james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >On Sat, 09 Jul, 2005 at 11:07AM -0400, Dave Phillips spake thus: > > >>Someone else mentioned that the guitar sounds too clean. I'd say its >>problem is its lack of expressive technique, it's a major problem for >>any sequenced guitar tracks. The guitar is normally played in such a way >>that most notes receive some sort of expression from the player, usually >>a finger vibrato or some other slight pitch variation (bends, >>glissandi). These articulations aren't impossible to program, but they >>do take time and detailed effort to make the part sound realistic. Of >>course, if you're not going for realism there's no problem. :) >> >> > >I have a track called creamcheese >(http://dis-dot-dat.net/content/music/creamcheese.ogg) in which I >tried this. I like the sound, but it was fiddly. Have a listen, it's >towards the end, when the guitar starts to bend (try 3m30s). > Yes, I've listened to this piece already. Sweetly done, and I say again that your mixing is very nicely done. The guitar sounds more natural up to the point of the bends. To my ears the pitch bends result in a sound more akin to the pedal steel than to the regular 6-string electric. It's a little too smooth to sound like a fretted instrument or even a slide guitar. Perhaps the p-bend resolution should be coarser ? Just a thought... Like I said, really convincing results are tough to achieve for instruments like the guitar or an alto sax. Each note gets some kind of micro-expression, it's the despair of those of us who occasionally aim towards the realistic effect. [re: Blatter book] >Just checking amazon - do you mean A. Blatter? > That's the one. Sorry, I'm not at my place, didn't check the author on the 'zon. So, more music, si vous il plait. :-) Best, dp