Artificial Harmonics

[Kirby]

A friend of mine send some recording with artificial harmonics, it sounded quite cool.

So I have two questions:

1: Since I'm no guitarplayer: How are they done one guitar? Is the range limited?
I think if I have unterstood this, I can try to create it at a synth.

2: How can this be done on a synth? I use a K2000. I think using an extra layer and Aftertouch and Modwheel to blend in the Aritificial Harmonics would be an idea. Advices llike "turn Paramter X to 65" would be cool, but are not neccesary :D


Any tips are welcome, and thanks a lot!

[Tusker]

1: Since I'm no guitarplayer: How are they done one guitar? Is the range limited?


Check this out:

http://www.betterguitar.com/Instruction/Technique/Harmonics/Harmonics.html

They are limited in that certain harmonics are easier to get than others. I'm no guitar player, but I sure learned the intro to Roundabout ... like everybody else.


2: How can this be done on a synth? I use a K2000. I think using an extra layer and Aftertouch and Modwheel to blend in the Aritificial Harmonics would be an idea. Advices llike "turn Paramter X to 65" would be cool, but are not neccesary :D


Exactly. Don't forget to cross-fade out the regular guitar waveform at the same time. In addition to mapping it to mod wheel, you could also trigger it at the highest velocities, so as to free up both hands, and make it binary (on-off).

<soapbox on> Why on earth would you watn to do that? Guitars do some cool things. Let them do it. Use the same crossfading (synthesis) technique to develop some tricks of your own. <soapbox off >

One of the most commonly heard acoustic guitar sounds is actually a synthesizer. The stock preset A 110 Steel Away on the Roland JV1080 used to appear on rave dance tracks very often in the mid 1990s. And the (velocity based) artificial harmonic was always used, to show how authentic the sound was. After a while people wanted that fake guitar sound with the fake harmonic, and the producers simply brought in the synthesizer that had it. :lol:

Jerry

[Kirby]

Hi Jerry,

thanks a lot for your tips!
You are right with the crossfade, I just forget to write that.
Why I want to do such a thing? Because it sounds good ;)

[VINOD]

hey man
Artificial harmonics in guitars is very very easy
it all bout correct positioning and how u hold ur pick (in pick harmonic)

and as regards to ur question on keyboard patch for harmonix
This is wat i do
i use a XP-60 and it allows 4 WG( sounds)
so wt i do is pick one WG for Overdriven Guitar and pick a second
WG for a guitar harmonic patch ( if u dont have harmonics sound jus use a normal guitar sound & increase the octave)

Then I arrange The key Velocity
say frm 0 - 90 i put up the first overdriven guitar patch
and frm 91 - 127 put up the guitar harmonics sound

Try this method its very simple

bye