How do you get a long sustain in the drive block

Here's an interesting example I came into tonight. I muted after the attack, and let whatever goodness might come out.

 
immortal_soloist said:
Guys is the noise gate in the global settings?

I have always struggled to find it.
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Yeah, every time I go to the front panel - like fucking never, but you know - I'm totally fuckin lost in finding the input gate. I just forget how to get there. It's not accessible from the layout grid, like it is in AE, which is weird.


Rex said:
What did you mute? I'm hearing strings ringing out.
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They woulda rung out a lot louder an longer had I not muted the them - very lightly I did - and would also have missed the sympathetic tones that you hear instead. It was total accident, as I'm improvising all my pieces, and a lot of the harmonics and such are some combination of knowledge, intent, and fortune. Often the last is at least half of it.

I forgot to mention that last was through studio monitors, though the volume was only a little above conversation level. Volume wil get you a lot, but I find it unnecessary to get the core of the tone sustaining, and actually I prefer the ability for true decay and dynamics between strings and mutings......
 
Loquenau said:
...a lot of the harmonics and such are some combination of knowledge, intent, and fortune. Often the last is at least half of it.
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So true. Some days, it's "Cool! Did I really just play that?" Other days, it's "What the heck am I doing up here, anyway?" :)
 
Rex said:
So true. Some days, it's "Cool! Did I really just play that?" Other days, it's "What the heck am I doing up here, anyway?" :)
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My fortune actually is quite rich. By the lack of response to my posted clips, I think no one gets it, but when I listen back to them, I hear the various tones, mingling, trying and teasing each other, and I say 'oh yeah'.
 
Loquenau said:
My fortune actually is quite rich. By the lack of response to my posted clips, I think no one gets it, but when I listen back to them, I hear the various tones, mingling, trying and teasing each other, and I say 'oh yeah'.
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I think the lack of response has more to do with the fact that the OP is looking for a multi-measure, Santana-like sustain. The shifting, layered clips you posted, as sweet and engaging as they are, aren't germaine to the goal.
 
Rex said:
I think the lack of response has more to do with the fact that the OP is looking for a multi-measure, Santana-like sustain. The shifting, layered clips you posted, as sweet and engaging as they are, aren't germaine to the goal.
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Possibly. I thought Gary Moore was the source of inspiration......of which, in the sole clip I've heard, I did hear the sustain he was talking about. I've not heard anything like that with Santana....but I can't stand his tone or music.......
 
Loquenau said:
Possibly. I thought Gary Moore was the source of inspiration......of which, in the sole clip I've heard, I did hear the sustain he was talking about. I've not heard anything like that with Santana....but I can't stand his tone or music.......
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Same thing, really. They're both long, smooth sustain, supported by acoustic feedback. Tasty stuff, either way.
 
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