Whipsmack Posted July 8, 2007 Posted July 8, 2007 Well I purchased the EMU 0404 sound card. And i'm very pleased, can plug in many things including my guitar. But I was wondering does anyone know of a good free guitar amp plugin? I'd love to have options for reverb / chorus etc too. Thanks i'm forever a technology noob Quote
TheGuitarHero Posted July 8, 2007 Posted July 8, 2007 when I bought my sound card it came with amplitude. Im not sure if its free though... sounds like its free... Quote
Sixto Posted July 8, 2007 Posted July 8, 2007 Amplitube is not free. A few free ones I can think of are... Guitar Suite http://www.simulanalog.org/guitarsuite.htm Free Amp http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/FreeAmpSE/ ...and Boogex. http://www.musiciansnews.com/vo/voxengo/voxengo_boogex_free_guitar_vts_amplifier_plug_in.shtml Out of those three, I prefer the sound of Guitar Suite. Just my two cents. Quote
Geoffrey Taucer Posted July 8, 2007 Posted July 8, 2007 Seconded on Guitar Suite. That's what I used for the electric guitars in all my mixes that are currently on the site. If you have the money to spare, Guitar Combos and Amplitube 2 are both absolutely worth getting. Quote
Whipsmack Posted July 9, 2007 Author Posted July 9, 2007 Turns out I do have amplitude, it came with the EMU 0404...However I'm having nothing but trouble using it with FL studio...I installed it to my normal VST plugins folder, but when I try to open it in FL studio it crashes FL studio...Any ideas? Quote
Whipsmack Posted July 9, 2007 Author Posted July 9, 2007 Got the effects plugin to work in FL studio, but i'm wondering if FL studio actually allows you to play the guitar live, or does that program ONLY work off of imported wav files? Quote
Whipsmack Posted July 9, 2007 Author Posted July 9, 2007 hah I figured it out all and its working in fl studio, heh thx all Quote
TheGuitarHero Posted July 13, 2007 Posted July 13, 2007 Seconded on Guitar Suite. That's what I used for the electric guitars in all my mixes that are currently on the site.If you have the money to spare, Guitar Combos and Amplitube 2 are both absolutely worth getting. you can never go wrong with guitar rig 2! a little costly but its worth it! thats probably why amplitude sounds like a free program to me... Quote
Tensei Posted July 13, 2007 Posted July 13, 2007 you can never go wrong with guitar rig 2! a little costly but its worth it! thats probably why amplitude sounds like a free program to me... Actually, while Guitar Rig 2 might be a lot more versatile, IMO Amplitube 2's Mesa Boogie (Modern Tube Lead) sounds so much better than the one in Guitar Rig (it's called Gratifier or something), which makes it a big issue because that's pretty much the only amp I'll use. Quote
SnappleMan Posted July 13, 2007 Posted July 13, 2007 Guitar Rig has to be learned to sound good. I've gotten some great sounds out of the Mesa Boogie model in GR2, just be sure to click the little + on the amp and tweak the voltage and tube settings. Still, Amplitube 2 smokes it. Quote
TheGuitarHero Posted July 14, 2007 Posted July 14, 2007 Actually, while Guitar Rig 2 might be a lot more versatile, IMO Amplitube 2's Mesa Boogie (Modern Tube Lead) sounds so much better than the one in Guitar Rig (it's called Gratifier or something), which makes it a big issue because that's pretty much the only amp I'll use. ah thats why it didint sound good. I didnt have the proper settings so it gave a crackling sound. also my soundcard came with amplitube LE, not 2... Quote
ambinate Posted August 26, 2007 Posted August 26, 2007 How does this type of software work? I connect my guitar to my computer through a Line 6 pod which connects via usb...would I be able to use GuitarSuite or any of these, or do they only work direct into the soundcard? Also, how does recording with them work (as in, how do you get your recording program to recognize that you're playing through this software and then record it)? Thanks, I've always been really curious about this stuff. Quote
Geoffrey Taucer Posted August 26, 2007 Posted August 26, 2007 How does this type of software work? I connect my guitar to my computer through a Line 6 pod which connects via usb...would I be able to use GuitarSuite or any of these, or do they only work direct into the soundcard? Also, how does recording with them work (as in, how do you get your recording program to recognize that you're playing through this software and then record it)? Thanks, I've always been really curious about this stuff. If you're using a software amp modeler, you'd use it in place of, not in conjunction with, a pod. As for recording, you record the dry signal, then play/render it with the amp modeller. That way, you can make adjustments to the tone even after recording. Quote
dannthr Posted August 26, 2007 Posted August 26, 2007 Which is the best part, as far as I'm concerned, because sometimes when you're recording your source, you're not sure how the final mix will sound. An amp sim software will let you apply and tweak the fx afterward. Quote
ambinate Posted August 26, 2007 Posted August 26, 2007 Can I use the pod to send the dry signal to the amp sim software? 'Cause I use the pod to connect to my computer with usb, since I can't plug my guitar into my soundcard. Quote
Yoozer Posted August 26, 2007 Posted August 26, 2007 That's the entire idea of it . Your Pod is just seen by the computer as an "USB Audio interface" with ASIO drivers. It is a soundcard - just not an internal one. Guitar Rig or whatever software you use only has to know which drivers you want to use - ASIO, WDM - basically if you have the Pod and your on-board soundcard you can choose between these. When you choose the Pod, it'll show you that it has 1 audio input - and that's where your guitar is plugged in. The sound of the input is turned into an audiostream, and that audiostream can be changed by the software. Quote
ambinate Posted August 26, 2007 Posted August 26, 2007 Ah, I see...thanks a lot for the help. I didn't realize they were VST plug-ins. I downloaded GuitarSuite and tried using it in Audacity, but it just crashed it, haha. Quote
Geoffrey Taucer Posted August 27, 2007 Posted August 27, 2007 Yeah, audacity can't handle guitar suite. Not sure why. Quote
ambinate Posted August 27, 2007 Posted August 27, 2007 Do you know a free recording program like Audacity that can? Quote
Yoozer Posted August 27, 2007 Posted August 27, 2007 Try EnergyXT? Or otherwise, look in the "mixing for free" tutorial here: http://www.ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?t=1468 Quote
suzumebachi Posted August 27, 2007 Posted August 27, 2007 EnergyXT is pretty good (and actually pretty damn powerful if you learn to use it). But you'd probably be better off using a straight up VST host (less overhead, less unnecessary UI). A good free one is Tobybear's MiniHost. Quote
ambinate Posted August 27, 2007 Posted August 27, 2007 Thanks a lot, I checked out MiniHost but I'm having some trouble with it. I don't know how to configure it so it recognizes that I've plugged my pod/guitar in, and when I play with that MIDI keyboard it has, I don't get any sound. Quote
suzumebachi Posted August 27, 2007 Posted August 27, 2007 to get it to play a sound you have to load a VSTi first. to get it to play back your guitar, you have to load a VST effect (your guitar amp sim) and then select the input first. i'd give you more details but alas i am at school and can't remember how to do it off the top of my head. if you haven't figured it out by the time i get home i'll write another post. Quote
ambinate Posted August 27, 2007 Posted August 27, 2007 Haha, yeah, I dunno, sorry...when I go to inputs under ASIO at the top, it just has "None" checked. Quote
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