Guitar voice for Black Magic Woman

Donna P · September 06, 2021, 01:34:25 PM

Hi. Does anyone have any suggestions for a good guitar voice to use on Santana's Black Magic Woman?
Thanks!
Donna

overover · September 06, 2021, 04:08:04 PM

Hi Donna,

please call up the Genos Preset Style "RockCha-cha" (Latin category) and press OTS #4 button. Maybe the R1 voice "60sGuitarHero" is what you are looking for.

Best regards,
Chris

Donna P · September 06, 2021, 07:51:41 PM

Thanks Chris.

JanCK · September 07, 2021, 05:24:59 PM

"Rock Hero" is the guitar voice I also use for the Santana sound. It can easily be found in the preset voices: Electric Guitars, page 4.

overover · September 07, 2021, 06:48:07 PM

Quote from: JanCK on September 07, 2021, 05:24:59 PM
"Rock Hero" is the guitar voice I also use for the Santana sound. It can easily be found in the preset voices: Electric Guitars, page 4.

Hi JanCK,

OTS voices often sound different (in many cases better) than the corresponding Preset voices (because other Mixer/Voice Set/Effect settings are often used in the OTS).

Therefore, I recommended calling up the voice mentioned first via OTS4 of the "RockCha-cha" style. (I have not yet tested on the Genos whether there is a difference in sound between the OTS voice and the corresponding Preset voice in this case.)

Best regards,
Chris

JohnS (Ugawoga) · September 16, 2021, 05:26:09 PM

Quote from: JanCK on September 07, 2021, 05:24:59 PM
"Rock Hero" is the guitar voice I also use for the Santana sound. It can easily be found in the preset voices: Electric Guitars, page 4.

Dont forget a good rock organ as well

entertain70 · September 20, 2021, 07:31:00 AM

Quote from: ugawoga on September 16, 2021, 05:26:09 PM

Dont forget a good rock organ as well

This is what I'm missing in our Genos: a good B3 emulation! The YC-series engine should be implemented to the next generation.

Lee Batchelor · September 20, 2021, 07:56:52 AM

Quote from: entertain70 on September 20, 2021, 07:31:00 AM
This is what I'm missing in our Genos: a good B3 emulation! The YC-series engine should be implemented to the next generation.

Agreed. Although, I think the actual organ samples are pretty good. It's the rotary sound that needs work. I've heard of members who added a Lester G pedal to the Genos to replace the onboard rotary effects.

Another thing I hate is when all keyboard makers put distortion on ALL organ voices as the default effect. When you want a pure Hammond + Leslie effect, you have to go in and turn that distortion junk off. I started off playing organ back in 1959. There was no distortion back then. With the Lester G pedal you have excellent control. The signal routing is a little tricky. I have never used one but I am tempted.