MIDI Guitars: MIDI, or to give it it's full title
Musical Instrument Digital Interface once
belonged purely to the realm of keyboard players
- but not these days.
So what is MIDI exactly, and how can we use it in
a Guitar set-up?
Basics below ...
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Simply put, it's a way of controlling and playing the sounds of one instrument (or sound module), but
using another playing instrument to drive it. For example, you play a Guitar with a Midi equipped
set-up but make it sound like a Church Organ.
With a PC Software Sequencer program, you can record various program or sound settings from
your music equipment just like real notes. Press playback and the track will make these parameter
changes automatically on your Music gear as it moves thru the track (if everything is set up correctly
- it's easy enough). These can include delay effects, standard or specialized panning effects, timed
delays, non-tempo related delays and echos, tremolo and vibrato length and depth, and many
more.
A MIDI Guitar FX + Processor will allow you to play much more than just the usual suspects in the
effects department. You could sound like a Piano, a Train, Saxophone, even Drums and
Percussion - you name it, it's possible. And a big plus is that MIDI is powerful in a live setup as-well
as in the studio.
Plus, presets which are ready to use off the shelf are programmed by pros and sound great as is.
Some may need fine tuning to suit certain songs, and with an understanding of MIDI this is all
possible. And that's just scratching the surface of what MIDI can do for a guitar player's sound.
In the home studio MIDI is almost a basic necessity these days, but you can also use it to control
many aspects of your gigging set-up too, and on the fly. Powerful is an understatement when it
comes to MIDI and the studio!
But there are certain things you need to learn if you would like to get the most from using this
powerful medium, such as:
What MIDI controllers can do for you and which are the vital ones to know. There are over a
100 but 5 in particular are crucial.
How to best approach MIDI programming and use the experience to improve your guitar
playing - this can be a drastic improvement in many cases!
The most common problem in MIDI guitar setups and how to easily correct it forever.
Which MIDI units professional guitar players are using and why.
The sonic doors MIDI opens are vast, and it is truly an awesome addition to any guitar players
arsenal.
