guitar synth

[farky]

Hey folks.

I bought a Yamaha G50 midi converter and a G1D pickup and slapped it on 
my Jazzmaster.  I was using a Roland GK-2A with a GI-10.  I'm pleased 
with the improvement of tracking speed.  It's now a little better than 
acceptable.  The problem with the tracking delay that I had encountered 
with the Roland units was that I didn't feel like the notes were coming 
from my fingers--I didn't feel connected to the notes.  That problem is 
gone, and it was really my only big complaint that I had encountered in 
guitar synthesis.  I recommend the Yamaha units.

My other complaint with synth guitar applies to all recent sample based 
synths.  It seems that I just can't get far enough away from the 
waveforms that come in ROM.  What I mean is, I want to make patches that 
are truly unique and don't sound like a bassoon but some warped thing 
from mars or maybe halfway from here to mars.  And I don't want 
stereotypical "out there" sounds.  It seems like analog synths would be 
the way to go because the options for combining waves and 
processing/modulating them are different and you don't start out with a 
sampled grand piano in an echo chamber with the damper off.

Those are my thoughts for the evening.

toby