copacetic
King of the Hippies
Why did you swap hands?
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Why did you swap hands?
Sandton
I'm left handed and struggled for years to get my speed up and to keep a good rhythm when playing so a friend convinced me to swap around. Never Looked back.
So for the last year I've just been playing on a Acoustic Guitar left handed but I have now started learning my Scales and power chords again.
seventhson
Expert Member
Maybe we should jam sometime. Get a band going maybe.
You have PM.
copacetic
King of the Hippies
To preset, or not to preset? That is the question. When using synths I feel it is some sort of cardinal sin using presets, although my synth programming skills leave a little (well, quite a lot actually) to be desired.
What do you guys do?
What do you guys do?
TheHiveMind
Banned
I use whatever works best. That is all I care about.
ichigo
Executive Member
Ive been playing the guitar for 12 years
I currently own Acoustic Guitar (Cort), Bass Guitar (Cort) & Electric Guitar (Phil)
I play all in my Church band atm. Cant say i'm good but i do play solo's and leads in my church band, if i can find the correct tabs for the songs. Some tabs i find have mistakes on them.
My amp is 30w Cube Roland
I also learnt from my good friend Hector who is a very good blues guitarist and bass guitar player. He plays sometimes with the Hairy Legged Lentil Eaters in Camperdown and PMB
http://guitarpraise.blogspot.com/ (This is my favourite website for tabs for leads and solos)
I currently own Acoustic Guitar (Cort), Bass Guitar (Cort) & Electric Guitar (Phil)
I play all in my Church band atm. Cant say i'm good but i do play solo's and leads in my church band, if i can find the correct tabs for the songs. Some tabs i find have mistakes on them.
My amp is 30w Cube Roland
I also learnt from my good friend Hector who is a very good blues guitarist and bass guitar player. He plays sometimes with the Hairy Legged Lentil Eaters in Camperdown and PMB
http://guitarpraise.blogspot.com/ (This is my favourite website for tabs for leads and solos)
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I use presets if they're fairly generic, I've heard presets from some Native Instruments synths used in commercial music, it doesn't bother me. I usually start with a preset I like and mod it quite a bit and filter it through various DSPs to get a unique sound. Sometimes I craft my own from scratch, not too hard - there's a nice free VST called Asynth I use quite a lot, and it's a great VST for starting from scratch & learning.
That's the amp I'm probably going to buy next year, I'm quite impressed with the sound I've heard people getting out of it, nice vids on Youtube.
I own a Cort KX-OTIC-FA elec guitar, nice sound, long sustain and with the one tone switch pulled up you get a nice sorta strat hollow-y kinda sound.
I'm useless at guitar but trying to get back into learning, sucks doing it on your own and not being able to afford lessons.
TheHiveMind
Banned
Yeah, I tweak presets, and then add effects etc.. Haven't tried from scratch yet, I think it would be fun, but in the back of my mind I have this idea that time spent will not reward me appropriately. Is my assumption right or wrong?
Playing with a synth, starting from a simple tone and working/ building it up is very rewarding, not just on a geeky level but it will teach you how to make new, original sounds and give you some groundwork and experience.
I frequently muddle up synths, build my own, chain them through odd DSPs, muck around and sometimes come up with the most outrageously cool FX and synths and damn proud of 'em. Especially when I do ambient tracks, or experimental stuff, nice to build a signature sound.
http://antti.smartelectronix.com/
One of the lil' synths I use often, it's very basic, and will sound rather 'dull' so you'll want to filter it through some FX. It's a great tool to use to start learning too, since it's basic.
I've gotten a sorta Dire Straits Money For Nothing guitar sound out of this thing with some EQ and distortion plugins by accident, lots of fun
One of the lil' synths I use often, it's very basic, and will sound rather 'dull' so you'll want to filter it through some FX. It's a great tool to use to start learning too, since it's basic.
I've gotten a sorta Dire Straits Money For Nothing guitar sound out of this thing with some EQ and distortion plugins by accident, lots of fun
TheHiveMind
Banned
So you recommend Asynth as a starting point? I'm using FL9, it has something called synthmaker, I suppose I should start reading up on that too.
Oh, no Asynth is far inferior in terms of features, Asynth is probably on par with a 1970s Moog
I often make use of it since it's quick and easy to get new sounds out of the thing, and I then chain it with my own FX to get my own sound.ibanez
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Well done dude, the fact that you got up there and did it ~ sweet!!!
tsume
The Pervy Sage
Whatever gets the music flowing. I'll usually start off with a preset and tweak it to my liking, and I always save the ones which I tweaked incase I want to reuse that sound but tweaked again for another song.
PilgrimToHyperion
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I'm too lazy too change the presets ... Sytrus (FL Studio) has some awesome ones that's ready out of the box. Anyone here have a midi keyboard hooked up to a softsynth? I've always wondered how you record using a keyboard. Do you record live playing or do you just punch in the notes?
tsume
The Pervy Sage
Yep, M-Audio O2. I do both. live playing & punch in notes then fill them in by "draw" them in the notes panel.