#guitar controller

Ready to rock out on Nintendo platforms? Turtle Beach has you covered, as the Riffmaster Wireless Guitar Controller is here.

We’ve have seen many iterations of the guitar concept, taken out of the context of being an analog instrument.  Second only to Piano, the guitar is a natural instrument that allows a single musician to play a wide range of music on a very large scale.  It makes sense that companies who are producing synthesizer keyboards might actually look at the guitar as a reasonable way to input functions into a machine that spits out musical notes.  Both synthesizer makers and MIDI control makers have created versions of the “guitar” yet none of them have really become a mainstream item.  Perhaps, learning how to play the guitar is the hardest part of playing the “guitar”. Developers should owe video game makers a bit of thanks, for showing just how easy it is to take the concept of the guitar and turn it into an input device for gaming.  MIDI controlled guitars are the first step towards creating guitar-like instruments, as they don’t require as much of a financial risk versus producing an actual instrument based on synthesizer technology.  The Gittler guitar, on the other hand, finds itself in the realm of the analog guitar, more than the emulation of one. http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2013/01/31/the-gittler-guitar-is-strikingly-minimal-and-offers-the-best-synth-tracking-on-the-market/  

We live in an age where technology is not really invented, but innovated and improved.  The computer chips and processors inside our PCs have not changed dramatically, but they have shrunk in size allowing us to add more of them and increase the speed by volume.  The same goes for synthesizers which can pack more components into a smaller space.  Just because they have gotten faster does not mean that it is revolutionary or new, it isn’t.  Midi controllers have been alive since the first MIDI keyboard was created, but the only new change to them is their packaging into button masher style devices. The electric guitar and synthesizer themselves can be considered real inventions that changed the way we look at and create music – but since then what has really changed?  The next step in their evolution is to combine the analog and digital aspects of the machine without detracting from either side.  Implementing MIDI control and other types of control without losing the essence of the acoustic guitar is where it is going.  If you can fool a guitarist into thinking that his guitar has not been altered, then you have done your job and we can call that a true leap in innovation. http://createdigitalmusic.com/2013/05/how-an-acoustic-synth-wants-to-change-the-way-you-think-about-guitars-videos/

Kickstarter campaigns have proven to be very successful, but that success is always based on the object or the idea that the prompter is trying to sell.  They may have a very good idea of what they want to produce or create, but without effectively showing how it will be done they are just wasting their time.  In a sense, the developer of a new item has to be equally on par with his or her sales pitch, and in a short video they need to convince you that what they are trying to make will be a huge success. [embed width="656"]http://youtu.be/d2Hi_vXUCsI[/embed] Without question, the best way to explain what a product does or will do is to show it in action.  This requires the designer to make at least one viable and usable version of their product – they also need someone talented enough to prove that it can work beyond a reasonable doubt.  Once you have all the proper ingredients to make this online pitch, you are ready to go live.  It is very obvious who is prepared and who isn’t, as the numbers usually speak for themselves.  Those with a solid plan will likely surpass their expected donation goal, sometimes doubling it. http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2013/06/14/vo-96-acoustic-synthesizer-update/

There have been many attempts at making a digital guitar, and there are many ways to approach the question of how one would do this.  The simplest form of a MIDI guitar is created by sort of a MIDI pickup, where the tone of a string is interpreted as an individual MIDI command.  This requires the least amount of hardware, but the most amount of programming in order for one piece of gear to talk to another piece of gear.  A more intermediary approach is to actually design a tablet app that will function with the guitar; and these are often built into the guitar.  This allows you to use the guitar in acoustic mode, but also with a compatible phone with the built in software. [embed width="656"]http://youtu.be/VdyM9FpT8uU[/embed] Finally, the most direct approach to a MIDI guitar is to eliminate the need for a real guitar in the first place – you create one from the ground up.  Instead of using actual strings to create sound vibrations – you simply emulate the strings on the neck of the guitar.  Each string on each fret of the guitar will now represent a button on your MIDI controller.  While likely to be expensive, there is no need to worry about perfect pitch when playing. http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2013/06/19/gtar-releases-sdk-for-ios-and-javascript/

8 kills in CS:GO with a guitar controller. In 80 seconds. No bots.

Surgeon Simulator played with a GUITAR CONTROLLER! [Part 1] - www.twitch.tv/rudeism

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcxnF390E8Q)