| Title: | * * Computer Music, MIDI, and Related Topics * * |
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| Created: | Thu Feb 20 1986 |
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I've read all of the interesting notes on pitch-to-midi converters for
guitars and have learnt a lot. But I'm not quite clear on one point :
If I buy one of the currently available models (eg: IVL pitchrider,
Gibson Widget, Roland GK-2, etc.), what can I connect it to ?
Do these devices produce 'standard' midi output, and if so can they
be connected to *any* synth and/or expander given the right cables ?
What I want to be able to do is : connect my electr. guitar to a p-t-m
converter, plug the converter into an XR-1 synth or possibly into a
Yamaha DX-7 and produce a violin or piano (or whatever) sound.
I do not need to do exotic things like using each string for a
different instrument (whether that's possible or not). I certainly dont
want to have to invest in yet another expander or synth. Our group has
alredy got enough hardware.
If I can do that then I assume that plugging the synth into my PC
sequencer should allow me to record my playing in real time. Am I
dreaming or is it a possibility ?
Thanks for helping a newcomer to the midi world.
Richard
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| 2836.1 | MANTHN::EDD | Press END or pay! {argh} | Wed Jan 29 1992 13:22 | 6 | |
Sounds like you got the application nailed. Your PTM converter simply
gives your guitar the ability to ultimately generate MIDI data, just
like a keyboard.
Edd
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| 2836.2 | SALSA::MOELLER | Three-day Weekends. Pass it on. | Wed Jan 29 1992 15:17 | 13 | |
I've done some work with a MIDIguitarist friend who owns a Yamaha.
One of those black teardrop-shaped jobs - I disremember the model.
He'd been playing it live into a TX81Z and had that down cold. We did
some sequencing into MAC and Performer and rechanneled his playing to grand
piano, choirs, pipe organs, string sections, etc. What we noticed once
again is that the end instrument, say, choir, requires its own playing
technique because of note attack/decay characteristics. Once we
pre-selected the sounds he was to play, it worked a LOT better. Great,
aside from the relatively slow tracking - a problem on fast passages..
fast passages just didn't happen.
karl
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| 2836.3 | Prices in U.S. | LEMAN::SIMMONS | Boris, this is not Godunov | Fri Jan 31 1992 07:17 | 8 |
Great info - keep it coming !
Can anyone give me a run down on the current prices in the U.S and
possibly the name of a mail order company who is prepared to ship the
equipment abroad (I live in Geneva, Switzerland).
Thanks
Richard
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| 2836.4 | If I could afford it ... | TROFS::C_CONNOLLY | Thu Feb 06 1992 20:25 | 15 | |
I'm not absolutely certain, but I believe the Roland GK-2 requires an
accompanying module (forgot the name) which provides not only the
actual interface to MIDI, but also gives you a TGU as well, essentially
similar to a U110 module, I believe. The GK-2 only provides the
pitch-to-voltage conversion and string separation stuff, and interfaces
to the module via one of those weird 'grid of pins within a circular
casing' plugs with about 12 conductors (I'm guessing, but it's
definitely not a MIDI plug). Approx. going price in Canadian funds seems
to be in the $1500-1800 range for the whole batch, maybe cheaper these
days with the economy in the dumpster. Overkill if you just want to
trigger an existing TGU, but for additional sounds and pretty good
triggering for a guitar synth, it might actually be worth the money.
Cal C.
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