The virtual metal band thread

[idfpower]

idfpower, which video are you refering to?
progtronic uses guitar rig. he shared lots of presets.
If you have vmetal.They allow you to download midifiles of the demos and
the presets.In the vsti guitar comparison video, he tells what he uses in the description.
Ther are some good shreddage and ots guitar tutorials too.

I meant it takes skills to get that kind of sound

I've tried V-Metal and Shreddage but they're cumbersome and you still need to know how to play keyboards and how to dial a good guitar tone in. They're not for the ppl that need a guitar track, but they have no idea how to setup a real guitar rig or just have the guitar part in MIDI format and need to coat it in a believable guitar tone. "RG" or "Cycle" do a better job at offering a fairly acceptable guitar tone without the hassle of ghetting Kontakt, buying the library, then the guitar amp/cab emulators and so on - although they still sound a bit too mechanical & synthetic on a fast riff. Anyway.

[bill45]

You need to practice and gain experience with programing too.
The more time you put in, the better you'll get at it. notthin' comes easy.

[idfpower]

You need to practice and gain experience with programing too.
The more time you put in, the better you'll get at it. notthin' comes easy.

Agreed, but that's precisely my beef with these "solutions": they're not an easy fix. If you have the time to invest in learning, then you'd be better off learning playing the real deal (guitar) instead of messing with guitar libraries and such. All I want (and hope to see/hear one day) is a VSTI that can be slapped over a MIDI track and make it sound like a fairly acceptable metal guitar...but I'm going (too) off topic

[oluf]

Usually metal bands have prided themselves in putting stickers on their albums like "No synthesizer on this record"

Iron Maiden almost got butchered when they dared to use a little bit of synths for textures on "Somewhere in time"

How are the metal fans gonna react when they find out that songs are made by a computer?

Some bands just don't care about the perception....dark ambient black metal band Darkspace programs their drums, uses lots of samples and synth for textures... They actually go against most black metal conventions, but if you see some of their live shows, it's pretty clear that the fans don't care either. But bass and guitar are played live so they aren't strictly "virtual".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEWpJ0_O ... AEGIF4oG32

[Valimesh]

I'm new here, but allow me to contribute. I have about 14 tracks up on my youtube channel. The name of my project is Nefarious Affliction.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWZNt692J2M

I used all vst instruments in this song.

100% Left = Shreddage 2
70% Left = Electri6ity Les Paul P90
100% Right = Prominy's V-Metal
70% Right = Electri6ity Rickenbacker
Lead guitar solo = Prominy's V-Metal
Bass = Prominy's SR5 Rock Bass
Drums = Superior Drummer 2 using Metal Machines EZX

[Valimesh]

One more for you! This song is called, The Arena! Check Nefarious Affliction out on youtube!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbUosXR1qzs

I used all vst instruments in this song.

100% Left = Shreddage 2
70% Left = Electri6ity Les Paul P90
100% Right = Prominy's V-Metal
70% Right = Electri6ity Rickenbacker
Lead guitar solo = Prominy's V-Metal
Bass = Prominy's SR5 Rock Bass
Drums = Superior Drummer 2 using Metal Machines EZX

[bill45]

Cool! What amp sims? processing on the drums?

[Valimesh]

Amp sims are a mixture of Pod Farm 2.5 and the Poulin amps, I forget which ones exactly. I just transferred over to windows 8 and don't have everything set up, quite yet. All processing on the drums was done within Superior Drummer.

[bill45]

Thanks, I remember that from the electr6ity thread.Are you using podfarm ampswith the poulin impulses?

[Valimesh]

I use impulses from a guy on youtube, he goes by the name 'bestplugins' He has 6 IR packs available for download, for free.

[bill45]

Do you disable the podfarm cabinet and use the impulses instead?
I like the contrast in the guitar tones.The one on the right at :22 is real thick.

[arkmabat]

One more for you! This song is called, The Arena! Check Nefarious Affliction out on youtube!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbUosXR1qzs

I used all vst instruments in this song.

100% Left = Shreddage 2
70% Left = Electri6ity Les Paul P90
100% Right = Prominy's V-Metal
70% Right = Electri6ity Rickenbacker
Lead guitar solo = Prominy's V-Metal
Bass = Prominy's SR5 Rock Bass
Drums = Superior Drummer 2 using Metal Machines EZX

Great work!

[Valimesh]

@bill45 No, actually I've never thought of that...but, I'm working on a new song so I may give that a try.
@arkmabat Thanks!

[Valimesh]

Here's a new one from my next album, Implements of War. It's called 'The Juggernaut'.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ALmASpKI-g

I used all vst instruments in this song.

100% Left = Shreddage 2
70% Left = Electri6ity Les Paul P90
100% Right = Prominy's V-Metal
70% Right = Electri6ity Rickenbacker
Lead guitar solo = Prominy's V-Metal
Bass = Prominy's SR5 Rock Bass
Drums = Superior Drummer 2 using Metal Machines EZX

[robogone]

I really wish I could have found time this month to put something together for the Music Cafe contest, as I was going to do something vaguely in the realm of death metal.

Guitars and bass would have been real instruments, but entirely processed through software. Vocals would have been relatively unprocessed, but recorded direct to my laptop.

To me the hard part for anyone is to make a keyboard instrument sound like a real guitar, as there's something that doesn't quite sound right when you try it. It's too rigid, and lacks the timing idiosyncrasies that come with playing the real thing. To me I'm far less concerned about how the end result is achieved, and more concerned that it has the feel of metal playing.