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Nooze2k · 06-03-2003, 09:10 PM

Firstly, what do you mean turn it into an "electric"? From what I know, there is no program that can "turn" an accoustic into an electric. If you want an electric guitar sound, you either have to: a) use an electric guitar b) put an electric guitar style pickup on your accoustic c) use a hex-pickup on an accoustic and run it through some sort of processor d) run the accoustic signal through an amp-guitar modelling processor (not sure how this would sound) OR e) do some MAJOR post-processing of the sound in a program like Cool-Edit, Cubase or Pro Tools, which wouldn't be real-time play-and-it-sounds-electric. It all boils down to one thing, elecric isn't necessarily mean the sound of the guitar, but how it is "plugged" in, and the physical qualities of the guitar. In my case, I have Roland VG-8 fx processor which does acoustic guitar modelling. My guitar is electric by definition, but with the processor, it sounds like your next Martin or Taylor. If its an electric guitar sound you're looking for, you're not going to get that kind of sound out of an accoustic guitar. You could try messing around with some effects of sound editing programs, but from as far as I know, you can't do any real-time effects through software with an accoustic guitar.

06-03-2003, 09:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
Nooze2k Tilted Location: Ontario, Canada	Firstly, what do you mean turn it into an "electric"? From what I know, there is no program that can "turn" an accoustic into an electric. If you want an electric guitar sound, you either have to: a) use an electric guitar b) put an electric guitar style pickup on your accoustic c) use a hex-pickup on an accoustic and run it through some sort of processor d) run the accoustic signal through an amp-guitar modelling processor (not sure how this would sound) OR e) do some MAJOR post-processing of the sound in a program like Cool-Edit, Cubase or Pro Tools, which wouldn't be real-time play-and-it-sounds-electric. It all boils down to one thing, elecric isn't necessarily mean the sound of the guitar, but how it is "plugged" in, and the physical qualities of the guitar. In my case, I have Roland VG-8 fx processor which does acoustic guitar modelling. My guitar is electric by definition, but with the processor, it sounds like your next Martin or Taylor. If its an electric guitar sound you're looking for, you're not going to get that kind of sound out of an accoustic guitar. You could try messing around with some effects of sound editing programs, but from as far as I know, you can't do any real-time effects through software with an accoustic guitar. __________________ " Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies, Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I " Last edited by Nooze2k; 06-03-2003 at 09:12 PM..