Re: more VG-99 questions

[Chris Gaber <fourstrng@yahoo.com>]

The GK-3 vs Piezo debate rages on, but most at vguitarforums.com  
would agree that the GK-3 is the way to go.  I, however, use a Godin  
LGX-SA and am as happy as a clam. The best guitar I have ever owned,  
I might add. :)

The debate on the guitar to midi rages on as well.  Some say it is  
worthless and some say otherwise.  I have gotten it to work very well  
with Live 5.2 and Reason 4 as well as a bunch of other softsynths. As  
George said It took some tweaking of the params within the 99 and the  
synths to get it going, but I am very happy.  Getting sibelius to  
track well is a different story, and one that I am still working on.   
Lead sheets and scores are not happening as well as I had hoped.  I  
highly recommend registering at vguitarforums.com and asking  
questions there.  They are most knowledgeable guys in the biz when it  
comes to this stuff.

Chris
On Sep 2, 2008, at 12:35 PM, Douglas Baldwin wrote:

> Recent talk about the VG-99, and a financially successful yard sale  
> this
> past weekend, has me jonesin' to own one.
>     How's the GK-3 pickup? Should I consider a dedicated hex-output  
> guitar,
> like a Godin, ferinstance? Should I consider the GKKITG3 on-board  
> system?
> I'm excellent with tools and guitar electronics, and I can play very
> accurately.
>     And how's the MIDI tracking in a live context? I dig that folks  
> say they
> can send MIDI to their 'puters for future use, but how's it track  
> in real
> time?
>     And, bummer of bummers, it seems that *some* effects are  
> polyphonic,
> while others are not. Like the Slow Gear is polyphonic (yay!) but  
> the Ring
> Mod is not (boo!)? Might someone bother to list *what* is/isn't  
> polyphonic?
>     Where else might I go to get the big picture on this piece of  
> gear?
> (I've read a few reviews, and checked the Roland site, including  
> scanning a
> bit of the manual.) I'm deep into the GT series of pedals, by the way.
> Thanks loads in advance,
> Douglas Baldwin, coyote-at-large
> www.TheCoyote.org
> coyotelk@optonline.net
>
> "Nikola Tesla is the fifth Beatle."
> - Taylor Baldwin, 11
>