I have a Lightwave guitar with 13 pin cable. I’d like to control my Osmose synthesizer with MPE using the Lightwave via my PC. (I also have a Roland GR-33 and VR-88 if that helps). What cables do I need and where do they need to be connected? I’d really like to avoid buying too many other things but if it’s required then… THANKS!
Is it an Atlantis HexFX guitar you have? If so, you need either a Roland/Boss synth (GP-10, SY-1000, GM-800 or VG-800 – per-string USB audio streams) to use it with the 13-pin cable. The second option is that you buy or make a breakout cable (13-pin to 6 x TSR) and connect it to a 6-channel or higher audio interface.
Edit: in addition, you need a USB MIDI interface (such as the Roland UM-One Mk II) to control hardware synths via a PC.
If you already have a multichannel audio interface (8 channels) it will most likely have midi out on it also so all you will need is the breakout cable. See more info on it here:
But before going all out with the hex, try the regular version. Take any guitar with mono output, plug into your audio interface, into MG3 then go out with a midi cable into osmose. Even though it’s not HEX you can still send out MPE to osmose and if you couple it with lets say two USB expression pedals or a breath controller you will be surprised how much control you can get out of the osmose.