Trying to get Steve Vai's Sound!!!

HQ Stereo version: http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=akabLgfRNZA&fmt=18

Well... I've got the incredible Ibanez JEM 7V and I wanted to get a rig setup so close as possible to Vai's sound and to check how it's heared in youtube. Just a test video, I think I will post a "The Crying Machine" cover shortly after some little tweeks...

Using the JEM and Guitar Rig 3 to model the sound in Cubase SX, a good EQ for the guitar and a stereo expander and a limiter for the final mix. Let's see if I can get it...

In Guitar Rig 3, using (in this order) the DISTORTION (Boss DS-1), the CHORUS+FLANGER (as a very little of chorus), the Ultrasonic amp (kind of Bogner) and the QUAD DELAY (instead of any kind of reverb) in order to get a cleaner end in the solos with a little of deepness also... Settings:

* Distortion: Vol(5), Tone(1.73), Distortion(2.73).

* Chorus/Flanger: Speed(1Hz), Intensity(3), Width(1.34).

* Ultrasonic: Master(5), Vol(5), Gain(10), Bass(6.14), Middle (4.10), Treble (7.01), Presence(7.51).

* Cabinet: Ultrasonic 4x12, Mic 100% A, Air(1.58).

* Quad Delay: Wet(30.2%, but it will depend on the mix), Time(449ms), Feedback(14.6%), Rate and Depth out (0), Diffusion(10, max stereo).

The tricky thing is that I'm trying to apply an EQ to this overall sound, still working on it:)

You can see that it's not any kind of playback because of the mistakes I made... The sound of the guitar is 100% real of what I get with the stuff I've got. Greetings!

P.D.: after seeing the video in youtube, It's pretty clear that they use a heavy sound limiter, resulting in loss of deepness of the track and some artifacts like sound level breaks. I'll try to post the next video with a little less of output and see what happens then, because It looses a lot of overall quality... :( Moreover it sounds in mono by default, so...

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[CrazyCalabrese78]

Great work mate. I have a VOX Tonelab SE, which I might try to use your settings with and see how close I get to the tone. Although, I have a Satch JS1200 Ibanez. Be interesting as a starting point though.

[kingv911]

the tone is pretty close, that playing doesn't sound like Vai - it sounds like yourself, and that's a good thing! Nice playing man!

[rosetalove]

bravo!!!!!!you ar realy good!!!!!



[robsonaraujo31]

amazing....

[SimplyFaster]

Have Yoy given that thought about the "Crunchin an apple in the sommersunlightened mornin"?...Catch that and U might get closer than a typerwriter, man ;)

[XmLash47]

are you jesus

[kingmonster12]

maybe it isnt like steve vai but dude.....love the sound it was incredible!!

[leonsongs74]

Cool! Cool! Cool! Please) alcohol74@inbox.ru

[RepertMousik]

thank you!!! 

[rikardocarvalho]

Why there are in here so many comments underestimating what he is doing ? As you can see he is not a Steve Vai wannabe. Its his only Steve Vai song. He proposed himself to TRY to achieve SV sound as a curiosity, educational, whatever . Nothing more than that... i dont see why some people say that has to be much more than amps, guitar, etc and its all about finguers, and that he should have his own sound