Other than that, I assume it's supposed to be a typical very heavy, distorted tone. That's actually the easier way to play this stuff for not-really-guitar players. To play the riff, you'd have to tune down either a whole step to D, or use a drop D tuning where you only drop the low E string to a D. I recently got the Electrum Core from United Plugins (the guys who make FrontDaw and Unichannel) and have to say I pretty much like it and it's very light on CPU. Les Paul has a traditionally doped low end (thats why it works great with distortion without getting too harsh or acid) so I think it will work fine. So my suggestion is get a drop tuning (even halftone down for all the strings and 1.5 tone for the lowest string), just apply cable from LP direct to your interface and just find the right preset, making sure it includes a good gate. But, mostly, you'll have less flexibility in fixing eventual technical difficulties in your daw.
All the mentioned virtual amps/cabs have tons of presets that will sound just great.įor this I would not use real pedals/amps (definitely not a Big Muff with a Les Paul) unless you're a skilled player, as the style implies a full control of your picking ability and you'd probably need a decimator/gate pedal at the end of the chain, as many do, to tighten up notes. I'm saying just as havent found it mentioned in your post. I can see it being used for many different sounds- not only genres like drum and bass, but you could get some fantastic rock guitar tones or electric bass sounds out of it, could saturate something akin to a House stab synth or a trancy lead with it a bit if you have the CPU power- I do not regret this purchase at all.You'll need a drop tuning for that sound. It's got everything all in one- a pre-EQ 'filter' that has many different band modes and filter types, eight distortion algorithms allowable at once (two per band) with many algorithms to choose from that can easily be reshaped, the Convolution engine with anything from animal noises to amp modeling to plain ol' "Creepy" and easy stereo width controls, another filter-EQ section, a really great multi-band gate+compressor that's very easy to visually see what's going on in addition to easily set up side-chaining, and even some vintage delays–
If I spent a bit more time with sound design, I can certainly see Trash being a monster plug-in for anything bass oriented. Through that together in 10 minutes with my Korg R3 and Trash 2- please excuse the piss poor samples and piss poor dynamics. Always love their customer service and prices.
Welp, considering how I'm stupid and didn't realize vendors other than the manufacturer sold digital downloads of software, it took me a bit to realize that I could get Trash 2 for cheaper than $250, but eventually found good ol' Sweetwater was offering it for a decent price. Logic's own Overdrive is great too.as is the Soundtoys Decapitator.ĭistortion is a very personal taste so YMMV. Other suggestions: Nomad Factory Magnetic is a great tape-sim and saturator - perfect for more gentle treatment.even the venerable old CamelPhat can do some interesting things. Its multiband stuff is also very useable - much better than Saturn - I often use it for adding high frequency interest to lifeless sources or injecting some attitude into synths etc. Very good phase-coherence between wet and dry signals so its great for adding a bit of grit to a clean signal. I haven't used it extensively but find it a bit unsatisfying. Saturn: I have to say I was disappointed with this plugin.
Band filters aren't the best sounding but it can work miracles if you persist with it. Ohmicide: capable of very cool and unique sounds but frustratingly hard to control or adapt to suit a specific situation. I have used all of these plugins - quick summary of my thoughts on each: