guitar 2 midi converter
Monday, July 30 2012 @ 07:53 AM CDT

A reply to Philip18..check this out my friend... http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2010/01/13/sonuus-g2m-guitar-to-midi-converter-review/

Re:guitar 2 midi converter
Monday, July 30 2012 @ 09:21 AM CDT

This is much more illustrative of the possibilities with the Sonus G2M unit:

Re:guitar 2 midi converter
Monday, July 30 2012 @ 10:40 AM CDT

i've got one of these and i love it. i've used it on a few of my tunes here.

what's really fun is you can hook up a mic to the input and *sing* to control a synth.

Re:guitar 2 midi converter
Monday, July 30 2012 @ 10:43 AM CDT

Very cool!

Re:guitar 2 midi converter
Monday, July 30 2012 @ 03:52 PM CDT

I had a look at that video. The bit that worried me was the suggestion that you would need to "set the pitch bend to + or - 2 semitones". Does this apply to recording in Garageband? But the Sonuus certainly seems to do a reasonable job, and is the cheapest option. I'm tempted...

Re:guitar 2 midi converter
Monday, July 30 2012 @ 04:21 PM CDT

Quote by: Philip18 I had a look at that video. The bit that worried me was the suggestion that you would need to "set the pitch bend to + or - 2 semitones". Does this apply to recording in Garageband? But the Sonuus certainly seems to do a reasonable job, and is the cheapest option. I'm tempted...

+/-2 semitones is the default on all the instruments i've come across in GarageBand

Re:guitar 2 midi converter
Monday, July 30 2012 @ 05:02 PM CDT

One drawback-

Last I knew that thing is monophonic (stop me if you've heard this one). I find half (no, two thirds) of the guitar synth fun comes from triggering lush chordal pads! But that requires a bigger investment to a polyphonic solution. I have a Yamaha EZAG. Not perfect. But does allow me to play chords.

Re:guitar 2 midi converter
Monday, July 30 2012 @ 05:09 PM CDT

Quote by: alackbass One drawback- Last I knew that thing is monophonic (stop me if you've heard this one). I find half (no, two thirds) of the guitar synth fun comes from triggering lush chordal pads! But that requires a bigger investment to a polyphonic solution. I have a Yamaha EZAG. Not perfect. But does allow me to play chords.

yes, the sonuus is monophonic only

Re:guitar 2 midi converter
Monday, July 30 2012 @ 07:17 PM CDT

Quote by: alackbass One drawback- Last I knew that thing is monophonic (stop me if you've heard this one). I find half (no, two thirds) of the guitar synth fun comes from triggering lush chordal pads! But that requires a bigger investment to a polyphonic solution. I have a Yamaha EZAG. Not perfect. But does allow me to play chords.

It was that unit on your latest song that got me started, Andrew! I take your point about the polymorphic. But I am having trouble finding how much the Yamahas are or where to buy one - it seems the news of them hasn't spread to Australia yet! That's why I got interested in the You Rock Guitar - they can be bought here.

Re:guitar 2 midi converter
Monday, July 30 2012 @ 07:29 PM CDT

Quote by: Philip18 Quote by: alackbass One drawback- Last I knew that thing is monophonic (stop me if you've heard this one). I find half (no, two thirds) of the guitar synth fun comes from triggering lush chordal pads! But that requires a bigger investment to a polyphonic solution. I have a Yamaha EZAG. Not perfect. But does allow me to play chords. It was that unit on your latest song that got me started, Andrew! I take your point about the polymorphic. But I am having trouble finding how much the Yamahas are or where to buy one - it seems the news of them hasn't spread to Australia yet! That's why I got interested in the You Rock Guitar - they can be bought here.

I think the Yamaha didn't make it. It could be out of production or available in only a few places. And given the chance to do it again I would have bought the YouRock! Alan (apb) has one of those. You should shoot him a PM and get a review. I think he'll recommend it!