Jam Origin MIDI Guitar thing

[Bill Stokes]

I just tried this crazy thing and it seems very promising. I only got the free trial; the full version is 99 USD.
Plugged in the mandobird and had a blast. I'll probably buy it.
Anybody else using this?

[mandroid]

I put in a divided pickup , RMC.. their polydrive 2 box has the 13 pin output , to feed a Roland guitar synth .

Actual Pitch to Midi gear.

[Bill Stokes]

I didn't know there was such a thing as pitch to midi. This looks like a game changer for me.

I'm putting a Graphtech Ghost acoustic system in a strat. Been studying midi options and thinking Fishman triple play looks best. But wishing there was a reliable midi rig for violin and e-mando.
Holy smokes. I plugged both instruments into this thing and it works! Synth mando. I'm ecstatic.

Mandroid, have you been using it for a while? Is it dependable; i.e. no crashes, random dropouts, hanging notes?

[mandroid]

Midi is the sound files .. same as Keyboards ..

One thing is the Roland Pedal board format Synthesizers, are made for the pitch range of a Guitar

so the last note on a Guitar neck is all they write for .. a GDAE Mandolin E string has Pitches that go on Past

where Roland writes sound files for ..

CGDA works better .. viola range..

FWIW Godin uses RMC , of Berkeley Cal as the source for their synth accessible instruments component parts

the A8 mandolin uses them as a combined 4 into one signal to their EQ circuit board..


Roland GR 30 has been more reliable than the GR33, it seems (sample of 1 of each)
both discontinued by now. 55 i think is the latest ..

Have a 4 x 13 pin signal divider that allows multiple synths each with its own instrument flavor layer
to be mixed back down with a 4: 1 stereo Mixer ..

Not much of a computer Guy more a Mechanic.

[Bill Stokes]

Sorry, I didn't understand your first reply. I thought you were using some variant of the Jam Origin software.

Their software interprets pitch to midi, without any other hardware. Well, besides a computer, audio interface and decent monitors.
Plug in standard guitar cable, out comes any sound you want. Or, combinations of sounds.

(I do love the Godin multiac slim nylon, but haven't tried one with a Roland unit.)

[mandroid]

My 4 string retrofit : http://www.emando.com/images/builders/Biller.jpg

that pretty cheap? Probably not,
when you include the tablet mixer, or whatever you run the software on?

anyhow Ill leave this topic. see if you are alone here on that purchase
applied to Mandolins, as I pretty much am with mine .

may be more peers on a guitar forum on that ..

[Barry Wilson]

I use a Roland GR 20. One guitar has the GK1 pickup, the other Fender Strat came with a GK3 factory installed. You will find tracking is an interesting hurdle. You can't do chicken picking or you get strange squeeks and such... And even playing styles change. When doing rock organ I play solos different than I would guitar.

The GR55 is an insane piece of gear with amp modelling, tunings etc etc etc. I was looking at them and considering upgrading. I want the Godin xtsa guitar as well though

[gtani7]

Midi is the sound files .. same as Keyboards ..

One thing is the Roland Pedal board format Synthesizers, are made for the pitch range of a Guitar

so the last note on a Guitar neck is all they write for .. a GDAE Mandolin E string has Pitches that go on Past

Check if your pickup does transpose, i think it's a common feature, e.g. the Triple Play can transpose the note value up to 2 octaves up or down

Bill Stokes: Thanks for the tip, I'm going to have to run a mando thru some of my synths. Do you detect tracking error on the virtual pickup?
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[edit] a reddit thread talking about VST/AU alternatives: https://www.reddit.com/r/synthesizer...thesizersmidi/

[Bill Stokes]

Here's what I'm talking about. I bought the full version yesterday. It exceeded my expectations.

[Chief]

Awesome- but do you have to haul your computer along with you on a gig?

[Bill Stokes]

Well yes, there is that. I've used a laptop on gigs for keyboard midi.

I'm still pondering the possibilities, now that all my instruments have become midi controllers. I'm primarily a violinist, and the violin works great with this. Also nylon string guitar and GDAE mando.