themetallikid Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 So, against my better judgement of throwing my bass player a bone in song selection, my band is going to cover Garbage's song Stupid Girl. We have 2 guitars, and the other guitar player is more the bare bones guitar sound sorta guy and I get all the fun parts with effects. So.... there is almost 0 need for a 2nd guitar, and playing things just to duplicate them makes no sense in this song. So unless i just walk off stage, grab a beer and wait til it's over (not a bad backup plan)....I need help in dialing in some sort of atmospheric space filler sound. Now, i'm completely ignorant, but this type of reverb effect dialing in is not anything i've really done. I dialed in some space filler type sound for my picking part of another song, but that doesnt transfer well into this song, even with some additional decay/mix/etc parameter editing. So.....I just need some guidance on how to approach this. In my mind it seems like reverb would be the best option....??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DunedinDragon Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 Maybe the 3 note generator or 4 oscillator combined with other effects to give it more of an "atmosphere" feel? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datacommando Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 (edited) On 12/13/2023 at 3:19 PM, themetallikid said: So.....I just need some guidance on how to approach this. In my mind it seems like reverb would be the best option....??? You didn't say what your 2nd guitar is playing through, but I'm with @DunedinDragon on this, if he's is using a Helix. I have just been messing with the 3 Note generator into the shimmer reverb for making a synth pad effect. AFAIK, the main chords are F# and B, then D#m and G#m. You can split these chords into basic triads for the 3 Note Gen to playback from foot switches. I was only fooling around with F# and B by setting the octaves as they would be on a keyboard and then swapping around the waveform shapes - the saw shapes are good. Then you need to figure out how to mix this stuff into the song format you are working with. Try experimenting with this sort stuff - add a phaser or sweep echo. Hope this helps/makes sense. Stoopid.hlx See if you can dig something out of this! Edited December 13, 2023 by datacommando Added File 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themetallikid Posted December 13, 2023 Author Share Posted December 13, 2023 On 12/13/2023 at 12:02 PM, DunedinDragon said: Maybe the 3 note generator or 4 oscillator combined with other effects to give it more of an "atmosphere" feel? Appreciate the help. for the most part there is clean sounded picked notes and a strummed bar chord. I guess what i'm looking for is something that will take those notes and blossom some background 'fill' if that makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craiganderton Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 Maybe throw the Dynamic Bloom Reverb in as well for a blossoming effect when you bring the oscillators in and out. If you mix the Bloom to 100% reverb, you may be able to get away with just using guitar. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricstudioc Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 On 12/13/2023 at 8:19 AM, themetallikid said: .I need help in dialing in some sort of atmospheric space filler sound. Why not simply volume fade (EXP pedal or guitar knob) into a delay/reverb? Here's a track I played on/produced for a local artist - no synths, all the pads are just what I mentioned. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulTBaker Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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