19 Jul
2015
19 Jul
'15
1:19 p.m.
Hello all,
Just got an electric guitar. First time. Now putting on a new set of
strings.
Got a 1/4" wire and a passive direct box that's already used for a
Wavedrum. Got also a small guitar amp with an headphone out jack, as
an option. The audio card is a M-Audio 1010LT.
Can I simply take the 1/4" wire from the passive direct box and connect
it to the guitar ? I believe there's a guitar processing app out there
called something like rackarrack or such. Does this work through jackd
as in doing the audio routing using qjackctl ?
Alternatively if I want the amp's sound and processing, I can simply
use the amp's headphone out, although I'd like to try the computer
based only interface and processing.
Cheers.
19 Jul
19 Jul
1:40 p.m.
Hi
First gratulations on your new guitar.
Now to your questions, yes you can use the DI and the 1/4" cable (TS?), and
that would be the better approach,
as opposed to connecting the headphone amp.
I wouldn't use the headphone amp from the amplifier as the impedances will
most likely not match.
If you've got a preamp and microphone you could mic up the amp and record
that.
I'm have used rackarack, but mostly I use guitarix, but that's personal
preference.
Have fun!
Cheers
Moshe
On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 3:19 PM, jonetsu(a)teksavvy.com <jonetsu(a)teksavvy.com>
wrote:
Hello all,
Just got an electric guitar. First time. Now putting on a new set of
strings.
Got a 1/4" wire and a passive direct box that's already used for a
Wavedrum. Got also a small guitar amp with an headphone out jack, as
an option. The audio card is a M-Audio 1010LT.
Can I simply take the 1/4" wire from the passive direct box and connect
it to the guitar ? I believe there's a guitar processing app out there
called something like rackarrack or such. Does this work through jackd
as in doing the audio routing using qjackctl ?
Alternatively if I want the amp's sound and processing, I can simply
use the amp's headphone out, although I'd like to try the computer
based only interface and processing.
Cheers.
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1:44 p.m.
On Sun, 2015-07-19 at 09:19 -0400, jonetsu(a)teksavvy.com wrote:
I believe there's a guitar processing app out
there called something
like rackarrack or such. Does this work through jackd as in doing
the audio routing using qjackctl ?
Yes, you can use QjackCtl for the audio connections with Rakarrack and
for the MIDI converter. Rakarrack can convert a monophonic audio signal
from your guitar to MIDI notes, so you can play synths with your
guitar.
Alternatively if I want the amp's sound and
processing, I can simply
use the amp's headphone out, although I'd like to try the computer
based only interface and processing.
You can connect a headphone out with a line in. I recommend to do it
that way, to get an input that fits to a guitar output.
The best would be to insert Rakarrack to the guitar amp. Assumed it has
got an insert out, then connect it with a line in of your sound card
and a line out of your sound card with the amp's insert in.
You might be interested in Guitarix too, but don't expect too much from
simulations (neither from Guitarix or any other software or stand alone
device), they have completely nothing in common with what they claim to
simulate, but some simulations might be useful for your usage.
Regards,
Ralf
2:33 p.m.
On Sun, 2015-07-19 at 16:21 +0200, Hermann Meyer wrote:
Since the OP didn't mention what distro is used, the Arch user
repository PKGBUILD clones from git, so it builds the current master
from git,
https://aur4.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/snapshot/guitarix-git.tar.gz .
Don't care about the pkgver that is mentioned at
https://aur4.archlinux.org/packages/guitarix-git/ .
You might be
interested in Guitarix too,
If so, you should use guitarix from the KxStudio repository or build
it by yourself from git. *All* other packages/releases from the
guitarix project are quietly outdated. 
20 Jul
20 Jul
3:51 p.m.
On 19/07/15 16:21, Hermann Meyer wrote:
Even Fedora? It is at 0.32.3
You might be interested in Guitarix too,
If so, you should use guitarix from the KxStudio repository or build it
by yourself from git. *All* other packages/releases from the guitarix
project are quietly outdated.
_______________________________________________ 
21 Jul
21 Jul
1:50 a.m.
Am 20.07.2015 um 17:51 schrieb Brendan Jones:
On 19/07/15 16:21, Hermann Meyer wrote:
Even Fedora? It is at 0.32.3
Hi Brendan
Yes, what I mean is that even our own last release is outdated.
It's missing the new Fuzz plugs, the Tonebender's, Wah's, and Booster's,
and plugs like the Hogsfoot or the HF-Booster. A wide range of simulated
vintage gear. Created with the Ampsim Toolkit.
And, next release will be delayed for some more time then expected. Not
because any instability, but because the GUI rework ( which happen in a
other branch) needs to be finished and merged into master.
KxStudio provide a package from GIT, so most of the new plugs are
available there.
regards
hermann
You might be interested in Guitarix too,
If so, you should use guitarix from the KxStudio repository or build it
by yourself from git. *All* other packages/releases from the guitarix
project are quietly outdated.
_______________________________________________ 
19 Jul
19 Jul
3:06 p.m.
De : "jonetsu(a)teksavvy.com"
Hello all,
Just got an electric guitar. First time. Now putting on a new set of
strings.
Got a 1/4" wire and a passive direct box that's already used for a
Wavedrum. Got also a small guitar amp with an headphone out jack, as
an option. The audio card is a M-Audio 1010LT.
Can I simply take the 1/4" wire from the passive direct box and connect
it to the guitar ? I believe there's a guitar processing app out there
called something like rackarrack or such. Does this work through jackd
as in doing the audio routing using qjackctl ?
Alternatively if I want the amp's sound and processing, I can simply
use the amp's headphone out, although I'd like to try the computer
based only interface and processing.
Cheers.
Hi happy Canadian guitarist :)
IMHO, best chain for the hardware you describe
isguit>DIbox>1010LT>QjackCtl>Guitarix>QJackCtl>1010LT>guit ampif you
only want to play guitar with Guitarix FX & modélisation?
TIP: don't forget to put a hard limiter before Guitarix out, this (very nice)
software (available in french)))) is able to produce very hard level...
HTH, have fun!Fred
4:13 p.m.
When going direct from guitar to computer you will want to be using the XLR
inputs on the 1010LT, probably with the jumpers in the highest gain
position. The output of an electric guitar is quite low and you are going
to lose even more with the insertion loss through the passive direct box.
I don't think it will drive the RCA jacks in a satisfactory manner.
re using a guitar amp in the chain: I've never had much luck with the
headphone jacks on. If you have a line out or effects send they might be
worth trying instead.
On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 11:06 AM, fred <f.rech(a)yahoo.fr> wrote:
------------------------------
*De :* "jonetsu(a)teksavvy.com"
Hello all,
Just got an electric guitar. First time. Now putting on a new set of
strings.
Got a 1/4" wire and a passive direct box that's already used for a
Wavedrum. Got also a small guitar amp with an headphone out jack, as
an option. The audio card is a M-Audio 1010LT.
Can I simply take the 1/4" wire from the passive direct box and connect
it to the guitar ? I believe there's a guitar processing app out there
called something like rackarrack or such. Does this work through jackd
as in doing the audio routing using qjackctl ?
Alternatively if I want the amp's sound and processing, I can simply
use the amp's headphone out, although I'd like to try the computer
based only interface and processing.
Cheers.
Hi happy Canadian guitarist :)
IMHO, best chain for the hardware you describe is
guit>DIbox>1010LT>QjackCtl>Guitarix>QJackCtl>1010LT>guit amp
if you only want to play guitar with Guitarix FX & modélisation?
TIP: don't forget to put a hard limiter before Guitarix out, this (very
nice)
software (available in french)))) is able to produce very hard
level...
HTH, have fun!
Fred
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4:44 p.m.
Of course the DIbox XLR output is used!
De : Robert Edge <thumbknucklerocks(a)gmail.com>
À : fred <f.rech(a)yahoo.fr>
Cc : "linux-audio-user(a)lists.linuxaudio.org"
<linux-audio-user(a)lists.linuxaudio.org>
Envoyé le : Dimanche 19 juillet 2015 18h13
Objet : Re: [LAU] Interfacing an electric guitar
When going direct from guitar to computer you will want to be using the XLR inputs on the
1010LT, probably with the jumpers in the highest gain position. The output of an electric
guitar is quite low and you are going to lose even more with the insertion loss through
the passive direct box. I don't think it will drive the RCA jacks in a satisfactory
manner. re using a guitar amp in the chain: I've never had much luck with the
headphone jacks on. If you have a line out or effects send they might be worth trying
instead.
On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 11:06 AM, fred <f.rech(a)yahoo.fr> wrote:
De : "jonetsu(a)teksavvy.com"
Hello all,
Just got an electric guitar. First time. Now putting on a new set of
strings.
Got a 1/4" wire and a passive direct box that's already used for a
Wavedrum. Got also a small guitar amp with an headphone out jack, as
an option. The audio card is a M-Audio 1010LT.
Can I simply take the 1/4" wire from the passive direct box and connect
it to the guitar ? I believe there's a guitar processing app out there
called something like rackarrack or such. Does this work through jackd
as in doing the audio routing using qjackctl ?
Alternatively if I want the amp's sound and processing, I can simply
use the amp's headphone out, although I'd like to try the computer
based only interface and processing.
Cheers.
Hi happy Canadian guitarist :)
IMHO, best chain for the hardware you describe
isguit>DIbox>1010LT>QjackCtl>Guitarix>QJackCtl>1010LT>guit ampif you
only want to play guitar with Guitarix FX & modélisation?
TIP: don't forget to put a hard limiter before Guitarix out, this (very nice)
software (available in french)))) is able to produce very hard level...
HTH, have fun!Fred
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4:47 p.m.
Well, the mic pre on that card sounds like shit, so no I would not consider
that obvious at all. I go out of my way to only use the line inputs on my
1010LT.
But whatever, best of luck.
On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 12:44 PM, fred <f.rech(a)yahoo.fr> wrote:
Of course the DIbox XLR output is used!
------------------------------
*De :* Robert Edge <thumbknucklerocks(a)gmail.com>
*À :* fred <f.rech(a)yahoo.fr>
*Cc :* "linux-audio-user(a)lists.linuxaudio.org" <
linux-audio-user(a)lists.linuxaudio.org>
*Envoyé le :* Dimanche 19 juillet 2015 18h13
*Objet :* Re: [LAU] Interfacing an electric guitar
When going direct from guitar to computer you will want to be using the
XLR inputs on the 1010LT, probably with the jumpers in the highest gain
position. The output of an electric guitar is quite low and you are going
to lose even more with the insertion loss through the passive direct box.
I don't think it will drive the RCA jacks in a satisfactory manner.
re using a guitar amp in the chain: I've never had much luck with the
headphone jacks on. If you have a line out or effects send they might be
worth trying instead.
On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 11:06 AM, fred <f.rech(a)yahoo.fr> wrote:
------------------------------
*De :* "jonetsu(a)teksavvy.com"
Hello all,
Just got an electric guitar. First time. Now putting on a new set of
strings.
Got a 1/4" wire and a passive direct box that's already used for a
Wavedrum. Got also a small guitar amp with an headphone out jack, as
an option. The audio card is a M-Audio 1010LT.
Can I simply take the 1/4" wire from the passive direct box and connect
it to the guitar ? I believe there's a guitar processing app out there
called something like rackarrack or such. Does this work through jackd
as in doing the audio routing using qjackctl ?
Alternatively if I want the amp's sound and processing, I can simply
use the amp's headphone out, although I'd like to try the computer
based only interface and processing.
Cheers.
Hi happy Canadian guitarist :)
IMHO, best chain for the hardware you describe is
guit>DIbox>1010LT>QjackCtl>Guitarix>QJackCtl>1010LT>guit amp
if you only want to play guitar with Guitarix FX & modélisation?
TIP: don't forget to put a hard limiter before Guitarix out, this (very
nice)
software (available in french)))) is able to produce very hard
level...
HTH, have fun!
Fred
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6:47 p.m.
Am 19.07.2015 um 17:06 schrieb fred:
TIP: don't forget to put a hard limiter before
Guitarix out, this
(very nice)
software (available in french)))) is able to produce very hard level...
HTH, have fun!
Fred
Hi Fred :-)
Well, I notice that the guitarix level out controller isn't real
prominence in the current GUI.
Next release will change that:
http://mein-neues-blog.de/2015/04/26/guitarix-new-level-meters/
(Played with my cocolele)
http://yourlisten.com/tramp/guitarixruiner
7:08 p.m.
Am 19.07.2015 um 17:06 schrieb fred:
TIP: don't forget to put a hard limiter before
Guitarix out, this
(very nice)
software (available in french)))) is able to produce very hard level...
HTH, have fun!
Fred
Hi Fred :-)
Well, I notice that the guitarix level out controller isn't real
prominence in the current GUI.
Next release will change that:
http://mein-neues-blog.de/2015/04/26/guitarix-new-level-meters/
Hi Hermann :-)
as you may think, goal was not to criticize, but to aware that if oneturns up some
settings, Guitarix is able to give REAL loud levels,which is actually a good thing when
you have a guitar in your hands!!!
Greets,Fred
7:19 p.m.
Am 19.07.2015 um 21:08 schrieb fred:
Am 19.07.2015 um 17:06 schrieb fred:
But "critic" like this is very welcome, as it leads to evolution. :-)
p.s.
Well, po files needs updates, but it will take some more time before we
are ready and the new strings are in.
I'll ping you before we release, and hope you'll do the work again. :-)
regards
hermann
TIP: don't forget to put a hard limiter
before Guitarix out, this
(very nice)
software (available in french)))) is able to produce very hard
level...
HTH, have fun!
Fred
Hi Fred :-)
Well, I notice that the guitarix level out controller isn't real
prominence in the current GUI.
Next release will change that:
http://mein-neues-blog.de/2015/04/26/guitarix-new-level-meters/
Hi Hermann :-)
as you may think, goal was not to criticize, but to aware that if one
turns up some settings, Guitarix is able to give REAL loud levels,
which is actually a good thing when you have a guitar in your hands!!!
Greets,
Fred
9:55 p.m.
On Sun, 19 Jul 2015 09:19:06 -0400
"jonetsu(a)teksavvy.com" <jonetsu(a)teksavvy.com> wrote:
Just got an electric guitar. First time. Now putting
on a new set of
strings.
First of all, thanks for all the replies !
For now I run the guitar through the passive DI box (Radial
Engineering JDI http://www.radialeng.com/jdi.php) and the passive box
out to a 1010LT mic input. I start rakarrack, and with qjackctl I
route the mono 1010LT output to rakarrack in_1 input. Seems OK. I
have to further try it out.
Many people here gave interesting ideas for use, and I will pursue them
as time becomes available. Using guitarix might be the next step.
Using line ins of the 1010LT would also be interesting, based on one
comment.
Ralf mentioned MIDI out with rakarrack and I tried it. As I write
this, rakaracck is connected to zynsubaddfx and basically coming up
with notes by itself :) Some gating should be applied there and I
suppose I could use a Calf gate from Ardour (setting up a track in
Ardour). No gater seems to be in rakarrack (although I use the one
from the distro, Linux Mint 17, which is 0.6.1-4 which might be old
(sourceforce is currently "temporarily in static offline mode").
Finger picking is clearly out of the capabilities of this
MIDI interface !
Speaking of, as an aside, anyone know how good is guitar-to-MIDI
professional conversion these days ? Not that I would fork $3000 in
any near or midterm future, but for instance, anyone know the
Multiac conversion performance of a Godin acoustic guitar ?
Cheers.
10:11 p.m.
The Sonuus G2M is pretty decent, albeit monophonic, and costs about U$100
http://www.sonuus.com/products_g2m.html
Em 19/07/2015, à(s) 23:55, jonetsu(a)teksavvy.com
escreveu:
On Sun, 19 Jul 2015 09:19:06 -0400
"jonetsu(a)teksavvy.com" <jonetsu(a)teksavvy.com> wrote:
Just got an electric guitar. First time. Now
putting on a new set of
strings.
First of all, thanks for all the replies !
For now I run the guitar through the passive DI box (Radial
Engineering JDI http://www.radialeng.com/jdi.php) and the passive box
out to a 1010LT mic input. I start rakarrack, and with qjackctl I
route the mono 1010LT output to rakarrack in_1 input. Seems OK. I
have to further try it out.
Many people here gave interesting ideas for use, and I will pursue them
as time becomes available. Using guitarix might be the next step.
Using line ins of the 1010LT would also be interesting, based on one
comment.
Ralf mentioned MIDI out with rakarrack and I tried it. As I write
this, rakaracck is connected to zynsubaddfx and basically coming up
with notes by itself :) Some gating should be applied there and I
suppose I could use a Calf gate from Ardour (setting up a track in
Ardour). No gater seems to be in rakarrack (although I use the one
from the distro, Linux Mint 17, which is 0.6.1-4 which might be old
(sourceforce is currently "temporarily in static offline mode").
Finger picking is clearly out of the capabilities of this
MIDI interface !
Speaking of, as an aside, anyone know how good is guitar-to-MIDI
professional conversion these days ? Not that I would fork $3000 in
any near or midterm future, but for instance, anyone know the
Multiac conversion performance of a Godin acoustic guitar ?
Cheers.
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10:47 p.m.
On Mon, 20 Jul 2015 00:11:17 +0200
Gianfranco Ceccolini <gianfranco(a)portalmod.com.br> wrote:
The Sonuus G2M is pretty decent, albeit monophonic,
and costs about
U$100
http://www.sonuus.com/products_g2m.html
They mention:
"Any electric guitar can be used as a solo MIDI guitar."
That leaves out fingerpicking.
10:15 p.m.
I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned impedance :o
Guitars 'expect' to be working into a valve amp with an impedance in the region
of 1M ohm. Your audio card is likely to have an impedance of around 47k ohm.
This will make a significant difference to the behaviour of the controls on the
guitar itself.
--
Will J Godfrey
http://www.musically.me.uk
Say you have a poem and I have a tune.
Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.
10:17 p.m.
That's what the direct box is for.
On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 6:17 PM, Will Godfrey <willgodfrey(a)musically.me.uk>
wrote:
I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned impedance
:o
Guitars 'expect' to be working into a valve amp with an impedance in the
region
of 1M ohm. Your audio card is likely to have an impedance of around 47k
ohm.
This will make a significant difference to the behaviour of the controls
on the
guitar itself.
--
Will J Godfrey
http://www.musically.me.uk
Say you have a poem and I have a tune.
Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.
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10:21 p.m.
On Sun, 19 Jul 2015 18:17:02 -0400
Robert Edge <thumbknucklerocks(a)gmail.com> wrote:
That's what the direct box is for.
OK, didn't notice what type of DI box it was (only mentioned in a later post)
--
It wasn't me! (Well actually, it probably was)
... the hard part is not dodging what life throws at you,
but trying to catch the good bits.
11:05 p.m.
On Sun, 19 Jul 2015 23:23:58 +0100
Will J Godfrey <WillGodfrey(a)musically.me.uk> wrote:
On Sun, 19 Jul 2015 18:17:02 -0400
Robert Edge <thumbknucklerocks(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Nope. It was mentioned in the very first post :)
That's what the direct box is for.
OK, didn't notice what type of DI box it was (only mentioned in a
later post)
10:25 p.m.
Could you go further on this, please?How does impedance impact relative volume on input?If
you see good input volume, do you have to care about impedance?And...?Thanks!
De : Robert Edge <thumbknucklerocks(a)gmail.com>
That's what the direct box is for.
On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 6:17 PM, Will Godfrey <willgodfrey(a)musically.me.uk> wrote:
I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned impedance :o
Guitars 'expect' to be working into a valve amp with an impedance in the region
of 1M ohm. Your audio card is likely to have an impedance of around 47k ohm.
This will make a significant difference to the behaviour of the controls on the
guitar itself.
--
Will J Godfrey
20 Jul
20 Jul
1:45 a.m.
On Sun, 19 Jul 2015, fred wrote:
Could you go further on this, please?
How does impedance impact relative volume on input?
If you see good input volume, do you have to care about impedance?
And...?
Thanks!
Volume is probably the last thing to worry about. All tone shaping
(intended or not) is based on capacitance/inductance and resistance.
Impedance is also a mix of the three at any one frequency. A microphone
output is generally 150 to 600 ohms (except for special use or really bad
sounding). That impedance is mostly inductance in the average dynamic mic,
but not for a condenser which while based on a capacitor will have it's
own preamp giving a more resitive output. A guitar has an inductance as a
generator and that inductance coupled with an input resistance will make a
filter. Normally a high resistance is chosen so that this filter is
outside of our hearing range. In guitar amps, the input impedance is
carefully chosen for "that sound".
Note this is a _very_ basic explanation. There is a lot more to it.
--
Len Ovens
www.ovenwerks.net
7:29 a.m.
On Mon, 20 Jul 2015 03:44:37 +0200, Len Ovens <len(a)ovenwerks.net> wrote:
On Sun, 19 Jul 2015, fred wrote:
If you use the volume pot of the guitar or a volume pedal, then the volume
always matters, with or without the expected impedance.
A variable RC circuit already is build by the capacitance per unit length
of the cable and the volume pot of a guitar. A good guitar sound needs a
guitar pre-amp that fits to the guitarist style of playing the guitar.
Even an elCheapo guitar amp's pre-amp usually fits better, than just an
impedance converter connected to line inputs of a sound card.
Since amp simulations completely have no impact to this RC circuit chain,
they all must fail, even if they should perfectly simulate the properties
of the semiconductors of the simulated amps, the interaction with the
connected gear is missing. An elCheapo transistor amp most of the times
does sounds better than a simulation of your expensive preferred tube amp,
with or without an impedance converter. This is the reason that I didn't
mention a term as "impedance", but recommended to use the amp and it's
headphone output and since most headphone amps on this planet are crap, I
recommended to use inserts of an amp instead of the headphone output,
assume they are provided by the amp.
The theoretical framework is completely unimportant, if people like the
sound, responding qualities of what ever "correct" or "incorrect"
connected gear everything is ok.
It's very strange that on this mailing list people care much about theory,
statistics of blind tests, phone home statistics and meters. Strain your
ears. To maintain audio gear you need technical knowhow, but for anything
else you don't need this kind of technical knowhow, you need to listen.
Listening can be trained too.
How does impedance impact relative volume on
input?
Volume is probably the last thing to worry about. 
21 Jul
21 Jul
4:07 p.m.
On 07/19/2015 11:55 PM, jonetsu(a)teksavvy.com wrote:
No gater seems to be in rakarrack (although I use the
one
from the distro, Linux Mint 17, which is 0.6.1-4 which might be old
(sourceforce is currently "temporarily in static offline mode").
I don't think rakarrack is still being maintained.
Jeremy
6:46 p.m.
On 19/07/15 05:55 PM, jonetsu(a)teksavvy.com wrote:
[...] Speaking of, as an aside, anyone know how good
is guitar-to-MIDI
professional conversion these days ? Not that I would fork $3000 in
any near or midterm future, but for instance, anyone know the
Multiac conversion performance of a Godin acoustic guitar ?
I saw some video demos for the Roland GR-55 guitar synthesizer with a Roland
GK-3 pickup OR a GC-1 Strat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h_5Zx55ong
http://www.roland.com/products/gk-3/
http://www.roland.com/products/gc-1/
And, just looking at this for the first time now... it seems like if you paired
a GK-3 with a GI-20, you can get MIDI out from the guitar:
http://www.rolandus.com/products/gi-20/
So, my lay man's understanding is...
- The GC-1 / GK-3 doesn't do MIDI output, but some (proprietary?) 13-pin
connector Roland thingy... but if you route that into a GI-20, you can get a
MIDI from it
- a pickup seems key (necessary?) to get polyphonic MIDI conversion, so you can
get a signal from individual strings, rather than trying to convert the overall
signal that's coming out the 1/4" jack... at least that's my guess (and
nevermind just finger picking with the Roland gear, it can handle chords too)
Again, I'm new this this space, but I'd love to create something like this
Guitarduino demo...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnbuOmGOJxA
... routed through free software, with an option for guitar-to-MIDI...
So, maybe something like...
- a Roland GK-3 pickup + GI-20 MIDI interface (or some equivalent) to pull
polyphonic MIDI from the guitar
- I love the idea of using Arduino to have extra controls at your fingertips on
the guitar
- then those controls and the audio and MIDI outputs from the guitar going
through a GNU/Linux suite of libre sound processing and synth software
</dream>
7:28 p.m.
On Tue, 21 Jul 2015 14:46:19 -0400, Blaise Alleyne wrote:
I wouldn't expect USB to work, since an "USB driver" is mentioned. MIDI
out to PCI/PCIe MIDI in might be better anyway. The GI-10 isn't
available by a very huge European dealer. The GI-20 editor seems to be
available for Mac and Win only.
7:58 p.m.
On 07/21/2015 03:28 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
On Tue, 21 Jul 2015 14:46:19 -0400, Blaise Alleyne
wrote:
I wouldn't expect USB to work, since an "USB driver" is mentioned. MIDI
out to PCI/PCIe MIDI in might be better anyway. The GI-10 isn't
available by a very huge European dealer. The GI-20 editor seems to be
available for Mac and Win only.
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