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Viewing topic "Control XS with a Roland Guitar Synth via midi out?"

     
Posted on: July 02, 2015 @ 11:23 PM
kevland1
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I have a Roland Guitar Synth, the VG-88. It has Midi out. Can I trigger/control/play the XS Voices with it? That is, when I play my Telecaster (with the GK pickup on it which triggers the syth) can I just send that signal on to the XS and play, for example, the XS Rhodes sounds in the XS?

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Posted on: July 02, 2015 @ 11:56 PM
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Based on an excerpt from this article…

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/dec00/articles/rolandvg88.asp
Like the VG8, however, the new unit still does not provide pitch-to-MIDI conversion, so anyone wanting to use their GK2A pickup to drive an external synth, or record with a sequencer, will need to shell out some extra money for a separate device to do this—which is a shame, given that a good deal of the necessary hardware is already built into the VG88.

...the answer would appear to be “no”.

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Posted on: July 02, 2015 @ 11:59 PM
kevland1
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I just now found that same SOS article - - - but thanks for being so fast with a reply. You are always so helpful!

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