Emu XL-7 & MP-7 User's Group

To be honest, I gave up on the MIDI guitar thing after
being a user for the last 10 years.  (my last use was
with a yamaha G50 and the roland converter on a
Steinberger)  Yeah, it tracked OK, but let me tell
you, your synth will come alive when you play it with
an actual good (not cheezy oxygen8s or similar
keyboards) MIDI keyboard controller.  I invested in
the Novation Remote25 and a month after I realized I
had not used the MIDI converter in all that time and
I'd actually become fairly good at the keyboard. 
Pitch to MIDI has come a long way... but it still
doesn't cut the mustard IMO.  When you play a Sitar
patch with aftertouch set to detune on a good MIDI
controller, you'll know exactly what I'm talking
about.

just my 3 cents.

Mark

--- pgicedrop <pgalame@...> wrote:
> I use a Godin Multiac and a Roland Gi10 midi
> converter with my XL-7. 
> Works well, especially with some World expedition
> patches. I also 
> use a Ztar MiniZ midi controller from Starr Labs.
> This amazing piece 
> of equipment is a nice keyboard replacement for a
> guitarist. It 
> allows me to create keyboard tracks in the XL-7
> using "two-hands 
> tapping" technique. You should check it at 
> http://www.starrlabs.com/. Totally different from
> usual pitch to 
> midi conversion. 
> 
> Patrick
> 
> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "mikeextremesims"
> <mikeextremesims@y...> 
> wrote:
> > I really getting into the XL-7, spending more time
> with it and 
> > realizing its powerfully deep synthesizer.
> > 
> > I'm a guitar player and I like synths and midi,
> but I'm not much 
> of a 
> > keyboard player.  I just recently learned about
> Brian Moore 
> guitars 
> > and their 13-pin midi output (to connect to
> Roland/Yamaha pitch-to-
> > midi converters).  I'm interested in getting one
> of these guitars 
> (or 
> > maybe a MidiAxe with the standard 5-pin out and
> pitch converter 
> built 
> > right in) and using it with a Yamaha G50 or Roland
> GI-20 converter 
> > along with the XL-7.
> > 
> > Does anybody use a midi-equipped guitar with one
> of these Proteus 
> > synths?
> 
>