On Tue, 2009-12-01 at 17:30 +0800, Ray Rashif wrote: > 2009/12/1 Ng Oon-Ee <ngoonee@xxxxxxxxx> > 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. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
