Sitar-izing plugin?

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Anybody know of one, or an especially good one? I don't really mean a sitar soft synth, but a plug for guitar, like a fuzz or auto-wah, but one that will impart a sitar-like sound. They use to make a stomp box that was only so-so, so, I thought they must make something like that in a plug-in now.

I wasn't sure if this should go here or the guitar forum, so I took a shot. If I don't get a satifactory response here, I may take it there.
 
notCardio said:
Anybody know of one, or an especially good one? I don't really mean a sitar soft synth, but a plug for guitar, like a fuzz or auto-wah, but one that will impart a sitar-like sound. They use to make a stomp box that was only so-so, so, I thought they must make something like that in a plug-in now.

I wasn't sure if this should go here or the guitar forum, so I took a shot. If I don't get a satifactory response here, I may take it there.
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Don't know of a plug-in, per se, but a lot of it is probably a slow sine wave fed into a VCF (voltage controlled filter) with the signal going into the "low pass input" jack. You'd also probably want to boost some of the upper harmonics going into it, which could be done in any number of ways. Then add a slight pitch shift controlled by the same oscillator that feeds the VCF.

As long as you're only playing one note at a time, that's doable in an analog circuit using a vocoder. Otherwise... not so much. Would be moderately easy to do in a plug-in, though, if you know somebody good at writing pitch shift plug-ins....

Why not just get a cheap Chinese 12-string guitar and mod it? Add beads on every other string, and replace the other strings with a really light gauge string for your sympathetic strings. Replace the bridge with a cut off piece of a ruler. Instant lousy sitar. :D
 
Interesting concept (the diy sitar) but

I'll just buy one of the cheap electric ones available before I do that.

And unfortunately , I don't know anyone that writes plugs.

Thanks for the reply, though.

Anyone else?
 
I have gotten a simular effect when useing a "Vocoder" Plug-in in Guitar tracks....

It gives the guitar and Plunky sitarish sort of sound, Might be worth a Try to see if it gives the effect you are looking for....


Cheers
 
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