MIDI Killer!

[jamsire]

No more custom mods or funny pickups.

http://www.petersontuners.com/index.cfm?category=149&page=1

Video on Harmony Central NAMM 2009 highlights.

Enjoy.

[traktor]

Pretty cool.

If anybody can accurately sense pitch to midi, it ought to be Peterson!

[lactose]

My Vetta amp does some synth stuff, for single notes only. I would definitly be interested in this gizmo. Then I will have to add a synth module to the list of effects I carry with me.

[PhoBucket]

I love the concept, but the tracking looks like it might not cover the range of our tappers very well. From the specs:

"Note detection range: E2 to E6
MIDI latency: 16ms to 30ms depending on note and characteristics of input signal"

If you are looking for synth sounds only, you could lookup pitch-to-voltage converters. These have much less latency, but may only be able to track one note at a time. Analogue Systems makes one.

[TheEclectic]

Improves Playing Technique
For optimal MIDI conversion, your guitar playing needs to be clean and accurate. Accidental notes, resonating open strings and other sounds can often be converted into undesired MIDI notes. Often you don’t hear these when playing guitar yourself, but can detect them easily when listening live to the generated MIDI.

Striving to improve MIDI note accuracy, encourages clean picking and accurate fingering, with good control over non-sounding strings by damping them.

Sounds like a typical midi system to me....

"Designed to give accurate triggering, with low-latency, it is a true plug-and-play solution for monophonic MIDI guitar."

Oh, bummer dude. Only one note at a time. Hey, you can get VST plugins that do that off the net for almost free.
http://www.kvraudio.com/get.php?mode=results&st=adv&soft=e&type[]=59&f=0&fe=0&linux=1&osx=1&win=1&free=1&com=1&un=1&sf=0&receptor=&de=0&sort=1&rpp=15

My midi systems did cost a lot and they are far from perfect, but for polyphonic playing there is not anything that does the trick as well as my custom mods and funny pickups.

However, all my midi guitars and gear combined was cheaper than one Les Paul HD 6X Pro ;)