Thank you. I'm discovering stuff from other UA-cam posts and experimenting for myself! It would be nice to get a nice midi guitar like the Jamstik Studio but this is a much cheaper way of getting a similar thing done!
What do you mean by "acoustic guitar connected via interface"? Are you using an electric pickup or a mic? An acoustic instrument on its own cannot be directly "connected" to anything.
haha. I mean exactly what I wrote. Typically, you would take an acoustic electric guitar and plug it into an amp the way you would an electric guitar. But if you want to record your guitar sounds into your computer, you would plug your 1/4in cable from the guitar into a piece of hardware called an audio interface (some people like to use the term "sound card") and on the other end, connect the audio interface to your computer using a usb cable. The signal sent in the guitar-audio interface-computer chain is picked up by the software you use on your computer which we call a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW). Your DAW will allow you to record the guitar sound at source hence the sound is as close to the guitar soundboard as it gets. So no, in this instance, I am not using an external mike. Now what else is interesting is within your DAW you can host a plugin called Midiguitar 2 www.jamorigin.com/ (the version 3 is soon to be released). Midiguitar 2/3 is a piece of software that takes the signal from the acoustic guitar audio can converts it into MIDI. And because it is MIDI, you can play your guitar like a guitar but it could sound like a piano, a harp, a trumpet, drums, or any other sound you want to play! That's the magic of new developments in music tech! Hope that explanation helps!
@@sasha42196 It's one of those things in life. In some circles, there is really no need to explain beyond what I wrote because it is totally understood by readers. For some other audiences, you need to be more precise and explain with more words. Happy to do that when necessary!
As you can see, I am using an acoustic guitar but getting midi sounds as output is where it becomes interesting because you can play the most unexpected sounds. There is value if you need a certain sound but don't play keyboard for example. I don't quite get what you mean by "why use a hard instrument to play"? Do you mean playing guitar is hard? If so, it is hard for keyboard players who don't play guitar but it's obviously natural and easy for guitar players to play guitar!
@@calvinchong8740 By "hard" he meant a "solid" guitar, which is what you said midiguitar recommended... But when you mentioned that an electric or silent guitar is better, you probably meant to say that it is better to connect it with a direct cable line (from pickup), rather than from a mic... Or doesn't acoustic pickups work as well as electric pickups with midiguitar2 either? ...
sounds awesome, very interesting
Thank you. I'm discovering stuff from other UA-cam posts and experimenting for myself! It would be nice to get a nice midi guitar like the Jamstik Studio but this is a much cheaper way of getting a similar thing done!
What do you mean by "acoustic guitar connected via interface"? Are you using an electric pickup or a mic? An acoustic instrument on its own cannot be directly "connected" to anything.
haha. I mean exactly what I wrote. Typically, you would take an acoustic electric guitar and plug it into an amp the way you would an electric guitar. But if you want to record your guitar sounds into your computer, you would plug your 1/4in cable from the guitar into a piece of hardware called an audio interface (some people like to use the term "sound card") and on the other end, connect the audio interface to your computer using a usb cable. The signal sent in the guitar-audio interface-computer chain is picked up by the software you use on your computer which we call a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW). Your DAW will allow you to record the guitar sound at source hence the sound is as close to the guitar soundboard as it gets. So no, in this instance, I am not using an external mike.
Now what else is interesting is within your DAW you can host a plugin called Midiguitar 2 www.jamorigin.com/ (the version 3 is soon to be released). Midiguitar 2/3 is a piece of software that takes the signal from the acoustic guitar audio can converts it into MIDI. And because it is MIDI, you can play your guitar like a guitar but it could sound like a piano, a harp, a trumpet, drums, or any other sound you want to play! That's the magic of new developments in music tech!
Hope that explanation helps!
@@calvinchong8740 OK, that's a critical clarification - acoustic electric, not acoustic guitar.
@@sasha42196 It's one of those things in life. In some circles, there is really no need to explain beyond what I wrote because it is totally understood by readers. For some other audiences, you need to be more precise and explain with more words. Happy to do that when necessary!
Why not record acoustic guitar. Why use a hard instrument to play
As you can see, I am using an acoustic guitar but getting midi sounds as output is where it becomes interesting because you can play the most unexpected sounds. There is value if you need a certain sound but don't play keyboard for example. I don't quite get what you mean by "why use a hard instrument to play"? Do you mean playing guitar is hard? If so, it is hard for keyboard players who don't play guitar but it's obviously natural and easy for guitar players to play guitar!
@@calvinchong8740 By "hard" he meant a "solid" guitar, which is what you said midiguitar recommended... But when you mentioned that an electric or silent guitar is better, you probably meant to say that it is better to connect it with a direct cable line (from pickup), rather than from a mic... Or doesn't acoustic pickups work as well as electric pickups with midiguitar2 either? ...