This will help!!

[@antonm_]

Another banger! Thanks man! I just want to say though, for anybody worrying about the sound of their MIDI guitars, if you're still in the songwriting phase, don't worry about it. In Software Development, there is this concept of "Premature Optimization" which is generally a bad thing because it leads you to overthink and halts your progress. Focus on writing the song first; use articulations but it's ok to be quantized. Once you're happy with the song, then you can iterate over your programmed notes (ala note editing if it were recorded). You'll have to worry about transitions between sections anyways by then, so it is the best time to do it. Once again, thanks for the video, man. Great tips all around. The pitch bend on the down beat on open strings plus the pull-off bend are really great tips. Also gave me the idea to experiment with automating the pick attack (ie. harder on the start of phrases, and mellowing it in between).

[@chrisbedan]

Dude, all of this is IT! Thanks for taking the time to type this up, man! I stress this ALOT in my breakdown video. DONT OVER THINK! just have fun and keep it moving!

[@ArgentIcon]

Great stuff man. Btw. you made me switch to Axure and I love it ;D

[@chrisbedan]

bro no wayyy!!! thats soo great to hear that you're digging it, my friend! thanks for letting me know!

[@hugokenobi3631]

Great video as usual!

[@chrisbedan]

Thank you soo much!! thanks for watching it, my friend!

[@Sean.Tyler.]

This is genius! I got a lot of work to do!

[@chrisbedan]

Just take it day by day, brother! 1% everyday!

[@jakelewis3782]

Yooo, you're the man dude 🙌 🤘

[@chrisbedan]

you are!! thanks so much for checking it out!

[@Reakerboy]

This is really interesting. I NEVER use midi guitars, always play my actual guitar. Not sure I'll ever come away from the real thing but appreciate the work that goes into this. 🤘🏻

[@chrisbedan]

@@Reakerboy thanks for checking it out, homie!

[@zavlqaDIprab3DrublsU]

Back droppin golden nuggets! thanks Chris

[@chrisbedan]

haha thanks man!! we just tryin to level the homies up!! appreciate you watching it!

[@rohan.buchner]

Yes! 💪 exactly the video I needed. This really is such a pain to deal with.

[@chrisbedan]

@@rohan.buchner I hope you enjoy it, my friend! Be sure to ask any additional question you have in here!

[@studysoundaudio]

Great tips, Chris! 🤙🏽

[@dunnicw]

Going back over all the previous videos and this one is really useful. I'm fairly new to MIDI Guitar and understand guitar and the basics. This is a real game changer and is going to help massively so I appreciate your efforts, thanks.

[@chrisbedan]

@@dunnicw that’s huge man, thanks for checking it out!

[@mosquedadavid]

Amazing video. ❤❤❤❤

[@bioburden]

The strum technique tip is gold. Ableton 12 now offers an easy way of doing this too both in the Chord midi device, and midi clip settings. With midi clip strumming you have a special curve editor which allows you to adjust exactly how much you want the notes to be offset. Really cool stuff.

[@chrisbedan]

Yeah totally!! its just another menu that i am to lazy to go to, so i just do it by hand. i should probably use it tho, lol

[@jeffsipe_]

Great tips here! I discovered the note offset "strum" effect a couple weeks ago on clean/ambient guitars. So sweet. I don't go so far as to add the pitch bends to the open notes... I guess my MIDI guitar has an Evertune. 😆 Also, in Alan's Erra MIDI riff pack video, he mentions that there's 3 velocity layers per note (per guitar) in Axure: 0-42, 43-86, and 86-127. Just for what it's worth as you're programming the chords! (He goes over that at around the 8:40 mark) I could've sworn I was hearing more than that, but who am I to argue? haha Keep it up, homie!! 💪

[@chrisbedan]

Yooo thanks soo much for checking it out and for the write up! Yeahh the strumming is super great! i also have been experimenting on where i like my velocities for the strumm stuff. im starting to use it more and more, and its been fun!!

[@joejo5782]

It's awesome, bro.

[@chrisbedan]

@@joejo5782 thanks soo much friend! Appreciate you!

[@ruinofspace]

Love it 🔥🤘

[@chrisbedan]

Glad to hear it! thanks soo much, dude!

[@bioburden]

Awesome, thanks for sharing! :)

[@chrisbedan]

Thanks for watching! freaking appreciate you dude!

[@Mattrocity1337]

guitars - 6:29

[@Emm_R_Guitar]

Tempted to to get Axure for basically everyone else in my band to use when demoing in tandum with my Neural plugins . Problem is that shit Has to be playable after! And I know Im just tempting fate that the guys will write something totally unplayable and then even for ideas forget how its fretted too. Guitar Pro 5 for life ahaha

[@chrisbedan]

@@Emm_R_Guitar hahaha idk man, I think you could easily go into the midi and tweak some thing around. For me, I think it’s soo great for programming rhythms!

[@TheGersson28]

Great video Chris, would you explain more about the pitch bends on ableton how to configure those to make it sound that good. Thanks again.

[@chrisbedan]

Hey man! honestly, its all about experimenting with the curve to get it to sound exactly how you want! =D

[@greenfalcon2316]

Hey 👋 Could you make a Video about how to write some Thall Riffs by using midi instruments ? I’d love to see that !!!

[@chrisbedan]

Oh man, i can try my best, but i dont know if i have any business writing Thall riffs haha

[@greenfalcon2316]

@@chrisbedan I always find your videos very well made, and I'm sure you could write some great Thall riffs too. It would be awesome if you gave it a try

[@petewizz]

This is great. Do you offer logic templates?

[@chrisbedan]

Hey dude, unfortunately i dont, im on a Windows PC these days, so i dont have access to logic anymore.

[@petewizz]

@@chrisbedan cheers dude

[@fourspiralarms]

can you go through your midi effect rack where you named the articulations? did you name each note manually in addition to the articulations?

[@chrisbedan]

hey dude! i did!! its a little tedious but its sooo worth it! i should make a video showing it. but also, on my patreon i have them alll available there. including most of the GGD drum packs as well!

[@Zqzqzz]

Pre-like

[@chrisbedan]

@@Zqzqzz freakin appreciate you!

[@Zqzqzz]

@@chrisbedanso nice seeing you grow at such a nice pace. Love it!

[@AlexSaheli]

Wish my real guitar sounded so fake :>

[@chrisbedan]

hahah thanks for checking it out, dude!

[@altermoremusic]

Electric guitars from Ample Sound sounds bad actually so it's hard to program them realistic 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@chrisbedan]

@@altermoremusic I’ve never tried. I use Axure Guitar from Study Sound Audio. For what I do with it, I LOVE it soo much!

[@marLamaDeo]

I’ve heard plenty of ample sound demos that sound great. It’s just about finding the program that works best for you, there’s plenty of options that are at a highest current level of available technology

[@simonelezzi]

why not just recording it with a guitar?

[@chrisbedan]

Thats no fun... XD

[@chrisbedan]

lol, lately i've been loving writing in midi because it helps me think in terms of notes rather than shapes.

[@aeso9484]

i followed you on instagram but i will sub to you as well here. i love your contents, please do more on how to have hard hitting drums

[@chrisbedan]

@@aeso9484 thank you soo much!!! Have you checked out my latest Sleep Token drum mix video?