Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: $Revision: 1.6.2.16 $; site ada-uts.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!decvax!cca!ada-uts!hedger From: hedger@ada-uts.UUCP Newsgroups: net.music.synth Subject: Re: Re: MIDI controllers (Guitar Synth's Message-ID: <30100005@ada-uts.UUCP> Date: Thu, 15-Aug-85 09:04:00 EDT Article-I.D.: ada-uts.30100005 Posted: Thu Aug 15 09:04:00 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 24-Aug-85 00:01:53 EDT References: <590@rtech.UUCP> Lines: 31 Nf-ID: #R:rtech:-59000:ada-uts:30100005:000:2016 Nf-From: ada-uts!hedger Aug 15 09:04:00 1985 I am a synthesist(keyboard) who has been trying to gather information about guitar/midi conversion for a bassist friend of mine....we're not so interested in 'synthesized' bass as we are in converting the bass to midi for the purpose of controllinga midi-equipped sampling machine....the pitchrider mentioned in the response note to you sounds good....just a couple more notes....................... I am not (as yet) a member of IMA and have never delved into the innards of the spec, but I did read somewhere that there would soon be an update to the existing spec(not a new release) to stabilize things like pitch bend information etc....as far as why none of the big companies except roland are designing guitar synths??? I think the answer is somewhat obvious....when Roland first came out with the guitar and bass synths (gr-303???), very few people bought them. Granted they needed a lot of work, but so did all synthesizers then(they still do!!!). However, guitar players on the whole displayed very little interest in the product. Roland went one step further with the gr-707 and tried to make improvements despite the fact that the previous synths didn't sell well. Keyboard players, on the other hand, bought the products and displayed an interest in furthering the technology, consequently we've seen a real boom in the technology and instruments available over the past few years...not to mention the steady decline in prices for most products...I have as many problems with the big instrument manufacturers as anyone and this isn't meant to sound like a press release, nor is it a criticism of guitar players, but I don't think we are going to see anyone producing affordable efficient guitar synths until guitar players are willing to buy products and support the development of these instruments...I would be interested in discussing these as well as any other topics of interest..... **************************************************** Keith Hedger- Intermetrics e-mail:ihnp4!inmet!ada-uts!hedger