Originally Posted By: Notes Norton
When sequencing guitars you must analyze and think like a guitar.

CC64 (sustain) is very helpful as are lengthening certain notes.

Cutting off the natural fade/decay of a guitar note is often necessary. It depends on the type of music you are playing.

Doing MIDI is like a comedian 'doing' an impression of a famous person. Recreate the nuances of the instrument as the comedian creates the nuances of the famous person, and it matters less how good the tone is. Most bad MIDI I hear is not because of tone, but because of other instruments played like a piano,

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I added the boldness because this is the most important part of doing MIDI emulations. For me it is also the most hardest part. Trying to emulate an instrument takes time for critically listening to that instrument.

That is why after 50+ years of playing guitar and 10+ years of playing bass I purchased a wind controller. I could not correctly emulate brass and woodwinds with my guitar MIDI controller, plus I really suck at a keyboard.

I get most of my exercise these days from shaking my head in disbelief.


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