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Re: A great example of how far music technology has come



Hi Chris,

I emailed Spectra about that.
I am Intel Mac as well- but I can't see how to get the free upgrade.
Any ideas?

Jim

On 29 Oct 2009, at 18:25, Chris Sewell wrote:

> I had a 99. I hated it. It made me sound like a Roland demo at a  
> Namm show. If you know what I mean. :)
> Besides, the AxonAX50 tracks really well.
> I actually got Trilian for free as I was a Trilogy user that  
> switched to an intel mac.
>
> Chris
>
>
> On Oct 29, 2009, at 1:29 PM, Per Boysen wrote:
>
>> A good trick with MIDI guitar is to send each string's MIDI on a
>> separate MIDI channel. Then set the synth to six monophonic voices
>> with pitch bend set to 12 semi tones. If your gear can work that way,
>> check if Trilian supports such a setup. If it does, there's a fair
>> chance it works ok with MIDI guitar.
>>
>> (I have not used Trilian in particular, but played a lot of MIDI
>> guitar - enough to hate it)
>>
>> Trilian is quite pricey, so why don't you save up for a VG-99  
>> instead?
>> There you have no tracking, resulting in better timing and more
>> expressive playability since it is working the real sound of the  
>> audio
>> input.
>>
>> Greetings from Sweden
>>
>> Per Boysen
>> www.boysen.se
>> www.perboysen.com
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 6:03 PM, Jeff Larson <jeff.larson@sailpoint.com 
>> > wrote:
>>> Has anyone used Trilogy or Trilian with a guitar-to-MIDI converter?
>>> It seems to be designed mostly for keyboard players to simulate the
>>> various articulations you have with stringed instruments.  For  
>>> controllers
>>> that can actually do slides, hammer-ons, etc. does it still feel
>>> relatively natural to the player?
>>>
>>> I have guitar synths so I know they always feel a bit funny,
>>> I'm just curious if the keyboard controller bias gets in the way.
>>>
>>> I would think hammer-ons & pull-offs would work well provided the
>>> MIDI converter handles legato correctly.  Using "shift keys" to
>>> get to glides and X-notes wouldn't work so well with a guitar  
>>> controller
>>> but I guess you could access those with a footswitch.
>>>
>>> Jeff
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Chris Sewell [mailto:lunamusic@mac.com]
>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 8:21 PM
>>> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>>> Subject: A great example of how far music technology has come
>>>
>>> http://www.spectrasonics.net/instruments/trilian_videos.php
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>