-Dan Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 The VSTi's are becoming more interesting and convincing every day, which made me think: synthesized guitars will finally become more popular? I dont have much time to learn how to play the keyboards decently and, if a synth guitar or a MIDI pickup is cheaper than a keyboard midi controller, it'd be a very nice idea! So, I start searching about it. What about Roland pickups, Soonus, Shadow Pickups, or old stuffs like Gvox... http://cgi.ebay.com/GVOX-GUITAR-CONNECT-PC-FENDER-ENDORSE-MIDI-INTERFACE-/280587917279?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item415457d7df So, Anybody here have experience in synthesized guitars? Anybody here have any knowledge of MIDI pickups like Roland Gk3 or indication of any products? Thank you all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Dan Posted November 12, 2010 Author Share Posted November 12, 2010 This Gvox seems like very very very old. Anybody knows Sonuus G2M? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMT Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 I've wanted to try out one of those Roland pickups for a while. It'd be awesome to be able to play my synths with my guitar as a controller, since I don't really have time to learn keyboard all that well. Any other guitarists try it? What'd you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffian1 Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 Back when I was in college, my class took a trip down to Sounds Expo in London (I think it was 2007?). Anyway, there was this guy doing a semi-spoken work set with this blues honky-tonk backing he was playing on his guitar. I think he was demoing the Roland gear actually, but he was telling this story about him going out into the woods and being attacked by badgers before being picked up by the rodent police (or something ridiculous to that effect). Anyway, he was annotating his story with loads of samples that he'd set to trigger when he played certain things at certain points in his story. I remember it being really funny. After the demo, I started speaking to him about it and, with it being a booth for the company, he had nothing but good things to say about it. But there was this other guy there too who was talking about latency issues with the pickup itself. That being said, I don't know how effective it would be to actually play in realtime as a proper synth. I imagine for padding it shouldn't be much of an issue though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Dan Posted November 22, 2010 Author Share Posted November 22, 2010 I was excited about it: http://www.fender.com/features/rockband3/theguitar.php A cheap Midi Guitar by Fender! =D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Dan Posted June 27, 2012 Author Share Posted June 27, 2012 So, time have passed and I never had the chance to use these midi guitars. Anyone here can tell us about these equipments, focusing on the Fender Midi guitar and its use for mixers? thx! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffian1 Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 A slight departure (again) but... Turns out my father in law has recently acquired a Yahama EZ AG to drive his synths. Apparently it's quite good, but doesn't pick up some of the intricate bits. I'm looking to borrow it at some point and use it in some mixes I'm working on. I can't play keys very well, so using it for driving synths/vsts or as a quick fix to help notate scores etc could be quite helpful. I'm planning on looking further into the realm of midi guitars in the next couple of months, so I'll come back and let you know how it goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Dan Posted June 27, 2012 Author Share Posted June 27, 2012 A slight departure (again) but... Thanks man! I am thinking about to order the Fender Mustang Rock Band Midi guitar. It is cheap and seems it works as a controller as well. Do you know it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffian1 Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 Can't say I do, but I'll be sure to look into it as well. It doesn't have to be great, it just has to work lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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