Help with making string instruments

[sleepydrewgre]

has anyone come up with a good way to produce a string instrument such as a violin or a viola (a individual or section) using the live light 7 edition? I only have a mic, guitar, and ableton. Thanks for the help.

[H20nly]

besides samples... you may have to get an add on like Operator (which is worth the loot IMO) You'll have a lot more flexibility if you do.

[jacob281]

i like to use it but not know much about the instruments....

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[fireballgames]

has anyone come up with a good way to produce a string instrument such as a violin or a viola (a individual or section) using the live light 7 edition? I only have a mic, guitar, and ableton. Thanks for the help.

Each sound has 3 defining characters: (check out http://personal.cityu.edu.hk/~bsapplec/characte.htm)

• Pitch
• Quality
• Loudness

to make your guitar sound more "violinish" you need to change each of these qualities:

• Pitch - The stringed instruments are defined by a slight vibrato, subtle changes in pitch caused by the shaking of the finger. Put a frequency shifter on the wave form with a 5-10 hz LFO moving the pitch by 5-10 hz
• Quality - also known as Timbre. Try messing around with EQ's till you reach a sound you like. Google around a bit on the defining frequency ranges of a stringed instrument. Also add a reverb/delay and a bit of feedback or saturation.
• Loudness - This will really blow your mind. The main characteristic of stringed instruments is the attack. The defining sound of a heart breaking stringed instrument is the slow attack. Put an envelope on the guitar making the attack super slow - something like 100-200 ms.

check out this amazing demonstration of a violin/cello guitar:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpLCFph9iv4
Very slow attack, lot's of lows on the EQ a truck full of reverb and some distortion
amazing!

Cheers

[3dot...]

yep.. get a violin player...and a mic...
...or sample them from wherever...
....but there are also some great free plugins out there... search kvr...

[3dot...]

http://www.kvraudio.com/get/193.html

http://www.kvraudio.com/get/1074.html

http://www.kvraudio.com/get/2859.html

[3dot...]

and searching live's presets doesn't hurt either...