candlesayshi


I play guitar, but do electronic music. I feel so lost! 

I hear ya....born and raised on Frank Zappa, Little Feat, Steely Dan, the Mahavhishnu Orchestra etc, played guitar obsessively for most of my life, love the feel of "real" music played by real musicians, but when it comes to making music with a DAW I have always been drawn to the electronic/sequnced side. I think it's the ultimate marriage of my two main obsessions....computers and music. I am, however, forever looking ways to shoehorn guitar parts into my tracks!

I'm guessing it's because guitars are very popular. They're popular because they're cool. These days, 99.99% of all music that sells is cool in some way.

What is the definition of cool? Hmmm..... I think it has to do with sex appeal. Anyone who demonstrates to the collective that they are worthy of having their genes passed onto another generation is cool -- just a thought :-)

By the way, I don't have a guitar and I don't know how to play one. I'm not cool. Doesn't matter. I've been fixed.

Rain hit it on the head first.. its not Sonar, nor guitarists, but statistics...

Sonar runs on the PC
The majority segment of personal computer owners own a PC
The majority segment of musical instrument players play a guitar
Therefore it is a reasonable conclusion that the largest segment of musical instrument players using Sonar are guitarists.

AT


It's simple?  No, that would be for bassists.

 

Oh, no you didunt.  As a bassist, I would probably be insulted by that,....if I understood it.  [scratches AT off his Christmas card list]

I use it coz it's left-handed.

  I doubt Sonar is particularly popular among djs

sharke

I think it's the ultimate marriage of my two main obsessions....computers and music. I am, however, forever looking ways to shoehorn guitar parts into my tracks! 

That's been my modus operandi lately. I've been blending guitar sounds into my electronic stuff with some pretty good success. Thinking of my guitar as merely a "thing that makes noise". So, I've been doing a lot of stuff with it to work it in and get some really interesting textures.

sharke

I actually have a hard time getting a decent straight ahead guitar sound out of Guitar Rig ... I have an American Telecaster which sounds great through a good amp (in fact I can't get it to sound bad) but through an amp simulator...hmm.

I've noticed that Guitar Rig sounds better with humbuckers driving it rather than single coil strat style pickups. Can't give a logical explanation why, but that's how I hear it on my system. I use GR on vocals a lot as well.

@Anderton:

The Sonitus modulation effect is a great guitar effect, and being able to derive envelopes using the Analyzer is really helpful for filters and such. Being able to restrict highs in the Sonitus Delay's feedback loop makes it easier to get more of a "Memory Man" type of sound. Also I can get a great wah sound through the parallel parametric/"throw one out of phase" trick.

I still use the Cakewalk Amp Sim, Sonitus Modulator & Delay. Some of those older Cakewalk plugs hold up to today's advanced VST's such as Guitar Rig in my opinion. That AN-879 Analyzer Auto envelope function can help you create some really creative effects. Would be even better if they would allow us to invert the envelopes. ;)

Bub


I've noticed that Guitar Rig sounds better with humbuckers driving it rather than single coil strat style pickups. Can't give a logical explanation why, but that's how I hear it on my system. I use GR on vocals a lot as well.

You could be right. Plus any preset that has a lot of gain just gives me ridiculous buzzing. I guess that's pretty much Telecasters through and through though, they're not at their best in extremely distorted situations! I use GR on pretty much anything. You can get some wild sounds going on there.