Re: $280 Midi Guitar Coming from Fender

["Mark Showalter" <folkstone57@operamail.com>]

Hello Andy,

I was referring to the use of a whammy bar, if I understood the post I was 
responding to. The GR-30 can be set per patch to use either fixed pitches 
or to respond to bends, & it does a fairly good job of it. The problem 
with using a whammy bar would be that all of the strings would be varying 
in pitch & that would be a lot of info to try to track. I also think that 
there would be no way for the MIDI synth to know which string was actually 
being played & it would probably generate a lot of false or ghost notes 
that the player would not want. Or just simply give up the ghost 
entirely........


> Mark Showalter wrote:
> 
> >
> > That would not be a very usable feature on a device designed for 
> > MIDI. I've seen guitars modded with a MIDI pickup but never seen 
> > a player use it while using a synth.
> > Too much unpredictable pitches with such a device. I even find 
> > doing slight bends can cause problems on my Godin & GR-30. Mostly 
> > depends on the patch & how fast I attempt the bend.
> >
> 
> hi Mark,
> here's some good news for you,
> guitars fitted with a MIDI p/u *can* track string bends
> very well.
> The midi converter has to be set to send Midi pitch bend
> (which can be switched off),
> and then the amount of midi pitch bend has to be matched between the
> midi converter and the synth that's being driven.
> 
> Don't know about the GR-30,  but usually the Midi pitch bend
> information is usually essential to good tracking, as the midi note 
> can often be off by a semitone, and then the pitch been info is 
> used to correct that 'mistake' more
> or less seamlessly.  ...so a correct setup as described here
> will improve your tracking even if you don't bend notes.
> 
> andy butler
> 

>



Mark Showalter
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