The Sitar is BIG fun 
Thanks!!!! When I sit in with that oldies band in a couple of weeks, I'm going to have a list of requests
AND, I also want to give you specific credit for even thinking to try to create that sound this way. Now that I've seen how you did it, I'm just as impressed with your FX design as I am with the sound
True.
When i heard the clip you posted i tought it was something in the line of a compressor+micro pitch+flanger.I was a bit surprised when i saw the chain of effects yesterday.
Tks for sharing,sounds really cool.
thanks guys! 
hey don,
i couldn't find that preset yesterday and I'm really eager to try it. I guess DonPetersen is also the author name you tagged, right?!
Or is the profile "only" part of the pitch rigs, cause those I have not downloaded.
It is part of the Pitch rigs.
It is part of the Pitch rigs.
right, and part of the factory rigs, should you choose to install these from the 'System' menu.
all these rigs have a 'PITCH' prefix.
my author tag is dp.
yup, that's why i coudnt find it and thought it lost and forgotten ...
well. thanks a lot then 
thank you guys. I can't wait to try it out. Always wanted a decent sitar simulation... fucking ALWAYS!!!
right, and part of the factory rigs, should you choose to install these from the 'System' menu.
all these rigs have a 'PITCH' prefix.
my author tag is dp.
What's the exact name of the rig? I just found sth that was called wide sitar but that one didn't sound like a sitar at all.
Yeah that's the one PITCH Wide Sitar 2, but it's not easy to make it sound like a sitar, I agree. Maybe Don can explain us how to make it sound like his examples ?
I also wonder how to make a convincing 12 strings BTW ???
Yeah that's the one PITCH Wide Sitar 2, but it's not easy to make it sound like a sitar, I agree. Maybe Don can explain us how to make it sound like his examples ?
I also wonder how to make a convincing 12 strings BTW ???
select the most acoustic sounding pickup in your guitar (probably neck or middle SC)
using the open d-string as a drone, play the melody notes on the g-string - starting with the octave (7th fret) is good idea.
this scale sounds nice with this kinda stuff: D Eb F# G Ab C (or C#)
try picking the drone (D) and the melody note in an alternating fashion, start with eighth notes, then add syncopation as you see fit.
I also drop the high E to D as well and use both D's to drone.
If you have a piezo pickup use that and pick near the bridge
I might have a profile up soon that unintentionally sounds slightly sitarish
cool explanations, thanks I will try this later on. How about a 12 strings , did you manage to get this kind of doubling ?
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You can get a sound pretty similar to a 12-string, but all six strings will be octave pairs, not just the E A D G strings.
Set one voice of Pitch to +12, mixed quieter than the actual strings, with a little bit of detuning.
ok thanks !
I just put up a profile on rig exchange.
Like I said earlier , pick near the bridge using the D as a drone (helps to drop high E to D as well and skip the B string..use G for melody)
If you have a piezo pickup even better
its labelled 'axe-fx' as the amp and cab but really the profile came nowhere close to the patch (the patch wasn't a sitar patch but messing with some of the parameters made it sound that way) ...nothing wrong with the profiling but there was some wierd Mod/controller setup in there that changed the distortion somewhat randomly/with touch
No particular madness to the delay/reverb settings so play with it ....personally I thought it was a bit to distorted but the fuzz gain was on zero lol
let me know if it works for you
You can get a sound pretty similar to a 12-string, but all six strings will be octave pairs, not just the E A D G strings.
Set one voice of Pitch to +12, mixed quieter than the actual strings, with a little bit of detuning.
yup,
that's the problem with all 12-string simulations. Unless you have some information on the strings that are playing, you won't get the proper effect.
Detuning is a good idea, though, and play with the format shift feature until it sounds good.
Adding a Micropitch after the pitch shfter makes things even more lush.
I tried that profile I did the other day and it clipped like hell so I'm not sure what happened....I reuploaded a patch minus clipping and with a -12 and +12 shift ...anyway try it out
I tried that profile I did the other day and it clipped like hell so I'm not sure what happened....I reuploaded a patch minus clipping and with a -12 and +12 shift ...anyway try it out
Works really well here,no problems.
And the way i use it sounds even better,since i have an Archtop Prs with piezo i use the profile in the acoustic mode.Sounds much more sitar like this way.
Effect wise profiles this is one of the best(imo).
Display MoreWorks really well here,no problems.
And the way i use it sounds even better,since i have an Archtop Prs with piezo i use the profile in the acoustic mode.Sounds much more sitar like this way.
Effect wise profiles this is one of the best(imo).
glad you like it, I have absolutely no idea what happened to the first one I put up I must not have stored the changed and when I checked it again it was clipping like crazy
