Any advice to emulate a harmonica on my XF? I need it for Romantics What I Like About You, I haven’t found a good voice to use.

What I Like About You

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Hi Forum Gurus - I see many have read this request but nobody has commented.  If anyone can recommend a voice I can emulate a harmonica with, much appreciated.  If I need to add a 3rd party library ... ok.

Dave - master of all voices, any thoughts?  I hate to bother everyone with my trivial need, but I’m supposed to add this for our next rehearsal.  The song is technically trivial, of course, I just need a voice to cover that “lead”.

motidave - 12 January 2012 02:24 PM

Hi Forum Gurus - I see many have read this request but nobody has commented.  If anyone can recommend a voice I can emulate a harmonica with, much appreciated.  If I need to add a 3rd party library ... ok.

Dave - master of all voices, any thoughts?  I hate to bother everyone with my trivial need, but I’m supposed to add this for our next rehearsal.  The song is technically trivial, of course, I just need a voice to cover that “lead”.

I think the Blues Harp voice is fine for this...not in front of my Motif
at the moment, but I know it’s in there.

This is as much a matter of playing technique as sounds. I’ve played this
song in cover bands using sounds that weren’t anywhere near as good as
the harmonicas in the Motif. In fact I think I used a Roland JP-8000 synth
for it the last time I played this live, and that is a virtual analog synth, not a sample-playback instrument.

Volume pedal, pitch bend - that’s the key to the technique.

DavePolich - 12 January 2012 03:06 PM

motidave - 12 January 2012 02:24 PM

Hi Forum Gurus - I see many have read this request but nobody has commented.  If anyone can recommend a voice I can emulate a harmonica with, much appreciated.  If I need to add a 3rd party library ... ok.

Dave - master of all voices, any thoughts?  I hate to bother everyone with my trivial need, but I’m supposed to add this for our next rehearsal.  The song is technically trivial, of course, I just need a voice to cover that “lead”.

I think the Blues Harp voice is fine for this...not in front of my Motif
at the moment, but I know it’s in there.

This is as much a matter of playing technique as sounds. I’ve played this
song in cover bands using sounds that weren’t anywhere near as good as
the harmonicas in the Motif. In fact I think I used a Roland JP-8000 synth
for it the last time I played this live, and that is a virtual analog synth, not a sample-playback instrument.

Volume pedal, pitch bend - that’s the key to the technique.

You’re not really my type, but I love you.  (great first name too).  Thanks Dave

Do I sense a love connection??? Just playing!!!!I’m glad you found a sound..I started to tell you to do a category search but I thought you wanted one from a sample library...Good luck at ya gig

dereknae - 12 January 2012 07:22 PM

Do I sense a love connection??? Just playing!!!!I’m glad you found a sound..I started to tell you to do a category search but I thought you wanted one from a sample library...Good luck at ya gig

LOL. Dave’s a catch, sure, but my wife is way hotter :) I haven’t gotten home to try his advice yet.

Good luck buddy..

Hi, I need the harmonica sound to play “karma chameleon”, i didnt find the sound “blues harp” in my motif xf, where do i find this sound? heeeelp

Thanks

C’on tell us in which category is it in..?

I sure hope you haven’t been waiting TWO YEARS for a reply. 

Unless the voice is hidden or listed under the guise as a “piano”, a category search and simple auditions should find one close enough where I would do some experimentation with voice editing; try and tweak it.  There are plenty of articles in the support section on articulation and voice architecture.  Good luck in your quest...l

See you in 2016

Check the GM bank.

Harmonicas are and have always been in the SAX/WOODWIND Category, Reed/Pipe Sub-category, they are a reed instrument.

GM: B07 Harmonica
Pre5: B15 Gentle Harp
Pre5: B16 Woody Harp
Pre5: C01 Bluz Distort
Pre5: C02 Campfire