Live 4, M-Audio firewire 410, and a roland midi guitar picku

[formicah]

The info on the roland site doesn't really explain their product, so i thought i'd ask around here..

Will i be able to use that midi guitar pickup just like a keyboard midi controller for Live and all the VST's?


and on a side note, Roland makes seperate models for guitar and bass... is there really a difference? or can i buy one and use it for both applications? and if not, does a company make a midi guitar/bass pickup hybrid?

thanks

micah

[mcconaghy]

You'll need the bass model for use on a bass, since the guitar model can't cope with strings that thick and introduces tracking delays.

You need a guitar-to-MIDI interface, since the pickup doesn't privide that. Roland's GI-20 is cool for that, it's got the 13-pin input for the pickup, and MIDI outs. Once you have that you can use it like any keyboard MIDI controller.

[mpmusicny]

You'll need the bass model for use on a bass, since the guitar model can't cope with strings that thick and introduces tracking delays

The 410 has problems in that area also...

[dave999z]

Might want to have a look at this too. (I've always wanted one.)

http://www.musicindustries.com/axon/