Thanks for your analysis, Harold. I’ll have more to say about this in a bit.
or you could try to run mg2 standalone.
i don’t understand why you are so resistant to trying this.
if it doesn’t work, it’ll be much easier to debug than if you’re running it in ableton.
if it does work, you can get on with things and start making music.
I’m not resistant. I’m just tired of spending all this time. The product should be easier to set up, even for a newbie with computer issues. I’ll solve the computer issues but I’m not going to remove and uninstall software or operating system.
Thanks again for your note. I’ll report back when I have positive news.
the product is dead simple to setup. it is dead simple to operate.
it’s not your technique. it’s not mg2. the problem is your choice to run ableton on an improperly configured computer.
also, ableton has a pretty serious learning curve. most people would tell you to put aside 3 - 6 months to learn it.
all of your problems will go away if you just try mg2 in standalone mode.
honest.
Thanks again for your point of view. Obviously, I see things a little differently.
@Zook
I can see it has been an extremely frustrating for you and maybe it is time to take a break and return to it a little later??
@kimyo is right - what the MG2 does for the user is quite simple. It takes the audio in and what come out is audio as well as midi data (see pic). You can use these in whatever way suits your needs/project.
From what I’ve seen here… problems seem to generally arise outside of MG2. For instance on a Mac you initially need to give MG2 permission to use the microphone or there is no sound (even though you are not using the builtin microphone but rather audio-in from an external interface).
Come back and try again when you are ready. There are many experienced and helpful people on this forum
here is another approach - and it’s much cheaper!
if i understand things correctly, one of your priorities is to get acoustic guitar sounds out of your electric.
even if you get mg2 fully operational, you will probably not be happy with the midi acoustic guitar options, even the $300+ ones.
they sound beautiful, but to make them sound like real guitars is very challenging.
also the latency is going to adversely affect your performance, albeit to a minor degree.
the solution?
sim1’s xt-app software - $30
the software comes with five free guitars, with options like the yamaha ll16, gibson sj200 and of course the martin d35.
the latency is super low, much lower than any midi guitar option.
it’ll work with any of your guitars and it will immediately deliver pristine acoustics into your hands. the type of acoustics you’d need to keep in humidified lockers. each one mic’d up to perfection.
have a listen (video recorded with the sim1 pedal, the software option produces identical output):
Thanks again for your continued solid suggestions.
Things have been quite hectic here on other matters for a little while.
I’ll take a look at this soon as I can get back to it. I haven’t given up on MidiGuitar2 either. But this will take a little computer time before I’m sure how I feel.
Regards