Guitar Controllers, Amazing/useless? |
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Feb 22 2015, 10:13 PM
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Maybe you remember this thread from a couple of years ago, when I bought the "You Rock guitar".
I recorded my take for the funk collab with it: ...and I think it's a good example of how it can be used creatively for synth style improvising. One advantage is that the sound I used is monophonic, which makes things sound cleaner than with a guitar (because I can't mess up and have two strings ringing at the same time accidentally). On the other there is a handicap involved because I need to play all notes using "hammer-ons" from nowhere, and bending/vibrato can only be done with the whammy bar. Supposedly it is possible to configure it to suit most picking styles but I have not bothered doing it. What do you think about this instrument? This is the only midi controller I have ever tried / owned, does anybody else have experience from these? |
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Feb 22 2015, 11:44 PM
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I have a Carvin SH575. Fantastic playing and incredible midi capture, although a fair amount more than a Godin. The guitar is great even without the midi. I got it a long while back specifically for midi and at that time there were few other choices (Parker mostly), most more expensive than the 575 if you can imagine. Parkers run about 4K US.
Now, Godin and a few others (the Roland GK ready strat looks interesting http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/StratGK3SB ), make more reasonable alternatives, although I'm not sure how they hold up sound-wise when running the pick-ups direct into an amp. I also had a stick on GK3 pickup first. That worked fairly well. If your really interested Kristofer, I can send you the GK pickup I have for free. It's just collecting dust. It's this one.... http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/GK3 The other thing is that they now sell GraphTech saddles and expander kit you can install. That whole system is probably close to $400 since you have to buy the Ghost saddles, Strat Saddles or Fixed Bridge type, and the Hexpander kit. Sweetwater.com has them when I just researched some. Of course, you have to do some body work to implant the 13pin saddle, but it essentially turns your guitar into a 575. Edit : The You Rock guitar is as much as a GK3 pickup. The You Rock gets great reviews, but, if you're going to pay as much for the You Rock as for a GK3 I'd suggest you might look into at GK3 instead as it uses your guitar. Or, if your really interested, save a little longer and get the Saddles and Expander kit. The Ghost saddles do make a difference when comparing the capture quality compared to a GK3 pickup. ******Actually, I mispoke a bit. A GK3 guitar does need a converter unit of some nature........either an older Axon100, a Roland Gi20, a GR55. Apologies to those mislead. But a GK3 is a more expensive option than a You Rock, albiet still cheaper than a GK equipped guitar as they also need some sort of converter unit.******* This post has been edited by GeneT95: Feb 22 2015, 11:59 PM |
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Feb 23 2015, 01:13 AM
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This seems a better option, but still expensive. I think in the coming years things like this will become far less expensive and more likely.
The Triple play seems the ideal Midi/Guitar interface at the moment. I see perhaps in the future where saddles transmit via wireless directly. http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/TriplePlayPU |
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Feb 23 2015, 01:18 AM
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That thing looks like a lot of fun man! The only thing I have had that was similar to that was the Roland GR-707 synth guitar.
http://www.vintagesynth.com/roland/gr700.php http://www.joness.com/gr300/G-707.html It was a ton of fun to play and you could actually mix a guitar tone and a synth tone together,or just use one tone or the other. The biggest drawback being that it didn't track very well on some patches if I tried too play fast. In spite of that I really wish I had kept it. |
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I can't blame you though , you make a boatload of tabs. 
 
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