Using a Virtual Guitar to Recreate a LIVE Guitar Solo (Shreddage 3 Tutorial)

[@furygrtx840]

Okay, honestly. That guitar solo almost brings tears to my eyes. It reminds me of those classic Japanese animes with absolutely mind-blowing rock guitar solos, like Hokuto no Ken. You outdo yourselves every time, Impact. Awesome job :)

[@ImpactSoundworksLLC]

Thank you for the kind words. By the way, I am a huge HNK fan... check out the demo playlist for Shreddage 3 Rogue! -AA

[@Tremendouz]

My number one tip for solos is going to TACT and shortening the release time for the sustains and the mutes to give the notes more separation instead of them slightly bleeding into the following notes. Also, leaving a little gap after a note will add emphasis to the following note's pick attack sound for the same reason.

[@Skyverb]

Thanks for the tip. One of my problems is note bleed on faster bits.

[@Tremendouz]

@@Skyverb You're welcome. It has been one of my "big revelations" over the years when it comes to guitar VSTs

[@thestock8672]

Where is the option to shorten release in TACT? I don't find it.

[@Tremendouz]

@@thestock8672 You can access the ADSR controls for each articulation inn the "ENV" section of TACT (the other two being "MAP" and "VEL")

[@thestock8672]

@@Tremendouz tanks, I'll check it out

[@williamfarrell7755]

This is exactly what fledgling virtual-guitar players need - a guitar player showing technique both virtually and on his guitar. Meat to the bone, as they say.

[@richod9635]

By far the best tutorial from Impact Soundworks. Please do more just like this one.

[@FilmmakerJ]

This is exactly the kind of "realistic electric guitar" video I've been looking for. Also, props to you on the "Lord Vaun" animation cel from "Escaflowne the Movie" back there. That can't have been cheap.

[@DavidXNewton]

Thank you so much - this is the video that I've been wanting since Shreddage 3 was released! It's amazing to see you build up all the layers and explain how they work - the cleanness of computer playback can make a simulated guitar obvious and it's great to be shown how to make it "imperfect", to humanize and add subtleties to it - I've been feeling my way with the available options, and being shown how to apply them correctly is very valuable. My only comment: it would be great to see you setting up the automations and TACT setups, etc, that you describe in the video instead of just describing them, so we could see your entire process. Hope that there are more demonstrations of Shreddage 3 in the field to come :)

[@OliKember]

So so helpful to see a real guitar as part of the process of explaining the articulations. Thanks for sharing!

[@williamfarrell7755]

It would be great for you to show the setups for automation and TACT setups in more detail for us newbies. Great tutorial!!! More!!!!

[@saxman1993]

Fantastic! So good to "see" the real instrument modeling/demonstrating the VST sounds! All the extra layers and explanations really took it to the next level. More please!

[@alontrigger]

Amazing mock-up, Amazing VST and awesome tutorial! Well done 😎

[@chrisgeerling9037]

YES! We need more of these videos. Trying to get Shreddage to sound "played" and not "programmed" is my target. Learning from savvy guitarists is essential. Thanks ISW!

[@ImpactSoundworksLLC]

You're welcome; our next guitar video with Yousef will be focused on rhythm playing.

[@LotusEater14]

Having all of your techniques bound to velocities... such a great idea. Why wasn't I already doing this? Thanks for the tip :)

[@agapeinfosys9391]

The video script is far better then a Hollywood Movies.. So crystal clear.. thanks for the video

[@rik-keymusic160]

Man you’re a really good teacher! This is a very good video and also your voice is very pleasing to listen to !!! ❤️👌 great work bro !!!

[@Skyverb]

Pretty awesome! Thought you guys were done with the tutorial series for these. Glad to be wrong =')

[@ImpactSoundworksLLC]

More to come!

[@catpeterson4577]

Aloha from O’ahu. Brilliant! In oh so many ways. Mahalo nui loa!

[@danielcairney3009]

Really nice. All the good stuff with no filler. Thank you

[@wmichaelf]

Just resonating with the comments below … this was a great practical video on building a credible guitar track. I’m currently working on trying to do as much of this ‘live’ as possible … which is a somewhat diff game. But, it can always be ‘refined’ with these techniques. Thanks …

[@sasori9409]

my favorite video of KZbin , :U shoud aboid using more than 12dB/oct on that Pro Q , phase issues appiers in my eq analizer xD, and thanks for breathing, love you bye

[@brandonplaysdrum]

Love these shreddage tutorial videos 👍🏻👍🏻

[@MrChuckyK]

Amazing tutorial! And amazing software!

[@Ilike2run4fun]

Thank you for this!!!

[@PlankManAndBigOwl]

Excellent tutorial!!!!

[@YOUSFVO]

Great video yousef , thanks. my name is yousf also and playing guitar by midi keyboard sometimes trying to reach reality of guitar playing.

[@alexyacovelli7192]

Impressive stuff. I guess I should return my guitar to the garage. Congrats ISW!

[@oddgeirvestad]

Thanks for a great presentation. Amazing!

[@johnathanpratt944]

Shreddage is killer!

[@FaresMason]

Liked just for the Tatsuro Yamashita record in the back

[@Kerunou]

Legend. You want to talk about insane musicianship and composition skills, guys like Tatsuro are the real deal.

[@FaresMason]

@@Kerunou Tatsuro-san has quickly became one of my favorite producers. Do you know of any others that are from that same city pop scene?

[@roxnroll8050]

YES! About time LOL.... Awesome vid.. Real world use and how to use the features to achieve a desired result, instead of just "this does that" - which isn't very helpful. Next vid I'd love to see is for Hydra in a real world Modern Metal scenario but with rhythms (in just the same format as this video).

[@synthwailer]

Agreed!

[@victornoagbodji]

Do you still need the slide key switches even when your notes are already overlapping? Thanks for this excellent tutorial!

[@Mcpblackheart]

Crazy part is i came here for pointers on how to do a solo for a Persona 5 song and here i am hearing a Persona 5 cover ^_^

[@markustaprogge2897]

Would it be possible to download the midifile?

[@zaaa8804]

great man !!

[@VOTECHGURU]

Just wow.

[@JohnnValentine]

awesome piece of kit mate, wish I could afford it for my Seaboard.

[@heavysaber9431]

Jesus Christ this is too good

[@eridani8310]

Fantastic video, keep them coming. Is it possible for you to post the cubase file here please?

[@vicesquadpunk]

Interesting, but really your cardigan is the star of the show 😂🔥 x

[@tephrosisOfficial]

Nice video, I learned some new stuff ;) However, legato slides work really well for single notes, but I have less success with double notes or slideable chords. Is there any way I can make this work? Or does do I need to set preferred strings to make this work?

[@CybreSmee]

I find Shreddage great for solos but hopeless for rhythm. Just doing chugs that sound human is very difficult.

[@daxxravebusters]

I wish you would share some midi files to take a deeper look in my own daw into it :)

[@19max84]

How do you generate the MIDI notes from the audio solo? With a tool like NeuralNote?

[@artrix909]

super helpful! could you do something similar for ample guitar metal hellrazer?

[@ImpactSoundworksLLC]

That's a competitor's product, so... ;)

[@JayMitchellMusic]

Freakin EPIC🔥🔥🔥

[@Shiryokashi]

Dear Impact Soundworks, I have a question. Are you planning to make drums for rock or metal?

[@passion4drums]

Im new to this, but could i just convert my tuxguitar tab into midi and then use in whatever program, that way i wouldnt have to start from scratch?

[@SanderVerstraten]

Great tutorial. But when will we get MPE on the Shreddage series?

[@ImpactSoundworksLLC]

This is somewhat dependent on Native Instruments' work in Kontakt 6. We're keeping an eye on it!

[@shanemadigan9011]

Can you please explain the pitch bend for me? I've been using the wheel on my keyboard for bends, but the results haven't been very convincing. It looks like you triggered a bend sample. The controller lane jumped from 0-127 instantly, but the bend applied naturally.

[@ImpactSoundworksLLC]

There are no bend up/down samples, so this really is just the pitch wheel/bend controller being used. There's a short interpolation time in Kontakt that smooths/extends things, though.

[@shanemadigan9011]

@@ImpactSoundworksLLC Thank you for your reply.

[@Tremendouz]

@@ImpactSoundworksLLC Is there a possibility to expose the interpolation time parameter to the user so that you can tweak it? I've found myself sometimes wanting the pitch bend to react just a bit quicker to my programming / playing.

[@dontRunOff]

This is super good to Knowledge. I've been messing around with a lot of third-party amp sims, to differ my tone, but I'm running into issues where certain frequencies just seem overly harsh to me. I think that's an amp thing, as I don't hear that when the guitars are played without any amps on them, but it's nice to hear this with Archetype Nolly. I'm curious though: if I were to use a third-party amp sim, what's the best way to double-track these guitars? I know you can go up to quad-track in the instrument itself, but I haven't had much luck getting those tracks to not play in mono (this seems to happen in Guitar Rig, from my experience). Any suggestions on how to achieving this?

[@Tremendouz]

A lot of amp sims, including guitar rig, have a stereo mode. In guitar rig 5 you can click the L/R buttons somewhere near the top of the UI to make it accept stereo. Then you can just feed the double or quad tracked signal from shreddage into one instance of guitar rig

[@ImpactSoundworksLLC]

Many amp sims have options to allow mono OR L/R input. Guitar Rig, for example, has this option at the top (only L is enabled by default). With Guitar Rig specifically, you also need to make sure any components in the preset are set to "Stereo" mode.

[@danielcairney3009]

I've had the same problem with Realguitar. You can carve out the harshness using a dynamic EQ or Fab filter or try THU or Bias amp. Somewhere around 3000 HZ -Widen or narrow the frequencies on cutting and boost them back on the sim.{Lower treble and higher tone settings) Chorus helps some too.

[@dontRunOff]

@@ImpactSoundworksLLC I think stuff like this (mixing and realism tips) really goes a long way to finding even more use out of products.

[@Chris-rr9ud]

Does it cover all the guitar octaves ?cause some libraries don't have the upper octaves

[@seeyoupes5511]

Is Midi Guitar Mode in Shreddage also meant to accurately replicate string/fret selection? Because in my experience with Legacy, Midi Guitar Mode does not respect any legato articulation.

[@joly3771]

Do you plan to release more instruments in shreddage 3 series?

[@ImpactSoundworksLLC]

Yes, we're working on a Telecaster right now :)

[@TheRealTrueCore]

This is a pretty nice tutorial, I wonder if you guys have planned on including more pickups for guitars like S3 Rogue, if that's even possible

[@ImpactSoundworksLLC]

Unfortunately we can't add pickups to Rogue; the pickups need to be sampled simultaneously, all at once. However ALL future guitars will include multiple pickups (if the real guitar has them).

[@Tony..P]

Dang you truecore why do you have to ask the right questions like how dare you want these guitars to sound more realistic

[@grahamsouthern6781]

How do you humanize timings without getting the key switch out of sync?

[@villager2236]

Why is this so hard for me to do I have been trying to copy the tutorials but I can never get it to sound that good :(. Thanks for the advice but after 4 hours of rewatching and trying this tutorial over and over I still cannot get my sounds to sound like that. There is obviously something I am doing wrong but I cannot for the life of me figure it out. I will continue trying, but I wanted to voice my failures to you guys. Thanks for the nice tutorials, they seem to work on other people.

[@renanpereira1472]

Como faço pra add essa guitarra sampres

[@drobertbaker]

Van from Escaflowne and Porco Rosso

[@NewNoise1]

Shredage sounds superior

[@ancientcoincollector]

Why is the video playing faster than it was recorded and now you speak approx 1,25 - 1.5 speed? That doesnt help and makes it harder to follow.

[@ImpactSoundworksLLC]

We're not sure what you mean. The video isn't playing faster than recorded... is it possible you changed your playback settings?

[@SidGameReview]

dam, this is too complicated for me, its easier to just play the solo 😅

[@jubinroy4987]

Shreddage seemed more synthy

[@mazely]

Very interesting. I didn't know I had it all with Shreddage. But... it's tremolo, not tremelo.

[@Kerunou]

It’s pronounced tre-meh-lo. Hope this clarifies things for you.

[@fawesomekila]

your looks are so cute just like a hamster ..

[@retiredsearge]

Wish shreddage was stand alone so you didn't have to use kontakt. I can't stand kontakt.