Members bassguy Posted August 15, 2005 Members Share Posted August 15, 2005 so ive been looking around the lowend website, and the video of the guy playing the 12 string (which i now have major gas attack for) play and he can make it sound like anything, piano, etc... how does that work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members megadan Posted August 15, 2005 Members Share Posted August 15, 2005 Very simple.Midi is just data, info about what notes are being played and their velocity, at it's simpliest. Computer gets the data, spits out a midi sequence of what ever instrument you have it set for. Every use a keyboard? Every number you put in is a different midi instrument, thus the keyboard makes piano, string, bass noises, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bassguy Posted August 15, 2005 Author Members Share Posted August 15, 2005 so theres like a pedal midi basses plug into to get the midi sound into the amp? is this how the variax bass works? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members scarecrowbob Posted August 16, 2005 Members Share Posted August 16, 2005 No, it is a little more complicated than that. Think about a computer keyboard-- it doesn't actually send out letters to a printer, in the way that a typewriter puts text on a page. It sends out control signals. MIDI is the same. To get MIDI controll signals, you need a specal pickup that interprets the pitch of each string, and sends it to another device that converts those pitches to note numbers. Then yo need a device to turn those note numbers into sound.; this device you plug into an amp to make cool sounds. And the variax doesn't do this; it manipulates each strings sound, but it does so to digitally alter tones; so it just sends out the processed sounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Archon_113 Posted August 16, 2005 Members Share Posted August 16, 2005 I believe the variax uses modelling technology similar to that in the Line 6 Pod to create the sound of different basses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Texas Noise Factory Posted August 16, 2005 Members Share Posted August 16, 2005 Originally posted by Archon_113 I believe the variax uses modelling technology similar to that in the Line 6 Pod to create the sound of different basses. You are right. The Variax Bass could be looked at as being like a controller that triggers "modelled sounds" that are stored in a processor onboard the variax. Much like this, Using a MIDI pickup on a bass will get you any sound from a keyboard or MIDI instrument when you connect them to it... i.e. synthesizers, samplers, drum machines, etc... These are what you plug into the amp, and where the sound comes out. Added to what has already been posted on this thread, hopefully that fills in the blanks for you bassguy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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