Re: Sonuus G2M guitar to midi converter

[Steve Bingham <sbingham@con-brio.com>]

I've always wondered if any of these midi converters would work on a  
violin, but have never had one to try: Do you reckon it could be made  
to fit in any way Andy?

Steve


On 20 May 2009, at 20:58, andy butler wrote:

> Sonuus G2M guitar to midi converter.
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> I have one of these to play with for a couple of days,
> I'm sure it's of interest to quite a few list members.
>
> 1) Essentially, it tracks very well indeed. If anything it feels  
> better than the Axon/G50.
> 2) You do have to play clean, they suggest palm muting at the  
> bridge, which does work well. Don't
>  expect miracles in terms of shredding.
> 3) Pitch Bend is fixed at 2 semitones. If you try a 2 semitone bend  
> it often  retriggers. Bends of one semitone are perfect. So no  
> glissando for Rick.
>  A trill on a semitone doesn't retrigger the synth, but on a tone it  
> does.
> 4) No controls whatsover, just a 2 position gain switch(which worked  
> ok for me), and a suggestion to
> use your guitar volume pot.
> 5)There's a thru output for the guitar signal, didn't test quality  
> but will if anyone asks.
>
> 6) No warbling! At least, no warbling on sustained tones. I know  
> exactly which note
> on my guitar gives the problems to all other devices, and the G2M  
> plays that note with
> a long sustain till it shuts off.    Of course, if you have more  
> than one note ringing at once,
> by design or haphazardness, then it warbles away.
> 7) I couldn't trick it into playing ultra low notes by playing just  
> the right chord :-(  8) Range is exactly that of the guitar. Lowest  
> note it will track is low drop D. Highest note is the 24th fret top E.
>  Outside that range....nothing.
>
> 9) The power LED doubles as a guitar tuner. Pretty hopeless, the  
> flashing speed decreases as you get nearer the note.
>   It's ok for checking tuning, but as there's no info as to whether  
> you're sharp or flat it's very difficult to use.
>   For the cost of one extra LED it would have been workable.
>
> 10) Neat "battery dying" LED.  Tells you in advance the battery will  
> die, so you can replace it before gig or recording, (didn't test).
> 11) Not programmable in any way, fixed midi channel, velocity  
> response, pitch bend rage, no transpose.
>
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> Overall, I thought this was a pretty neat little device, I didn't  
> check for sure against the Axon/G50 devices, but I reckon the
> latency is as low as with a hex p/u.
> If you wanna play rhythmically accurate, use the high notes and  
> transpose if needed.
>
> Being mono is something of a disadvantage, as not only chords are  
> ruled out, but also arpeggio type playing.
>
> Any questions....I have to pass it on to the owner soon.
>
> andy butler
> ps
> I also have an RC50 here, so expect some comments on that.
> It's certainly *not* plug and play :-)
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