Midi guitar
This is a companion website for my “Midi for plucked string players” BMG Festival 2027 workshop. This is a gateway for further exploration of the topic, links are not product endorsements.
13-pin Roland compatible instruments and hardware
Audio to midi realtime conversion
Guitar shaped MIDI controllers
- YouRock guitar
- Casio
- Yamaha
- SynthAxe
Software
Most modern notation software will have midi input as an option, as will a lot of recording software. If you are not already running your preferred software on your device, consider downloading one of the two options below
Bibliography
- Sound on Sound magazine
- Review of Roland VG 99
- Review of Sonuus
- Review of YouRock guitar
- d’Escriván J. Music Technology. Cambridge University Press; 2011. A good general introduction to music technology with relevant information in
- Chapter 2: MIDI and recording, combining audio and MIDI
- Chapter 3: synthesisers, samplers and drum machines
- Chapter 9: Controllers.
- Coryat K. Guerilla Home Recording: How to get great sound from any studio (no matter how weird or cheap your gear is)
- Chapter 8: Humanizing Drum Patterns & MIDI Parts
Discography
- Pat Metheny Group: Offramp
- Allan Holdsworth: Atavachron
- Disco Inferno
- Johnny Mitchell
- Taming the Tiger
- Painting with words and music DVD
- Bela Fleck & the Flecktones: UFO TOFU