[LAU] Possible to have realistic guitar strumming sounds using my keyboard?

Ng Oon-Ee ngoonee at gmail.com
Tue Dec 1 04:42:00 EST 2009


On Tue, 2009-12-01 at 17:30 +0800, Ray Rashif wrote:
> 2009/12/1 Ng Oon-Ee <ngoonee at gmail.com>
>         Hi all, while my Korg keyboard does a pretty good job of
>         imitating the
>         sounds of various instruments, I can never seem to get the
>         guitars to
>         sound like they're being strummed. In my (simplistic)
>         estimation its a
>         matter of rolling the notes consecutively from low to high
>         (down-stroke)
>         and then high to low (up-stroke), perhaps needing variable
>         pressure on
>         different notes?
>         
>         So my basic question is, how would you produce as realistic a
>         guitar
>         strum as possible using an electronic keyboard with the
>         requisite sound
>         banks? Or should I give it up and just record my guitar
>         directly (neck
>         needs straightening...)?
> 
> 
> Here we have that problem again. I mean, how much are we trying to
> emulate things these days and getting away with it? I can tell a
> sampled guitar from expensive records pretty quickly, and it annoys me
> as fast. I _have_ heard _some_ with excellent results though - I
> wouldn't be able to tell if I weren't informed. Those are fine, but
> the majority aren't.
> 
> 
> A keyboard cannot duplicate the feel and awesomeness of a guitarist,
> his guitar, and a Neumann off-axis, period ;) 
> 
No arguments here on the last sentence. I'd still like to know how
feasible it is though, and if anyone has any pointers. Basically, to put
it very bluntly, I'm a much better keyboardist than guitarist =p.




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