19 Jan
2005
19 Jan
'05
12:03 p.m.
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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