RE: OT: was $280 Midi Guitar (andy's trick) + is Stringport betterthen AX50

[phaslem@wightman.ca]

I would have to agree with Ted on this, you're not really comparing  
the same equipment at all. I only know what I've read about  
stringport, but my understanding is that it's transfering the hex  
signal input so that you can process each string seperately. I do have  
an AX 50 and use it all the time. It is a midi converter for soft  
synth use, and it works really well at that. I have a hex signal  
splitter that I can run every string into my motu and process each  
string seperately with bidule, That would be more similar to the  
stringport IMHO the primary difference being that the stringport comes  
with it's own software suite.

Paul Haslem
www.dulcify.ca
Ontario, Canada




Quoting Gareth Whittock <buddhamachine@live.co.uk>:

>
> Hi Chris,
> My understanding of the stringport is that it takes the hex output  
> of a guitar and the software itself calculates midi info for running  
> midi plugins. At the same time it uses the same raw  info to run its  
> specific suite of audio goodies. KMI are pretty specific re. the  
> power of the, (Currently) Macintosh that is required to work all  
> this out. I'm not sure how much overhead is available for other  
> applications such as Ableton Live. My guess is that you'd need to  
> spec up from the basic recommendations to allow for the extra strain  
> on the CPU for other apps.
> but I'm only guessing ;-)
>
> Peace
>
> G
>
>> Subject: OT: was $280 Midi Guitar (andy's trick) + is Stringport  
>> better then AX50
>> From: thedarrow@gmail.com
>> Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2010 04:29:23 -0800
>> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>>
>>
>> Hi all. Very interesting. 2 questions for the collective:
>>
>> 1) Regarding Andy's Trick
>>
>> > 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.
>>
>> Anyone know how to find this setting in the the AX50 software?
>>
>>
>> 2) Is Stringport really better then the AX50? Does it track better  
>> even with regular midi plugins rather then their software? Is it  
>> more processor intensive then the AX50, such that a laptop would  
>> start exhibiting bad behavior with a bunch of plugins and effects  
>> open in Live, etc.? Could really use a user report if anybody has  
>> experience with these. Or if not both, then your review of the  
>> Stringport.
>>
>>
>> Much thanks!
>>
>