Hey folks guess what..., like it or not the guitar sound on EVERY keyboard out there regardless of who the maker is "IS NOT" designed to fool anyone but the keyboard player! Sure some of these guitar patches on keyboards today are quite good and offer a lot of realism with all the velocity switching.., but it's really designed to fool YOU the keyboard player.

That's my problem I've had with some of these more recent guitar patches on keyboards. I've taken heat just for pointing out problems in some guitar patches where specific nuances don't sound right at times, and in some cases DON'T BELONG there or do not happen on the REAL instrument in that way.

Here's a good example.., if you play a standard D, G, A, chord progession on a keyboard with these modern guitar patches.., and playing it NOTE FOR NOTE as it's done on a guitar with 6 STRINGS and not a 2 fisted approach (as many keyboardists often do). If you hear ANY string noise between those chord changes.., well guess what WROOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNGGGGG!!!!! Playing this chord progression on an acoustic guitar in the STANDARD playing position.., you will move from one chord to the next WITHOUT moving your hand up and down the guitar neck. All those chords can be played from the standard position WITHOUT moving your hand. If your keyboard is adding string noise between these chord changes on those basic chords it's WRONG!

My problem that I'v always brought up is that keyboard makers need to be careful in how they add these nuances because (as we've CLEARLY seen and heard here before from a member in the past).., when a keyboardist hears the REAL instrument.., they may think the REAL instrument is the FAKE because it sounds nothing like their keyboard (and the keyboard maker can't possibly get it wrong..., right?).

As much as I like Roland..., when I first saw and heard Ed Diaz's demo on the Roland site showcasing Roland's guitar mode.., it just left a sour taste in my mouth. The concept of the guitar mode was awesome.., but the guitar patch was just TERRIBLE because on many notes when he arp'ed a lick it sounded like a very inexperienced player was on the guitar who didn't know how to hold down a string all the way or the players guitar had frets pulling up out of place all over the neck as fret buzzing was very present.

If you're not a guitar player and you're playing one of these more modern heavily velocity switched guitar patches..., you just may think WOW.., I can hear the string vibrating on the frets.., or how cool is this I can hear the players fingers sliding up and down the neck between chord changes, ect. The reality folks is IN THE REAL world guitarists don't want fret buzzing..., and many are picky in the amount of string noise they have in their recordings. It sounds more authentic to YOU the keyboard player because well.., the majority are not guitar players and the keyboard makers job is to fool YOU not a guitar player.

Perhaps if someone of you guys actually picked up a guitar and learned a few chords and how the instrument actually fucntions you just may have a totally new outlook on these modern guitar patches on keyboards.

Sure we can fool OURSELVES with modern guitar patches.., but that's exactly what they're designed to do. FOOL US.., and everyone else in the audience WHO IS NOT a guitar player!

Just as IrishActs pointed out.., he liked it.., but his wife WHO IS A GUITAR PLAYER wasn't impressed..., again keep in mind the guitar patch posted here WAS NOT INTENDED to fool IrishActs wife.., but fool US KEYBOARD PLAYERS.




[This message has been edited by squeak_D (edited 04-16-2009).]