Topic: Utter Insanity: "Amp"ing Pianoteq!!!
While I was listening to Fear Falls Burning's (Dirk Serries, formerly "vidnaObmana") "The Sea of Endless Sustain," I wondered (being such a "mad scientist") how the new vibes would sound when run through something like NI's Guitar Rig 3. At the same time, I received an e-mail for Overloud's TH-1 plug-in. After doing a bit of searching and downloading, I am now the proud owner of both TH-1 _and_ Line 6's Pod Farm Platinum, and I am (at this very minute) currently drooling over the demo of Softube's Metal Amp Room. Where, oh where does the madness END?!?!?
My goodness, these things sound _fan-freakin'-tastic_!!!
I had played with a similar concept in the past: running NI's B4 II and Linsoft's Organ 3 through Guitar Rig and Amplitube (the latter, and its several newer incarnations, being waaaay too CPU-inefficient, even when _idle_, fer cryin' out loud!!!). I found this to be an interesting challenge, but ultimately, the results just weren't terribly _musical_.
With Pianoteq, the results are _incredibly_ musical! Both the pedal and the keyboard tunings play enormous roles in shaping the sound and its sustain. And being able to manipulate the velocity so precisely really gives one an astounding amount of control.
I'm now an official "keytarist," I guess. Long live the FUZZ!!!!!
Just had to share all of this. :^)
Thy version 4 come, thy new instruments be done, in the computer as it is in the wood!"