Tracking issues with overlapping notes in arpeggiated chords (MIDI Guitar 3)

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Hi
I have a question regarding the use of plugins (such as Sketch Nylon or Ample Guitar L). MIDI Guitar 3 works very well, but when I try to play an arpeggio — where some notes are sustained and overlap with others — some of the notes aren’t recognized, which causes the arpeggio to sound incorrect.
Is there a way to improve this? Any recommendations?

Thanks

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Arpeggios typically don’t contain sustaining notes, but have you tried the “Auto Bassist” note filter in one chain, in combination with a “Pitch Filter” on a second chain? This gives a certain splitt of ringing bass strings and possible arpeggiated higher strings.

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You can of course use the same VST in both chains if you want the same sound on all strings.

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this is a case where a sample raw audio file will be very helpful.

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Thank you very much for your response, Dutti67. That’s very kind of you
I tried the setup you suggested, and it did improve things to some extent. However, I’m still noticing that some notes get muted while others play (for example, when playing arpeggios like the intro to Mama, I’m Coming Home by Ozzy or Love Song by Tesla — just to give you an idea of the kind of arpeggios I mean).
I’m starting to wonder if maybe this level of nuance isn’t fully possible with the current setup. Still, thank you again for the tip — it definitely helped improve the tracking!

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I see what kind of arpeggios you mean. It might be that the open strings played are leading to the scenario you are facing. MG3Hex would be better in this regard but requires hardware. I assume that it is the 12 string sound you are after? Next update of MG3 will contain tools to transpose (pitch shift) also the audio signals inside MG3 (not just the converted MIDI data) in real-time. This is much less critical to mis-triggers, but also here the usage of a Hex pickup will deliver the best results.

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Thanks, that helps a lot! I’m aiming for both a 12-string arpeggiated sound and a nylon-string acoustic tone, so I don’t have to carry two guitars when playing live. I don’t have a Hex pickup, though I do have a Fishman TriplePlay — but I’m trying to avoid using it because I’m not a fan of how it looks on the guitar. Really looking forward to the MG3 update with audio pitch shifting!

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