[sdiy-interim] MIDI guitar, the hard way

[David Moylan]

So you're saying instead of the string motion inducing a current in the
pickup, a current is induced in the string, and this current flows in
series through a transformer?  Sounds cool.


Mike wrote:
> Hex pickup (magnetic or piezo). Can you guys think of another solution for
> detecting individual string strumming? hopefully something DIY and cheap?
> Once the guitar/controler is finished, it does not necesary have to sound
> right when the strings are strummed.
> 
> I was into guitar experimants when I was at school. One of my wierder
> pickups was a set of magnets on the body, and the strings cionnected in
> parallel to the primary of an old ribbon mic transfomer. It might work with
> seperate transformers. Basically using the strings as the pickups. I can't
> remember what it sounded like, or why I never did another, but I had
> discovered synths by the time I left school, and never made another guitar.
> 
> Mike
> 
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