Help Creating Traditional Japanese Instruments

[Sly_Coop91]

ya, as i said
Very fast attack
No Hold
Medium Decay
Try that first.
I really would like you to try and experiment with the settings before i just give you a preset. You will use this a lot, and getting know the sound and how the setting in the envelope changes, is very important.
This playlist is about how to build presets
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRzIcJ3 ... o6&pp=gAQB

You should have GeneralUser as default SF. GeneralUser gives you all the std sound that is part of your sound-card, it is the MIDI-standard for sound-cards, so GeneralUser is absolutely the one to use as default-soundfont. It even has a Shamisen and Koto build in!
To do that, go into Edit|Settings as here

Third from bottom, You have the option for Default-soundfont, just use the smart-search and point to the location of your GeneralUser.

Alright, I'll try to do it on my own as you've said. I've also just finished watching the video - really informative of what it showed. I just have two questions before I start working on it on my own: What do each of the abbreviations stand for when I open up the Vibeb instrument? I don't wanna accidentally mess with the wrong settings for it and mess up the instrument I am trying to recreate with your help. Secondly, in the "Envelope, filter & LFO" section, which row would I mainly be altering, or would it be both?

Its not because i wont help you, but if you give this a try on your own, you will learn about making presets, and that is much better that having a preset made for you.
The controllers on Vibed are described ... ehrm... No they are not..
I thought they were but https://docs.lmms.io/user-manual/instruments/vibed is a dismo disappointment -Sorry about that!
So i will make a video explaining Vibed. I will see if i can find time tomorrow, and i will post here when its done. How did you like the Shamisen in GeneralUser?

It sounded really good from when I used it - though I still wanna try handcrafting it on my own. Also, that is completely understandable. If I wanna make my own preset, it is a lot better to do it on my own instead of being handheld all the way. As mentioned before, I will try to do it on my own before I ask for help again. I was just unsure of what the initials stand for and what knobs to mainly adjust.

Edit: Okay, I am slightly getting close to the first one for Honchoushi. Currently, I need to figure out how to affect the pitch of Vibed a bit but have no idea which knob does that. Will look into that.

[musikbear]

Currently, I need to figure out how to affect the pitch of Vibed a bit but have no idea which knob does that.

Unfortunately Vibed is one of the few plugins that does not have the native PITCH-dial.
Vibed can only be pitched inside a few semitones, or whole octaves
Whole octaves is with the button-matrix low left, marked Octave, and covers .-2..7 octaves.
Fine pitching is with the Detune dial, but only few semitones

[musikbear]

I have uploaded a video on Vibed:

[Sly_Coop91]

I have uploaded a video on Vibed: https://youtu.be/4txhppTQPDo

Hi, again. For the Vibed instrument, I have done what you said and put it to these settings: Attack is set to 2. Decay is set to 1. Hold is dropped down to 0. It's starting to get close to the sound in this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ql6Hngg1zc) but feels not exactly it. I'll probably mess around with them some more later.

What I do need to figure out is how do I add the "twang" you can hear in the video linked above. I think there is an effect that could help but unsure what to use. Do you have a recommendation?

[musikbear]

how do I add the "twang"

That is emulated with resonance. For that to work you need to add a filter. If you like most of the sound to be in treble-area, use a high-pass.
If you want a bassy sound use a low-pass, or you can try a band-pass that allow you to cut both-ends, wheras a notch-filter will filter out a narrow section. Experiment, and remember that Resonance has its own tab where you can finetune both the Envelope and strength of the effect.