Guitar to midi?

[jay clarke]

Hey guys

I want to record midi language with my guitar as i cant play keyboard very well, is this possible?, what hardware or files do i need? I have cubase already loaded.

Thanks

[metalhead28]

I think you need something like this.

http://www.zzounds.com/item--ROLGI20

[RAK]

Originally Posted by jay clarke

Hey guys

I want to record midi language with my guitar as i cant play keyboard very well, is this possible?, what hardware or files do i need? I have cubase already loaded.

Thanks

Someone was just telling me about this today in fact.

Not sure if they're still actually being made though.

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/dec9...kermidifly.htm

[rayc]

There's an older simpler program called GVox that has a midi pickup & box into your PC BUT it only runs on W95.

[beezelbubba]

Try this for fun!
http://www.harmony-central.com/Softw...tar-synth.html
It's a software version of a guitar synth.No hardware(other than your guitar and soundcard)required.Far from perfect(perhaps far from functional! ) but really intriguing in its possibilities.
Unfortunately,I believe the developer died.This is from a few years ago,and I haven't been able to find something similar.It seems to me that the need for the midi pickup,converter and sound module could be eliminated!

[ez_willis]

Originally Posted by beezelbubba

Try this for fun!
http://www.harmony-central.com/Softw...tar-synth.html
It's a software version of a guitar synth.No hardware(other than your guitar and soundcard)required.Far from perfect(perhaps far from functional! ) but really intriguing in its possibilities.
Unfortunately,I believe the developer died.This is from a few years ago,and I haven't been able to find something similar.It seems to me that the need for the midi pickup,converter and sound module could be eliminated!

Remember that thing that notfonts had at Jamfest? That was kind of cool. Can't remember what it was called. Actually pretty lucky I remember notfonts even being there.

[beezelbubba]

Originally Posted by ez_willis

Remember that thing that notfonts had at Jamfest? That was kind of cool. Can't remember what it was called. Actually pretty lucky I remember notfonts even being there.

Yeah,I want one....bad!I think it was just a Roland or Yamaha guitar synth.
I wont be getting one anytime soon!
The only other time I've ever seen someone use one was in the early 90's,and the latency was nearly comical.Notfont's setup seemed completely w/o that(from what I could tell).
I could do some crazy shit with that!

[dragonworks]

i have a roland gr1 guitar synth and a roland gk-2 midi pickup, yours for two fifty.

[dragonworks]

Originally Posted by beezelbubba

Yeah,I want one....bad!I think it was just a Roland or Yamaha guitar synth.
I wont be getting one anytime soon!
The only other time I've ever seen someone use one was in the early 90's,and the latency was nearly comical.Notfont's setup seemed completely w/o that(from what I could tell).
I could do some crazy shit with that!

i need a mixer for playing out, got one you want to trade for a roland gr1 and midi pickup?

[beezelbubba]

I wish I had 250 or a mixer!I's just a po' boy!
I have a 12 channel Fostex utility mixer with 1/4" inputs.It's all the size of a computer keyboard.
Nice and lightweight!

[altitude909]

This is what I use:

http://www.open-tuning.com/img/Yamaha-G10G10C.html

It's a pretty sophisticated device with 4 pickups per string and the latency very good in fact. The big thing with using this is how the synth is set up. The G10 is designed to be used with a 6 part multimberal synth with each part running in mono mode. This is case because the G10 controller sends a TON of midi data for each string (note, pitchbend, sustain and some others) and it needs 6 midi channels to work properly.

It's kinda weird though since it uses 6 of the same strings, which are all tuned to the same thing

[Ed Dixon]

This generally requires a MIDI pickup for guitar, a hardware unit to receive the pickup data, and perhaps a synth for sounds.

Most are available on EBay. Roland makes the GK3 pickup for about $200. You can find Roland GR50 units on EBay for usually less than $200. There are lots of synth units.

Roland also makes floor models that include the interface, floor control buttons, and synth sounds.

This is the gear I use:

http://www.mtnsys.com/variax/Pages/MyLiveRig.htm

Ed

[HangDawg]

Originally Posted by dragonworks

i need a mixer for playing out, got one you want to trade for a roland gr1 and midi pickup?

Hmmm, I have an Alesis 16 channel mixer I don't use anymore.

[dragonworks]

Originally Posted by HangDawg

Hmmm, I have an Alesis 16 channel mixer I don't use anymore.

i might consider it after all other options are exhausted, or almost all other options.

[banddomain]

There's some great information on this site as well:
http://home.epix.net/~joelc/midi_git.html