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korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, LARRY HAWKE <gorgarh@...> wrote:
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> Wonder what it would sound like to use an Ebow with the guitar synth?
yeah that's it, combine the two most unplayable guitar-gadget playing
methods! You have to play so deliberately for those midi trackers to
work in the first place, I suspect adding an E-bow would only add to
the tracking errors.
> I've seen some videos of Tommy Bolin using an early guitar
synth/processor with the James Gang, but he was such a magician it
would have been complete crap if anyone else played it. ;^)
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The only time I ever saw anyone trying to do guitar->midi pitch
tracking live was Robert Fripp when he ressurected King Crimson in the
early 90s, and he had to play chords so slowly it was nothing but a
gimmicky hindrence, and he dropped that routine after one tour. I can
see the appeal of a guitarist having a pitch->midi converter running
while in the studio, just to make jotting down quick ideas that much
easier, but otherwise I contend they're useless. Granted, the only one
I have personal experience with is the Shadow converter, and it was
supposedly one of the best. I'm just glad I never had to pay the $800
price tag for it, as a guy let me borrow it and never bothered asking
for it back, and after using it I know why.