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It looks like this guy's software (http://www.fabriziopoce.com/download.html) has a key tracking on/off feature where any value >0 = on, so I'm assuming it's a CC message. He has an FAQ answer that basically describes your situation (http://www.fabriziopoce.com/VC_FAQ.html)

I did a little research and couldn't find a good midi datasheet, but his software is only $8 , so maybe it'd be easier than reselling the thing?

EDIT: the plot thickens! apparently that software only imitates keytracking via clever CC, so unless you are already using it to control your Volca Bass, it shouldn't have a keytracking function at all

refer to: (http://www.korgforums.com/forum/phpBB2/ … 06e2bd09f0)

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this sort of depends on the guitar amp youre using. some amps will distort when fed a line level signal, and sending a mic level may be the only way to have a clean mix. others will be fine accepting a line level signal and you can use very little gain on the amp to get a loud mix; be very careful settin your levels in this scenario though. zero your amp out before sending any signal and experiment with it a bit.

a mic level signal means more amplifies noise, but depending on the amp this could also mean distortion.

Use decent preamps or get an interface with decent preamps, prosound the gameboy, use short cabling, turn off fluorescent lights and appliances, move audio line away from power cables and transformers, and you are left with a high frequency whine that is pretty well masked by square wave harmonics.

throw a gentle gate on the track and put a high pass filter in the sidechain, and your noise will be gone. if you're worried about your note tails you could always manually cut out your silent bits as well.

hi!

a few things,

-a y cable can NEVER sum signals, only split them

-I assume your acoustic has piezo pickups on it? In this case you will need an unbalanced/mono TS cable. These cables have only two conductors and will only work for mono signal. You can differentiate this type of cable from a TRS by the fact that the connectors have only one band around them, rather than two (http://content.answcdn.com/main/content … E/TRRS.GIF).

-For your gameboy, you need to send a stereo signal. This means using a 1/8th TRS cable capable of sending a stereo signal. These connectors use the same system of bands to differentiate themselves, so in your case you'd be looking for a connector with two bands, just like a headphone connector.

-A mixer like the xenyx which you could use to sum your signals will only have mono inputs. This means you will need to split the two Left and Right channels of signal that your gameboy is sending from your jack. A cable like this: http://www.amazon.com/Hosa-CMP153-Cable … 000068O3C) would be wired for this already. In this case the white end of the cable would go to the input labeled L on your stereo channel and red end to R (either channel strip 2/3 or 4/5 on the xenyx). Your guitar could just go to the first TS input on the mixer.

-Unless you pan your channels, you can just send one TS cable from either the L or R Main Out to the engineer. This will give him control of your overall level, but you will have control over the balance between your acoustic and gameboy. practice a little with the setup beforehand, so you can have a general idea of what your mix will look and sound like.

-I'm not sure what the open mic setup looks like, but if there aren't PA's available you can just send your mix out to a guitar amp. That being said if there are PA's set up already it's a better idea to just send your mix out to the engineer so he/she can set you at an appropriate level and mix to your vocals if you have any

sorry if that was longwinded or came off as condescending! I hope it was helpful and good luck on your gig

that's honestly such a clever idea