anterojokinen's forum posts 2

The idea is not to sound like a lead guitar. The power metal keyboard lead sound is its own thing, not a guitar emulation. Making a sine wave and using a guitar amp sounds good too, though. But power metal bands' keyboardists like Jens Johansson and Henrik Klingenberg don't use guitar amps or guitar amp emulations.

The "Jens sound" changes depending on how high or low you play. It gets very nasty when you play the low notes. As seen in the second link down below.

Here are some examples:

https://youtu.be/9j9usbFbtxg?t=214 https://youtu.be/luWXWT9UoFA?t=758 https://youtu.be/bo3TlI2sN7E https://youtu.be/-b3G0wR9Rv0

What do you use to get that sweet Sonata Arctica / Stratovarius etc. lead synth sound heard in songs like The Cage. This sounds awesome too: https://youtu.be/W79cX2AVfLg

I only use a MIDI keyboard with VST plugins so I'm wondering how to create that.