Sunday Guitar Practice #5
This was a session I made tinkering with a number of guitar tones / effects on my amp and played with the looper on my amp. I was practicing this repetitively, learning the chords for a song my kiddos have been singing and humming during the week: Memories, by Maroon 5. (chords sound a lot like Pachelbel’s Canon)
I have a lot of thoughts and notes to share on my guitar practices. Posting this one quickly tonight to make sure I hit my weekly post goal. Thoughts and notes will have to wait til next week.
It’s cool to hear your varied approach to this progression. Where are the guitar effects coming from? Amp modelling in Ableton or are you running your signal through a pedal before it gets to the computer?
Such a great question – truly deserves a post of its own. Quick answer is that most everything I’ve recorded on guitar and shared on this site, so far, has been crafted on my guitar amp outside of Ableton and then run via USB cable into my computer where I’ve used Ableton to simply capture the sound. But, one of the many reasons I’m excited to level up my Ableton skills is to be able to enjoy the wide world of DSP effects (DSP=digital signal processing effects). It’s an overwhelming and exciting part of making music in Ableton. On my guitar amp, I’m using a Fender GTX-100 which is a modeling amp that allows me to customize and tweak the sound with a range of options and built in effects. The tone at the beginning of the track was one I’ve created called Point5 Over and Under – compressor pedal, EQ pedal, Overdrive pedal, reverb pedal, all via a modeled (or emulated) Orange tube amp. The tone at the end of the track was a preset built by Fender called Pigs Can Fly – fuzz pedal, chorus pedal, tape delay, reverb pedal, all via a modeled Hi-Watt tube amp. It’s simply amazing what evolving tech has meant for the world of gear and amplifiers — really amazing — The tones I’ve shared so far: all made with a guitar, a cable, and an amp. Amazing. … more soon 😉