Re: MIDI Tuba

[andy butler <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk>]

Bill Fox wrote:
> Sorry Richard,
> 
> The hex pickup you mention is an electric guitar pickup that depends 
> upon a metal string vibrating.  It won't work otherwise.  However, I 
> would suggest to Richard that he get a contact mic and feed it to a 
> pitch-to-MIDI converter.  I don't know what devices are out there these 
> days. 

the Yamaha G50 midi converter has a mono input, and has the Axon converter 
system
which is the fastest available.(if you can find one they're reasonably 
priced)
can't remember how well it tracks really low notes tho'

oh, and if Richard's looking for somewhere to send that p/u :-)

andy butler