Originally Posted By: Cathie

Oh my word I had NO idea!! So you're saying if I play the part myself fairly slowly, using the keyboard as my MIDI controller, I can change the tempo of the MIDI afterwards? Except I don't know how I would keep the guitar tone if I didn't record it as audio. I have no objections to MIDI itself, but the problem I keep having is that the MIDI guitar patches available to me are all clean, and the rock style is distorted, so they don't fit together well.

I know this is probably operator error again. There must be some way to get a guitar patch for a rock song. Sheesh. Still slidin' down that slippery mountain slope.


Yes that is exactly what I am saying. But it will only work with MIDI. It will not work with audio.

There are a lot of guitar patches or VSTis available so I'm sure you could find at least one that would work for you. Also note that you can take a MIDI acoustic guitar, convert to audio, and run it through an amp simulation and completely change the guitar's tone to an electric.

https://www.producersphere.com/best-free-guitar-vst-plugins/

https://www.musicindustryhowto.com/free-guitar-vst-plugins/

https://thehomerecordings.com/free-guitar-vst-plugins/

Also note that the free Kontakt Player includes some guitar and bass patches:

https://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/samplers/kontakt-6-player/

As does the free Sampletank:

https://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/index.php?R=INIT&FV=free-software-related-products&CV=Other%20Filter&PSEL=freesoftware

Plus there are a ton of guitar VSTis and patches for the full and free versions of Kontakt for sale. Note if you get the free Kontakt Player and want to purchase some guitar patches make sure that the docs/web site say that it is Kontakt Player ready. Some patches are for the full version of Kontakt.

I know very little about Sampletank. I have the free version but only to use the previous version of Mellotron that I have.

Also the free Amplitube is a good amp sim to have.

Note that I have the full version of Kontakt and Amplitube.

{edit} If you need help feel free to ask.

Last edited by MarioD; 05/05/21 12:43 PM.
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