not having much luck searching so i thought i'd throw this out...anyone know of a good (preferably freeware) plug-in to simulate 12-string guitar and/or acoustic guitar (when playing an electric guitar)?
thanks
Depends on if you want it to sound halfway realistic or not.
there is a nice plugin called "bodilizer" that may help an electric sound like an acoustic, but as far as making is 12 string, i dont think so, personally.
Yeah - real guitar does a reasonable job of a 12 string - but as with any other sampled guitar - the real thing is still better as there are nuances produced by picking style, body resonance etc.
An idea - download the 'excitation signals' at the bottom of this article on physical modeling techniques for guitar and try them as impulse responses in REAverb (wet signal, moderate volume).