Reggae style upstroke guitar sound..

psylentuk · Post by **psylentuk** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 8:14 pm

I was just wondering how can I get that reggae style upstroke guitar (I think its guitar) sound?
The one thats going constantly through Skream - Not Known!
Or possibly its an organ but I'm unsure hence asking, anyway how do I get the sound?
Thanks in advanced

r · Post by r » Sat Feb 02, 2008 8:34 pm

a)get a mic and a guitar... and record the upstroke chords....
b)get a hammond plugin.... record some chords
c)get a old dub vinyl record and sample some upstroke chords/organ chords

psylentuk · Post by **psylentuk** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 8:38 pm

Hammond?
Also whats everyones advice on acheieving this sound?

auan · Post by **auan** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:34 pm

Hammond organ. The organ used in all the old reggae/ska tracks. Native Instruments B4 is generally regarded as the best software simulation of it.

R's advice is sound. Personally, I'd go with the guitar option.

psylentuk · Post by **psylentuk** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:43 pm

Thanks man big help =)

r · Post by r » Sun Feb 03, 2008 9:56 am

well hes asking for a sound so...

auan · Post by **auan** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 12:41 pm

Haha. In British slang, "sound" can also mean "good".

r · Post by r » Sun Feb 03, 2008 4:26 pm

oh ait thanks hahaha never noticed that

decklyn · Post by **decklyn** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 5:32 pm

download some dub packs for quick access to old sampled records.
less original option, but more immediately satisfying.

psylentuk · Post by **psylentuk** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 10:22 pm

Still cant figure out how to do it, could someone possibly help me with a tutorial (would be appriciated alot)
Thanks in advanced

psylentuk · Post by **psylentuk** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 11:55 pm

PsylentUk wrote:Still cant figure out how to do it, could someone possibly help me with a tutorial (would be appriciated alot)
Thanks in advanced

Forget that now sorted it out with help from a friend, thanks for contributing though people.
EZ

cixxxj · Post by **cixxxj** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 1:16 am

even if you already done it, check out Rumpelraush Taips plugins. They're free, as long as you donate something to a NGO, and you can't live without them once you tried them. Spotlight plugin is "Crazy Diamonds", named after the first preset of this gorgeous machine...

But also ZR-3 is wonderful. Nah miss it!

rumpelrausch.de.vu

mac versions hosted at www.dontcrack.com

djake · Post by **djake** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 1:57 am

i need to get back on the guitar business

psylentuk · Post by **psylentuk** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 4:41 am

cixxxj wrote:even if you already done it, check out Rumpelraush Taips plugins. They're free, as long as you donate something to a NGO, and you can't live without them once you tried them. Spotlight plugin is "Crazy Diamonds", named after the first preset of this gorgeous machine... But also ZR-3 is wonderful. Nah miss it!

rumpelrausch.de.vu

mac versions hosted at www.dontcrack.com

Thanks man, little pointers like these help me big time, going to check it out now.
eazy

dubsteppa · Post by **dubsteppa** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 1:37 pm

LOL SKANKS search 4 skanks there r loads of samplez to be found.best get guitar or keyboard skanks

dubsteppa · Post by **dubsteppa** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 1:39 pm

pm me your email and i can send u some

kato! · Post by **kato!** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 8:19 pm

There are also plenty of Reggae and Dub MIDI files on the net, with all the chord structures you need! I would suggest creating your sounds from scratch and avoid samples, you learn a lot more about sound and production that way!

FSTZ · Post by **FSTZ** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 8:33 pm

sample guitar...

place note accordingly

easy skankin

argonaut · Post by **argonaut** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:38 am

you might find you get a better sound instead of playing the chords normally, turn the volume on the amp right up and mute the guitar(by just pressing lightly on the left hand)

also, although there's plenty reggae with organ on it, there's also just as much where there's no organ, but a guitar and piano playing at the same time; though i've only ever got a sound i like using a real piano, and i know that's a bit of hassle if you aint got one

justin roche · Post by **justin roche** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 7:36 pm

Ray Hitchins wrote a book on how to play reggae guitar.
This includes tuition on how to play the syncopated reggae rhythm guitar, or "skank" as you call it, however, I believe the term many reggae artists use is "the bang".

electric guitar is the best instrument to achieve a stereo typical bang.

I would listen to old school reggae to get an idea of how it should sound.

Hope that helps.
http://musicbooksplus.com/play-reggae-g ... -6475.html

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