There is going to be no question about the importance of the move from legacy MIDI 1.0 to MPE or MIDI 2.0. The move to per-note mappings, assignments, and modulation is a paradigm shift not just because we get to control a filter here and there with pinpoint precision, but also because it lets us set up in new ways, and makes us work and think in new ways.
In this video, I showcase a couple of ways of using the JamOrigin MIDI Guitar software that wasn’t possible before (and also for reference, some that were possible from before)
Some of you guys have explicitly expressed a wish for “no talking” so here you are.
I don’t think he sells this anymore though, so any software tha allow for you to map on all keys for a full octave would work. I tried it in Scalar 2, but I didn’t really get anywhere with it. Perhaps something in Ableton? The trick is to control the return via the MIDI device with a Sustainer Module (Frezze chord) to filter out just the chord you want to hear.
Yeah, U-he Diva. With its update to full MPE functionality (Aug 27) I have found myself going through those wonderful sounds again. Urs gives us something extra when he allows for two kinds of MPE functionality. As a single MPE instrument, or as a multi channel instrument with as many monophonic instruments as channels in use. This makes stuff like per-string legato possible, where legato has always been applied to the full MPE output before. Try switching between the Voice Modes with DIVA in MPE mode. It was iteresting how much clearer everything became in Mono or legato mode for many of the patches.
From the playing to the overall vibe of the video.
I’m 100% certain that if John McLaughlin saw 6:33 in your video that he’d be all over MG3!
The 6:33 part reminds me a lot of John McLaughlin playing with Remember Shakti.
He is one of the Synth/MIDI-guitar pioneers that still has GK-equipped guitars, so it would be so much fun if this now 82 year old gentleman and living legend somehow got a chance to try MG3 HEX!(the very best iteration of this type of tech)
You know, McLaughlin was exactly what I started thinking of with that setup myself. I think one of my first “fusion” albums was “Adventures in Radioland” and I was really inspired by a lot of the stuff he did there. I didn’t think anyone else would make that connection though.
(the very best iteration of this type of tech)