Feature Request: Monophonic tracking profile optimized for sax/horn (preventing harmonic string re-triggers)

Hi JamO and team,

First, thank you for the massive architectural leap in MIDI Guitar 3! The modular framework and native Apple Silicon VST3 performance inside Gig Performer are outstanding.

I am using MG3 to track a live acoustic tenor saxophone. I’ve locked the plugin to MIDI Legacy Mode (Channel 1, Pitch Glide at 0, Strike sensitivity minimized) to feed a monophonic woodwind synth patch.

The Issue:

Even when running purely monophonically, the core tracking engine appears to still apply its underlying “guitar fretboard string-prediction math” to the audio signal. As a saxophone note swells in volume, the natural shifts in the reed’s acoustic harmonic structure cross internal thresholds, causing the engine to interpret the shift as crossing a virtual guitar string.

This causes the plugin to fire off a new copy/re-trigger of the exact same MIDI note mid-breath, even though the pitch hasn’t changed and velocity remains static. MIDI Guitar 2 handled these monophonic volume swells seamlessly without these harmonic re-attacks.

Feature Request:

Could we get a dedicated, pure monophonic tracking mode or module that completely disables the multi-string string-prediction engine? Essentially, an algorithm optimized purely for continuous wind/bowed inputs that calculates a single, absolute pitch period and ignores cross-string threshold hand-offs .

Thanks for considering this for a future beta build!

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I like this — for vocals also would be nice. May be worth trying one string of the Hexaphonic tracker

I am going to try out the cello input type too– could help because the volume envelope/attack of a cello is more similar to vocals/saxaphone. Would be cool to have a vocal or wind instrument tracking mode. I tried dubler 2 before but it didn’t track as well as midi guitar. I see something dodo midi 2 online that I may look at too

Very interesting! Thank you for the feedback. I was under impression that MG2 and MG3 monophonic trackers are identical.. but you are surely right. I just can’t put my fingers on it until I get time to dig into this..

I have been working on a new mono tracker which may be better suited for sax/wind/brass instruments. I’ll try to include this as soon as I can.

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