or simple compressor patch for DI recording, but cant really afford much more than that. Hardware is pricey these days (and so is the space required to keep it all). And to quote Tom Scholz (Boston, for those who don't know): "Also, consider the use of technology as an instrument".

ionized - Sun Sep 09, 2007 10:35 am

Aw c'mon Ron. Not trying to pick a fight with you - just trying to keep this thread on topic so that it doesn't become too much of a mish-mash of stuff. Wink

Debra's got the right idea - please go start another thread about virtual guitar products.

GreyLion - Sun Sep 09, 2007 11:01 am

The most interesting guitar-related thread I've ever seen is posted at the Reaper forum:

http://www.cockos.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9077

J Kennedy, the guy who is posting it, is a wild man.

farlukar - Sun Sep 09, 2007 11:30 am

Here's a great one on recording.org

ionized - Sun Sep 09, 2007 12:17 pm

Thanks Gents!

Yep - haven't seen anything like the Kennedy thread before - definitely a great thread for the hardware tweakers among us.

And the thread at recording.org - another thread with lots of good info that has to be locked due to someone being an a**. Oh well.

SE_Newbie - Sun Sep 09, 2007 1:26 pm

GreyLion wrote:

The most interesting guitar-related thread I've ever seen is posted at the Reaper forum:

http://www.cockos.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9077

J Kennedy, the guy who is posting it, is a wild man.

+1 there.... I saved that forum...... Now if I only had a spare guitar to experiment with.

GreyLion - Sun Sep 09, 2007 2:14 pm

SE_Newbie wrote:

[Now if I only had a spare guitar to experiment with.

I have way too many guitars. And Kennedy's stuff is fascinating. Might try a few things.

But it feels like I'd be experimenting with learning brain surgery on one of my own children.... Embarassed

SE_Newbie - Sun Sep 09, 2007 2:33 pm

farlukar wrote:

Here's a great one on recording.org

LMAO this one here is very............. colorful, to put it mildly....

CapnLockheed - Tue Sep 11, 2007 5:52 am

SE_Newbie wrote:

farlukar wrote:

Here's a great one on recording.org

LMAO this one here is very............. colorful, to put it mildly....

Yeah, that's F#cking hilarious!! HiHi

Cheers....CL Embarassed

Killvehicle - Tue Sep 11, 2007 6:32 am

GreyLion wrote:

The most interesting guitar-related thread I've ever seen is posted at the Reaper forum:

http://www.cockos.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9077

J Kennedy, the guy who is posting it, is a wild man.

Maybe interesting in a retarded way, and a wild man, but nearly everything he was saying was total bullshit!!

His thread was literally a moron who was free to ramble. I wouldnt do anything he mentioned..

Some of his workarounds kinda(but barely) made sense, but there ARE much simplier and WAY more effective ways to do a lot of what he was trying to say.. Seriously I think he has mental problems...

Killvehicle - Tue Sep 11, 2007 7:36 am

GreyLion wrote:

The most interesting guitar-related thread I've ever seen is posted at the Reaper forum:

http://www.cockos.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9077

J Kennedy, the guy who is posting it, is a wild man.

Has he ever got to the point of making your guitar "Sing like the angels"? NO..

He is copying specs from pickup manufacturers for his wiring diagragms, nothing in his post is at all new..

IN fact its all old.

Aluminum foil and thumb tacks?

IN 2007 its called copper shielding tape. It comes in nice handy rolls for cheap, and can be applied very easily and quickly. And get this its "tape" so it sticks in the elctronics cavity/pickguard etc... It works WAY better than crappy foil with thumb tacks. Rolling Eyes

He was talkin about molding epoxy with motor oil in a slow cooker??? WTF!! Who in their right mind would ever do such a thing..

60 cycle hum problem?? Guess what there are a zillion single coil pickups out there that have no noise!!! If you want vintage, then get the single coils with 60 cycle hum, its part of the charm...

Potting a pickup in laquer?? Old school and not used anymore.. the reason most manufacturers use Wax is becasue its much easier to repair a pickup that has been potted in wax, If you so desire, although with all the replacement pickups out there nowadays most would just buy a replacement.
Pickups potted in Laquer will make the coil windings brittle and they would break if you ever wanted to repair it. Same thing with people who pot pickups in Epoxy (I.E Bill Lawrence, EMG i belive) these pickups are almost impossible to repair... But they are quiet.... Good tradeoff, since they realize most people arent repairing pickups too often anymore.

There is a ton more, but I dont feel like reading thru all that rubbish again...

guitarzan - Tue Sep 11, 2007 7:41 am

Killvehicle wrote:

GreyLion wrote:

The most interesting guitar-related thread I've ever seen is posted at the Reaper forum:

http://www.cockos.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9077

J Kennedy, the guy who is posting it, is a wild man.

So far he has explained how to add and replace magnets in a pickup for experimental new tones and how to rewire a Strat to get some unusual pickup combinations. I don't see anything retarded about that - and what would be an easier way to do those things? Get somebody else to do it for you or grab something off the shelf?

Seems most people are only interested in sounding exactly like someone else nowdays, it's good to see some of the rock-n-roll experimental spirit still alive IMO!

guitarzan - Tue Sep 11, 2007 8:34 am

lethe wrote:

Another thing I wanted to accomplish is getting all of the best software guitar rig ideas in one place. For example, I have seen several of Guitarzan's posts on his multi-vst freeware guitar rig experiments and they are scattered around in multiple threads. I would really like to see his rigs posted in one place, as well as what other people come up with.

Yeah, I've posted a bunch of them...my post on this thread: http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=183839&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=105 covers the post-amp sim part of my setup that really doesn't seem to change much no matter what amp-sim I use with. This post amp setup mostly strives to emulate physical presence - mic placement, speaker distortion, room ambience and also the compressors add to the touch sensitivity. It doesn't cover speaker sims - if the amp-sim I'm using doesn't have built in speaker emulation that I like I usually use IRs loaded in ReValver 2's RIR module or Boogex (set mostly clean) and I'm going to try out keFIR next. There are probably dozens of these types of plugins that would work instead of the ones I have been using - experimentation is the most important and funnest part of the whole deal!

Really, the things in that post cover most of what I do with all my guitar rigs, it works with ReValver, Studio Devil BVC, CrunchDude, Nick Crow's Wagner Sharp, SA Guitar Suite etc, etc. so I think I'll move on and post a link my favorite recent KVR guitar thread:

Amp sims as, well, amp sims

It had a few cool things going on: a complete new tune by Dimitar Nalbantov using ReValver MK II, a proposed open collaboration on a unique guitar distortion/amp-sim creation plug by Mokafix, FrettedSyth popped in with a short statement about the upcoming FA3 (more details here: http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2694991) and some speculation about the future of amp sims.

I'll try to post links for some other interesting recent KVR guitar threads when I get a chance to look them up.

guitarzan - Tue Sep 11, 2007 8:36 am

Oh yeah, the Wagner Sharp VST - free tube guitar preamp by Nick Crow thread. Use with cab IRs, etc!! Very Happy

Sascha Franck - Tue Sep 11, 2007 8:46 am

Talking about software amp sims, one of my oldest "tricks" (adopted from my old hardware rig and not exactly a trick either):
Put an EQ both in front and behind the amp sim. The pre-EQ will allow you to shape the distortion characteristics while the post-EQ might even out too harsh boosts without reducing distortion.
Example: You want a lead sound that has creamy highs but isn't too muddy in the low area. For this, I would boost the highs (even quite a bit) and probably lower the low mids and basses with the pre-EQ. Now, this might sound rather shrill, so that's when the post-EQ kicks in. You could just do the almost opposite EQing there, just with less cut/boost as the overdrive will "catch up" some of the pre-EQ boost.

Killvehicle - Tue Sep 11, 2007 10:01 am

guitarzan wrote:

Killvehicle wrote:

GreyLion wrote:

The most interesting guitar-related thread I've ever seen is posted at the Reaper forum:

http://www.cockos.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9077

J Kennedy, the guy who is posting it, is a wild man.

I replaced magnets in my pickups quite often. Not really a "new" thing at all. And like I said his pickup wiring can be found anywhere on the net..

As far as "sounding" like someone else, that category doesnt befall me, I hot rod all my guitars, amps, pickups, wiring, you name it.. SOme of the things he has mentioned are either completely out of date, or so out of whack it makes no sense to try what he is stating..

debra1rlo - Sat Sep 15, 2007 10:15 pm

don't know if anyone posted this link yet:
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=191643

guitarzan - Sun Sep 23, 2007 11:51 am

New thread here: Need some help picking an amp sim.

OP is seeking advice for an amp sim (OSX on an intel mac) for:

Quote:

A) Nice indie rock tones, lightly overdriven or clean, with nice reverbs and delays.

B) Spacey ambient type sounds with modulation and filtering.

RunBeerRun - Wed Sep 26, 2007 5:26 pm

My favorite bass amp modeler: this thing that was designed to turn an elec guitar into an acoustic, and it does the low end really well. http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=188094 and direct link to the plugin: http://dashsignature.com/RAR/NUSofting_DeepBoard.rar

My favorite guitar amp plugin is the Jesusonic amp modeler that comes with Reaper, I guess you can get them also here: http://www.jesusonic.com/soft.php and direct link: http://www.jesusonic.com/software/jesusonic0992-install.exe. You'll need an exciter after the Jesus, you can do De La Mancha's Sumo: http://www.delamancha.co.uk/sumo.htm http://www.delamancha.co.uk/plugins/sumo.zip

For ring modulators, try De La Mancha's ring thing, some guy's Ringscope, and from the dev chal 2007, Quasimodo. I could post links but I don't want to. Look them up.

free-loops - Sun Nov 18, 2007 1:44 pm

nIcE OnE M8ts

debra1rlo - Tue Nov 27, 2007 10:00 am

Cool link: http://www.lickbyneck.com/ Smile

Originally posted on this thread: http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2834573

Sascha Franck - Tue Nov 27, 2007 5:31 pm

debra1rlo wrote:

Cool link: http://www.lickbyneck.com/ Smile

From what I seem to understand, this is a software, right?
But I can't find any software download link on that site...

Ian B - Tue Nov 27, 2007 11:37 pm

Sascha Franck wrote:

debra1rlo wrote:

Cool link: http://www.lickbyneck.com/ Smile

From what I seem to understand, this is a software, right?
But I can't find any software download link on that site...

Hi Sacha,

This had me baffled as well, but all you need to do is download a song, unzip/rar it, then double click the song name and it runs as it's a self ex file. I've just downloaded Little Wing and it's not bad at all, there's even the option to slow down the playback. This site is a nice find.

Sascha Franck - Sat Dec 01, 2007 3:08 am

Ian B wrote:

This had me baffled as well, but all you need to do is download a song, unzip/rar it, then double click the song name and it runs as it's a self ex file. I've just downloaded Little Wing and it's not bad at all, there's even the option to slow down the playback. This site is a nice find.

Ah, thanks, will give it a go.

Frantiac - Wed Dec 05, 2007 12:54 am

Don't know if this is the right place to be telling you this but I've posted a "DEFAULT AMPS" bank for Guitar Rig 3: http://www.kvraudio.com/banks.php

Here's the attached blurb:

No new sounds but something useful for those of us that just want to grab an amp and play: a "Default Amps" bank for GR3 - nothing but the 12 amps with their default cabinets. The default cabinet module has two microphones so there's a second set of presets for use on a stereo track with a dual cabinet setup, one panned hard left with mic A and the other panned hard right with mic B. The amp settings and cabinet dry/air settings are default.

Here's the list of presets:

1 FENDER TWEED DELUXE
2 VOX AC30
3 FENDER BASSMAN
4 ROLAND JC120
5 FENDER TWIN REVERB
6 ORANGE
7 HIWATT
8 MARSHALL PLEXI
9 MARSHALL JCM800
10 MESA BOOGIE
11 BOGNER
12 AMPEG SVT
13 FENDER TWEED DELUXE dual cab
14 VOX AC30 dual cab
15 FENDER BASSMAN dual cab
16 ROLAND JC120 dual cab
17 FENDER TWIN REVERB dual cab
18 ORANGE dual cab
19 HIWATT dual cab
20 MARSHALL PLEXI dual cab
21 MARSHALL JCM800 dual cab
22 MESA BOOGIE dual cab
23 BOGNER dual cab
24 AMPEG SVT dual cab

ionized - Tue Jan 08, 2008 2:04 pm

OK - obviously I haven't been keeping this thread updated and it hasn't gotten much attention from others here at KVR. To all who did post here - Thanks! But I'm not surprised that this approach to gathering the guitar related data hasn't worked very well. I have to admit that I lost interest in trying to maintain it when few other people were adding stuff. There are some really good threads and posts related to guitars on KVR and I had hoped that a separate forum would be established so that the threads would stay in one area. When I saw that a separate forum wasn't going to happen, I decided (or maybe Guitarzan decided - I can't remember) to start this thread. But it's a bit of a hassle to find the good stuff, copy a link, write up something about it, and post it in this thread. But I finally discovered the power of the little red bullseye in the upper right hand corner of the webpage - the KVRmark. Now when I see something that I want to have access to later, I use the KVRmark system to tag it and then I can have links to all of my favorite threads and posts in one spot. Quick and easy - pretty cool. There may be a way to make the KVRmarks public and categorize them for the benefit of all. Maybe the KVR guitarheads can work together for a guitar KVRmark page.

Anyway, a guitar-focused forum is still a good idea and Dimitar (a great guitarist and a KVR regular) has just started a forum that looks like a good place for computer recording guitarists to hang out at. See this thread for more info:

http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2892546

Go sign up and start posting. And listen to some of Dimi's music if you haven't heard it yet. Outstanding stuff!

mubo - Fri Feb 08, 2008 9:22 am

nice!!!

great idea

AndrewSimon - Mon Feb 11, 2008 12:57 pm

Greatest amp-sim ever created:

http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=194242

Yeah, I know, most of you didn't like it after seeing the price tag but if you can get beyond that it's just an amazing product.

Wink

dimitar - Thu Aug 28, 2008 6:25 am

You can check out this device http://amtelectronicsusa.com/productpagess20.html
Here is a quick demo made it last night http://nalbantov.com/Dimitar_Rock_Demo_AMT_SS_20.mp3

Shane Sanders - Thu Aug 28, 2008 7:13 am

dimitar wrote:

You can check out this device http://amtelectronicsusa.com/productpagess20.html
Here is a quick demo made it last night http://nalbantov.com/Dimitar_Rock_Demo_AMT_SS_20.mp3

I think you may have found the perfect device for you. $349 isn't too bad for what is essentially a Bogner sounding thing like that. Way cheaper than a head.

Can you post some clean and semi-clean sounds? If you know the sound at the beginning of Led Zeppelin's "Achilles Last Stand", I'd love to hear how it emulates that. I'd be in the market for it myself if it can do that really well.

dimitar - Sat Aug 30, 2008 9:39 am

Hi Shane! Here is a short video with the PRE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UIjq9AYCBE
I will record more samples of course. But need more time. Working on finishing my next album the last weeks...

Shane Sanders - Tue Sep 02, 2008 10:55 am

dimitar wrote:

Hi Shane! Here is a short video with the PRE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UIjq9AYCBE
I will record more samples of course. But need more time. Working on finishing my next album the last weeks...

Cool, thanks! Nice sound, imo. So you are using several of their products now?

wbcsound - Wed Sep 03, 2008 12:19 pm

Hey guys and gals. Just wanted to take a second and shamelessly self promote my site, www.FrugalGuitarist.com. I've posted reviews w/ clips of the Peavey revalver MKIII, Independence Free (for backing tracks), and will have an article on a few free amp modeling vsts on September 15th (probably nothing you guys don't already know about though!).

dimitar - Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:38 am

Shane Sanders wrote:

dimitar wrote:

Hi Shane! Here is a short video with the PRE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UIjq9AYCBE
I will record more samples of course. But need more time. Working on finishing my next album the last weeks...

Cool, thanks! Nice sound, imo. So you are using several of their products now?

Yeah, I'm using California Sound, Fatal Tube and now SS-20...they are awesome! Smile

Here is another video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULF2uPhO4rA

dimitar - Sat Sep 13, 2008 9:39 am

Some more sounds:
http://nalbantov.com/amt/SS-20_RK.mp3
http://nalbantov.com/amt/SS-20-2.mp3
http://nalbantov.com/amt/AMTMetal.mp3

Shane Sanders - Tue Sep 16, 2008 4:10 pm

dimitar wrote:

Some more sounds:
http://nalbantov.com/amt/SS-20_RK.mp3
http://nalbantov.com/amt/SS-20-2.mp3
http://nalbantov.com/amt/AMTMetal.mp3

Killer sounds. I'm gonna have to sell a guitar to get the SS-20.

dimitar - Wed Sep 17, 2008 2:42 am

great! here is another one. http://nalbantov.com/AMTSS-20_R.mp3

RunBeerRun - Thu Oct 30, 2008 1:29 pm

I made 2 bass guitar amp sims, check em out, there's not many out there. http://runbeerrun.blogspot.com

They are the ones called "5 Cyborgs" and "Daddywhack".

Hlis93 - Sun Feb 15, 2009 8:26 am

Well, this is supposed to be for great guitar post so I don't really qualify. I have tried to simuate and amp&cab combinatin in Reaktor.

Link:
http://www.nativeinstruments.de/index.php?id=userlibrary&type=0&ulbr=1&plview=detail&patchid=8170

for those that want the one I did last year they can be downloaded here:

]http://www.nativeinstruments.de/forum_us/showthread.php?t=77867

Look for RGS V6 and AXA .zip files to download. Its under a post by Horuschild (me) about halfway down the thread.

I have also made a short video of some of the GUI's for the old version I did. I played the guitar live in Reaktor stand-alone.

http://www.screencast.com/t/5nNd4F4Crj

*I'm not that good a player so please excuse the lame guitar playing.*

Ken McLaren - Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:59 am

Here's one that allows you to model your own amp
http://www.guitarampmodeling.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=5351&p=31221#p31221

FrettedSynth - Sat Jul 18, 2009 6:14 pm

Figured since this thread is for guitar FX and seems to stay around for a while I would add some guitar synths to the collection for you all.

http://frettedsynth.com

SafFron2VA is a virtual analog guitar synth

SafFron2w is to trigger .wav files with up to four velocity split .wav's

SafFron2L will trigger soundfont .sf2 files

All have very low latency for a audio triggered synth, have very easy setup of their trigger, respond to velocity and offer MIDI out with the internal synth.

Hope you find them useful?
Peace
Fretted Synth

Ken McLaren - Sat Jul 18, 2009 8:06 pm

Fretted that looks very interesting...I have been working with Triggering Midi through audio for a while, about a month or so, off and on, so I salute you, I know how difficult this is..I have not checked these out yet but will soon..
Thanks,
KM

Ian B - Sat Jul 18, 2009 8:14 pm

JohnnyMcFly wrote:

Hi Ken,

Have you tried Fretkeys? http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=257146&highlight=

Ken McLaren - Sun Jul 19, 2009 6:01 am

Thanks Ian, No I have not, but thanks for the heads up...I will check it out.
KM

FrettedSynth - Sun Jul 19, 2009 3:39 pm

JohnnyMcFly wrote:

Hello Johnny

Hope you enjoy them? been working on these since about 2002 when I started this in SyncModular (still love that app) not perfect but not too sure it will ever be perfect? You still need to learn to play them like any other instrument. Not too fond of MIDI for audio tracking myself but along with the low latency of the internal synth MIDI can be real useful for its polyphonic release and some of the great VSTi's out there.

Peace
Fretted Synth

edit: BTW cool stuff you build also, Thanks

Ken McLaren - Sun Jul 19, 2009 8:31 pm

Thanks Frett...
KM

Perimeter Sound - Tue Jul 21, 2009 2:01 pm

Wow, how did I miss this thread (o.k., so I ignore all *stickies* in the forums ha-ha) when I've been doing my PodFarm/Gearbox preset give aways ?!

My bad. So I figure this is at least 51% on topic, even though I'm gonna save any KvR guitar players who read this the trouble of dealing with my one-a-day give away threads.

If you have Line 6 PodFarm or Gearbox software, and would like the 'Best Of' Tone Sets promotional patch collection, just pm me with your email address (and of course mention what it is you are after, since I do loop sample give aways quite often too, and can in fact get confused ha-ha) and I'll shoot you out 192 patches, 32 from each of the 6 Tone Sets. Smile

acousticglue - Wed Jul 22, 2009 12:00 pm

I have the POD XT Pro and all patches, I also own the Roalnd VG-99 for triggering the soft synths i purchase. I generally examine how the guitar does on triggering of sounds as opposed to keys. Using the USB connection i can trigger VSTs in DAW or just use VG99 or both or midi VSTis. So it goes without saying, there are way too many choices taking this route.

Moe Shinola - Mon Jan 25, 2010 9:11 pm

I read some of these posts, but not all. I really like the VGA Studio Devil that came with Sonar HS 7 XL. It sounds good in EXT 2.5. The Guitar Amp in XT isn't bad, either. The Simulanalog Univibe sounds awesome. Also, Sinusweb's Multilens is a great effect - I can do the Hendrix reverse-delay effect with it.

kevvvvv - Sat Mar 27, 2010 3:52 am

Here's my spec for a new acoustic guitar plugin which I'm shamelessly publicising.

http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=280091&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15

Check near the bottom of the page, and see if it isn't exactly what you need for your acoustic guitar recording needs.

jufros - Wed Mar 31, 2010 11:07 pm

Does anyone know of any usable pitch-tracking (non-MIDI) oscillators that will for a bass guitar on OSX?

Ken McLaren - Wed Mar 31, 2010 11:34 pm

Damn jufros, sorry, we have built one for PC VST Called GhettoBass, but not for mac sorry..
KM

jufros - Thu Apr 01, 2010 2:26 am

Sorry maybe I wasn't clear. I'm not looking for a bass guitar emulator but rather something along the lines of the FrettedSynth plugins in either OSX AU or VST format.

Ken McLaren - Thu Apr 01, 2010 3:11 am

OH I see, sorry..
KM

guitarzan - Thu May 20, 2010 9:57 am

This thread never really got off the ground like it was supposed to....this sticky thread was a compromise to having a separate guitar forum on KVR and we were supposed to post links to all the ongoing guitar threads on KVR here, regardless of forum category, so you could just check here to find all the latest guitar links.

So, for example:

Favorite amp sim and why
RevolutionZ Guitar Head Amp
Your next guitar?
Best amp sim for midrange "bluesy" long sustain w/o distortion?
Mokafix Audio Distortions (12 + 2 freeware)

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guitarzan - Sat May 22, 2010 11:55 am

cabinet vs reverb convolution
What about something for Acoustic Guitars?!

ReValver beta patch
*Must* resist buying.............(guitar related)

guitarzan - Wed May 26, 2010 11:02 pm

cab sim development (was cabinet vs reverb convolution, thanks bpblog!) - it seems to me this is the biggest frontier left in amp simulation and there is still a lot of development left to be done. I think the missing great amp "feel" will come from improved dynamic cab simulation - let's discuss...

strangedogs - Thu May 27, 2010 4:59 am

I agree - so far the amp sims have improved more and more - the lack of "feel" has more to do with the cabs now I believe... Theres still something about a speaker "breathing" that's hard to nail down. I think Amp Sims can pretty well emulate real amps (at least SS ones) but the cabs are the key here.

guitarzan - Thu May 27, 2010 9:31 pm

Most resource-light amp sim for Mac... the award goes to?

Dean Aka Nekro - Fri May 28, 2010 10:32 am

Post to keep informed on this one. Sorry i have nothing to add yet. Hopefully i will be able to do so when i get chance Smile

Dean ak47 Nekro

guitarzan - Sat May 29, 2010 12:22 am

Sure, NEKRO.MACHINE - everyone really - whenever you see a guitar related post on KVR, regardless of which forum it's in (hardware, effects, whatever) go ahead and post a link here! Thumbs Up!

Here's one that hasn't been listed yet:

Magix Vandal amp sim = Winner in terms of sound quality so far

guitarzan - Sun May 30, 2010 1:38 pm

guitar to midi - real-time, software ? osx

Amplitube 3 - screenshot (from NAMM)

guitarzan - Thu Jun 03, 2010 2:10 am

electric, light guitars?
Good Guitar Compressor VST
Is there a difference between IR plugins for loading gtr cab impulses?
Amplitube 3 DEMO IS HERE!!!!!!
shwa CMX, Good for guitars, airy for vocals??
Searching for a Octave and micro synth AU plugin, Anyone?
TuxGuitar - like GuitarPro but Free and Open Source!
Amplitube iRig

guitarzan - Sat Jun 05, 2010 12:31 am

New open guitar effects processor technology
M13 -> amp vs. individual VST effects in a PC -> reamp box -> amp?

westernbunny - Sat Jun 05, 2010 5:33 pm

http://westernbunny.tech.officelive.com
Guitar amp simulator vst plug-in pack !
hit it off with modular type sequencer ,
like as MULAB , Audio Multi , Psycle etc .
it was presentation , thanks !!

Ken McLaren - Sun Jun 06, 2010 2:38 am

Nice modular approach WesternBunny...
KM

an-electric-heart - Sun Jun 06, 2010 3:13 am

I'll put this cool video here:

http://www.singingwood.co.nz/pages/12/media-player

If ever I've a few extra grand I'll get him to make me one

guitarzan - Sun Jun 06, 2010 3:20 pm