HoboKa Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 Is there such a thing as free electric guitar samples that don't sound cheezy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skrypnyk Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 Nope . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoboKa Posted August 31, 2007 Author Share Posted August 31, 2007 Nope . figured as much ^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunahorum Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 even the expensive ones are terrible (plz someone direct me if there are good sounding ones) If you need a guitar lick played, I am semi decent at the guitar. Just pm or post what you need played. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoboKa Posted August 31, 2007 Author Share Posted August 31, 2007 Okay, will do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannthr Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 Definitely take advantage of the resources of this forum and the people who frequent it, there's a lot of talent here. max97230, Prominy LPC is probably the most complex electric guitar sample library and one of the most expensive. Paired with a quality amp sim, it's actually quite impressive. Of all their demos, this is what sold me: http://www.prominy.com/demo/LPC/Just_A_Wish.mp3 All of the guitars on that demo are their product. EWQL, on the other hand, has released a broader product that has some fairly decent if not a bit overly-focused electric guitars (rock guitars) called Ministry of Rock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey Taucer Posted September 1, 2007 Share Posted September 1, 2007 If you want good-sounding guitars, your best bet is to find a real guitarrist. As far as getting samples to sound good, fake guitars depend far more on your ability to sequence and process them than on the quality of samples. Get a good amp sim and take the time to put together all the intricate dynamics (bends, slides, the occasional extraneous noise from the frets/fingers/whatever) associated with live guitar, and even a mediocre sample can sound decent if you know what you're doing. But without the right dynamics, even the best samples in the world will sound like shit. Honestly, getting it done on a real guitar would probably be easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoboKa Posted September 1, 2007 Author Share Posted September 1, 2007 If you want good-sounding guitars, your best bet is to find a real guitarrist.As far as getting samples to sound good, fake guitars depend far more on your ability to sequence and process them than on the quality of samples. Get a good amp sim and take the time to put together all the intricate dynamics (bends, slides, the occasional extraneous noise from the frets/fingers/whatever) associated with live guitar, and even a mediocre sample can sound decent if you know what you're doing. But without the right dynamics, even the best samples in the world will sound like shit. Honestly, getting it done on a real guitar would probably be easier. Hardly any experience with real instruments except for piano and the trumpet =/ so I'd better figure out how to get those mediocre sounding guitar samples first before I can process and sequence them...whatever that means. Lol, got lot's to learn still. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey Taucer Posted September 1, 2007 Share Posted September 1, 2007 Hardly any experience with real instruments except for piano and the trumpet =/ so I'd better figure out how to get those mediocre sounding guitar samples first before I can process and sequence them...whatever that means. Lol, got lot's to learn still. Definitely no problem with learning, though my point was more that there are plenty of guitarrists who might be willing to work with you if the arrangement is good. live.xerol.org is a good resource for this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannthr Posted September 1, 2007 Share Posted September 1, 2007 Yeah, I should've mentioned, I would've been lost using Prominy LPC if I hadn't at least a little background in using a guitar. I've heard people speak of Real Guitar as a great performance tool, but I really dislike the sound (they recently released Real Strat). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoboKa Posted September 1, 2007 Author Share Posted September 1, 2007 Definitely no problem with learning, though my point was more that there are plenty of guitarrists who might be willing to work with you if the arrangement is good. live.xerol.org is a good resource for this. I'll definately look into that site, thanks Geoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legion303 Posted September 2, 2007 Share Posted September 2, 2007 Honestly, getting it done on a real guitar would probably be easier. True dat. This topic comes up every couple of months, and every couple of months we say the same thing: it will take you longer to tweak every virtual parameter on a guitar VST than it will to actually learn to play guitar and do it right. Maybe this should be stickied. -steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoboKa Posted September 2, 2007 Author Share Posted September 2, 2007 True dat. This topic comes up every couple of months, and every couple of months we say the same thing: it will take you longer to tweak every virtual parameter on a guitar VST than it will to actually learn to play guitar and do it right.Maybe this should be stickied. -steve heh, I have little interest in playing real instruments, so I'll go for the learning, mooching off of people with skillz and whatnot. I know how to process pianos and drums to make them not dry and cheezy sounding. So I'm sure that I can figure out guitars after cracking at it a couple hundred times lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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