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Re: best desktop guitar midi interface?



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On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 1:03 PM, Kris Hartung <krispen.hartung@gmail.com> 
wrote:
> I want a GR300.  :)
>
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Per Boysen
> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 12:56 PM
> To: Loopers-Delight
> Subject: re: best desktop guitar midi interface?
>
>
> I know about no guitar MIDI interface that doesn't lag if playing
> synths. But I've heard many say like Krispen, that the Axon is
> fastest. But I guess those who still own a used Axon hold on to them
> and they might be hard to find. Regarding McLaughlin I assume that he
> has learned to play with latency from many concerts on large stages
> (where the speaker may have to be far from his playing position - some
> five meters distance and you have the same latency as MIDI conversion,
> except the annoying fact that MIDI triggering goes slower the lower
> notes you play. When I had a MIDI guitar in the eighties I used to
> play bass lines high up on the two thinnest strings and set the
> guitar's built-in MIDI interface to transpose MIDI Notes down by three
> octaves before sending them out to the synth = much faster triggering
> that way).
>
> A way to have no latency is to not use MIDI but play synths directly
> with Roland's GR-55 system. The GR-55 can also be used as a MIDI
> interface; just plug a USB cable from it into a computer. But the MIDI
> stuff will play a bit after the synth notes.
>
> There's a new Guitar MIDI pickup and wireless MIDI interface soon to
> ship; the Fishman TriplePlay. A YouTube video from NAMM here:
> http://youtu.be/_nKhlmJ4EeI
>
> If you're fine with monophonic playing you also have the little Sonus
> i2M, review here:
> http://www.guitarmoderne.com/gear-2/gear-review-sonuus-i2m-synth-musicport
>
> Greetings from Sweden
>
> Per Boysen
> www.perboysen.com
> http://www.youtube.com/perboysen
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 8:22 PM, Luis Angulo <louie.angulo@yahoo.com> 
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi gang,im thinking of buying a guitar midi interface to trigger plugins
>> and
>> software synths but i thought i check with you before i buy
>> which one would you recomend or is the best tracking one out here?
>> ive been considering a used GI-20
>> thanx!
>>
>> http://www.myspace.com/luisangulocom
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