jtm@syteka.UUCP (Jim McCrae) (02/28/85)
net.music had a request for interest in and info about the world
of guitar synthesizers. I want to echo that request request request.
(Joke.) I've never been overly impressed with the fretboard action
on stock guitar synths, such as Roland's stuff, but I am interested
in the sounds that can be produced with the right equipment. I am
more interested in flexible, preferably programmable, units to
be plugged into the effects send/return loop on a stock Roland or
Gallein-Krueger amplifier. I don't want to give up the feel and
sound generating capabilities of my own necks and pickups; I just
want to add some, how do you say, unusual coloring to my sound
occasionally.
Does anyone out there have any experience with plugin-style
'synthlike' equipment? Even very powerful digital delays are
worth consideration; they can be made to do a lot with patience.
The ultimate to me would be something fully programmable, not
just select-and-store, but specify wave transformations in time,
that sort of stuff. (I make the money to buy this stuff by
programming computers; might as well stick with it.)
Any interested parties who don't want to fill net.music.synth
with more stuff can send mail. my birthday's coming up soon
and I want to surprise myself big, so don't delay.
"Then there was Guitar Slim. You'd say "Slim, why do you play
so loud?" an' he'd say "Cause it sounds like this".
Jim McCrae - Sytek, Mtn. View CA - {decvax,hplabs}!sytek!jtmmrst@ur-tut.UUCP (Michael Steadman) (09/17/85)
I am becoming interested in getting hold of some kind of guitar to MIDI interface (or at least guitar to synth) and I'd like some user info. A Synclavier would be nice but it costs far too much. I've played around with the Roland GR-700 a couple of times and sometimes it plays great, and sometimes it's unusable, depending on how the guitar is set up. If anyone has used one in a real life kind of situation, rather than in a store, I'd love to hear from you. I've also heard about some new guitars that output MIDI information, but so far all I know is that they're coming Real Soon Now. For net.music.guitar: Why does noone post here? Mike Steadman U of Rochester, NY
tp.sup@ISM780.UUCP (09/18/85)
> I've also heard about some new >guitars that output MIDI information, but so far all I know is that they're >coming Real Soon Now. I saw some info on a new version of the Steinberger guitar (the one without a head stock & made of plastic) that has a built in interface to the Roland. It also comes with their new pitch-control vibrato, and lists for over $2K. Then you have to buy the synth.