I've now been asked a few times, how I did the Led Foot Demo.
http://vsl.co.at/admin/downloader.asp?file=/data/Sounds/MP3/Led_Foot.mp3
As a service to "Overdrive" users and VSL I will try to explain, through a small tutorial. I've never done a tutorial so please bear with me.
First, I am a guitarist. It is my main instrument so I have a good understanding of how it is supposed to sound. All my programming was done on keyboard. I put some basic hall reverb and a quarter note delay on the guitar buss.
For myself, there are 2 broad ways to approach using this lib.
1.You can find a basic patch and jam on it to get your ideas down. You will have to go in later and work out your articulation choices so it sounds realistic.
2. You can start by having up a pallete to draw from and basically "compose" your solo.
of course you can combine different degrees of each approach.
Led Foot demo
At first it looks like i used a lot of patches but as you go down the list you'll see many start to repeat
Here is the basic list first.
EG_stac_velocity-1 panned mostly left
EG_stac_velocity-2 panned mostly right
the following 2 were always used together
EG_sus_all (this is the non performance patch)
EG_perf-leg_slide_sus++
EG_perf-bend
EG_trill_Mi-3+RS
EG_sus_wb2+RS-fx1
EG_trill_Mi-3+RS
EG_fast-rep_dyn_160
EG_mV_perf-leg_marc
EG_perf-leg_ha-pu into
EG_oV_sus+subsus
Here is the play by play sports fans
1-20sec ....rythym figure (which goes through the most of the tune)........
2 patches....
EG_stac_velocity-1 panned mostly left
EG_stac_velocity-2 panned mostly right
21sec....first lead note
EG_perf-bend
A cool technique here is to play 2 notes quickly. A minor or major 2nd is quite effective and sounds like you are naturally bending into the note.
23 sec. 3 note phrase
This is the new performance tool function where you use 2 patches at the same time. One is for attack, the other sustains.
EG_sus_all (this is the non performance patch)
EG_perf-leg_slide_sus++
26 sec...trill....i used the pitch bend here to simulate the whammy effect
EG_trill_Mi-3+RS
29 sec...same technique as at 21 secs
EG_perf-bend
32sec.
EG_sus_wb2+RS-fx1
This is a simple patch and one of my favorites....This whammy patch with release sample has a lot of personality
34sec (3 notes)
EG_perf-bend into EG_sus_wb2+RS-fx1
37sec
EG_trill_Mi-3+RS
40 sec
EG_perf-bend
42secs
EG_sus_all (this is the non performance patch)
EG_perf-leg_slide_sus++
48sec. this is a tremelo patch
EG_fast-rep_dyn_160 into EG_mV_perf-leg_marc
This latter patch could have really been anything with sustain....I used a little pitch bend at the end of it to simulate a whammy bar.
53 secs
EG_sus_all (this is the non performance patch)
EG_perf-leg_slide_sus++
into EG_sus_wb2+RS-fx1
58secs...hammerons....this is a very Holdsworth sounding lick, and the the only really flashy thing in the demo. It is also very easily executed due the performance tool.
EG_perf-leg_ha-pu into
EG_perf-bend into EG_sus_wb2+RS-fx1
final chord
EG_oV_sus+subsus
Hope This Helps
Happy Shredding
Craig Sharmat
http://vsl.co.at/admin/downloader.asp?file=/data/Sounds/MP3/Led_Foot.mp3
As a service to "Overdrive" users and VSL I will try to explain, through a small tutorial. I've never done a tutorial so please bear with me.
First, I am a guitarist. It is my main instrument so I have a good understanding of how it is supposed to sound. All my programming was done on keyboard. I put some basic hall reverb and a quarter note delay on the guitar buss.
For myself, there are 2 broad ways to approach using this lib.
1.You can find a basic patch and jam on it to get your ideas down. You will have to go in later and work out your articulation choices so it sounds realistic.
2. You can start by having up a pallete to draw from and basically "compose" your solo.
of course you can combine different degrees of each approach.
Led Foot demo
At first it looks like i used a lot of patches but as you go down the list you'll see many start to repeat
Here is the basic list first.
EG_stac_velocity-1 panned mostly left
EG_stac_velocity-2 panned mostly right
the following 2 were always used together
EG_sus_all (this is the non performance patch)
EG_perf-leg_slide_sus++
EG_perf-bend
EG_trill_Mi-3+RS
EG_sus_wb2+RS-fx1
EG_trill_Mi-3+RS
EG_fast-rep_dyn_160
EG_mV_perf-leg_marc
EG_perf-leg_ha-pu into
EG_oV_sus+subsus
Here is the play by play sports fans
1-20sec ....rythym figure (which goes through the most of the tune)........
2 patches....
EG_stac_velocity-1 panned mostly left
EG_stac_velocity-2 panned mostly right
21sec....first lead note
EG_perf-bend
A cool technique here is to play 2 notes quickly. A minor or major 2nd is quite effective and sounds like you are naturally bending into the note.
23 sec. 3 note phrase
This is the new performance tool function where you use 2 patches at the same time. One is for attack, the other sustains.
EG_sus_all (this is the non performance patch)
EG_perf-leg_slide_sus++
26 sec...trill....i used the pitch bend here to simulate the whammy effect
EG_trill_Mi-3+RS
29 sec...same technique as at 21 secs
EG_perf-bend
32sec.
EG_sus_wb2+RS-fx1
This is a simple patch and one of my favorites....This whammy patch with release sample has a lot of personality
34sec (3 notes)
EG_perf-bend into EG_sus_wb2+RS-fx1
37sec
EG_trill_Mi-3+RS
40 sec
EG_perf-bend
42secs
EG_sus_all (this is the non performance patch)
EG_perf-leg_slide_sus++
48sec. this is a tremelo patch
EG_fast-rep_dyn_160 into EG_mV_perf-leg_marc
This latter patch could have really been anything with sustain....I used a little pitch bend at the end of it to simulate a whammy bar.
53 secs
EG_sus_all (this is the non performance patch)
EG_perf-leg_slide_sus++
into EG_sus_wb2+RS-fx1
58secs...hammerons....this is a very Holdsworth sounding lick, and the the only really flashy thing in the demo. It is also very easily executed due the performance tool.
EG_perf-leg_ha-pu into
EG_perf-bend into EG_sus_wb2+RS-fx1
final chord
EG_oV_sus+subsus
Hope This Helps
Happy Shredding
Craig Sharmat