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From: tynor@pyr.gatech.EDU (Steve Tynor)
Newsgroups: comp.music,rec.music.synth
Subject: Re: Voice MIDI
Message-ID: <9081@pyr.gatech.EDU>
Date: 29 Aug 89 21:33:29 GMT
References: <1638@mtunb.ATT.COM>
Reply-To: tynor@pyr.UUCP (Steve Tynor)
Organization: Georgia Tech Research Institute
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In article <1638@mtunb.ATT.COM> iggy@mtunb.ATT.COM (Igor Sinyak) writes:
>...
>I think I could come up with incredible solos if I could sing them into my
>composition software instead of playing them.  So is there anything out
>there that can hadle that?  All I would need is a note on/off, and a
>velocity.

Check out the IPL Pitchrider series. There are at least 3 models that I'm
aware of. One is designed for guitars and tracks 6 analog signals (~$800?),
another is designed for wind instruments, brass, etc. and has lots of
performance related features (like generating 'chords' based on the tracked
pitch (~$700?). A third unit is a stripped down version of the second, with
very minimal performance control, but does send MIDI note on/off and
velocity (~$200). The 3rd unit is specifically designed for sequencing
applications where the nifty performance features of the more expensive 
units. It also has a variable integration time knob that improves pitch
accuracy at the expense of time delay.  These are all really intended for
wind instrument players, but I've heard that they do reasonably well on
voice.

Excuse any errors in the above - it's from memory. I haven't used any of the
above, but have heard great things about the 2nd unit (I think it's called
the Pitchrider 2000 MkII). I'm currently saving up for the cheapo version.
If you're interested, send me email; I'll look up the phone number of the
company (I believe they're in British Columbia - Vancouver?).

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    Steve Tynor
    Georgia Tech Research Institute
    tynor@gitpyr.gatech.edu