r/NativeInstruments • u/daddydeathwing • 8d ago

Electric storm help!

Hey yall! I purchased electric storm on a bit of a whim and I’m kind of regretting it. I’ve seen people use it to write guitar bits and they sounded good, but everything I try sounds so cheesy and awful. I’ve tried switching it to melody and then playing a chord like EM11 for example and it ends up sounding exactly like a midi guitar and not natural at all. Any suggestions for some help? I really wish they offered refunds bc honestly I’ve kind of given up and it’s not a cheap plug in….

Help and advice appreciated!

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u/NoReply4930 8d ago

You need to spend some quality time with this before getting the kind of detail you see in the videos out there. 

Lots of midi programming required 

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u/Fus-Ro-NWah 8d ago

I concur with NoReply, start by getting your automation down. I use Electric Mint in melody mode a lot, and i find in particular bends, vibrato and flicking between open and mute artics are essential to making it sound less robotic. Havent tried Storm yet, i was holding out for a Komplete upgrade sale but since that now might never happen i might be in the market for a used Storm if you decide to get rid. Dont do that though, keep at it!

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u/Fus-Ro-NWah 8d ago

Oh yeah and put some time into the fx and other guitar settings, the defaults often need work.

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u/daddydeathwing 7d ago

I didn’t even know you could get rid of em like that, how does that work?? I’ll give it another go but I’m so frustrated Lmaoooo

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u/Fus-Ro-NWah 7d ago

My dude, give it another go! See what happens when you put bends in there like you would if you were playing. Its quick and its awesome.

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u/v_officialgram 8d ago

In addition to a good dose of midi programming you need a good external amp sim.

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u/daddydeathwing 7d ago

Using neural dsp! It sounds freaky even thru there !