another demo of the rock band 3 pro squier midi output

OK after that first video i realized i hadn't taken advantage of two key features of the rock band 3 squier guitar so here is another demo:

because each string of the guitar transmits on a different channel, you can assign each one to a different instrument. (imagine 6 fat monophonic synths assigned to each string!). here, in the first track (the large video) the top two (thickest) strings are assigned to an acoustic bass, and the lower four (thinner) strings are assigned to a modular lead on my beloved mattson mini modular analog synth... (because i was not feeling very coordinated, i am only playing the 1st, 2nd, and 4th strings though)...

the inset video is all of the strings assigned to control a lead patch on the mattson modular synth, but this time i have enabled the pitch bend - i said before that the guitar did not detect any "string vibrato" you may give it.. well, if you enable pitch bend, and set the max bend depth to one half step (it is very sensitive), then if you wobble your hand to give the note vibrato, the guitar will sense your hand shaking the guitar and actually output a useable vibrato via pitch bend... so that is what you want to pay attention to in the inset...

i think, if i recall correctly, the large video lead is the mattson + a VCO from the moogerfooger freqbox, and the inset is the mattson + moogerfooger ring modulation...

finally, a close listen to the bass line track will reveal that sometimes each finger-pluck sends a bunch of note-ons which is a little muddy... i think that this would not happen if i were wearing "finger picks", but i didn't have any on hand at the time!

also, sorry about the pre-mature fade-out, my android phone randomly decided to stop recording the large video prematurely...

Category:

Music

Tags:

• rock band 3
• squier
• midi
• rock band 3 pro guitar
• modular
• analog
• mattson mini modular
• mmm
• moogerfooger
• moog
• synthesis
• freqbox

[hewstigator]

@iLANCE3D, @carlotor36472003, you can plug this into a real amp... it's sort of a hit-or-miss whether you can plug it into a real amp AND use the midi at the same time (sometimes there seem to be grounding issues which drive the midi crazy)... the drums/bass are from cakewalk sonar, but the synth is the modular synth you see in the background, a mattson mini modular...

[audiotrax2000]

So what are your overall feelings about the tracking on this? Is it accurate as far as detecting your string plucking and attacks? Is it velocity sensitive? No seems to be posting any information about it as a MIDI controller.

[hewstigator]

@audiotrax2000 note tracking is pretty good so long as you have the action set up well - if you have it so low that the strings end up buzzing on higher frets, that will cause the guitar to think that you're actually fretting those higher frets (or that you have at least moved off the fret you were sustaining) and futz things up. but my opinion (after having wrangled with other pitch detectors) is that, once set up, it is pretty dependable getting the right pitch. (continued...)

[hewstigator]

... the detection of plucks is a slightly different story. so once you get past the bummer-factor that the guitar will not detect plucks correctly unless you have the mute deployed, it does OK so long as you are fairly steady about how you pluck. it still misses here and there if I try to do fast things.  similarly, there is velocity sensitivity, but I have not found it to be useable... if you try to pluck lightly for a low vel., sometimes you don't trigger the note-on, etc.!

[CHAOTIKProject]

@carlotor36472003 Yes you can :)

[Bobbypoker]

now that's good!

[psullivan113]

SO AWESOME

[iLANCE3D]

What software are using on computer to get those sounds ?

[carlotor36472003]

You can use this guitar in a real amp?

[FunkyRoad96]

making a guitar sound like a totally different instrument.... the very reason I dislike techno and computerised music....