This video is specific to something not mentioned often enough, which is using impulse responses to get a more realistic acoustic sound. I had forgotten the name of Blue Cat's Re-Guitar, but that has options to manipulate DI tracks. That was what I was thinking initially, and if working in a DAW is certainly doable. Basically AS confirmed the key switches, but they are not embedded into the strummer itself (tapped into with a DAW insert). I am with you, the OP had mentioned noise as the hurdle, so was noodling some other options. We also need to keep in mind, that there are non-guitar-players among us. Although I can't agree that recording a real guitar is always the best option, since you'd need a top instrument, good recording conditions and equipment as well as some basic knowledge to achieve what professional VSTi vendors are capable of. It is an eye opener to play with a VSTi then realize, 'Ugh, I just spent 15 minutes making realistic chords I could have tracked in 20 seconds :('Įxactly, as for Ample Sound Guitars a chord change (plus a keyswitch) is required to achieve this effect, but the result sounds quite convincing to me. It is also a situation where an electric could be used and then converted to an acoustic once tracked. As mentioned above, I think that is far easier on a guitar, so it is worth considering options to achieve this (tracking at odd hours, noise reduction software that allows a capture/removal, etc.). If keying an entire guitar chord by hand, it undermines the strummer's basic intent.Īlthough VSTis have gained incredible realism, the play of a real guitar allows for a lot of precision that is difficult to replicate, e.g., strings fretted, others bent in the same chord. Strummers seem more geared to simplifying backing tracks, so you can fire off the chords of the song key with one finger. The D->Dsus4 mentioned in the OP is a chord change to the strummer, so if set to ring a D could be played, and then just the G of the Dsus4 (the strummer is forced to switch chords), but whether that would sound like a hammer on would be up to the VSTi. I think the hurdle with the OP is stummers are inherently focused on a chord (as a whole), with variations to those notes only.

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