Working on some made-in-the-box demos for a punk band and I need guitar feedback for certain parts to work. Any convincing way to do it? I've considered using samples but haven't found any that are really convincing yet (most are like 'special fx'). I've looked at the BlueCat Acoufiend plugin but haven't tried it yet.

 

I've made it happen but I don't really remember how! Although with enough fuzz and compression anything will feed back. Just crank your monitors.

 

Another trick that can emulate well controlled feedback is an eBow. The problem with that is... you need an eBow.

 

Softube acoustic feedback? Idk, i'm just throwing in possible options.

 

As @mk_96 stated softube's acoustic feedback plugin works and I've used Saturn's feedback function as well. There are guides and videos on how to use both on internets university.

 

Maybe this can help you ? "Guitar Feedback Ableton Live Pack" by Brian Funk here :

https://brianfunk.com/blog/guitar-feedback

Demo video here :

 

I haven't loaded this up yet, but on paper this is pretty much exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!

 

crank your monitors, disable the noise gate, put some good amp sim

 

Crank monitors
OR
Use a guitar combo amp as output from your DAW
The real key is finding the right angle to the speaker, like a microphone

Guitar speakers are LESS directional, so they work better

Softube acoustic feedback (and find the best setting)

I succeeded to play Anathema songs with this plugin ITB.
And their guitarist use Sustainer guitars.

Trust me, all those solutions WORKS

 

Right now I'm confined to working in headphones only, but I try this way for sure! I have a JCM 800 that I haven't been able to play in like 2 years lol

 

just put your guitar very close to the speaker very loud.. that's all. easy
you will get feedback from all the strings not only one.. no software can do that.

 

whatever method you end up using, in my experience feedback always sounds the best and most natural when it's specific to a song's key, either the root tone or a 3rd, 5th, etc. if you go the sample route i'd recommend trying to find one that's key matched

 

Omnisphere has a good electric feedback bunch of presets.

One other way, depending on what type of configuration you've got, is the following :
- open a session with just the guitar tracks
- in this session, open a new track with a microphone plugged into your system ( a VST Fx like waves CLA, or TH-U can help )
- plug in some headphones
- put your mic tracks on "record", line in, and, as you're playing the guitar tracks, stand up with the headphones and get them slowly closer to the mike.
- find a spot where it will generate feedback.

You can do the same with some delay on an bus insert, and/or put the guitar track's volume a bit up/down, EQ it, etc..
Then, if you let the guitars in, you should have either a feedback track that you can add to your mix,
or you can do the same with just a line-in you record, and you will have a single feedback track.

That's how I would do it, in a home-studio with no guitar amp.

 

So headphone feedback