Signals Music Studio | Crafting Amazing Guitar Tones and Effects with Free Ampsim VSTs [HOW TO] @SignalsMusicStudio | Uploaded May 2019 | Updated October 2024, 6 days ago.
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With free ampsim vsts, you can have an entire arsenal of amplifiers, pedals, and effects at your disposal without having to spend a penny. In this video I’m going to walk you through how to install and use them in your tracks, then show you how I craft my guitar tones for my songs and videos. This can be very helpful for you if you don’t do a lot of playing out or gigging, or if you spend a lot of time recording.
You need a program like Ableton or Protools, any DAW that can use VSTs. This will cost money but will end up saving you far more in the long run than buying amps and pedals.
At the end, I made a mini music-video for a snippet I wrote just for this video by using a weird guitar tone. I really like the groove and intend to finish that song one day with a real drummer and a different singer.
SUGGESTED DAWS- Do some homework before buying a DAW. They all do the same stuff pretty much, just make sure it’s 64 bit and is compatible with your equipment and computer:
Ableton Live
Protools
Reason
Studio One
Reaper
Logic
LINKS to DOWNLOAD:
TSE 808 Pedal- tseaudio.com/software/tse808
LePou Amp Pack- kvraudio.com/developer/lepou-plugins
Emmisary Amp (Metal ampsim)- igniteamps.com/#emissary
Nadir Impulse Loader – igniteamps.com/#nadir
Impulse Packs – masters-of-music.com/impulse-response-guide-and-free-download-packs-1000s-of-free-impulses
Thanks to the following special folks for their great support or
Linas Orentas
Marek Pawlowski
John Arnold
Christopher Swanson
Marc Bulandr
Bradley Bower
Alvaro Begue-Aguado
Don Watters
Don Dachenhousen III and
Patrick Ryan
01:01-Ampsim VST Basics
02:52-Using Effects
06:02-Writing music off a tone
07:25-grimebreath mini music video
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I’ve posted a tab for Solfegietto and the mp3 for “grimebreath” at my Patreon: bit.ly/2zFwzOO
With free ampsim vsts, you can have an entire arsenal of amplifiers, pedals, and effects at your disposal without having to spend a penny. In this video I’m going to walk you through how to install and use them in your tracks, then show you how I craft my guitar tones for my songs and videos. This can be very helpful for you if you don’t do a lot of playing out or gigging, or if you spend a lot of time recording.
You need a program like Ableton or Protools, any DAW that can use VSTs. This will cost money but will end up saving you far more in the long run than buying amps and pedals.
At the end, I made a mini music-video for a snippet I wrote just for this video by using a weird guitar tone. I really like the groove and intend to finish that song one day with a real drummer and a different singer.
SUGGESTED DAWS- Do some homework before buying a DAW. They all do the same stuff pretty much, just make sure it’s 64 bit and is compatible with your equipment and computer:
Ableton Live
Protools
Reason
Studio One
Reaper
Logic
LINKS to DOWNLOAD:
TSE 808 Pedal- tseaudio.com/software/tse808
LePou Amp Pack- kvraudio.com/developer/lepou-plugins
Emmisary Amp (Metal ampsim)- igniteamps.com/#emissary
Nadir Impulse Loader – igniteamps.com/#nadir
Impulse Packs – masters-of-music.com/impulse-response-guide-and-free-download-packs-1000s-of-free-impulses
Thanks to the following special folks for their great support or
Linas Orentas
Marek Pawlowski
John Arnold
Christopher Swanson
Marc Bulandr
Bradley Bower
Alvaro Begue-Aguado
Don Watters
Don Dachenhousen III and
Patrick Ryan
01:01-Ampsim VST Basics
02:52-Using Effects
06:02-Writing music off a tone
07:25-grimebreath mini music video
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![Crafting Amazing Guitar Tones and Effects with Free Ampsim VSTs [HOW TO]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/55ZVFNUe8iU/hqdefault.jpg "Crafting Amazing Guitar Tones and Effects with Free Ampsim VSTs [HOW TO]
The Chord Progression Codex is NOW AVAILABLE! https://shorturl.at/bouLV
My pro theory + songwriting course https://bit.ly/2J2Nctn
Enroll in my Rhythm Training Course at ANY price! https://bit.ly/3wDacU4
I’ve posted a tab for Solfegietto and the mp3 for “grimebreath” at my Patreon: https://bit.ly/2zFwzOO
With free ampsim vsts, you can have an entire arsenal of amplifiers, pedals, and effects at your disposal without having to spend a penny. In this video I’m going to walk you through how to install and use them in your tracks, then show you how I craft my guitar tones for my songs and videos. This can be very helpful for you if you don’t do a lot of playing out or gigging, or if you spend a lot of time recording.
You need a program like Ableton or Protools, any DAW that can use VSTs. This will cost money but will end up saving you far more in the long run than buying amps and pedals.
At the end, I made a mini music-video for a snippet I wrote just for this video by using a weird guitar tone. I really like the groove and intend to finish that song one day with a real drummer and a different singer.
SUGGESTED DAWS- Do some homework before buying a DAW. They all do the same stuff pretty much, just make sure it’s 64 bit and is compatible with your equipment and computer:
Ableton Live
Protools
Reason
Studio One
Reaper
Logic
LINKS to DOWNLOAD:
TSE 808 Pedal- https://www.tseaudio.com/software/tse808
LePou Amp Pack- https://www.kvraudio.com/developer/lepou-plugins
Emmisary Amp (Metal ampsim)- http://www.igniteamps.com/#emissary
Nadir Impulse Loader – http://www.igniteamps.com/#nadir
Impulse Packs – https://masters-of-music.com/impulse-response-guide-and-free-download-packs-1000s-of-free-impulses/
Thanks to the following special folks for their great support or
Linas Orentas
Marek Pawlowski
John Arnold
Christopher Swanson
Marc Bulandr
Bradley Bower
Alvaro Begue-Aguado
Don Watters
Don Dachenhousen III and
Patrick Ryan
01:01-Ampsim VST Basics
02:52-Using Effects
06:02-Writing music off a tone
07:25-grimebreath mini music video
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Droning sounds simple right? Welp, yeah, but it can be way complex too! The pedal tone opens up a whole door of amazingly weird progressions and effects, and this lesson should walk you through what those might feel, sound, and look like.
TAKE NOTE- When I say Western Mainstream, Im speaking from an American Pop Music perspective. There are more styles of drone music than those from India- I did not mention the Hurdy Gurdy or the Bagpipes, two heavyweights in the world of droning. The bagpipes themselves drone on a single note while the rest of the pipes are tuned to a mixolydian scale relative to the drone. This is the second time I have likely offended the Scots, and twice now I must beg their forgiveness.
I also did not mention the importance of pedal tones as they apply to metal, since I went over that topic in my video on the Metallica Scale https://youtu.be/UuqvZDDm_bk and also in my video on Mixolydian Rock https://youtu.be/39iZqrZf66o.
Wanna jam over the same note for 10 minutes, you weirdo? Well so do I. Heres the track.
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00:00 INTRO
00:30 A Brief History Of Drone
04:45 Guitar Drones and Modern Acoustic Songs
06:29 Bass Pedal Tones
10:42 Writing with a Melody Pedal Tone
14:52 Infinite Scale Possibilities
16:50 6 Scales 1 Drone
18:30 Pedal Point")
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Mmmm... futuristic prog djent riffs! And a sneak peek into a giant project of mine =D
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Free online guitar lessons for beginners, intermediate, and advanced players. Located in Crystal Lake, Jake Lizzio provides free jam tracks and video lessons for guitar players, as well as music theory videos and other music education content.
Table of Contents:
00:00 Intro
01:18 Lydian Dominant
02:09 Writing With Lydian Dominant
04:14 Indjencting The Djent
08:37 Wrapping Up")
![Generations - Jake Lizzio [Prog Rock Instrumental]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5Z5Ljhbp3A0/hqdefault.jpg "Generations - Jake Lizzio [Prog Rock Instrumental]
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I spent every day over the last two weeks writing, recording, and producing this. An instrumental progressive rock track featuring drums by Jeff Schwertfeger and synths/keys by Mike Muggli. I will do a few videos on the details of this song, as there is a lot to analyze. At its base though, it revolves around mostly D Major but often borrows from D Minor. It is written like a pop song- Intro-verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge-chorus-end.
The melodies are consistent through the 1st and second chorus and the last chorus, I solo with variations on it as the theme plays in orchestral arrangement.
The verse sections are free canvases to solo on top of. The chord progression contains a chromatic descent in the bass, leading to some modal mixture and Plini-inspired slide licks.
The bridge is in 7/4 but the keys and guitars are playing polymetricly, in 3/8 and 5/8 respectively.
It is about a group of individuals finding a new planet for their species after several hundred years of drifting through space in a giant space-colony because their home planet was gonna get roasted and they had to evacuate.
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![Intro To ALTERED DOMINANT Chords [SONGWRITING / JAZZ / MUSIC THEORY]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/63-PX9XvrKg/hqdefault.jpg "Intro To ALTERED DOMINANT Chords [SONGWRITING / JAZZ / MUSIC THEORY]
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Altered Dominant chords are absolutely essential to writing complex jazz progressions. The topic can be very difficult to navigate though, so I’ve tried to simplify it down to the absolute basics in this video. To summarize this video:
-Take a regular dominant chord (1 3 5 b7) and move it’s 5th up or down a half step to alter it. This creates 7(b5) or 7(#5) (aka augmented 7th)
-Like ALL altered dominant chords, you can use these as a colorful replacement for V7 in a V7 – I cadence.
-Altered dominant chords of any type can be written with the symbol 7alt.
-It’s easy to use altered dominant chords right after or before regular dominant chords, like G7 – G7alt – C, or G7alt-G7-C
-Altered dominants can be used in secondary dominant movements. Instead of playing V7/vi - vi, try V7alt/vi – vi. Or, V7alt/vi -V7/vi - vi
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00:00 Intro
00:25 What is an altered dominant (easy mode)
01:30 Guitar Shapes
1:52 Use altered dominants wherever you see V7
2:56 Use them as part of a ii-V7-I
3:47 Don’t like it? Fix the voice leading!
4:47 Play them next to unaltered dominant chords
6:00 Use them in secondary cadence
7:00 Putting it all together
07:48 What is an altered dominant (hard mode)
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![Learn AND Apply Two Hand Tapping: Technique + Theory [GUITAR LESSON]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6UjtGYhTKt0/hqdefault.jpg "Learn AND Apply Two Hand Tapping: Technique + Theory [GUITAR LESSON]
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This lesson is a detailed guide to get you started on learning the two-handed tapping technique for guitar. There are two important skills that must be learned first: left hand legato, and the right hand tap. After that, we will break down the most common tapping pattern (heard in Van Halen’s “Eruption,” Metallica’s “One,” and countless other tracks) into three simple steps.
After learning how to synch up our practice with a metronome, we will then explore different patterns of varying difficulty, including 4-note sixteenth note patterns, 5 note quintuplet patterns, and 6-note sextuplet patterns.
A small amount of music theory will also be taught relating to minor and major arpeggios, which are the most common way to perform tapping sequences. However, you are encouraged to EXPERIMENT with new shapes, patterns, strings, etc.
Included with this lesson is a backing track using the chords Em-G-A-C. Try using the skills taught in this lesson to create a tapped arpeggio sequence that matches each chord. Also included is a 2 page PDF detailing the steps to tapping, arpeggio theory, and tabs/music for the tapping patterns.
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00:50 Getting Started
04:42 Three Steps To Tapping
07:23 Technique advice
09:11 Descending Threes
10:22 Metronome Practice
12:11 Beyond Triplets
13:53 Tapped Arpeggio Music Theory
17:23 Arpeggio Passages
18:54 Advanced concepts
21:28 Practice Advice")
![Random Math Metal Riff Generation using Pi and the Byzantine scale [DIET DJENT]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6tNxfx2tetA/hqdefault.jpg "Random Math Metal Riff Generation using Pi and the Byzantine scale [DIET DJENT]
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Skip to 05:31 to hear the Pi Byzantine silliness
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There are a few mistakes in this video, Im bad with details: I somehow skipped the F rhythm and also forgot to notate the first 4 beat. This ultimately added to the randomness of the rhythm.
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Table of Contents:
00:00 Birthing The Rhythm
01:16 Beefing Up The Rhythm
02:18 Writing The Riff
02:55 Utilizing Byzantine
03:30 Wrapping Up
05:31 Pi Byzantine")
![Writing Progressions with Borrowed Chords: Songwriting Lesson [MUSIC THEORY - MODAL INTERCHANGE]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7IdttvJSedg/hqdefault.jpg "Writing Progressions with Borrowed Chords: Songwriting Lesson [MUSIC THEORY - MODAL INTERCHANGE]
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Modal Interchange, Borrowed Chords, and Modal Mixture all refer to the same concept of using parallel modes - modes that all start on the same tonic. In this video we explore writing chord progressions in C Major, then borrowing the chords from C Minor. We also explore other options, such as borrowing from Lydian or Phrygian, and borrowing from other keys when NOT in major.
2 mistakes- At 05:50 I accidentally forgot Dorian, and the big chart has a type on Locrian, the two chord is missing a numeral!
This topic goes as deep as your knowledge of the modes. If all you know is Major and Minor, you can still get an insane amount of awesome cool chord progressions just by borrowing between them. However, the more modal knowledge you have, the easier it is to keep track of all the chords available to you in a key, and have a quick and easy way to play or write over it.
Here are the videos that Ive taught to lead up to this course.
Writing chords in Major: https://youtu.be/M8eItITv8QA
Writing chords in Minor: https://youtu.be/j-j4g0ktPGw
Chords of Dorian: https://youtu.be/hyZPcYf1Pe4
Chords of Lydian: https://youtu.be/Ou_Z9ol8r0I
Chords of Phrygian: https://youtu.be/ZnoKgWnMEq8
Chords of Mixolydian: https://youtu.be/vPIebPDBizs
Secondary Dominants: https://youtu.be/py4HaueW50Q
Modal Mixture: https://youtu.be/RyR98UEtt18
And heres the video on just the borrowed iv chord: https://youtu.be/YEadIDOBpuA
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Table of Contents:
00:00 Intro
00:55 How To Borrow from Minor Scales
05:55 Approved Borrowed Chords
07:40 Borrowing From Different Modes
10:58 Writing in Minor and Borrowing Chords
12:35 Wrapping Up")
![How to Write Harmonies for Guitar / Piano / Vocals [MUSIC THEORY + SONGWRITING LESSON]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8lCf7q_VPHA/hqdefault.jpg "How to Write Harmonies for Guitar / Piano / Vocals [MUSIC THEORY + SONGWRITING LESSON]
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Writing harmonies can be HARD! Hopefully this video makes it easy. Its still just a launching pad, but its pretty thorough. One quick thing I forgot to mention- You can get away with really weird/bad harmonies if they are on weak beats, like in between the quarter notes or right before a downbeat. However, strong beats nearly REQUIRE a good solid harmony that matches the underlying chord.
If you were confused by anything in this video, you should check out these videos:
Interval Training Course: https://signalsmusicstudio.com/courses/guitar-interval-course/
Chords of Major: https://youtu.be/M8eItITv8QA
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00:00 Intro
00:59 Harmonized Thirds
03:42 Sixths
07:20 Fourths and Fifths
08:27 Parallel vs Contrary Motion
10:41 Why Parallel Fifths are Weird
12:24 Writing a Vocal Harmony
17:23 Final Thoughts")
