Anyone tried this guitar yet?

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avvie
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2005/04/30 17:46:42 (permalink)

Anyone tried this guitar yet?

http://brianmooreguitars.com/iGuitar/iGuitar.asp

Neat...a guitar designed to connect to your puter and run VSTs, among other things....
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    Monnie Rock
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    RE: Anyone tried this guitar yet? 2005/04/30 17:57:47 (permalink)
    Avvie,

    Have not tried this Guitar. Ibanez also offers a Guitar with the GK pickup/connector in the body. Was looking at it as well.


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    8ftsq
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    RE: Anyone tried this guitar yet? 2005/04/30 20:31:46 (permalink)
    I have one on order that should be here in a couple of days.I plan on using it with Reason soft synth,mainly for recording.Don't play live much anymore.If you want I'll post my results after I mess with it for a while.

    I tried it in the store hooked up to a roland guitar synth.Tracking was pretty good,about what I had expected from researching it.It seems like it will be a good purchase,given the pitiful level of my keyboard playing.I'm sure I'll have to fix far fewer bad notes in the software using it anyway.

    From what I've read,the peizo/midi set up seems to be more reliable than the add on pick up type,but either will depend on your playing style in the end.

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    avvie
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    RE: Anyone tried this guitar yet? 2005/04/30 22:33:54 (permalink)
    Now that I think about it, it makes sense that none of you would have tried this axe because it was designed to compliment Logic Pro Audio, and I think that it's distributed through MacAuthority stores. Of course, to me it seems like a MIDI controller is a MIDI controller, and it would work with any VST program.

    I have a buddy who is the in-house Logic Pro expert at MacAuthority in Nashville....he sent me an mp3 of an arrangement that he recorded with this axe, and I was impressed. It was a jazz number with brushed drums, a mirimba and a double bass, along with some synth padding. I know for a fact that he has no talent at all with keyboards, so he was happy to be able to play what he wanted to hear with this guitar.
    I am a purist at heart and generally view VSTs as faking it, but I can see myself starting to allow a little wiggle room for recording strategies. I've heard my music, and it couldn't hurt.
    post edited by avvie - 2005/04/30 22:34:54
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    8ftsq
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    RE: Anyone tried this guitar yet? 2005/04/30 23:54:06 (permalink)
    Of course, to me it seems like a MIDI controller is a MIDI controller, and it would work with any VST program.


    That was my understanding.If it puts out midi,any synth or sequencer is fair game.
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    RE: Anyone tried this guitar yet? 2005/05/01 11:21:55 (permalink)
    I put a Gr3 midi pickup on my variax and run it through a roland gI-20 and get great results. I love using a giutar as a midi controller. Sometimes I'll even have my guitar sound recording and trigger guitar string samples for "real" instant double tracking.
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    RE: Anyone tried this guitar yet? 2005/05/06 10:03:58 (permalink)
    I have a couple of Moore's. The most important thing is the guitar is a great sounding "guitar" and it's extremely versitile. This guitar will work with any program!!!! Apple and moore have a distribution deal. It was not designed strictly for logic.

    I use a roland Gi-20 to track with. YOU must have a 13 pin(connector on moore) to a midi converter. (Any roland guitar synth(gr-20,30.33) or a gi-20 converter, only no built in sounds. It tracks well with softsynth's but is a tad bit better with hardware synth's (A microhare quicker with tracking and sometimes a little more stable.)

    It tracks much better than a stick on still midi pick-up.( I have a gk-2) The peizo has direct string contact where the gk pick ups "pick up the vibration thru the air first.
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