Roland GC-10 Guitar Controller and GI-20 with Native Instruments Reaktor 5.0

This video shows the GC-10 with the Roland GI-20, driving Native Instruments REaktor 5.0 run as a standalone application on a Intel Mac. Video demo of the rare Roland GC-10 13-pin guitar synthesizer controller. These controllers were primarily sold in Japan, often with the Roland GI-10, guitar to MIDI interface. The GC-10 was never sold in the United States, and I cannot find any reference to the GC-10 in any English language Roland product brochures.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Roland
• GC-10
• Guitar
• Controller
• GI-20
• Synthesizer

[mp2611]

I have a GR-1 with GK-2 pick up but I just can't play anything serious with the midi out because I just can't get used to the latency, it's great for pads and low attack sounds but anything fast and it just pops and squeaks like mad.

[WayneJoness]

Is only the MIDI out a problem? How do the internal sounds work?

[LittleEmoBoy001]

So all I would need is a GK-3 to control midi on my garage band? Really?

[WayneJoness]

No!!! You need a guitar with a GK-3 or equivalent (GK-2a, GK-2, Axon, etc.) OR just find a GC-10. PLUS you need something to convert the 13-pin signal from the GK-3/2/2a into MIDI. That could be a GI-20, GR-20, VG-99, etc. This video clips uses a GC-10 with a GI-20 to play soft synths, that is the minimum needed. I would suggest you join the yahoo MIDI guitar group. It is a much better forum to get an understanding of MIDI guitar. Good luck!

[WayneJoness]

Different musicians have different ways to express themselves. I am glad to hear that you have found the perfect means to realize your musical vision.

[mp2611]

@WayneJoness Internal sounds work fine, no problems with latency at all, but I only really got it for the midi out, I'm using FL Studio, I'm pretty much about to give up but if you could think of anything that could be causing it then I would be v. grateful

[LittleEmoBoy001]

@WayneJoness

I will search for a few forums to discuss this but I honestly think you are over-complicating the language. Basically what you are saying is a mid-interface (such as my tascam 122 unit) is inadequate with regard to controlling software instruments in garage band even if my epiphone guitar has a gk-3 attached to it, right? That the only hardware that will work is one that completely converts the signal to midi like a gr-20, right? My tascam 122 is garbage for this use, yes?

[WayneJoness]

Well, you would need to attach a Roland GK-3 to your Epiphone. After you attach the GK-3, the Epiphone would also be a controller. The GC-10 has this technology built in.

[LittleEmoBoy001]

@LittleEmoBoy001

And what I mean by that is that with the hardware itself this 'guitar controller' really is not necessary. I could get my epiphone g-400 to create these sounds with the exact same hardware. That is all I meant.

[LittleEmoBoy001]

@WayneJoness

Not being insulting but most guitar synths like the gr-20 can get a normal guitar to create all these sounds. I fail to understand the use of this gc-10. A controller, yes, but a controller of what? I have no idea what it controls. You create great sounds in these videos but really what is doing it, the guitar or the actual hardware? I think the hardware.

[WayneJoness]

You will not be able to use your guitar to trigger MIDI sounds with the Tascam 122. You can record the sound of your guitar, but it will not be able to translate the pitch of each individual string into a MIDI note. If you play a middle C on your guitar, with medium velocity, the GI-20 will turn that into Midi note number 60, played with a velocity of 64. The Tascam will not do that. You might try the Fender Rock Band 3 guitar controller, it has a MIDI output.