I recently bought a Cort CR50 Les Paul electric guitar to step into ambient music. I really like the dreamy soundscape music with those long delays and reverbs. I started watching a few tutorial videos and thought it would be easy since I play a bit of ukulele and guitar already but ambient guitar is a bit different since you usually want to spread out the notes of the chords you are playing as to not overcrowd the sound with those long delays.
In this first attempt, I'm using effects inside Logic Pro but I've since purchased some guitar effect pedals so that I can practice and play without the computer. So far I have:
- a Behringer CS400 compressor to increase sustain of played notes
- a Donner Morpher Distortion to add a tiny bit grit to the clean guitar sound
- a TC Electronic Flashback Triple Delay to combine up to 3 different types of delays and create more space
- a Boss RV-6 Reverb to wash all those delays creating even more space
- a Donner Circle Looper to create live loops of the guitar and play the flutes on top of
- a Neunaber IconoClast speaker emulator to be able to connect directly to regular speakers while sounding like a guitar amp
Using a mixing desk in front of the pedals, I can also play my flutes using some of those pedals as effects.
I'm still practicing and will be uploading some more tunes soon.
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