Topic: Guitar sound

I was thinking...could it be possible to emulate the guitar sound in the same way the piano sound is created in pianoteq? And more important: could it be possible to create the guitar sound by tweaking pianoteq? Would it be silly to ask for a guitarteq in the future? Would it be extremely difficult to achieve?

Re: Guitar sound

or29544 wrote:

I was thinking...could it be possible to emulate the guitar sound in the same way the piano sound is created in pianoteq? And more important: could it be possible to create the guitar sound by tweaking pianoteq? Would it be silly to ask for a guitarteq in the future? Would it be extremely difficult to achieve?


What a cool idea.  Similar kind of thing I should think...I all in on this idea

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DoctorGroove wrote:

What a cool idea.  Similar kind of thing I should think...I all in on this idea

Yeah and I mean version 1 could be really simple - just the general sound and feeling, nothing special. I would love to have a generated guitar sound for my tracks. Not to mention pianoteq is doing wonders for piano sounds. I feel like nothing would be impossible using this technology to emulate all kinds of instruments. And since guitars have strings...kinda like pianos - maybe it wouldn't even be so hard to do it?

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There is already an excellent harp, so a basic guitar shouldn't be too much of a stretch. I think it would be very popular.

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dazric wrote:

There is already an excellent harp, so a basic guitar shouldn't be too much of a stretch. I think it would be very popular.

For sure it's possible, but I'd rather have Modartt concentrate on piano and organ. I own Strum by AAS (a Montréal-based company), their physical modelling guitar program, and it is very, very good. Very reasonably priced and highly recommended.

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You can make a pretty good acoustic guitar by layering the Neupert Clavichord with the Concert Harp:

https://forum.modartt.com/uploads.php?f...bwv996.mp3

There is still no section in the FXP corner for version 7.  When it is available I will upload the FXP.

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aWc wrote:

For sure it's possible, but I'd rather have Modartt concentrate on piano and organ. I own Strum by AAS (a Montréal-based company), their physical modelling guitar program, and it is very, very good. Very reasonably priced and highly recommended.

Strum by AAS does not work natively in Linux. Pianoteq does. Case closed.

Re: Guitar sound

Gilles wrote:

You can make a pretty good acoustic guitar by layering the Neupert Clavichord with the Concert Harp:

https://forum.modartt.com/uploads.php?f...bwv996.mp3

There is still no section in the FXP corner for version 7.  When it is available I will upload the FXP.

The FXP Corner for version 7 is now up. Here is the FXP:

https://forum.modartt.com/file/8sfhptg0

The Clavichord Lute preset is already pretty guitar-like. The Concert Harp simply adds more body resonance.

Re: Guitar sound

Gilles wrote:

The Clavichord Lute preset is already pretty guitar-like. The Concert Harp simply adds more body resonance.

Hmm...sooo - it's not bad. It's definitely usable and it sounds ok. I mean you can tell it's not a guitar but maybe if you play it right you could almost pretend. I would love to see an official attempt though. I mean if you can get so close with a simple layer, just imagine what could be done with a dedicated guitarteq instrument? Still - judging by the activity of this thread, people don't seem to be very interested...oh well...

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Re: Guitar sound

or29544 wrote:
Gilles wrote:

The Clavichord Lute preset is already pretty guitar-like. The Concert Harp simply adds more body resonance.

Hmm...sooo - it's not bad. It's definitely usable and it sounds ok. I mean you can tell it's not a guitar but maybe if you play it right you could almost pretend. I would love to see an official attempt though. I mean if you can get so close with a simple layer, just imagine what could be done with a dedicated guitarteq instrument? Still - judging by the activity of this thread, people don't seem to be very interested...oh well...

Glad you like it! I did play guitar when I was young and so kept an interest.

The 'bebung' effect in the clavichord also helps to simulate the stretching of strings and I even once used the mallet bounce to simulate some fixed strumming.

The difficulty with instruments played mostly with the hands is all the extraneous noises the interaction makes that are impossible to add with Pianoteq. This was a concern already for the harp, and it could be the same (or worse) for a modeled guitar. By comparison, the mechanical noises in keyboard instruments are more fixed and can be better managed.

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You can make a pretty convincing guitar using the Clavinet D6, by removing some of the action sounds and some other adjustings. But this is more a electric guitar sound... were you thinking about classical guitar?

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Rayna,
Presumably for all intents and purposes you are mainly talking the difference between nylon and steel strings?