MOTM

Steinburg has one: http://www.us.steinberg.net/Products/VG.htm.  Or 
you could get a Roland pickup/MIDI converter (Yamaha makes one, 
too).  Also, my favorite is the Ztar: http://www.starr-labs.com.

Mike

--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "Tkacs, Ken" <ken.tkacs@j...> wrote:
> 
> Does anyone know of a currently available device for creating 
convincing
> "strumming"?
> 
> Years ago, Oberheim made a device called the "Strummer" that would 
take as
> MIDI input chord triads from a keyboard; it would then re-voice 
them for
> proper guitar voicings and then strum them, outputting the altered 
MIDI.
> 
> Later, Ilio offered a really cool thing made by Charlie Labs in 
Italy called
> the "Digitar" that was a short bracket sporting six strings and a 
MIDI
> output. You would voice your chords on a keyboard or whatever, 
then go back
> over them in your sequencer strumming these strings. They were 
solely for
> triggering the sounds.
> 
> Both of these units are long out of production. Is anyone out there
> doing/using anything convincing besides just rolling chords on the
> keyboard...?
> 
> 
> Mr. T