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From: niklasn@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Niklas Newark)
Newsgroups: comp.music,rec.music.misc
Subject: Re: Guitar Sounds (Guitarists read this...)
Summary: Keyboards sounding like guitars....
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Date: 5 Jun 91 15:52:29 GMT
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I have on occasion managed to get keyboards sounding quite guitarish as far
as lead sounds go, sometimes using one metallic zingy synth sound for the
actual guitar, and a faily pure sound detuned against itself for a sort of
harmonic feedback, all put through a distortion pedal, and a guitar amp.
However the only some bits of it really work, and those are the parts when
what I played actually sounds as though it was played on a guitar (regardless
of the actual sound involved, we are talking notes & playing style here).

For an example of someone who plays the keyboards as though they were guitar
really well, listen to Howard Jones' "Cross that Line" album. He has got a
way of playing the keyboards that sounds like a guitarist, but with an extra
something else....

Anyway, basically I think the bottom line is that since the average guitar
performance has many different types of noises in (sliding, percussion,
harmonics), then the more delicate areas of guitar playing would need
fantastic programming to pull off successfully. On the other hand, its best
left to guitarists.

Sorry about posting to the wrong newsgroup, but its all the fault of that
silly Mugwump person who posted here originally! (-: mugwump!)

Nik