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Bro you are the GOAT. Augment is my 2nd favorite album of all time for a reason and your riff writing is an absolute powerhouse. Thank you for your vision and for writing a record that will forever be near to me. Feels like yesterday I was watching the Augment Album Teaser! Please always write!
What you're doing with this plugin is beyond amazing my Alaaan, my God, it's sounding gorgeous! You said that song video makes you remind of old ERRA, man i watched the old clip some days ago from "Towers" by ERRA filmed in that field, know i know that brings that old vibe hahaha
cool stuff dude. Augment is probably one of my favorite albuns of all time! its full of amazing riffs and the lead guitar really outstanding. I think you should do MIDI for older bands as well like Hopesfall
I learned about ERRA in 2020, Eye of God being their most recent song at the moment until the self titled singles started coming out, to this day, i always take my ass back to Augment album.. i wish i knew of ERRA in my highschool days, it would have shaped my music taste alot better alot sooner
Not to take away from your video, I am super stoked for this library because i cant play a mis sigs song to save my life let alone erra or artificials, its the best midi program ive ever heard no question. I know you get tired of the “og erra wuz better” comments too and not everything you do is or should be an invitation to bring that up, but man i feel compelled, because while im super glad that erra is reaching more ears and all the members seem happy, erra did not used to sound like any other band at all, even with the lyrics, in fact i couldnt be convinced otherwise that the bands that have recently gotten big in this lane of metal HAD to be inspired by erra. Im not saying erra is selling out or anything, the st was great and I’ll probably like this new record just fine but I can definitely hear other bands in the new stuff, but what can ya do, sounds change! I am super happy you make erra stuff when you feel like it though because I just find it so gratifying to deep dive on the band that doesnt have too much “BTS” or interviews, cause yalls music helps me get through a lot. Can’t wait to hear what the library can do upon release!
You are my favorite guitarist of all time and that will never change. I love The Artificials and I am a supporter on patreon! Please keep making music, you are absolutely amazing. Much love!
Seeing the progression of your plugin is awesome to see. I’m so freaking proud of you! Also the way the crappy flute comes in when you talk about wind instrument plugins. Lololol
Dude this is awesome! I have a a completely MIDI metalcore project that I’m working on so I’m gonna have to check this out! I got 2 songs I released on my channel this last year and I think it’s completely possible to pass as real instruments. I’m excited 🔥
Also the only real problem I have with programming MIDI guitar is idk how/can’t replicate all the harmonics/scrapes/weird noises everyone like Spiritbox/Erra/Knocked Loose does. You have tips for that?
That's pretty cool dude! I love ERRA, for me Impulse and Augment are still masterpieces, still in heavy rotation. And still it feels like ERRA just keeps getting better and better for each release
ive used midi guitars for a long time and that release noise part legit got me really excited. love the attention to detail. looking forward to where this goes.
Your opinion on this new song definitely made me have a more complete listening experience. And your approach to recreating the sound with your library was fucking phenomenal, I honestly couldn't belive it was a midi guitar. Nicely done!
I love to see that you're also using the Reaper evaluation license 🤣 I'm excited to use MIDI guitar to support my live tracks, or keep time as I'm writing. Stoked for this!
This is great. And I agree this could have been an old ERRA breakdown...maybe on a B side of Augment or the next album after if you guys kept progressing as you had been.
@@AlanRigdon the UI completely broke down on me, all I see with it is a bunch of knobs with the parameters on the labels. The old version still works but I preferred Ultimate
The library itself is mono, but you will be able to run two different instances in stereo without phasing. There will be a guitar 1 and guitar 2. It’s very low on CPU usage so no worries there either!
@@AlanRigdon i mean you could add a stereo mode in the library so it would be much easier. Also will it be free or paid? if paid, will there be a free lite version?
@@AlanRigdon Great! Looking forward to the release, I've been using MIDI guitars since 2016 or so and I'm impressed. Curious to hear how this handles faster repetitions and other styles of metal
As someone who uses Midi a LOT I’m super excited for this, it sounds awesome. Will there be an option for clean DI? I noticed you said “my tones”, will there be premixed tones OR do we have an option for clean DI? I’m so excited to buy this lol
I think the problem is that people change over time, Jesse now can never sound like Impulse/Augment Jesse, and JT can never sound like Garrison so if that's what you're looking for then more power to you, don't listen to new Erra lol
@@sarcasm4371 well first off if you're wanting Erra to sound like augment again, you best just stop listening to new Erra because the past is the past. Second off, music is subjective and JT in eye of God sounds exactly like he does in all of the self titled songs, albeat weaker because he's perfected his sound in the self titled onward. Third, both Lunar Halo and Eye of God embrace the whimsical side of ERRA which in my opinion is the best part and the defining trait of the band. Fourth, the self titled album isn't average by any means. Literally none of the songs sound like anything from any random band. They are all explicitly unique and if you can't hear that then heaven help you.
Also, and idk why, but people legit sleep on JST amp sims. Like, they actually slap but I think it's because they are designed to be slightly dialed as opposed to out the box like Neural. Also, can we get access to that carvin beta????
Thanks and yeah I still make music with my band The Artificials. I think most people don’t want to dial in, they would rather load up and go. That’s fine and all, but sometimes dialing it in is the fun part.
How much for you to redo the whole song with midi guitars? The original is fucking fire, i just prefer this version for some reason. To me it sounds just a but heavier.
Thanks! Haha I’ll be doing more MIDI guitar videos like this, but I don’t think I’ll be doing the full version of this. Appreciate you checking it out though!
@@AlanRigdonyeah no worries man, i appreciate you putting it up. Youre right, this song is a definite throw back and it gives me impulse vibes for sure. Im trying to learn vaalbara at the moment. I look forward to seeing more of your uploads man, ill keep you in mind when i check erra out live in april.
I've been talking to my buddy about how Erra doesn't feel the same after you and Garrison left and he still don't understand the "soul" you put into guitar that Garrison could carry on his voice. it is a different band and who am I but some guy on youtube. However anyone liking this comment agrees with me that Erra doesn't quite have that sound that scratches the itch it used to, and I believe its cause there is a piece of that "soul" lost with you and Garrison.
If I successfully assembled the seven dragon balls, I would ask the dragon to tell me how exactly, in detail, what happened when you and Garrison left the band. Im not even kidding. This band is such a big part of my life. The break-up and the subsequent sound change is something I just have to deal with, without even knowing why. Now im not even saying anything should change, I just want to know yhe truth man. Like imagine one day your wife left, without even telling you a single thing.
Haha good to know you care that much bud. I touched on this topic a little in this video th-cam.com/video/5z8Ul_nim9Q/w-d-xo.htmlsi=gPnJdfFAGAFfTx3l But I don’t go into too much detail because of it being very personal to me. Also, this is only my side of the story and I’d love to tell that in more detail with the other members if I ever got the chance. It would only be fair.
@@AlanRigdon yoooo I left this comment late at night while drunk lmao, never expected you to see it or anything I really appreciate the kind response man! Didn't mean to pressure you to do it at all. Sorry if it did come off like it. I'm sure, however intimate/important it meant to me, It's most certainly many times more so to you. Again thanks for the reply and all :)
Erra doesn't sound like Erra without you on a guitar. They haven't since you left. The new stuff just sounds like Spiritbox to me. Your style of playing gave it something different. Impulse and Augment are still their best stuff. I dont really like the new album. Its all sounds the same to me. Their self titled was their best since you left.
@@AlanRigdon The cymbals and kicks are fine. Sometimes I find the snares don't fit in my songs... and the toms especially just ring out forever I've always found them useless in metal mixes . They don't sound like ABR toms for instance. I find Invasion or OKW Metal toms fit a lot better right out of the box for metal stuff .
@@DemonEmbarasser gates are your friends with toms. I thought the same thing until I slapped a simple bus compressor and drum gates on there to tighten up. Nolly has a great tutorial on snare EQing that goes over both GGD M&M and GGD Invasion that might help you fit your snares in too. Not saying for sure this will work for you but that helped me figure out what to listen for instead of just copying settings which I fell into the trap of. Modern and Massive is designed to be a well captured raw sound that can be manipulated into a lot of different mixes but since its so raw, sometime you do need to do a lot of manipulation to make it fit. Definitely not as "grab and go" as the OKW libraries as you mentioned.
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@@AlanRigdon thank you my friend 🙏
Bro you are the GOAT. Augment is my 2nd favorite album of all time for a reason and your riff writing is an absolute powerhouse. Thank you for your vision and for writing a record that will forever be near to me. Feels like yesterday I was watching the Augment Album Teaser! Please always write!
Alan’s cooking
Ive been listening to Erra since augment. I will never stop listening to Erra and following the boys.
💯💯💯
I love this!! You should do this same style video with other song/bands. MIDI misery signals would be pretty sweet.
Great suggestion! Might have to do that one 🤔
So cool to hear your perspective and see it combined with what you’re working on now. Love watching these videos
Augment got me into Erra. I love the old, the new, and the side projects. And I definitely love seeing you keep positing great stuff Alan!
Man your enjoying 3:33-3:36 of the video just as much as I do! Definitely the best part lol
That was so much better than what I expected. Great sound!!
Alan is always the chef, massive cook
Man I wish you guys could've written at least one more album after Augment so bad. You were the ying to Jessie's yang.
What you're doing with this plugin is beyond amazing my Alaaan, my God, it's sounding gorgeous!
You said that song video makes you remind of old ERRA, man i watched the old clip some days ago from "Towers" by ERRA filmed in that field, know i know that brings that old vibe hahaha
cool stuff dude. Augment is probably one of my favorite albuns of all time! its full of amazing riffs and the lead guitar really outstanding. I think you should do MIDI for older bands as well like Hopesfall
I learned about ERRA in 2020, Eye of God being their most recent song at the moment until the self titled singles started coming out, to this day, i always take my ass back to Augment album.. i wish i knew of ERRA in my highschool days, it would have shaped my music taste alot better alot sooner
Not to take away from your video, I am super stoked for this library because i cant play a mis sigs song to save my life let alone erra or artificials, its the best midi program ive ever heard no question. I know you get tired of the “og erra wuz better” comments too and not everything you do is or should be an invitation to bring that up, but man i feel compelled, because while im super glad that erra is reaching more ears and all the members seem happy, erra did not used to sound like any other band at all, even with the lyrics, in fact i couldnt be convinced otherwise that the bands that have recently gotten big in this lane of metal HAD to be inspired by erra. Im not saying erra is selling out or anything, the st was great and I’ll probably like this new record just fine but I can definitely hear other bands in the new stuff, but what can ya do, sounds change! I am super happy you make erra stuff when you feel like it though because I just find it so gratifying to deep dive on the band that doesnt have too much “BTS” or interviews, cause yalls music helps me get through a lot. Can’t wait to hear what the library can do upon release!
Bro the motivational recorder speech at the end had me 💀💀💀
Great stuff over here!
I love the Misha plugin specifically for precision drive, I will use it with other amp sims. BTW sounds great man, super excited for the release!
LET. HIM. COOK
Would love to hear this over Northlane’s new song Miasma. Wondering what the MIDI could reproduce over that track.
Alan is that dude. 🫡
I'm sold... I had no idea this was even feasible! Great work on this - looking forward to playing around with it and learning from your videos 🤘
Cannot wait for this! Sounds so sick!
Very interesting! Love this display.
You are my favorite guitarist of all time and that will never change. I love The Artificials and I am a supporter on patreon! Please keep making music, you are absolutely amazing. Much love!
Awe thanks bud! Seriously appreciate that and we are definitely coming back with more new music!
Seeing the progression of your plugin is awesome to see. I’m so freaking proud of you! Also the way the crappy flute comes in when you talk about wind instrument plugins. Lololol
Great video!
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Thanks! Welcome to the channel!
Dude this is awesome! I have a a completely MIDI metalcore project that I’m working on so I’m gonna have to check this out! I got 2 songs I released on my channel this last year and I think it’s completely possible to pass as real instruments. I’m excited 🔥
Also the only real problem I have with programming MIDI guitar is idk how/can’t replicate all the harmonics/scrapes/weird noises everyone like Spiritbox/Erra/Knocked Loose does. You have tips for that?
Good to hear bud and thanks for watching!
@@drunkenyeknomAll of those articulations are included in my sample library and I will making videos on how to program those. Hang tight.
Produced/Mixed/Mastered by Daniel Braunstein.
I subconsciously knew that but had a brain fart I guess 🤣
Love it
This is cool as hell man thank you.
That's pretty cool dude!
I love ERRA, for me Impulse and Augment are still masterpieces, still in heavy rotation. And still it feels like ERRA just keeps getting better and better for each release
2nd video of yours watched… I’m sold , new sub and looking fwd to your plugin🎉!!
Awesome! Glad to have you with us! 🤘🏽
ive used midi guitars for a long time and that release noise part legit got me really excited. love the attention to detail. looking forward to where this goes.
Glad you’re stoked! This thing is full of attention to detail for sure.
Your opinion on this new song definitely made me have a more complete listening experience. And your approach to recreating the sound with your library was fucking phenomenal, I honestly couldn't belive it was a midi guitar. Nicely done!
Thank you! 🤘🏽
Nice 🤘🏻
Lets go!!! 🤘🏼
Midi northlane, *-slaps project on table-* MAKE IT HAPPEN!
Which Northlane song?
@@AlanRigdon I kinda want to see cypher redone
@@AlanRigdon off the Obsidian album
@@AlanRigdon yes
Would you consider joining ERRA again ? I love The Artificials btw, genius work, is the band still active?
We are still active just taking time to write and work on other projects.
The Tone sounds like meshuggah. Sick man. Love it. 🔥🔥🔥
@@DJENT-ch8gh ooh what a compliment! Thanks dude!
the vocals sounds so clean wtf
this slaps
Is the library out ? Where can we get it
@@Nairod-ks6ne Yeah it is! Head over to studysoundaudio.com we have a sale going on right now too!
Dude.. hell yeah 🔥🔥🔥🔥🥂
Alan, when is this going to be available for purchase? I do a lot of MIDI writing now that I'm stuck in an office most of the day.
In a few weeks it will be announced. Stick around!
I love to see that you're also using the Reaper evaluation license 🤣 I'm excited to use MIDI guitar to support my live tracks, or keep time as I'm writing. Stoked for this!
No shame 🤣🤣 I should probably buy it. Thanks for the support bud!
This is great. And I agree this could have been an old ERRA breakdown...maybe on a B side of Augment or the next album after if you guys kept progressing as you had been.
What reaper skin is that? I'm digging it!
Thanks! It’s called “Blackmore DVU” I think. Just google it and it should come up.
Would love to demo your library if you have a beta available!
Beta is closed atm but it will be out very soon!
TFMM was such a good amp sim. It breaks my heart that it became discontinued :( and it broke on me right when they announced it!
What do you mean it broke on you? Mine still works.
@@AlanRigdon the UI completely broke down on me, all I see with it is a bunch of knobs with the parameters on the labels. The old version still works but I preferred Ultimate
Also idk 100% but I think it’s Dan Braunstein who mixed this, it sounds like his drum processing
Thank you chef I was so hungry
i believe this is a Dan Braunstein mix?
I see he’s getting some recognition now. He did a great job on this.
Does the library come with stereo guitars?
The library itself is mono, but you will be able to run two different instances in stereo without phasing. There will be a guitar 1 and guitar 2. It’s very low on CPU usage so no worries there either!
@@AlanRigdon i mean you could add a stereo mode in the library so it would be much easier. Also will it be free or paid? if paid, will there be a free lite version?
When will the guitar VST be available?
No official date yet, but very soon. Stick around! 🤘🏽
Sounds awesome! Are the release noises for guitars 1 and 2 also separate samples to avoid phasing? Plus any other noises
Thanks! Yes, there are separate samples for guitar 1 and 2 along with the static articulations.
@@AlanRigdon Great! Looking forward to the release, I've been using MIDI guitars since 2016 or so and I'm impressed. Curious to hear how this handles faster repetitions and other styles of metal
you said this is your vst??!! when does it drop man? im super invested!!
Yup! Currently in development.
Almost done with it! Should be out within the next month or so.
As someone who uses Midi a LOT I’m super excited for this, it sounds awesome. Will there be an option for clean DI? I noticed you said “my tones”, will there be premixed tones OR do we have an option for clean DI? I’m so excited to buy this lol
Glad you’re stoked about it! There will be DI and processed tones. The library really shines with the DI though!
Can’t wait!!
I'm being honest this 2014-present "Erra"
I'm not a big fan of.
Bring OG "ERRA" back
I'm stuck at 2011 & 2013 masterpieces
With you Alan and Garrison
I think the problem is that people change over time, Jesse now can never sound like Impulse/Augment Jesse, and JT can never sound like Garrison so if that's what you're looking for then more power to you, don't listen to new Erra lol
@@sarcasm4371 eye of God to me sounds like Erra self titled, lunar halo honestly to me feels like eye of God 2.0
music changes. those sounds are old. many bands don’t do the same style like they do 10 years ago
@@sarcasm4371 well first off if you're wanting Erra to sound like augment again, you best just stop listening to new Erra because the past is the past. Second off, music is subjective and JT in eye of God sounds exactly like he does in all of the self titled songs, albeat weaker because he's perfected his sound in the self titled onward.
Third, both Lunar Halo and Eye of God embrace the whimsical side of ERRA which in my opinion is the best part and the defining trait of the band.
Fourth, the self titled album isn't average by any means. Literally none of the songs sound like anything from any random band. They are all explicitly unique and if you can't hear that then heaven help you.
Super cool video man! You still making heavy music?
Also, and idk why, but people legit sleep on JST amp sims. Like, they actually slap but I think it's because they are designed to be slightly dialed as opposed to out the box like Neural. Also, can we get access to that carvin beta????
Thanks and yeah I still make music with my band The Artificials. I think most people don’t want to dial in, they would rather load up and go. That’s fine and all, but sometimes dialing it in is the fun part.
@@AlanRigdon I agree fellow tone hunters unite hahaha
How much for you to redo the whole song with midi guitars?
The original is fucking fire, i just prefer this version for some reason. To me it sounds just a but heavier.
Thanks! Haha I’ll be doing more MIDI guitar videos like this, but I don’t think I’ll be doing the full version of this. Appreciate you checking it out though!
@@AlanRigdonyeah no worries man, i appreciate you putting it up.
Youre right, this song is a definite throw back and it gives me impulse vibes for sure. Im trying to learn vaalbara at the moment.
I look forward to seeing more of your uploads man, ill keep you in mind when i check erra out live in april.
I've been talking to my buddy about how Erra doesn't feel the same after you and Garrison left and he still don't understand the "soul" you put into guitar that Garrison could carry on his voice. it is a different band and who am I but some guy on youtube.
However anyone liking this comment agrees with me that Erra doesn't quite have that sound that scratches the itch it used to, and I believe its cause there is a piece of that "soul" lost with you and Garrison.
was all Dan Braunstein my man!
Nice! His work is 👌🏽 👨🍳 💋
Not to come out as a hater, but I do love OG Erra compared to the new Erra we have now.
If I successfully assembled the seven dragon balls, I would ask the dragon to tell me how exactly, in detail, what happened when you and Garrison left the band.
Im not even kidding.
This band is such a big part of my life.
The break-up and the subsequent sound change is something I just have to deal with, without even knowing why.
Now im not even saying anything should change, I just want to know yhe truth man.
Like imagine one day your wife left, without even telling you a single thing.
Haha good to know you care that much bud. I touched on this topic a little in this video th-cam.com/video/5z8Ul_nim9Q/w-d-xo.htmlsi=gPnJdfFAGAFfTx3l
But I don’t go into too much detail because of it being very personal to me. Also, this is only my side of the story and I’d love to tell that in more detail with the other members if I ever got the chance. It would only be fair.
@@AlanRigdon yoooo
I left this comment late at night while drunk lmao, never expected you to see it or anything
I really appreciate the kind response man! Didn't mean to pressure you to do it at all.
Sorry if it did come off like it.
I'm sure, however intimate/important it meant to me, It's most certainly many times more so to you.
Again thanks for the reply and all :)
Do you regret leaving Erra?
Not even the slightest. Completely happen with my life and the success of the band!
Alan Rigdon ERRA is the real ERRA
I'd love to chat with you some time for real.
Erra doesn't sound like Erra without you on a guitar. They haven't since you left. The new stuff just sounds like Spiritbox to me. Your style of playing gave it something different. Impulse and Augment are still their best stuff. I dont really like the new album. Its all sounds the same to me. Their self titled was their best since you left.
Alan please make a return. Augment is the best metal album of all time. New erra just ain’t it. I mean who tf mixes drums like that
I've had such a hard time with Modern n Massive but you make it sound great
Thanks! It’s probably the easiest kit to manipulate in my opinion. What are you having issues with specifically?
@@AlanRigdon The cymbals and kicks are fine. Sometimes I find the snares don't fit in my songs... and the toms especially just ring out forever I've always found them useless in metal mixes . They don't sound like ABR toms for instance. I find Invasion or OKW Metal toms fit a lot better right out of the box for metal stuff .
@@DemonEmbarasser gates are your friends with toms. I thought the same thing until I slapped a simple bus compressor and drum gates on there to tighten up. Nolly has a great tutorial on snare EQing that goes over both GGD M&M and GGD Invasion that might help you fit your snares in too. Not saying for sure this will work for you but that helped me figure out what to listen for instead of just copying settings which I fell into the trap of. Modern and Massive is designed to be a well captured raw sound that can be manipulated into a lot of different mixes but since its so raw, sometime you do need to do a lot of manipulation to make it fit. Definitely not as "grab and go" as the OKW libraries as you mentioned.
Where can I get your midi guitar library?
It’s not out yet but will be soon! Be sure to subscribe to know when it drops!