Re: Sonuus G2M guitar to midi converter

[andy butler <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk>]

Mark Sottilaro wrote:

> .
>> 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.
> 
> Interesting... I remember I had to reprogram all my synth patches to
> track +-24 (or was it 12?) on my G50 to get it to track correctly.

+ - 12 

> 
>>  A trill on a semitone doesn't retrigger the synth, but on a tone it 
>does.
> 
> I'm not sure what that means...

the semitone trill is accomplished with pitch bend info,
so the synth envelope isn't triggered.

whole tone trills trigger on every note of the trill


>> 5)There's a thru output for the guitar signal, didn't test quality but 
>will
>> if anyone asks.
> 
> I'd be curious.  Would be nice if there was a total hard bypass.

It couldn't be a total hard bypass, there's no bypass switch.
I'll give it a whirl tommorow tho',
to see how it sounds.

> 
>> 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.
> 
> That's awesome.  One of my biggest issues is the warbling that happens
> as a note trails off.

yes, they really nailed that one.
Often there's notes on a guitar where the fundamental dies before
the other harmonics, throws most pitch tracking algorithms 
into confusion, but the G2M can't be fooled by it.

>> 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.
> 
> That's fine.  Is there any synth that doesn't let you program it's
> range/octave?

indeed,
but it would be an issue with bass players I think 

...and NST guitarists


>>
>> Any questions....I have to pass it on to the owner soon.
>>
> 
> Thanks a lot for this.  The more I hear about this little device, the
> more I think it'll be a fun addition to my rig.
> 
> 

I'll compare it to the G50 mono socket tomorrow too, but I don't have
a hex p/u on a guitar at the moment.


andy