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On 12 Jan 2009, at 09:38, andy butler wrote: > Warren Sirota wrote: >> yeah, except that, according to Keith, piezos have more cross-talk >> than magnetic hex pickups. > > According to Matthias, the opposite is true :-) gee, I need to talk to Keith and come to an agreement :-) it depends on the construction of the pickups. on the magnet orientation on one side, and on the separation of the bridges of the piezo on the other side. I am pretty sure that the RMC and the Paradis pickup separate better than the Roland GK. we tried to build piezos into a Les Paul kind of bridge and it sounded horrible and xtalk was bad. we found separate brass parts for each string pressing on a wooden bridge the best. > > > http://www.mathons.com/polysystem.htm > > I've measured the GK-2A, it does have significant cross-talk. > (wish I could find the figures) I could not either :-( > > >> and, it seems to me, the real game here is a beyond-midi kind of >> tight coupling between your playing and whatever synth/electronic >> sounds you're controlling. > > Yep, doesn't look like it offers the option of using the string > as a direct sound source. I thought that was the point...but I guess > not. oh, yes, it is mainly made for single string audio processing! > > > > The downside of that system is that the latency all adds up. > > You get audio in and out latency from the computer, > plus the time it takes to identify the pitch. > Either of those on their own might me not too bad, > but add all 3 together it's bound to be noticeable. usually the in/out latency is constant while the pitch conversion is quick for high strings and slow for low but the fret contact MIDI control is very quick I dont know how easy it is no mod an existing guitar though... > > > Very neat looking system tho'. > > > andy > > original link:- > > http://www.keithmcmillen.com/stringport/indexb.html > > > >