--- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, LARRY HAWKE <gorgarh@...> wrote:
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.
would have been complete crap if anyone else played it. ;^)
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.
>yeah that's it, combine the two most unplayable guitar-gadget playing
>
> Wonder what it would sound like to use an Ebow with the guitar synth?
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 guitarsynth/processor with the James Gang, but he was such a magician it
would have been complete crap if anyone else played it. ;^)
>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.