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Good guitar sound for demos?
Hi all, I'm trying to find a solid electric rhythm guitar sound that I can for demos. Typical 70s-80s-style rock guitar sound is what I'm after, and I'll use it for fairly simple riffs rather than guitar-hero, solo-type stuff.
It doesn't have to be particularly amazing sound-wise - just something broadly like a real guitar sound I can use for demos, that'll be replaced by a regular guitarist at some point.
Convenience is super important though. I'd really like to have something in an AU3, maybe with one or two effects if needed to get a good tone, that I can just drop in to AUM or Drambo and use with minimal fiddling around to get it sounding ok. Bonus points if I can mangle it using something like Borderlands or BLEASS Granular and get something a bit different but still useable...
I've tried Geoshred (pretty much exclusively lead guitar sounds, not that suitable for riffing), Pure Synth Platinum (lots of great sounds, but guitar isn't one of them), bs16 (didn't find any decent soundfonts, but there's so many floating around that they could be out there somewhere), and a few others but haven't found anything that grabs me. At this point I'd be happy to find something mildly ok, then run it through one of the iOS guitar amp simulators as long as it sounds recognisably like a guitar player for a demo.
Any thoughts?
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Are you looking for loops or a playable instrument? Have you checked Beat Hawk?
What DAW are you using? 'cos I really like the ZC1 guitars in ZenBeats
The guitars in GarageBand are passable
I currently use AudioLayer for my guitar sound. It’s auv3. I use the free Standard Guitar from https://unreal-instruments.wixsite.com/unreal-instruments/standard-guitar and sometimes the Metal GTX sounds from the same site. Takes a little longer and if you aren't comfortable building a sample based instrument ( I wasn't at first) this might not be the option you want. I've also used SampleTank and Sound Canvas, but AudioLayer works best for me.
The clean electric iap from Mood Units is pretty good.
I think I second that.
It's a really, really hard question for a guitar player to answer because NOTHING sounds good if you're used to the real thing. Buried in a mix with lots of distortion, OK, but other than that? blech.
Yonac pedal steel is excellent, but not something that you can play with midi, so you'd be stuck with recording live playing to audio. Probably not what you're looking for.
+1 - but it depends on context. In the right mix/song they can sound decent.
Check these free soundfonts: https://www.flamestudios.org/free/Soundfonts
Some of them sound good to me, but I'm not a guitar player
If you want to simulate rhythm guitar work, Yonac’s “Steel Guitar” app is unbeatable now that the “Pearl Guitar” app has fallen into disrepair.
Then add the still on sale Tonestack Pro app from Yonac (with the recommended in-app “everything ya got” purchase to round out your range of options) and you’re golden.
Sounds like you don't actually play guitar, but you want to simulate it with a keyboard-ish interface?
Sampletank? Don't have it currently installed on my iPad so I can't check, but I seem to recall there are some serviceable electric guitars .. maybe somebody else can check.
That reminds me MIDI Strummer by 4Pockets is excellent for strumming and arpeggio parts. There are some pretty good sound fonts in there as well, and you can add your own.
OK, that plus some sound fonts is my recommendation. Run it through an amp sim if you need more grit or some FX. The brand new ToneStack Pro base purchase is a good bargain probably as much as you would ever need, for just $5 right now.
No, I actually play guitar but not particularly often or well. These days I'd rather focus on stuff other than guitar when I'm writing/recording music, and quickly create a dummy guitar part that a real guitarist can replace later. I'm also often working on music when I don't have a guitar handy.
Thanks @all for the suggestions. That's given me a bunch of options I hadn't tried, which is exactly what I was after. I never even thought to try GarageBand guitars, so I'll start there
I use the GarageBand guitar on quick demos while on the go all the time. It definitely gets the point across.
Beathawk blues guitar pack !
For Mac/Win I would say Ample Sound guitars but I haven't seen anything comparable on iOS.