layered guitar sounds


primativ
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02/11/2005 2:32 am
http://timelily.com/may/sounds/fans/karl_symphonyvaried.mp3

This is my attempt at a layered electric guitar sound. I put about 9 layers of guitars on it. Each layer has only one guitar string recorded on it. 3 layers for the main chord, 2 layers for the "bass chord" or power chord, 3 layers of sustained root note at different neck positions, and 1 layer of twelve string accoustic chord strumming.

I am sorry it is a bit short and repetitive but this technique takes forever to do.
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02/11/2005 8:22 am
Sounds good! Like a real expensive (Eventide) Harmonizer/Pitch shifter.

Lotta work doing that...got that right.
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02/24/2005 1:01 am
Interesting. Reminds me of Brian May of the band Queen.
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02/27/2005 1:24 am
Yeah I have always enjoyed their layered guitar sound. They would do an instumental like that every couple of albumns. I wonder who first invented that tecnique?
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02/27/2005 4:41 pm
I think it was Mozart
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02/27/2005 9:10 pm
Mozart sounds like a good candidate but I was thinking more in line with the electric guitar on overdriven amps kinda thing. :D
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03/07/2005 2:32 am
that is the coolest thing i have heard so far. in a way it sounds like you used a chorus pedal, but then again, well, it doesn't. really really neat though
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03/08/2005 4:49 pm
Thanks for the compliment!

I didn't use a chorus pedal but the layering gives a similar effect as chorus would. The only chorus pedal I have is a zoom 606 but it sounds pretty crappy run in front of my amp when I am using my amps distortion.
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