Pedal Steel Guitar

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Recording on a computer (Cakewalk, Wave 8/24), anyone know how one might capture and record the sound of a pedal steel guitar, other than buying one? Appreciate your ideas. Thanks.
 
I've heard some good MIDI renditions of steel before but none beats the real thing.
One thing is for certain, steel can be reproduced by MIDI much better than
a six string guitar. If you have a keyboard with MIDI control and a Pitch wheel
you can try to move the wheel to emulate a slide. There is a GM patch for steel
guitar. Once you have a sound you like, try recording it to your Cakewalk track.
You can then add effects. Incidentally, the sound you first hear may not
be axactly what you want but the effects (chorus/delay/reverb/compression)
may get it closer. Give it a few runs.......
 
As a Pedal steel player myself, I'd say there ain't no way you are gonna synthesize a Steel guitar....let alone a Pedal steel.

The pedal steel's unique sound is created by several strings being picked together and 1, 2 or all the strings being bent (Lower or higher) from their original pitch into a new chord! I have several pedal and knee lever
combinations that raise some pitches and lower others at the same time!

You can simulate the tone and bend pitches with a keyboard...but why not give some steel player a break and hire him to lay down some real nice tracks for you!

Sincerely;
Dom Franco
 
Thanks for your replies. I really appreciate the info.

Eddie
 
Hey, If you lived close enough I would even consider doing some tracks for free....

I'm in the Northwest..where are you?

Dom Franco
 
Hey, Peter, do you have any of those MIDI tracks we could hear?
 
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