musikizlife
TCM Softhands
Must have this! now!
This is arguably the most awesome thing I've seen in quite some time.
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Asrial
Whisper into nose
Here, my dear lads, is my only wish for my birthday this year.
Adam Of Angels
The GAS Man
I thought I heard that, but I watched it as soon as I woke up so I couldn't entirely remember.
Anyway, I'm back on-board.
Adam Of Angels
The GAS Man
Oh, and the beautiful thing about it is the price - that's a steal for something I've wanted in some form for years.
yingmin
Parker über alles
I can't tell if this is mildly clever irony, or just plain daft. It's a synthesizer. It's SUPPOSED to sound synthetic. It's not intended to emulate the sound of a guitar. They even say in the video that the whole concept behind it is to give guitarists access to the sounds of electronic music. Also, what you see in the video is a pretty narrow demonstration of its capabilities, since it can sound as real or as synthetic as you want depending on what sound module you use with it.
yea man throw some bkps in there itll be so brootz
Infamous Impact
Well-Known Member
It's missing a string.
yingmin
Parker über alles
I'm holding out until they make one with a baritone scale.
CrushingAnvil
Ironically enough, now in Jesus Land
Ugh, OP is such a noob. This is obviously supposed to go in the 'Half MIDI, half Guitar, All awesome' section.
MODS!
MODS!
Clearly this look like the best way to play midi synths as a guitar player. I have tried midi guitar pickups, and they have their problems. This does seem like a really good solution.
However, the interface seems a little "clunky" to me. It didn't seem really smooth in doing some of the things that the guy wanted it to do. I'll wait for a couple of versions.
However, the interface seems a little "clunky" to me. It didn't seem really smooth in doing some of the things that the guy wanted it to do. I'll wait for a couple of versions.
Continuing what Infamous Impact and yingmin started, can you tune it in 5ths? 
Looks very interesting I have to admit. I guess you would only get the best out of it though if you have a synth with enough power to use the "guitar" to the fullest of it's capabilities.
All kinds of awesome would be available then.
Looks very interesting I have to admit. I guess you would only get the best out of it though if you have a synth with enough power to use the "guitar" to the fullest of it's capabilities.
All kinds of awesome would be available then.
TRENCHLORD
Banned
Total waste of time. Don't you wanna FEEL the vibrations of the steel and earth(tree)? The total convergence of man,beast,and earth. I'd rather play a rubber band than that trinket.
How can you play a drum kit, piano, and alto sax at once on a standard guitar?
yingmin
Parker über alles
There are definitely guitar synths out that are that powerful. Really, the instrument in this thread isn't BETTER than a good guitar synth setup, it just works differently, giving you more control in some respects, and less in others.
synrgy
Ya ya ya I am Lorde
Having used the 2 most prominent MIDI pickup systems available (Roland and GraphTech), I'll have to disagree with you on this. They're extremely limited in their capabilities.
yingmin
Parker über alles
The pickup is only half the picture, though. Which synths have you used it with?
CONTEMPT
MIDI ninja
Continuing what Infamous Impact and yingmin started, can you tune it in 5ths?
Looks very interesting I have to admit. I guess you would only get the best out of it though if you have a synth with enough power to use the "guitar" to the fullest of it's capabilities.
All kinds of awesome would be available then.
There's been no official word on this, but it seems customizable to the Nth degree. I'd ASSUME that you can individually set each string's tuning via the menus as it would be the exact opposite of WINNING to exclude this.
However, even if it's locked in standard tuning and concert pitch, I'm sure it'll only be a matter of time before someone creates some sort of 'tuner' app for the LINUX OS.
One word: LATENCY. The Roland MIDI pickup setups I've played with have a major tracking delay between what you play on the guitar and what comes out of the synth box it's connected to. From the demos I've seen this thing has NO tracking delay at all.
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synrgy
Ya ya ya I am Lorde
Doesn't matter. Like other dude said, the issue is the tracking, not the unit it's connected to.
yingmin
Parker über alles
It does matter, because the pickup isn't the only thing that determines how well it tracks. I've owned five different guitar synths, and there are substantial differences in tracking between all of them, even with the same pickup. The current generation of Roland stuff doesn't seem to have any noticeable latency, even using the GK3, which is generally agreed to be inferior to the Ghost.
CONTEMPT
MIDI ninja
however, this has no MIDI pickup. There's no strings. It's not a guitar synth, technically, more like a keyboard with a fret-like interface and a touch-screen control to actuate the instrument. The tracking delay on guitar MIDI pickups is caused by the pickup and the synth unit it's attached to having to convert the raw data from the MIDI pickup from string vibration to actual MIDI data. There'll be zero latency as you're just triggering raw MIDI data on a guitar-like interface and sending it directly into an external source with no intermediary (and no need for one as you're dealing in raw MIDI signal with no conversion). Modern latencies on guitar synths are down to as low as 1/10 of a second, but they're still there and you have to adjust your playing accordingly. This, in theory, should actually feel more natural in a response sense.
