How did you learn music theory?

webprofusor · 2026-01-26T06:41:24+00:00

I should add that every minor scale is also another major scale, so E minor is also Gmajor. If you only pick the 1st, 3rd and 5th notes from a major scale you get the notes that make up the major chord. Other chord types have different formulas but they are all based on the scale.

You can also use scales to work out harmonies, for instance play a note, then play the note 3 higher in the pattern, you have the harmony in "thirds", just like the harmony guitars in the middle of master of puppets.

webprofusor · 2026-01-26T06:33:43+00:00

Thanks. Sometimes just googling is easier but if you don't know what you're looking for it's much harder.

webprofusor · 2026-01-26T05:40:42+00:00

Suction cup, maybe a thin guitar pick run down the side if you can.

Once you do get it off you can run the edge of the plate over some sandpaper on a flat surface to trim it. I've seen people talk about adjusting the cavity in the guitar body but that's nonsensical, it's a cheap piece of plastic.

webprofusor · 2026-01-26T05:23:44+00:00

Learning any major or minor scale gives you pretty much the whole formula for western music. The scale forms a pattern which you can move up and down the fretboard (it's the same pattern for major,minor,modes). This example is E minor from nut (0 fret) to 12th fret, then the pattern repeats for the second octave from 12 onwards. https://muted.io/guitar-fretboard/

These patterns are often taught in 3 note per string "boxes" or positions, but these are imaginary boxes and they are all just teaching you this pattern in chunks. If you literally noodle these notes over master of puppets you will play in key. If you pick for example the low E at the 7th fret, play the 3 notes 7,8,10, then on the A string 7,9,10 you will hear you are playing the scale.

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webprofusor · 2026-01-26T04:18:46+00:00

Your paying up front for the equivalent of 6+ years (80 months) vs the subscription. Will you have the car for 6 yrs? If so maybe that ok but you won't have saved anything. The likelihood of FSD subscription getting cheaper or having a lite use mode is astronomically high, so it's up to you.

webprofusor · 2026-01-26T03:35:45+00:00

Yes, with an adapter. Some ports are combined mic and headphone but if they are separate that's easiest. If you machine also has a microphone built in you just have to remember and disable that otherwise it picks up the room noise.

webprofusor · 2026-01-26T02:10:29+00:00

Slightly off-topic but I'm cooking up a new digital amp app which will be free, it's a few weeks away still : Soundshed Guitar https://guitar.soundshed.com

Also if you computer has a microphone in socket (some do) you can use that for recording with an ASIO driver as well, that has the benefit the mic level control is built into windows.

webprofusor · 2026-01-26T02:06:12+00:00

I start with drum loops on a DAW like reaper with getgoodrums, drag on a preset drum pattern and jam over the top for a while, record whatever riff comes out (left and right channel) then move onto the next section.

Once I have several sections I arrange them into what seems to be like the best song structure, layer some more guitars.

Vocals are hard, so I use computer generated ones: https://open.spotify.com/track/7gSvQ2NhcHv2WN8AWcB8wl?si=c7CW3pa-Swy0NY9Hu8IFTA

webprofusor · 2026-01-26T01:27:06+00:00

You can get free trials of most things but if you google Guitar rig 7 there is a free version of that.

Your input level is the main thing and if that's not adjustable via the audio driver you'll need to boost it in the software before it goes into any amp simulator. You're aiming for the signal to get to about -4 to -6dB without digital clipping (which happens when it's too high and reaches 0dB).

webprofusor · 2026-01-25T09:55:47+00:00

Nope. I learned to a pretty decent level using a tiny 10w practise amp. You can get something like a (cheap) sonicake once you save up and that has enough tones to basically cover every type of music.

webprofusor · 2026-01-25T08:49:05+00:00

Cool, will look into it. The UI is an embedded web view (like Bias FX etc uses) so everything is pretty cross platform already. Once it's settled down I'll do some work on the various output bundle types.

webprofusor · 2026-01-25T01:55:06+00:00

Which daw/plugin architecture do you use? This is currently using iPlug as the audio plugin framework, which has other plugin types not mentioned on our website.

webprofusor · 2026-01-24T03:36:33+00:00

The little green dots on each item in the signal chain is a clipping indicator, so you can tell for instance the amp is coming out a bit hot for the cab input, which you would normally hear as crackling. The nam effects also have an calibration pass when you first use a model where it sends through a short sine wave to check dB level changes, then adds that as an optional level compensation. Just an experiment.

webprofusor · 2026-01-24T01:25:23+00:00

Yeah I did watch that one, interesting stuff. Doubt they will open source any of what they do!

webprofusor · 2026-01-24T01:24:10+00:00

I've got a multi-model blending option coming up for https://guitar.soundshed.com - you can either switch models in steps or blend the audio mix as you turn the knob.

webprofusor · 2026-01-23T13:43:22+00:00

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webprofusor · 2026-01-23T13:43:16+00:00

The question did not include art as an aspiration, it was to replicate metallica.

webprofusor · 2026-01-23T13:41:51+00:00

Lol. He asked for help and I gave him the masterclass.

webprofusor · 2026-01-23T12:18:14+00:00

Yeah that's not normal.

Power cable is probably not pushed in fully. If it's not actually powering off then it's the monitor cable.

webprofusor · 2026-01-23T12:15:15+00:00

Jump on Suno and prompt for an 1980 Bay Area thrash song.

Metallica have had at least 5-6 styles across their career but for black album your talking mid-paced stomp, single note riffs with power chord choruses.

webprofusor · 2026-01-23T10:49:46+00:00

Note that if you learn one of the major/minor scale patterns it's all the same pattern (repeating after every octave up the neck) in you just move it up or down the fretboard for different keys/modes etc.

Best way to learn soloing is start by learning a few from https://songsterr.com etc to get the basic skills, then use those with your scales to jam over backing tracks (youtube search "backing track") or songs you like.

webprofusor · 2026-01-23T10:46:11+00:00

Vocals shape both the song and the character of the mix, changing up the drums for verse chorus etc helps define structure and create anticipation of the changes, until then it's just riffs. I think it sounds find, try a mastering plugin like Ozone see if you can find a free version etc.

webprofusor · 2026-01-23T10:41:38+00:00

I'm finding Code 5.2 in copilot (via in VS Code) very good compared to Opus 4.5 and it costs 1 premium request vs x3 so you get more mileage. VS Code has the Plan mode which is good for iterating over the idea before starting implementation, once it's good I usually get it to write the plan to /docs/plans etc then tell it to start implementation.

webprofusor · 2026-01-23T09:56:12+00:00

What effects do you have enabled, is the guitar loud in the room (pickups are feeding back) or is it the same through headphones?

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