Tried for the first time 2 weeks ago. Single notes track ok if played slow, but felt a little delay.. but chords, anything more than 4 (edited) 3 voices will have some tracking problem. Perhaps I do finger style (on an electric), and not with a pick.
 
Btw, where did you get the updates info ? I signed up for the newsletter, but didn't get a single mail yet.

scook
0.8.1 fixed the VST blowing up SONAR. Guess it is time to learn Lua.

Is "blowing up Sonar" a good or bad thing?  Do you mean it is still crashing Sonar?  or that it is insanely good?  Honest question, just want to make sure I understand.  BTW, have family visiting and have not been in my little studio to test MG out yet, but will try to get some testing of MG done soon.

scook
In this context, a program blowing up is not a good thing. Inserting the 0.8.0 VST in an audio track would cause SONAR to shut down instantly without an error message or Windows log entry. The 0.8.1 release does not shut down SONAR. 

Thanks; that makes sense; sorry for the confusion.  
 
I just played with MG 0.8.1 in Sonar X3a and it seems fine; no crashes.  The new features like the arpeggiator seems to work but not sure if I will use it/them much.  For some reason, MG 8.1 seems to be working better for me in Sonar.  I still can't get it to generate midi output (even with "enable midi" checked and the regedit change from 0 to 1).  However, it is now triggering softsynths from within MG's own instrument output.  This is definitely an improvement for me.

a couple of notes...  haven't tried 0.8.1 yet but was able to get midi recorded using Simple instrument track method.  i did have a similar crash on the previous version trying to use the VSampler as vsti.. it shut down X2 totally. haven't tried it again since then. havn't had time to check out the latest release of MG.
 

scook
If it is triggering synths in MIDI Guitar, the MIDI should record. Make sure the audio track w/ MIDI Guitar in the fx bin has echo on. Are you using a Simple Instrument Track or Audio+MIDI tracks for the target synth? I do not use Simple Instrument Tracks.
 

Hey Scook!  I had a Breakthrough!  Finally after weeks of not getting MidiGuitar to operate in the DAW program like you and others have, I actually got it working as it is suppose to work.  Now in DAW mode (not Standalone with LoopMidi), I can enable midi output on MidiGuitar (and now it actually works), and then can route that midi output to any softsynth.  MidiGuitar is now working for me in both Standalone and DAW modes.
 
I am a happy camper.  I uninstalled previous versions, did a fresh install of v8.2, and followed the procedure to configure as synth and to set the regedit from 0 to 1.  Then inserted MG on audio track, and right clicked the synthrack, and selected enable midi from the pulldown menu.  Now it works.
 
Wow, this is a breakthrough for me.  I like using it in Standalone mode, or in Standalone mode routing it through Loopmidi into Sonar, but having the ability to call MidiGuitar up as a vst simplifies it use for me.  What a releif.
 
 
 
 

i haven't checked in for a while and see this thread is trailing off.  i thought i'd share one of the things i've been doing with the MG software.  i do a live net broadcast using guitars, drums and native american flutes and i've incorporated the MG standalone version into the mix via my hardware mixer and some routing, i can now play a back track or loop pedal and either play a synth thru the MG software as designed (stand alone version) or (this is where it gets cool) i can play my flute and have it trigger the synth instead of a guitar and use it as a midi controller, PLUS with the mixer routing i can layer in the real live flute and whatever synth sound i choose. i can even take the synth sound and route it thru the loop pedal to create multi layers of different instruments and combine them with real instruments.  i know that's not what the designers had in mind but it seems to work out pretty well.  if you read my earlier posts on here about the routing problem, it has now been turned into some tasty icing on the cake...... but now i have to relearn how to use MG in a DAW lol....

jimtzu
i haven't checked in for a while and see this thread is trailing off.  i thought i'd share one of the things i've been doing with the MG software.  i do a live net broadcast using guitars, drums and native american flutes and i've incorporated the MG standalone version into the mix via my hardware mixer and some routing, i can now play a back track or loop pedal and either play a synth thru the MG software as designed (stand alone version) or (this is where it gets cool) i can play my flute and have it trigger the synth instead of a guitar and use it as a midi controller, PLUS with the mixer routing i can layer in the real live flute and whatever synth sound i choose. i can even take the synth sound and route it thru the loop pedal to create multi layers of different instruments and combine them with real instruments.  i know that's not what the designers had in mind but it seems to work out pretty well.  if you read my earlier posts on here about the routing problem, it has now been turned into some tasty icing on the cake...... but now i have to relearn how to use MG in a DAW lol....

Very cool Jim. I truly enjoy reading and learning about all these creative techniques you guys all incorporate in useage. I'm still using the free Beta version while testing out the latest version of MG on my new build with Win8......this is definitely on the top of my list of next purchases. 
 
Thanks for sharing    

Unless they break sumpin' in the process.

0.9.0 beta just released (check the end of the kvr thread)
No major issues encountered so far with standalone or VST in 64bit X2.
 
 

0.9.1 released to fix freshly broken plug-in scanner

So 0.9.1 MIDI Guitar works OK in standalone using WDM? Did you try using MIDI Guitar in X2 as a VST while running in ASIO mode?

i've been using MG more as stand alone so far, just for the enjoyment.  here's a little clip of an impov... very minimalist style using acoustic guitar and a Dim Pro patch  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_b7kH4qvU8&feature=c4-overview&list=UUxjiJrtefKAVksO95cKX1hQ

Pardon my resurrection of this thread, but I just found out about MIDIGuitar about an hour ago, so I went to their website to check it out. The website is still up, but all links I was able to find to d/l the 0.9 beta are now broken.  I'm getting "Address not found" messages for their entire URL jam-o.com. And I'm getting a "Not Found" message stating "The requested URL /midi-guitar/vst.html was not found on this server." So they've brought down jam-o.com and they've gotten rid of, or blocked access to the directory /midi-guitar/ .
 
At first I thought they were rolling up the carpets and about to take the sign down. Now, I'm thinking that they've ended the beta testing, but they haven't announced it yet.  Does this sound about right to you? I mean it's been in beta now for over a year, hasn't it?  And didn't one of the developers say that 0.9.1 was a real game changer, or words to that effect?  So 0.9.2 might have been a maintenance release, just tidying things up in preperation for 1.0. Possibly?
 
Dang it. I sure would like to get my hands on 0.9.2 so I could try it out before buying the licensed edition. Anybody here wanna share? If it works as well as people say it does, I've got a YouRock MIDI guitar controller here that I just bought and I might just exercise my 30-day return privilege on it. Even if I have to buy a copy of MIDIGuitar, I'd still be saving $180. But I sure would like to be able to try it out first.
 
Hey, there's a guy named David Wallimann who is in one of the links that y'all provided, who was trying out a beta copy of it. The recording was posted on December 20th, last year.  So he was probably trying an early version of 0.9, I'm guessing? Of course, he's all jazzed about it and his playing sounded really nice too. He mentions toward the end of his video that the beta comes with only a single soft synth and that it has only one voice -- piano. He says you can use this synth for as long as you like, but that if you load in a different soft synth, it will work, but you're restricted to only one minute of playing.  Is this the way the beta has been working for y'all too?
 
Oh, the Jam Origins folks were participating in that discussion thread also and they posted a link to a "huge discussion" that's been going on over at the KVR forums about it. Here's that link:
 
http://www.kvraudio.com/f...torder=asc&start=0
 
I guess you could say it's still going on too. Last post was on October 14th. I've just joined up over there at KVR and I think I'll post a note asking about the links being down.
 
 

Try the fourth post down on this page which has a link to the 9.2 download: http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=359095&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=945
 
I can't speak for the developer, but I can say that from time to time their webpage was down for a few hours for maintainence.  Check and see if the link I gave above works for you.  If not perhaps others here might chime in.  Good luck and do let us know how you progress.

Hmmmmmm still not impressed with even the simplest of strumming. Stray notes jumping in out of nowhere.
 
I set my buffers to 128 and 256 to no avail. Played with the sensitivity, not much difference at 25, 45, 80 or 100.
 
So far I'm glad I did not purchase this.