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Re: Let's talk....guitar synths / guitar -> midi
hi Marcus,
I looked into it,
and I actually have the hardware to do it.
(mainly it's the hassle of the Roland p/u which
prevents me from getting those toys out)
The Axon stuff is pretty good, but they don't actually make the p/u
themselves (afaik) so if a Roland p/u is cheaper go for that.
Then you need the 13 pin cable, adds to the price.
The much cheaper route is
http://www.sonuus.com/products_g2m.html
which is mono (no 13 pin).
...but then the freqbox is mono, so that's not an issue.
Tracking is a bit slower, but less warbling.
Do you already have the mp-201?
if you need something that's Midi to CV for less money
http://www.thomann.de/gb/doepfer_mcv4.htm
That's the expense, then there's the troubles.
The Freqbox is designed for 1V/oct, but it's not ultra stable
and you'll need to tweak an internal preset to get the scale
dead right (can be well in tune over 3 oct at least).
To follow the guitar dynamics put the dry guitar into the freqbox
audio in.
If you want the Moog MF-102 Ring Mod to play in tune
then that's harder. It's around 0.35V/oct so you'll
need to attenuate the control voltage to play a (fairly) in tune scale.
(don't know if the mp-201 does that, but it's easy enough
to make your own attenuator with a 10k or 100k linear pot)
Once you got that going I can predict you'll want an MF-101
filter too :-)
andy
marcus kirby wrote:
I really want the ability to convert my guitar signal to a midi signal.
From there, I'd like to spit pitch cv out to my moog stuff via the moog
mp-201. I think it would be cool to have a freqbox or ring mod tuned to
whatever note I'm playing.
So....I have read about hex pickups and axon interfaces, but not totally
sure what the price / proper pairing would be.
Then comes the topic of...why not just play a synth...good question,
since I already have one.
Anyone ventured into this territory? What were your conclusions?