Use a Finisher Effect to Enhance Your Guitar Sound

Handy multi-effect processors have emerged in the software market in recent years. These can alter guitar sounds in truly unique and creative ways. With that in mind, we will show you how to use a finalizer effect to enhance the sound of your guitar in the following tutorial.

As usual, we prepared a short sequence in our SoundBridge: DAW. It includes most of the significant elements of a full mix. Let's take a listen to it.

~Full Mix - Guitar (Unprocessed)

As you can hear in the audio example above, the guitar sequence in the overall mix sounds relatively dry and dull. Let's listen to it again solo.

Voodoo Finisher Effect

Instead of using a chain of single effects to process this guitar sequence, we'll use a finalizer effect. Among other similar plugins available on the market, we chose UJAM Finisher's Voodoo. Let's take a closer look at its interface.

UJAM Finisher Voodoo may not appear very sophisticated at first glance, but its sound proves that a lot is happening "under the hood." We found some presets that seem to be meticulously programmed with various delays, granulators, distortions, etc.

While Voodoo does not provide much room for users to create sounds, its presets are performance-ready and sound excellent. We've loaded two instances of the plugin in this case. The first introduces amp, tremolo, and spring reverb to the guitar sequence, while the second adds fuzz distortion and filter modulation. Let's hear how our guitar sequence sounds processed with these effects.

As you can hear, now the guitar has a lot of color and character. Let's hear this in the context of the whole mix.

If you liked this article on guitar processing, here are some more on the same subject:

• 5 Essential Tips for Mixing Guitars
• Huge Guitar Sound Using a Doubling Effect
• Guitar Sounds Processing
• Realistic Bass Guitar Sound (Part 1)