On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 3:26 PM, Kris Hartung <
krispen.hartung@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think John Abercrombie played one for a while too, right? I liked his
> sound and use of it better than Pat's, especially on his version of Stella
> by Starlight.
> I wish Roland would make a reissue, but improved version of the GR300. Yeah,
> I know...VG..but its different.
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Per Boysen
> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 1:22 PM
> To:
Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>
> Subject: Re: best desktop guitar midi interface?
>
> I've played one and did not like the vibrato button. Back when it was
> produced there wasn't any technology available to make the strings
> control micro tuning of the synth engine. But I liked some music Pat
> Metheney made with the GR300. I just couldn't stand pressing down a
> button to apply vibrato, felt stiff and not very musical.
>
> Per
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 9:05 PM, Dennis Moser <
sinsofmachaut@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Don't we all?
>>
>>
http://soundcloud.com/usrsbin
>>
http://audiozoloft.com
>>
http://usrslashsbin.angrek.com/
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 1:03 PM, Kris Hartung <
krispen.hartung@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I want a GR300. :)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message----- From: Per Boysen
>>> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 12:56 PM
>>> To: Loopers-Delight
>>> Subject: re: best desktop guitar midi interface?
>>>
>>>
>>> I know about no guitar MIDI interface that doesn't lag if playing
>>> synths. But I've heard many say like Krispen, that the Axon is
>>> fastest. But I guess those who still own a used Axon hold on to them
>>> and they might be hard to find. Regarding McLaughlin I assume that he
>>> has learned to play with latency from many concerts on large stages
>>> (where the speaker may have to be far from his playing position - some
>>> five meters distance and you have the same latency as MIDI conversion,
>>> except the annoying fact that MIDI triggering goes slower the lower
>>> notes you play. When I had a MIDI guitar in the eighties I used to
>>> play bass lines high up on the two thinnest strings and set the
>>> guitar's built-in MIDI interface to transpose MIDI Notes down by three
>>> octaves before sending them out to the synth = much faster triggering
>>> that way).
>>>
>>> A way to have no latency is to not use MIDI but play synths directly
>>> with Roland's GR-55 system. The GR-55 can also be used as a MIDI
>>> interface; just plug a USB cable from it into a computer. But the MIDI
>>> stuff will play a bit after the synth notes.
>>>
>>> There's a new Guitar MIDI pickup and wireless MIDI interface soon to
>>> ship; the Fishman TriplePlay. A YouTube video from NAMM here:
>>>
http://youtu.be/_nKhlmJ4EeI
>>>
>>> If you're fine with monophonic playing you also have the little Sonus
>>> i2M, review here:
>>>
>>>
http://www.guitarmoderne.com/gear-2/gear-review-sonuus-i2m-synth-musicport
>>>
>>> Greetings from Sweden
>>>
>>> Per Boysen
>>>
www.perboysen.com
>>>
http://www.youtube.com/perboysen
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 8:22 PM, Luis Angulo <
louie.angulo@yahoo.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi gang,im thinking of buying a guitar midi interface to trigger plugins
>>>> and
>>>> software synths but i thought i check with you before i buy
>>>> which one would you recomend or is the best tracking one out here?
>>>> ive been considering a used GI-20
>>>> thanx!
>>>>
>>>>
http://www.myspace.com/luisangulocom
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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