Sonuus g2m universal guitar-to-midi converter v2

But the most noticeable change to me was that the new version seems to translate gestures, like pitch bending, with more accuracy. As a result, I was able to reach what I feel were more expressive parts because more of what was in my fingers made it into the tracks. So, I threw together a little bar blues sequence in Sonar using Steven Slate drums for the drum backing track, and playing sax, synth, bass, and organ parts with the Sonuus. This particular part was set for monophonic operation you need the full version of Rapture to be able to change from monophonic to a particular number of voices, but several of the LE patches are monophonic, and highly suitable for MIDI guitar.

The synth part, on the other hand, was intended to sound like a guitar solo but with a very different timbre. To me, this is arguably the best use of the V2 G2M—not to create the sounds of physical instruments, but to play synthetic sounds that are more expressive because they're being played from a guitar.

One of the most important aspects here is that editing was minimal. The sax and synth parts are almost exactly the same as recorded, except that I inserted a MIDI plug-in on each track to compress the velocity data, thus evening out the dynamics a bit. He has also lectured on technology and the arts in 38 states, 10 countries, and three languages. You can then easily combine MIDI sounds with your normal guitar sound for some exciting musical possibilities.

For optimal MIDI conversion, your guitar playing needs to be clean and accurate. Accidental notes, resonating open strings and other sounds can often be converted into undesired MIDI notes. Striving to improve MIDI note accuracy, encourages clean picking and accurate fingering, with good control over non-sounding strings by damping them.

Not only will your MIDI output be more accurate, your normal guitar playing will sound clearer and more professional. Unleash new creative inspiration and invigorate your soul. All rights reserved. The G2M also uses this range. Although the G2M can be used to play any sound even non-musical sounds , certain instruments do not sound natural when the pitch is adjusted by pitch-bend.

Piano is a good example. The combination of the envelope of the piano sound and the listener's expectation for a "straight" tone that does not vary in pitch mean that when the G2M is used to control there instruments it can sound unnatural, and sometimes unpleasant.

To play piano sounds with the G2M you need to be careful not to bend strings or add vibrato. For best results, stick with instruments which are naturally monophonic such as brass, wind, monosynths, etc.

The G2M is designed to track sustained notes very well, typically to beyond when you can still see the string vibrating. It also does this without the problems other systems often have with low-level string noise being detected as notes. If you find that notes are not sustaining correctly, it is most likely because the guitar signal level is too low, or not adjusted correctly.

The guitar should be setup so that during normal playing the CLIP light will illuminate from time-to-time. When you do this, the level will be optimised for the G2M and sustaining notes should track correctly. This is particularly important when switching from a high-output guitar to a low-output one.

You also need to ensure that you don't hit other strings while the sustaining note is being held. If another note is detected, even a very low-level one, while a note is sustaining the sustaining note will be cut-off early. It is good practise to damp other strings while you are playing a single string not just for the G2M, but generally since this will improve the sound of your playing. Sometimes you might find the results are not what you expect: the MIDI does not correspond to what you thought you played!

If you are having problems, the following tips will try to explain what is going on and help you to understand what may be happening, allowing you to get better results. Remember, the G2M can't perform magic, it can only convert the signal it's given, not the signal you thought you had sent it! When you play your instrument, there are often times where very short notes are produced without you noticing.

For example, this can happen as you move from one note to another. You don't notice it because your brain has learned to ignore these things, but these short notes are clearly visible if you record the audio and examine its waveform. When the G2M sees these short signals, because it is working to minimise latency as much as possible, it has to convert these short notes into MIDI data because it doesn't know at that point in time if the note is going to be short or going to be long.

The only way to know for sure would be to wait for longer and add extra latency. These short-duration notes are often referred to as "glitches". Glitches short, high notes are often caused by real pitches on strings when open-string harmonics are excited, for example when unfretting notes positioned close to a harmonic node.

As an example, when a 7th fret note is played then stopped, the act of releasing the 7th fret position while the string is still vibrating can result in the string starting to oscillate at the 7th fret harmonic.

This is the same note as the 19th fret position, so you can end up with the note appearing to jump an octave 7th fret to 19th fret.