That’s not my guitar, but its very similar to the instrument that was used to create this 2 minute jam (Notice the Funk 49 reference at the beginning – not intentional). More important than the guitar, however, is the fact that this represents a good solution. After work, basically no time to work on composing, but I had a real need to rock out. So, I just hooked up to Guitar Rig and ran that, not as a plug-in, but rather as a stand-alone. It’s got a recorder that let me get down some ideas very quickly. I wouldn’t try to merge these into a Logic project, but at least the ideas have been taken down quickly and cleanly. I also have to compliment the folks at Native Instruments who made the guitar sound pretty realistic.
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[…] The new pro-level DAW from Apple has premiered today, and while the general appearance and feel of Logic 8 appears to be retained (it is not, after all, being billed as Logic 8.x or Logic 9), there are a gaggle of fancy new features, including the lovely stompbox interface featured above. It seems that the goal is to use strong brand identification to get the low-level pro user and, more importantly, the upper level amateur to forgo GarageBand in favor of this comprehensive, all-inclusive, software suite. I think the real pros are content with the multitude of aftermarket plug-ins that have been in use for years. The difference is that modeling tech just keeps getting better and better and better. My GuitarRig software is already getting a bit old, and it still sounds pretty good. […]