I would add that MG2 has been one of the most useful musicians apps and software of the last years. A definitive breakthrough in the guitar world. I think that a big part of the guitar community are immensely grateful for your work. And yes, indeed, we are counting down the days to enjoy MG3. My acknowledgment, admiration and gratitude from Spain.
Where is midi guitar 3 ?
Where is jam origin ? Still alive ?
Why talking about Midi guitar 3 that NEVER COMES ? If it NEVER COMES , it is much better to NOT
TALK about it ! Please RESPECT users, so Delete everything related to Midi Guitar 3, because it is irrelevant to communicate about things that NEVER comes ! Just show RESPECT to users !
I have been talking a lot to friends about this software, some of them bought it. Now i will stop because
Jamorigin does not respect their customers !
Besides, the price increase of the software is quite normal: it has not increased for years and not only does it bring an improvement of the tracking performances, but it also includes new functions and MidiMachines, new evolutions of the proprietary plugins, which add to what was at the beginning a simple audio-to-midi converter with a few plugins, most of which being available for free.
You can, of course, also use the plug-in to process any previously recorded clean guitar parts into MIDI, though any recorded reverb, delay, modulation or distortion is likely to compromise the translation process. This seems to be the cleanest approach for working with synth sounds with a fast attack: record your guitar part as normal, insert MIDI Guitar 2, then create a new instrument track to record the MIDI data. For sounds with slower attacks you might prefer to hear the synth sounds as you play, in which case you can have the synth track active and recording as you play the guitar.
MIDI Bass, which comes as a separate application and plug-in, is monophonic but has a very fast response. In essence it has the same feature set as the guitar version, except where that relates to polyphony. You could get the same results using a standard guitar and MIDI Guitar 2, but if you prefer to play bass parts from a bass guitar, this does a very tidy job.
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yes i use jam origin with cubase 10 and windows 10 .What i do is load up jam origin as a VST audio plugin in an audio track , then i click the monitor button on the audio track to use it . When you have done that , you will see jam origin midi guitar as an option in the midi input list with all your other midi inputs . then just select jam origin midi guitar as your midi input for what ever VST you want to use (make sure the monitor button on the audio channel is selected , just like with all other guitar VST plugins
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you need to activate the monitor button on halion sonic se as well , and try loading midi guitar in the insert effects section on the left not the send effects section on the right in the channel inspector. And make sure the midi channel numbers match or are set to any midi channel
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I did everything like described above and i can here the midi guitar and change instruments. That works. But if i click the record button, i dont hear the midi sound anymore and nothing will be recorded.
For my little one-man-show I have an acoustic guitar and a microphone, both connected to my iPhone SE. Using AUM, I process the guitar through Tonebridge (to add some nice FX), and route the guitar and/or mic to Group the Loop (GTL, for live looping).
Being an iOS app, this would be the easiest solution. It translates the acoustic signal of the guitar into MIDI. But it is not too accurate with an acoustic guitar (compared to an electric one). And it is a bit cumbersome to route its MIDI to an AUv3 synth in AUM: as MG2 itself cannot be loaded as an AUv3 input, I would need to have the app running in the background, which adds more manual complexity (and more sources for problems) to my already complex setup around AUM and GTL. On the other side, it has some nice presets and FX (but I doubt I can assign any MIDI bindings to them so I could switch between them using my iRig BlueBoard foot controller) (UPDATE: MG2 does allow to assign midi CC to select settings).
Being an additional kind-of-pickup (which can be simply clenched between the guitar's strings and its body, next to the bridge), the TPC (like MG2) also translates the acoustic signal of the guitar into MIDI, but it is much more accurate, as it has a single little pickup for each string (and doesn't have to "guess" as much as MG2). While it adds some more bulk, it's relatively tiny. And it can easily be installed and removed (without altering the guitar), so I could use it with different guitars.
As my guitar's internal pickup has some problems, the TP might be a solution for that too, as it claims to be also a "normal" pickup (or am I getting it wrong? At least I can switch between guitar, synth, and both using a switch) - but how would the acoustic sound come to iOS then?
Similar to the TP, but no wireless. As such it is a bit bulkier, but also it makes clear that the MIDI and acoustic signals are transmitted through cables (as such there are no questions whether an additional iOS software is needed). Still, I don't know how this compares regarding accuracy. And it seems to be harder to install to a guitar and non-removable (seems to be fixed using screws or something), which is a huge downside, as I don't want to alter the body of my guitar. In general, it doesn't really seem to be made for acoustic guitars.
If their MIDI accuracy is very good (much better than the Roland or Fishmans), they might be worth a shot. But installation is very complex and needs to be done by a professional. And it definitely requires to alter the body of my guitar.
At the moment, I favour the TPC, as it is very straightforward to install, doesn't do any damage to my guitar's body, should be pretty accurate even without the specific app (at least I hope for this), connects straight to the MIDI input in AUM without any additional software running (I guess), and doesn't need an additional power source as its connected through USB.
A friend who has owned every guitar-to-MIDI solution says the TriplePlay is the only decent hardware solution. MG2, he says is close in quality if you play cleanly. I use MG2 and find it excellent for single note playing and ok for 3-4 note chords though chordal playing requires some adjustments in how I
play.
It would be really interesting whether this is true for only electric guitars, or also for acoustic ones. To be honest, I just tried MG2 again using a piezo pickup and using a microphone, and both does not result in very accurate MIDI.
I would test an acoustic with the tripleplay before making any assumptions. What you say would apply to electric guitar as well as to an acoustic with a pickup. My friend with the tripleplay says that while the tripleplay tracks a little better than MG2 that the difference is not huge (whereas he says the tripleplay is much better than the Roland).
@Intrepolicious has the tiger by the tail. I always open MG2 first and then send MIDI out to "Destination" in AUM. Every guitar is different in MG2--you have to spend some time tweaking the settings PER GUITAR. But once you dial it in, save it as a preset and you should be all set. I definitely have to play more cleanly with MG2 tracking me, but I don't perceive that as a downside. I should be playing more cleanly anyway.
@lukesleepwalker said:
@Intrepolicious has the tiger by the tail. I always open MG2 first and then send MIDI out to "Destination" in AUM. Every guitar is different in MG2--you have to spend some time tweaking the settings PER GUITAR. But once you dial it in, save it as a preset and you should be all set. I definitely have to play more cleanly with MG2 tracking me, but I don't perceive that as a downside. I should be playing more cleanly anyway.
It has been a bit of a completion / delivery debacle to say the least, but when I saw one of the acoustics with built in electronics on eBay cheap, my own curiosity got the better of me... Most of the complaints were about the quality of the bespoke guitars for the price and the poor performance of the app, I was more interested in the straight midi for synth app input.
Anyway, headline from that ramble is that the technology does actually work for guitar to midi (so long as you can get by without open string notes).... and Kickstarter discards are out there to be had cheap.
Playing an electric guitar through an amp modeler along with some hexaphonic processing (see SY-1000 below) would give you the most options, I think. But I doubt it's worth the expense for your use case.
Josh: This is beautiful! I'm so close to getting a FTP (probably the Connect version which uses USB instead of WiFi), but I'm very curious: is FTP really more accurate than the Midi Guitar 2 app? A lot of people say that this app is nearly as accurate as the FTP, but I assume they only tried the app on an electric guitar, and that it wouldn't compare as well on an acoustic. Could you please give it a try and compare it? The app is free (in demo mode which would be enough to compare). Thank you.
Josh: Thanks for this very fast answer. This is what I suspected: Piano-like chords are glitchy in MG2, while playing mono lines works pretty well. I haven't tested MG2 on an electric guitar yet, maybe the results will look a little different there (I expect MG2's accuracy would be closer to the FTP on an electric guitar than on an acoustic one). Maybe you tried it already?
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