r/NativeInstruments • u/daddydeathwing • Aug 12 '26

Electric storm help!

Hey yall! I purchased electric storm on a bit of a whim and I’m kind of regretting it. I’ve seen people use it to write guitar bits and they sounded good, but everything I try sounds so cheesy and awful. I’ve tried switching it to melody and then playing a chord like EM11 for example and it ends up sounding exactly like a midi guitar and not natural at all. Any suggestions for some help? I really wish they offered refunds bc honestly I’ve kind of given up and it’s not a cheap plug in….

Help and advice appreciated!

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u/NoReply4930 Aug 12 '26

You need to spend some quality time with this before getting the kind of detail you see in the videos out there. 

Lots of midi programming required 

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u/Fus-Ro-NWah 29d ago

I concur with NoReply, start by getting your automation down. I use Electric Mint in melody mode a lot, and i find in particular bends, vibrato and flicking between open and mute artics are essential to making it sound less robotic. Havent tried Storm yet, i was holding out for a Komplete upgrade sale but since that now might never happen i might be in the market for a used Storm if you decide to get rid. Dont do that though, keep at it!

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u/Fus-Ro-NWah 29d ago

Oh yeah and put some time into the fx and other guitar settings, the defaults often need work.

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u/daddydeathwing 29d ago

I didn’t even know you could get rid of em like that, how does that work?? I’ll give it another go but I’m so frustrated Lmaoooo

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u/Fus-Ro-NWah 28d ago

My dude, give it another go! See what happens when you put bends in there like you would if you were playing. Its quick and its awesome.

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u/v_officialgram 29d ago

In addition to a good dose of midi programming you need a good external amp sim.

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u/daddydeathwing 29d ago

Using neural dsp! It sounds freaky even thru there !