lesnota.blogg.se - Midi controller or synthesizer

We live in an incredible age of music software and synthesis, so it seems well worth taking a fresh look at MIDI guitar, especially in light of new ways to convert guitar notes to MIDI signals. Sure, MIDI is commonly used on floor controllers to change patches on multi-effect units or true-bypass pedal loopers, but this is different from using the guitar itself to play a synthesizer or control effect parameters. So for sequencing or software-based notation, being able to just play guitar rather than hunt and peck on a keyboard would sure be nice.Īfter 30 years of MIDI guitar development, most guitarists now stay clear of using the guitar as a controller. And though I can kind of get around on the keyboard, I have much greater facility on the guitar. I like trying to push sonic limits, especially since I get bored with stock guitar pretty easily. In the past, I figured this technology was best left to YouTube noodle-nerds.īut on the other hand, I like effects. When you factor in tracking delays (the lag time between plucking a note on a guitar string and when a synth sound actually comes out of a speaker), note misfires, extra cables, special pickups, interfaces, extra floor pedals, and patching into a PA, the sonic promise of MIDI guitar seems musically questionable.

I guess what I don’t actually like is the accepted notion of MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) guitar, which is to turn our beloved 6-string into a controller to trigger cheesy synth sounds like pan flute, digital piano, or sampled sax.

In CV/Gate mode, which can be stored as a preset using the editor, the 3.5mm output is set to send pitch on the tip and gate on the ring.I confess: I don’t like MIDI guitar.

In synthesizer mode, it sends mono audio from the 3.5mm output.

The Ribbon is powered over a USB port, either by your computer or a wall wart.

16 Presets can be stored and recalled on the fly using the two buttons on the Ribbon The Ribbon comes with a software editor, which allows you to choose from 9 oscillator sources, LFO and FM modulation and delay and downsampling effects. It is interchangeably a 12 -bit synth, a USB controller and CV/Gate controller, it can be used in many different ways - as a solo instrument, to control virtual instruments and iOS or to control analog/modular systems and other CV/gate devices. The Ribbon 2 is a tactile instrument which is sensitive to position and pressure.