[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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