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From: cuddihyd@cshl.org (David Cuddihy)
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Subject: Re: Amiga + MIDI guitar
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Date: 18 Jun 91 17:24:16 GMT
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In reference to MIDI-controllers for guitar, the thing I hear most commonly
about is a MIDI-tracker, which you simply plug the guitar into(Instead of an
amp or whatever). It simply decodes the analog signal, tries to guess what 
frequencies are occurring, and sends that off to a MIDI-processing chip that
turns it all into MIDI data. The only complaint I hear about these(like by 
people like Trevor Rabin etc...) is that they can be slow, hence if you do
some super-fast run where more than one note is sounding, it could lose track
and start dropping notes but that was many years ago. They're probably better
now. I think you can pick one up for around $600 but I wouldn't bet on that.
I don't have any information on brands or anything like that.

			Have fun,
   		 	-.Davevad