MIDI Guitar Controller

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

[url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rock-Band-Wireless-Mustang-Guitar-/dp/B003RRTYEQ"]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rock-Band-Wireless...-/dp/B003RRTYEQ[/url]

[quote]Use as MIDI Guitar Controller when not playing Rock Band (compatible with most MIDI sequencers)[/quote]

I used to use a Casio Midi guitar to programme stuff into cubase when I was into electronic music, but the latency prevented me from using it to play basslines live. I wonder how this toy guitar would be controlling my Yamaha FB-01 and/or Control synthesis Deep Bass Nine tone modules.

[BigRedX]

Looks like the same idea as the [url="http://usa.yamaha.com/products/musical-instruments/entertainment/lighted_key_fret_instruments/ez_series/ez-eg/?mode=model"]Yamaha EZ-EG[/url]. The only thing that worries me about this version is that it looks more "game controller" size than proper guitar size.

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

[quote name='BigRedX' post='1031404' date='Nov 21 2010, 01:59 PM']...The only thing that worries me about this version is that it looks more "game controller" size than proper guitar size.[/quote]
I'm used to playing an Ashbory so I'm used to comments like "he's got a fisher-price bass"

[BigRedX]

If the MIDI implementation is anything like the Yamaha, you may need to pick your synths to use it with carefully. The MIDI channel number on the Yamaha sets either the highest or lowest string and then the other strings increment up from there, which means that in order to use it properly you need a synth which is 6 part multi-timbral and allows you to assign the same sound to each part in mono-mode.