Members Hard Truth Posted July 1, 2009 Members Share Posted July 1, 2009 I just got the SONUUS G2M UNIVERSAL GUITAR TO MIDI CONVERTER $99.00. The first low cost midi guitar option that I know of. Its monophonic only. It works OK, but not perfectly. Your playing techniques do need to be modified to make it track reliably. It is a lot of fun for the price. I'll probably have more to say about it after I have used it some more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hard Truth Posted July 1, 2009 Author Members Share Posted July 1, 2009 In response to my OP (in the electric guitar forum) I received this message in my e-mail: It works with guitar any pretty much anything in the guitar range of notes, E2 to E6. That's why its called the G2M (Guitar to Midi)For bass guitar - stay tuned for news.For maximum tracking efficiency, zero the tone control on your guitar, a less harmonically rich signal speeds up the midi conversion process.If you want to use it live and want to switch between the regular guitar signal and Midi, here is a suggestion: _______Guitar_________/ _____________A/B Footswitch___/___________/__Leg A________Leg B___/___________/Guitar FX__ ____EQ Pedal___/___________/Guitar Amp____Sonuus G2M_______________/____________Synth/Keyboard_______________/___________Keyboard Amp/PA In the above scenario, pull the highs out on the EQ pedal, that allows you to play your guitar as you normally would, but still have the harmonic content of your sound optimized for Midi conversion on leg B of the A/B switch.Heres a video which runs through the basic functions:http://www.petersontuners.com/videoc...cfm?videoID=48 Best regards,John NorrisPeterson Electro-Musical Products, Inc.__________________ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hard Truth Posted July 1, 2009 Author Members Share Posted July 1, 2009 In response I wrote:Thanks. I already observed that cutting the highs helped with tracking. Interestingly, but not too surprising, it works best with my jazz box (Ibanez Artcore) than it did with a Strat. I have not tried compressing yet, does that help much? John Norris reponded:Many guitarists are unaware of those few points, even though it seems obvious to you and I. Compression will help to keep the signal level steady into the G2M for "synth" type patches, but the G2M is velocity sensitive as well and for some sampled acoustic instrument sounds like brass, more dynamic range from the guitar signal would be an advantage. On the Artcore, besides being less trebly than the Strat, its humbuckers put out more juice so the fundamental tone is stronger, which will speed up the Midi conversion. If you switch your Strat to its neck pickup, zero both tone controls and switch the G2M's boost control on, you should get a similar result. The G2M opens up a lot of possibilities for small bucks, not a lot of products can deliver such a bang for the buck, and it would be a shame for guitarists to miss out just because they lacked a little info from the get-go.Quite a few guitarists use the G2M, among them Pat Metheny and Adrian Belew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Anderton Posted July 1, 2009 Members Share Posted July 1, 2009 As I posted elsewhere, I have one and it does a good job, but don't expect miracles (or chords!). I plan to experiment with pre-processing going in, with compression and EQ, to see if I can make it bulletproof. With the octave dividers in amp sims, I usually precede them with a shelving filter to take off the highs, and add some compression. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slight-return Posted July 1, 2009 Members Share Posted July 1, 2009 everything old is new again!I mean these are the classic strategies for tracking (get a nice consistent waveform with a strongly identifiable fundamentlal) so maybe an olde skewl revisit? Interesting app (while it's not guitar, it may help the general discussion) floating around here somewhere on HC (I thnk mainly in FX) is a bassoon player using G2M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members elantric Posted July 2, 2009 Members Share Posted July 2, 2009 FWIW - The old Boss DR-5 Dr Rhythm does a Mono pitch to MIDI conversion too - just use its 1/4" input - connect to guitar or microphone, and out comes MIDI Data via the 5 pin DIN MIDI Out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Will Chen Posted July 6, 2009 Members Share Posted July 6, 2009 FWIW - The old Boss DR-5 Dr Rhythm does a Mono pitch to MIDI conversion too - just use its 1/4" input - connect to guitar or microphone, and out comes MIDI Data via the 5 pin DIN MIDI Out. I had one of those. Hopefully, this tracks a bit better... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members IamBurnout Posted July 10, 2009 Members Share Posted July 10, 2009 I'm holding out for the bass version. Need the low B on guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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