<![CDATA[ChipMusic.org - Arduinoboy with Midi Guitar?]]> 2010-07-19T02:32:49Z PunBB https://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/1902/arduinoboy-with-midi-guitar/ <![CDATA[Re: Arduinoboy with Midi Guitar?]]> godinpants wrote:
bleo wrote:

Hello, as the self-proclaimed Christ Child of All Chip Guitar (can I get an AMEN!?!?!)

new background on my work laptop replacing Delia Derbyshire.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/infradead 2010-07-19T02:32:49Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/31029/#p31029 <![CDATA[Re: Arduinoboy with Midi Guitar?]]> tacticalbread wrote:
godinpants wrote:

I lol'd.

AHAHAHA!  Thanks, I'd much rather SEE that particular amen than hear it!  Classy post indeed wink

]]> https://chipmusic.org/BLEO 2010-07-19T02:26:31Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/31027/#p31027 <![CDATA[Re: Arduinoboy with Midi Guitar?]]> godinpants wrote:
bleo wrote:

Hello, as the self-proclaimed Christ Child of All Chip Guitar (can I get an AMEN!?!?!)

I lol'd.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/tacticalbread 2010-07-18T23:31:54Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/31009/#p31009 <![CDATA[Re: Arduinoboy with Midi Guitar?]]> bleo wrote:

Hello, as the self-proclaimed Christ Child of All Chip Guitar (can I get an AMEN!?!?!)

]]> https://chipmusic.org/godinpants 2010-07-18T22:36:22Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/31005/#p31005 <![CDATA[Re: Arduinoboy with Midi Guitar?]]> Thanks for all the replies & help! I won't have time to try out any of these solutions for a couple of days, but once I do I'll report back on the results.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Comptroller 2010-07-18T21:51:46Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/31000/#p31000 <![CDATA[Re: Arduinoboy with Midi Guitar?]]> AMEN

]]> https://chipmusic.org/arottenbit 2010-07-17T15:45:31Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/30859/#p30859 <![CDATA[Re: Arduinoboy with Midi Guitar?]]> Hello, as the self-proclaimed Christ Child of All Chip Guitar (can I get an AMEN!?!?!), I'd love to help you out.  Are you SURE your Arduinoboy is actually in mGB mode and not one of the other modes?  That sounds like the culprit that would most likely cause tons of garbled MIDI data/sounds.  If that's not the case, my other guess is that there might be an issue with your EZ-AG.  Have you plugged it into any other MIDI sound sources?  I'd try that, too. I say this because I've used MIDI guitars with Arduinoboy and mGB extensively in the past and a garbled mess of noise doesn't seem right at all.  mGB is set to listen for channels 1-5 and will separate them without any problems.  Be sure to read up on mGB and arduinoboy here. 

SurfaceDragon has named many awesome VSTs if you end up going the computer route.  I've totally scrapped hardware for my MIDI guitar setup because it just can't keep up with what I'm trying to do.  I'm now 100% using plogue chipsounds as the sound source for my midi guitaring. 

Good luck and let us know how things are going!

]]> https://chipmusic.org/BLEO 2010-07-17T15:43:20Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/30858/#p30858 <![CDATA[Re: Arduinoboy with Midi Guitar?]]> I have a sleeping problem. Stress from my daily life keeps me up, then when I finally fall asleep I have horrible nightmares, usually wake up, try to fall asleep again, have nightmares, and repeat. Horrible nightmares every time I sleep.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/SurfaceDragon 2010-07-17T09:23:17Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/30838/#p30838 <![CDATA[Re: Arduinoboy with Midi Guitar?]]> I just realized I've spent another night awake, DAMN.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/SurfaceDragon 2010-07-17T09:08:24Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/30837/#p30837 <![CDATA[Re: Arduinoboy with Midi Guitar?]]> I know of a way to get similar sound without using the Arduinoboy or the Game Boy.
You will need your midi guitar
-  a midi-to-USB cable
- and a computer running some sort of VSTi with music production software(FL Studio demo is free).

I would recommend you use one of these VSTinstruments
- Chip32
- Kraken
- Magical8bit
- Medusa
- Medusa2
- NESNoise
- NESPulse
- NESTri
- TB_Peach
- TB_Toad
- TB_Triforce
- or NESVSTi (http://8bc.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=17976)
-There are many more amazing VSTinstruments that would also work, I personally enjoy playing Tablas using DSK Indian DreamZ.

Have you tried any other midi controllers like a regular midi-keyboard with the Arduinoboy?

Check this out - http://www.tencrazy.com/gadgets/ezeg/ - Yamaha EZ-Guitar Environment v2.21 might be what you need. I guess it lets you change what midi messages your EZ-AG's buttons correspond to.

I hope you found this useful. I wish I could help more but I don't have much experience with the EZ-AG guitar or Arduinoboy.

I know Sonuus makes a guitar-to-midi converter but it is monophonic, doesn't track the notes properly 100% of the time, and costs about $100. But it works with a regular guitar. I heard you can also plug a mic into it instead of a guitar and convert voice/sound-to-midi. I don't own this so I can't recommend that you buy it but maybe you should check it out.

I am thinking about getting my own EZ-AG or EZ-EG. Do you like the one you have? Does it play well? Can you shred on it? I've had problems playing shred-metal on guitars with synth/midi pickups because they don't track quick enough.

Please let me(or rather us) know if you found a solution to your problem.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/SurfaceDragon 2010-07-17T09:01:17Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/30836/#p30836 <![CDATA[Re: Arduinoboy with Midi Guitar?]]> nickmaynard wrote:

why does the midi guitar send out 6 different signals? one for each string?

it sounds to me like it's sending out stuff on channel 4, the noise channel. are there settings on your midi guitar that let you pick what midi channel you're on?

I'm guessing it sends out one signal for each string. This could be a fantasy.

Also, I was accidentally being misleading when I said all I got was noise - I meant random sounds, not actual noise channel. It sounds like a mess of pulse sounds, even if you're being careful to only pick one string at a time.

I can find no settings on the guitar to pick what midi channel you're on. I've checked the manual - it doesn't seem to be an option.

J. Arthur Keenes wrote:

This is all the information you'll ever need on the subject.

You actually got my hopes up there. sad

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Comptroller 2010-07-16T21:18:04Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/30785/#p30785 <![CDATA[Re: Arduinoboy with Midi Guitar?]]> This is all the information you'll ever need on the subject.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/J.+Arthur+Keenes 2010-07-16T18:22:54Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/30773/#p30773 <![CDATA[Re: Arduinoboy with Midi Guitar?]]> why does the midi guitar send out 6 different signals? one for each string?

it sounds to me like it's sending out stuff on channel 4, the noise channel. are there settings on your midi guitar that let you pick what midi channel you're on?

]]> https://chipmusic.org/nickmaynard 2010-07-16T18:14:13Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/30771/#p30771 <![CDATA[Arduinoboy with Midi Guitar?]]> I tried searching for info on this here & over at 8bc but couldn't find anything. Also I'm a total newcomer to midi, so I apologise if this is a stupid question.

I'm running a midi guitar (Yamaha EZ-AG) into the midi-in port of an Arduinoboy connected to a DMG running mGB. When I play the guitar, all I get is noise. I'm guessing this is because the guitar is sending out 6 seperate midi signals, which the Arduinoboy has no way of interpreting & correctly channeling to mGB.

I'm thinking that some kind of software interface between the guitar & the Arduinoboy is required. However, I have no idea what software or how it would be set up. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Or tell me if I am totally wrong?

Any help would be much appreciated.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Comptroller 2010-07-16T17:45:10Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/30770/#p30770