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Re: Sonuus G2M guitar to midi converter



.. ah - i'm NST and warr player ... cruel world!

2009/5/21, Mark Sottilaro <zerocrossing@gmail.com>:
> Thanks again for this!
>
> On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 1:34 PM, andy butler <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk> 
>wrote:
>> Mark Sottilaro wrote:
>>
>>> .
>>>>
>>>> 3) Pitch Bend is fixed at 2 semitones. If you try a 2 semitone bend it
>>>> often
>>>>  retriggers. Bends of one semitone are perfect. So no glissando for
>>>> Rick.
>>>
>>> Interesting... I remember I had to reprogram all my synth patches to
>>> track +-24 (or was it 12?) on my G50 to get it to track correctly.
>>
>> + - 12
>>>
>>>>  A trill on a semitone doesn't retrigger the synth, but on a tone it
>>>> does.
>>>
>>> I'm not sure what that means...
>>
>> the semitone trill is accomplished with pitch bend info,
>> so the synth envelope isn't triggered.
>>
>> whole tone trills trigger on every note of the trill
>>
>>
>>>> 5)There's a thru output for the guitar signal, didn't test quality but
>>>> will
>>>> if anyone asks.
>>>
>>> I'd be curious.  Would be nice if there was a total hard bypass.
>>
>> It couldn't be a total hard bypass, there's no bypass switch.
>> I'll give it a whirl tommorow tho',
>> to see how it sounds.
>>
>>>
>>>> 6) No warbling! At least, no warbling on sustained tones. I know 
>exactly
>>>> which note
>>>>  on my guitar gives the problems to all other devices, and the G2M 
>plays
>>>> that note with
>>>>  a long sustain till it shuts off.    Of course, if you have more than
>>>> one
>>>> note ringing at once,
>>>> by design or haphazardness, then it warbles away.
>>>
>>> That's awesome.  One of my biggest issues is the warbling that happens
>>> as a note trails off.
>>
>> yes, they really nailed that one.
>> Often there's notes on a guitar where the fundamental dies before
>> the other harmonics, throws most pitch tracking algorithms into 
>confusion,
>> but the G2M can't be fooled by it.
>>
>>>> Range is exactly that of the guitar. Lowest note it will
>>>> track is low drop D. Highest note is the 24th fret top E.
>>>>  Outside that range....nothing.
>>>
>>> That's fine.  Is there any synth that doesn't let you program it's
>>> range/octave?
>>
>> indeed,
>> but it would be an issue with bass players I think
>> ...and NST guitarists
>>
>>
>>>>
>>>> Any questions....I have to pass it on to the owner soon.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot for this.  The more I hear about this little device, the
>>> more I think it'll be a fun addition to my rig.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I'll compare it to the G50 mono socket tomorrow too, but I don't have
>> a hex p/u on a guitar at the moment.
>>
>>
>> andy
>>
>>
>
>


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