Guitar production · Practical production guide
Turn an electric guitar recording into a nylon performance.
If you already have a guitar take with the phrasing you want, Nylonize offers a way to reconstruct it with nylon or steel-string acoustic sounds. It analyzes a complete recording offline, so this is a production workflow rather than a live acoustic-simulator pedal.
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Start with a recording you can evaluate
Use a clear guitar take and listen for overlapping notes, long effects tails or attacks that could make note boundaries ambiguous. Keep the original beside the reconstructed result. The important comparison is the melody, timing and articulation as well as the instrument colour.
The demo below includes the original electric guitar, an accelerated workflow overview and reconstructed instrument voicings. It lets you hear the reconstruction approach before committing to a workflow.
From electric take to nylon result
- Load the complete guitar recording into Nylonize. Analyze the performance before choosing the final reconstruction settings.
- Review the detected notes. Correct pitches or boundaries that do not match what you played, rather than expecting a sound preset to fix transcription errors.
- Choose a nylon instrument bank, such as Fingerstyle Nylon, and shape the reconstruction settings. Listen to the instrument changes in the demo before choosing a bank for your performance.
- Press NYLONIZE to build the result. Compare it with the original at similar listening levels.
- Rebuild after note or sound changes, then export the ready result as audio or MIDI. Keep the source take so you can revisit the conversion.
Choose conversion for the right job
This approach suits an existing recorded performance that you want to revoice for an arrangement. If you need to hear an acoustic tone immediately while playing live, offline reconstruction does not meet that requirement. If the reconstruction misses a detail, review the notes and playing articulation before rebuilding.
Nylonize is available for Windows and Apple-silicon macOS as a standalone app and VST3, with an AU instrument for Logic Pro in the Mac PKG. The Mac build uses the legacy spectral analyzer; Basic Pitch/ONNX transcription and MP3 export are Windows-only. Check the product guide for the platform differences relevant to your session.
Hear Nylonize in action.
Watch the 45-second cut · Open the full demo
What to listen for
- 0:00-0:28 · The original. Hear the electric guitar performance before reconstruction.
- 0:28-0:35 · The workflow. An accelerated overview of analysis, settings review and the NYLONIZE action. The audio pauses during this section.
- 0:35-1:49 · The reconstructed voicings. Listen as the instrument selection changes.
The full demo runs 1 minute 52 seconds. Use full screen to inspect the controls. The original-audio credit is retained in the recording and end card.
Common questions
Can Nylonize process a live electric guitar input in real time?
No. It analyzes a complete recording and reconstructs the performance offline.
Can I also make a steel-string version?
Yes. The documented banks include Unplugged Steel as well as nylon options. Choose a different bank and rebuild the result before exporting.
Explore this workflow with Nylonize.
Explore Nylonize: reconstruct recorded electric guitar as nylon or steel-string acoustic performances, edit notes and export audio or MIDI. Available now for Windows and Apple-silicon macOS.