On Sun, 15 Apr 2018 19:27:13 +0200, SpotlightKid wrote: >Anyway, back on topic, I'd like to transfer my Fishman triple play hex >pickup to my Variax guitar, since it is a kind of cyborg guitar already >:) but I would have to do some modifications to the pickguard for that. >For my the USB-MIDI onyl conenction is not an issue, since I only play >at home anyway. If I ever need to connect it to a DIN-MIDI only device >directly, I'll just use a raspberry pi as the MIDI router. > > >Cheers, Chris > >P.S. Maybe we should transfer this topic to the general linux audio >mailing list? Hi Chris :) there are Godin guitars with a hex piezo that could be used for Roland guitar synths, but those piezos seem to be less reliable for MIDI usage. Playing a Variax guitar with a hex piezo for modelling + a Fishman PU for MIDI usage seems to be ok, since you seemingly established one after the other, so you didn't pay for all at once. I suspect (or should I say I "hope"?;) that if we are able to pay for all of that at once, that the way I choose is a little bit better, since the Roland GR-55 provides both in one, modelling + perfect guitar synth tracking. Actually I only played the Roland synth directly, I didn't use MIDI out to e.g. play Linux's Yoshimi, or e.g. my Oberheim Matrix-1000 or e.g. my iPad's Sample Tank. I also had no time to really test the modelling skills of the Roland GR-55, but a briefly ten minutes tests surprised me. I dislike Guitarix and Co., but the Roland GR-55 modelling seems to to run a different race. It's an interesting topic. Perhaps we need to continue off-list, but I would like to keep in touch with you, to share all the pros and cons we experience by using our different ways of modelling and MIDI guitar usage. Regards, Ralf
