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Jono-60 · Post by **Jono-60** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 9:09 pm

...without using a guitar. Okay I do have a guitar, with a pod, but I dont want to make a mess setting it up with all the cables and stuff.

Want to go for the Sigur Ros, Ladytron type pads which are realyl full sounding to pad out my songs. Is it possible to create this type of sound without a guitar?

Looking more at subtractive synth techniques to make it. Cos Im trying to get down to learning 2 synths properly - thats 3xOSC and impOSCar.

thanks

monopoli · Post by **monopoli** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 9:46 pm

Shoegazey sounds with guitars was basically overusing a combination of overdrive, synced delay and chorus or phasers here and there.
I think Ladytron discovered, when playing live, that they could have a whole new range of sounds (compared to the first two records) by plugging their Korgs into guitaramps.

So; load up a VSTi and add an ampsim and/with delay, chorus and reverb. And basically start experimenting from there.

monopoli · Post by **monopoli** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 9:48 pm

Sigur Ros uses a Lesliebox on the guitar. So you could also add a Leslie-emulation.

Jono-60 · Post by **Jono-60** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 9:51 pm

ooh cool!

Any good free ampsim vsts out there?

monopoli · Post by **monopoli** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 9:21 am

From the free ones I'd try this:

http://www.simulanalog.org/guitarsuite.htm

The JCM900 is the best free one. You can read about other options here:

http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/archive/e ... /44006.php

Jono-60 · Post by **Jono-60** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 12:08 pm

Thanks. I was waiting for someone to give me that link to free amps. Ive seen it before but forgot the name.

Overdriven fuzzy shoegaze guitar, pads, type sound?