Midi Guitar

 
Midi Guitar 2 Beta 11 has been released. Just downloaded but no time to play right now.   Dan

Holy Chalumbas...
 
What Presonus Studio One ver 3 did to wipe out competition in the DAW world, Midi Guitar did in the audio to midi software world. Even if in the beta mode, this update broke the mold. Almost there with the best hardware alternatives. Real celebration for us that can't justify 2000 dollars getting Roland working.
 
First friggin' software on the planet that responds expressively to subtle vibrato. Critical advance.
 
With my rig (and Midi Guitar out of the box), the pitch bend has to be enabled. Somewhat counter intuitive, but the pitch bend by default is set to a lower numerical number on the 1 to 12 scale. Too excess by default, and I roll it back all the way to 12 on the other end, being the least responsive. (More equals less)
 
The program will not exactly duplicate the actual real world range of bend, but close enough. Resolution to integral half steps in a bend are accurate, if getting there is a minor bit off. No jagged steps and artifacts however. This opposed to the super sensitive settings (lower number resolution) where your guitar is flying all over the place out of tune and out of control.
 
The ability to have the guitar running a string synth and getting real vibrato control is a joy. Never been able to pull this off before.
 
John
 
 
 

Yes, that's a big +100 on the pitch bend!!
That just enabled a lot of feeling/emotion in playing MG synth's.......excellent update this is......and this is from just the initial playing with version 11.

 
I have not had too much time to try it out but can agree that the improved pitch bend is great.

I had never heard of this before. It looks very interesting. I didn't see any price on the website. Anyone know what they charge for a new customer?

Looks like version 2 is only in beta presently?

Just checked their website and it's correct... If you add Midi Guitar to you basket, you'll find you get Midi Bass free.

Mesh, +1   worth every penny...
 
Been putting this brutal thru the ropes and it shines.
 
First time this ability has been available. Tracks even fast vibrato without flipping in to some quarter tone an octave above. Previous versions, as good as they were, was like playing thru molasses. Cool software previously, but forget trying to fit it into a mix. Either it blasted unacceptable volume spikes or did not track. Getting close to the real thing now. Latency also within irritating but acceptable bounds.
 
Response is limited by the vsti. Found that even Kontakt libraries vary in their response within a library. Example, vintage organs. Some respond to pitch and some samples do not. Likely something that can be scripted out if a life and death concern.
 
Guitar bangers advised to follow up on this gem, because enough kinks have been worked out that the program is almost real.
 
John
 

This is excellent News ...
 
Hey Mesh buddy looking good
 
Here's mine ,
 

 
I have been playing with Midi Guitar  2.0 Beta 11 for the past hour ....
OMG ....the pitch bending really works great
 
EDIT ,  I sent Ole an e mail to thank him and tell him how much I'm impressed with the New Beta Midi Guitar ....
He mentioned in his reply e mail back to me that they found a couple of bugs and that there will be a new release later today
 
Kenny

That's only for the v2 beta trial. If you want the v11 beta, you'll have to pay. Which I won't. Not paying for beta.
Edith says: right on, never pay for beta, better wait for the finalized version.

Ahh Scook, here's hoping Ole will do another one, as long as it's in beta.

Terra,
 
Don't have these units, but have used Kontakt 5 with their libraries without problem. Any synth should work as well. Have found that some are set to accept pitch bend and others not.
 
Ole said that the same license file for MidiGuitar will work to authorize MidiBass, so I assume that the offer is open ended. I bought the program as soon as it was out and can evidently unlock MidiBass as well.
 
In my ignorance, said that those demoing the release version couldn't audition the midi improvements in the beta.  Wrong...
 
Vst version is for those with a license, but the standalone version of the beta is available to demo.
 
Looking at the GAS syndrome, this software does not qualify. It's not another reverb or eq, but something completely different and vital to the arsenal now that it really works. This line of reasoning may even go over with the wives. I successfully convinced my better half and didn't even have to sleep on the porch again for buying redundant plugins. One should in theory be able to fire up the plastic card and go into debt with little or no guilt.
 
John

Oh my Goodness ,
 
I just found out for myself that The Jam Origin Midi Bass plug ( licensed Beta ) is absolutely something I have needed for a real long time and didn't even know it  
I've  been experimenting with it for a couple of hours in SONAR .
SO far  I think it is a really cool plug ..
I only own one Bass , a 4 string and this Midi Bass plug just opened up the door and made me feel like I just grabbed a few hundred new bass's for my Bass sounds ....
Meaning  all the VST instruments I never got to use for bass  I can now use because I like to play a real bass
(keys just ain't my thing ...)
 
I find it interesting that I can take my bass , play a bass part and blend that in with the midi bass part at the same time ...
a lot of real cool possibility's have just opened up for me ...
 
I effing Love this thing The Midi Bass plug tracks very good and It is Kicking Out Some Serious Bottom End   
 
anyway thanks for listening ,
 
Kenny

Never mind, it is all sorted, it appears I neglected to install Beta 1.0.1 of MIDI bass, and thus replacing Beta 0.1.0 which would have solved the issue. In the meantime I sent a quick message to Ole and received a reply not 5 minutes later, that's when I realized that I had missed installing 1.0.1.
 
Oh, and new updates tonight (probably)
 

Hi Jeff,

 
Oh, sorry for the confusion. There is a bug in that old MB version.
 
I just tried the process, and worked:
1. Get MB BETA1 here (scroll down a bit): http://www.jamorigin.com/download/
2. You get the notification at startup, and a link to your email.
 
Btw. new updates with fixes coming tonight, probably.
 
Best
Ole
Jam Origin

 
No surprise that you had a reply in 5 min. Jam Origin support is excellent. Ole is always quick to respond. I had a problem early on with the stand alone 64 bit not working and Ole was right on top of it.   Dan