Hi, I was wondering if someone knows what synth is used for the acoustic guitar sounding part in robert miles children at 57 seconds.

Robert Miles - Children [Dream Version]


Anyone know at similar setting to it on a vst like omnisphere or massive or diva ?

 

I know Omnisphere has a guitar section with at least 2 Classic Nylon Guitar patches, probably with some fx you could get a good result. Or try the fingerpicking patches, they sound quite nice, too.

 

Sounds like Nylon guitar with the piano on a delay

 

Here is an example of an acoustic guitar sound that was resynthesized in Image-Line Harmor:

https://daowaves.com/en/synth_presets.html#1:

- Daowaves La Marta - is the synthesized Guitar preset for Harmor and Patcher.

Also, I don't know what @Chaindog or @DJ PUKKA are talking about. It sounds like a steel string guitar, not a nylon string guitar.

 

ha you make me laugh.. oldskool here majestic

 

I have no idea what this means, nor do I know what you are trying to say with it.

 

Exactly.

 

Guitar as mentioned is a nylon guitar, any cheap sample libraries should give you that. Now the piano, that particular sound, you don't get it from other guitars, but I found the multi samples from the Kurzweil K2000, soundfont (get it from here), so you can use Kontakt 5 to load it up and add a delay/reverb, you got the piano too.

 

As @Majestic I think it was Kurzweil K2000 but I guess it's not difficult to get it on a vst, rompler or hybrid synth, I'll maybe try myself.

Off topic:
few months ago a friend asked me to transcribe it in every detail.
My original CD purchased in 1996 has in its beginning a rain storm, fading slowly and introducing the track.

 

Last edited: Nov 30, 2024

Yes correct i keep saying use your ears!

 

Could i use a one shot sample and get the same result?

 

Roland JV-1080 / XP-50 or the likes.

 

Kurzweil K2000 Steel string guitar is the patch I think. I think majority of the sounds on children are from K2000. Most any 90's or early 2000's rompler vst should have something similar. Korg Triton or Roland JV/XV maybe

 

Last edited: Dec 1, 2024

Thanks for all the responses. It is a realistic sound for 1996. I had actually been looking at videos of the K2000 recently, very nice sounding synth. I put this in the wrong thread accidentally. I'll look for a real guitar sampled library for this with a nylon stringed guitar.

 

are you sure its a synth it sounds exactly like my early 80's Godin Acousticaster. It is an exceptionally beautiful sounding guitar. It is a really comfortable guitar you can easily play for hours. The LR Baggs pickup system made it so tonally versatile.

 

Last edited: Dec 1, 2024

banger of a song. still one of my all time favorites.

 

The "rain storm" sound should also be from Kurzweil K2000

 

Studio next door back in the day had one K2000 and they played around with the piano and guitar of the Robert Miles, and to be proven here it is, timestamp 15:34 for the guitar , 8:13 for the piano, you´re welcome

 

Not sure, I'm pretty confident it was recorded or taken from nature sounds samples, then distorted.