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When I can find a Realtrack that fits my song then I am very pleased but many times I must rely on MIDI played through Forte or an SD2. Is there an intelligent plugin available that can fix the MIDI notes to make the guitar sound more real? I would be happy even if the plugin only rendered to audio. I find that the biggest problem with guitar synths or sample players is not that they sound bad but that the feel of a guitar cannot be properly input by a piano keyboard.
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Yep, welcome to midi. That's been the problem with midi since the very beginning. The only way it sounds good is when someone recorded the part from a proper midi controller, in this case a midi guitar. If the person is good then it doesn't sound too bad. Recording midi is a separate skill set all to itself and the person has to really know how to play the midi instrument in order to emulate a real guitar or it still sounds like crap. The other way to do it is a plugin like Steinberg's Virtual Guitarist. It's $250 and has pretty good reviews. The problem other than the price, is it won't work with either Real Band or Power Tracks because of a well known VST implementation bug but it's great with other DAW's like Sonar, Reaper, etc.
Bob
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Dave,
Can you post a snippet of an .mp3 with the offending non-human sounds in it? The reason I ask, is that I might be able to just supply you with a real guitar track - depending on the music style, effect settings you would like and so forth.
I've done this for folks here a couple times. I can sometimes pull of country licks (Ray Thigpen has some tracks that I've contributed to) and am fairly comfortable with slow-medium speed rock licks.
I do not know of any holy grail plugin that can humanize midi electric guitar bends and what not. Bob's recommendation of VG is about the best that there is that I know of.
There will likely be some here on the forum that would suggest you learn how to play guitar yourself - which is not necessarily bad advice. Knowing how to bend notes on a real guitar can help you to hear how to do it with Midi. Just like I can't make brass parts sound right in Midi because the last time I touched a brass instrument was in 5th grade 30+ years ago, it's going to be kind of hard for a non-guitarist to translate and hear a midi bend 'live' to match up with expectation of a real bend.
You live in China where today's inexpensive but very good quality electric guitars come from. Shop for SX or Agile there in China and you won't be disappointed if you can find someone to setup the guitar for you or just do a good job reading one of the guides online on how to do this.
But send me a PM if you'd like me to take a listen and perhaps provide a track or two back for you with 'real' guitar!
-Scott
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