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thoughts on this new midi guitar
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In the 70's David Vorhaus (whitenoise/bbc radiophonic workshop) invented a controller called the Kaleidophon; a string like controller that uses ribbon controllers instead of strings. Its more like a double bass than a guitar i guess but sounds very expressive.Salomo wrote:looks more like a guitarhero controller than a to be taken serious tool. i have seen nice vintage guitarsynthesizers, but never a serious guitar based midi tool.
The Kaleidophon demo is about half way through the following clip but the rest is also interesting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH3aYVbILP4
more on the Kaleidophon
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/feb02/a ... orhaus.asp
Haven't MIDI guitars been around for a while now?
I know my father still uses a hybrid guitar (you can use it as a midi controller or just guitar)... I think Line-6 also has a MIDI guitar, but I'm not sure.
The guitar my father uses has been around for a few years now (probably > 10 years) and even that one sends pitchbend data.
Why would a guitar player go for a separate MIDI controller that tries to look and feel like a guitar, when you can have a real guitar with MIDI capabilities
I know my father still uses a hybrid guitar (you can use it as a midi controller or just guitar)... I think Line-6 also has a MIDI guitar, but I'm not sure.
The guitar my father uses has been around for a few years now (probably > 10 years) and even that one sends pitchbend data.
Why would a guitar player go for a separate MIDI controller that tries to look and feel like a guitar, when you can have a real guitar with MIDI capabilities