Re: Yamaha EZ-EG and G10 Further Questions

"Steve Morris [email protected] [midiguitar]" <[email protected]> Wed, 31 May 2017 16:24:08 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.music.equipment.midi-guitar
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi,

I don't know if this is a useful suggestion based on your needs and
abilities, but a raspberry pi and a USB MIDI adapter would make a good
inexpensive intermediate MID box. I've used puredata ( or pd-l2ork these
days ) to read my FCB-1010 foot controller. I haven't actually output
MIDI  since I use the signals internally but don't see any reason it
shouldn't work.


Steve


On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 11:20:15PM -0400, [email protected] [midiguitar] wrote:
> I purchased an ez-eg after our last discussion and it is a great within 
> its bounds, definitely worth every penny if you dont use the onboard 
> crap.
> 
> I have some trouble interfacing it to my Yamaha Motif XS8 for which I 
> want to standardize on with patches as it has great Oberheim patches 
> available.
> 
> Questions
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> 
> 1) I would expect that I need an intermediate midi controller between 
> XS8 and EZ-EG. If so what is the best value for money intermediate 
> recommended.
> 
> 2) Unlike other Yamaha keyboards, the XS8 unfortunately does not have a 
> breath controller. I therefore will have to use a USB breath controller 
> and from what I saw there are some that can do breath control after the 
> keyboard midi, sort of a post process.
> 
> 3) So, what is the less strenuous and high quality solution that you can 
> prescribe. It is truly a jungle finding an optimum solution for;
> 
> midi guitar ++> Intermediate (PC or Dedicated Controller) <++ Yamaha 
> Motif XS8 <++ Breath Controller
> 
> 
> Also, I will keep the ez-eg, but I will not invest in more expensive 
> switch based midi guitars. I definitely will move to a Yamaha G10, and 
> will keep the ez-eg as it is a better neck for classical pieces. 
> Classical pieces do not need string bends and such so I am a happy 
> camper. I really prefer the feeling of strings below my fingers than 
> switches.
> 
> For Fusion, the G10 seems to be the ultimate (IMHO).
> 
> 4) Is the G10 pitch2glitch or is it fret-triggered by the strings ?
> Strange that I battle to find much info on the G10. From the manual it 
> seems it is an ultrasonic fret detection system and therefore not 
> pitch2glitch.
> I have an AX-100 and while great, glitches too much.
> 
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