Photonic hex pickup (Sonicstate video)

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Well this looks interesting!

Also nice that it seems to be intended to work with usb out for simple cable management.

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i love that it works with nylon strings. but i can’t see where i’d place it.

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@JamO would this sort of hex pickup be compatible with MIDIGuitar HEX?

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The concept is promising, the downside is the huge box, and frankly, I couldn’t play if I couldn’t rest my hand on the bridge or if the pickup blocked the area I wanted to play. He presented this prototype some time ago; I hope he continues to develop it.

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Yes - hopefully the final version (if it ever comes to fruition) will be more lean.

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Here is a guitar with optical hexaphonic PU, but you need a matching Boss synth or breakout cable plus 6-8 channel input device.

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Thanks for sharing. However, part of the beauty with the Kitter is that you (allegedly) have a digital USB interface, and as such can plug it directly into you computer - no synth or breakout cables required!

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That’s true, but the sound, as you can hear in the video, is quite bad.

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Yes, but if it could then be used by MIDI Guitar Hex, and the signal is good, then I could route it to any MIDI based Virtual Instrument or Sample Library - which is my end goal anyways.

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