[linux-audio-user] ams PCM input?

[Brett W. McCoy]

Jon B wrote:

> i don't know why they don't make guitars (i assume this is for guitar)
> with a small current on each string and calculate the note from which
> frets and strings are making electrical contact.  you couldn't do
> vibrato, but that would be a great way to input exact notes.  but then
> you could combine that with the pitch and envelope recognition to get
> more of the timbre of the instrument.  it would just give a definite
> value for the pitch.

If I am not mistaken, I think there are MIDI guitars that do this 
optically, as well as guitars that are built with Roland pickups 
pre-installed.  I'm not sure I would want to play an instrument that has 
electric current running through the strings!  And impoperly wired 
normal electric guitar can be a shock hazard as it is!

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