A thought... an idea.

Author
Post
Essentials Only Full Version
jbow
Max Output Level: -0.2 dBFS
  • Total Posts : 7601
  • Joined: 2003/11/26 19:14:18
  • Status: offline
2012/12/07 11:30:14 (permalink)

A thought... an idea.

A few days ago I posted a link ot a fretless Stratofaker from Rondo music. I was thinking last night about something and I wonder if it makes any sense...
 
What if one were to install a MIDI pickup system, make a cheap fretless guitar "Roland ready" ?? Since I have never had or even played a MIDI equipped guitar of any kind I don't know what, if anything, would be an advantage but I was thinking about orchestral strings and a fretless guitar controller. Of course I could buy a Roland ready Strat and change the neck to  a fretless, that might be easier that making a guitar with a fretless neck into a MIDI controller... BUT...
 
thoughts??
 
Would a fretless MIDI guitar be cool or dumb?
 
Julien

Sonar Platinum
Studiocat Pro 16G RAM (some bells and whistles)
HP Pavilion dm4 1165-dx (i5)-8G RAM
Octa-Capture
KRK Rokit-8s
MIDI keyboards...
Control Pad
mics. 
I HATE THIS CMPUTER KEYBARD!
#1

6 Replies Related Threads
    drewfx1
    Max Output Level: -9.5 dBFS
    • Total Posts : 6585
    • Joined: 2008/08/04 16:19:11
    • Status: offline
    Re:A thought... an idea. 2012/12/07 12:18:20 (permalink)
    The only reason you need a special midi guitar with a hex PU is because it's necessary for polyphonic playing.

    Are you intending to play chords on a fretless guitar?

     In order, then, to discover the limit of deepest tones, it is necessary not only to produce very violent agitations in the air but to give these the form of simple pendular vibrations. - Hermann von Helmholtz, predicting the role of the electric bassist in 1877.
    #2
    jbow
    Max Output Level: -0.2 dBFS
    • Total Posts : 7601
    • Joined: 2003/11/26 19:14:18
    • Status: offline
    Re:A thought... an idea. 2012/12/07 12:22:56 (permalink)
    Are you intending to play chords on a fretless guitar?

     
    I've never played either a fretless guitar or a MIDI guitar... that is why I asked if it is a cool idea or a dumb idea.
     
    I really don't know. I would use it as a controller but, it is just an idea I had so I don't know how or if it would work well... why I asked.
     
    J

    Sonar Platinum
    Studiocat Pro 16G RAM (some bells and whistles)
    HP Pavilion dm4 1165-dx (i5)-8G RAM
    Octa-Capture
    KRK Rokit-8s
    MIDI keyboards...
    Control Pad
    mics. 
    I HATE THIS CMPUTER KEYBARD!
    #3
    The Maillard Reaction
    Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
    • Total Posts : 31918
    • Joined: 2004/07/09 20:02:20
    • Status: offline
    Re:A thought... an idea. 2012/12/07 12:50:19 (permalink)
    Consider that most synths are already set up to receive note information from a key board as a series of discrete values.

    Portamento effects are usually incorporated in the patches that need the effect to seem realistic.
    The pitch wheel augments portamento functionality.

    I guess some synths are optimized for ribbon controllers... a fret less guitar would seem like a polyphonic ribbon controller.


    best regards,
    mike




     





    #4
    drewfx1
    Max Output Level: -9.5 dBFS
    • Total Posts : 6585
    • Joined: 2008/08/04 16:19:11
    • Status: offline
    Re:A thought... an idea. 2012/12/07 13:10:50 (permalink)
    Midi guitar systems generally translate everything to Note# + Pitch Wheel. 

    The pitch bend amounts have to be set to match between the midi guitar interface and the synth patch or things get very funny.

     In order, then, to discover the limit of deepest tones, it is necessary not only to produce very violent agitations in the air but to give these the form of simple pendular vibrations. - Hermann von Helmholtz, predicting the role of the electric bassist in 1877.
    #5
    jbow
    Max Output Level: -0.2 dBFS
    • Total Posts : 7601
    • Joined: 2003/11/26 19:14:18
    • Status: offline
    Re:A thought... an idea. 2012/12/07 13:16:48 (permalink)
    So... it probably wouldn't be a controllable controller?

    Thanks... inquiring minds want to know.
     
    J

    Sonar Platinum
    Studiocat Pro 16G RAM (some bells and whistles)
    HP Pavilion dm4 1165-dx (i5)-8G RAM
    Octa-Capture
    KRK Rokit-8s
    MIDI keyboards...
    Control Pad
    mics. 
    I HATE THIS CMPUTER KEYBARD!
    #6
    craigb
    Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
    • Total Posts : 41704
    • Joined: 2009/01/28 23:13:04
    • Location: The Pacific Northwestshire
    • Status: offline
    Re:A thought... an idea. 2012/12/07 13:35:24 (permalink)
    I wouldn't fret it.

     
    Time for all of you to head over to Beyond My DAW!
    #7
    Jump to:
    © 2025 APG vNext Commercial Version 5.1