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Guitar synth better than Slayer?

TheNowhereMan	Date: June 28, 2006 @ 5:54 PM Does anyone know of a VSTi guitar better/more realistic than ReFX SlayerII.
DJBenLey	Date: July 24, 2006 @ 5:38 AM Sometimes it might just need better tuning. I have a couply I did on my page. See if you like any of the sounds I can get you the settings.
DigitalEntropy	Date: July 24, 2006 @ 12:15 PM i use slayer in several of my songs on my page. then again thats slayer 1, ive never used slayer 2. still, you dont have to have slayer end up sounding like shit. put a bunch of effects on it like you would have if you had a footswitch or pedal board in real life. get your tone goin and automate the effects as if you were really there. http://thedigitalentropy.dmusic.com/ check out Qf5 Checkmate, Quick Dry Cement, and A Peaceful Trainwreck. all are attempts at reproducing a live band sound. if you want i can send you the files so you can take a look at how i arranged everything
plungerboy	Date: September 10, 2006 @ 7:49 AM I dont find slayer good for reproducing a guitar at all, unless your making short phrases with it. I just like to set the damping up to get a muted effect, which im happy with
EvalLin	Date: September 18, 2006 @ 1:38 PM It's good if you layer 3 or four differt slayers together with a distortion affect....I love using it for bass though
GeneHilbert	Date: September 18, 2006 @ 2:37 PM VSTi for a realistic guitar that is indistinguishable form the real thing - is at this point is a pipe dream. Regardless of what software you’re using.... There are useful tips here, effects (out board analog - and digital, layering, detuning, burying it in the mix, extensive editing then running the signal to and guitar amp then recording the track - will all help. However it's never going to be perfect because of the sonic nature of the instrument. Let me know what you come up with - I'd like to hear your efforts. Good Luck
LiQuidMetamo...	Date: September 18, 2006 @ 5:33 PM I agree with Gene, you just can't capture the subtle nuances of a real guitar, harmonics, even human error (stuff like strings breaking, or a slightly missed note catching a fret and making an accidentally 'cool' harmonic or plain bad). Though I've gotta say vsti simulators have gotten better and they are not to o bad if used for (in slayer's case) overdriven rhythm parts, someone who is not a guitarist might not notice the difference. A guitarist most certainly would and then of course, people go and do stuff like quantize the playing, which only serves to make it sound more artificial, human timing is a beauty of a real guitar player.
Opossum	Date: September 19, 2006 @ 12:42 AM There's a free version of Plugsound, which some say is the best: http://www.kvraudio.com/get/634.html
EchoMinor	Date: September 19, 2006 @ 10:59 PM just so you know anyone who wanted guitar to their electronica tunes can easily just ask me to add some real guitar. no charge of course, it would just be considered a collab or something and would do it just for fun.
Safix	Date: September 24, 2006 @ 5:45 AM Lol, I once tuned out almost realistic electric-guitar riffs from PLUCK! Lots of effects though.
plungerboy	Date: October 23, 2006 @ 2:35 PM Thats insane!!!
hantu	Date: October 24, 2006 @ 12:35 AM I get headache when tryin to make synth guitars sound real.
LiQuidMetamo...	Date: October 24, 2006 @ 12:49 AM Jan Hammer could make old analog and FM synths with effects and with his playing style seem pretty real to the human ear, Talk Talk had a combination of synths and effects to make the 'guitar' sound in 'Life's What You Make It' that sounds like a real guitar to most guitarists' ears, you can get relatively authentic sounds if you put a lot of time and effort into it, your playing style is hardest to get right, playing a synth like you'd play guitar is a pretty difficult deal and of course, overdriven sounds are the easiest to emulate, emulating a guita rpart that blended in chords, riffs and little bits of picking in a clean sound - like to see a VST plug that could capture that !! Ditto FourCalendar, so long as you don't want shredding style metal playing, I am happy to lay down some guitar, time/family life permitting
BlackMage	Date: October 24, 2006 @ 9:34 AM No guitar synth will ever beat Jeff Hanneman or Kerry King.
LChen	Date: October 28, 2006 @ 7:22 AM There are a few options that are superior to FL's Slayer but undoubtedly quite a bit more expensive. For example, you could try Steinberg Virtual Guitarist. If you're desperate, Guitar Pro's RSE may help, but the only advantage it has is its ease of notation and commendable bending. However, the guitar tone isn't customisable - although there are a few different sounds to choose from - and generally sound quite bad. However, "bad" is quite subjective and it really depends what you're comparing the sound to. HammerSound has several awesome soundfonts - well, maybe that's considering they're free. Steve's Les Paul is the only one I clearly remember using, and it wasn't too bad. Link: http://www.hammersound.net/
stevendolby1	Date: October 30, 2006 @ 4:29 AM Its how you use it and what effects to use. I use slayer 4 all my guitar riffs, its great steve
djkaritsu-flp	Date: January 28, 2007 @ 1:52 PM I agree with avelin bass is nice on slayer lol

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