Rules are meant to be broken. Any thoughts about this crazy idea with the FTP?

Started by BobbyD, December 17, 2016, 03:50:10 PM

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BobbyD

Hello friends,

I own two Godin guitars FTP equipped guitars (session & montreal) and recently purchased a FTP for my Taylor T5Z acoustic electric.

So here is my crazy thought.  What if I mounted the external pickup on the Godin Session which would essentially allow me to control two control two separate laptops with different soft synths.   Both laptops going direct to a mixer/PA for clean sound..   

Is this something that can be accomplished with only one FTP on a guitar.  I have to believe having a second FTP opens up some new type of possibilities which at the moment, I can't figure out.

So I turn to the brilliant MIDI players on this site for your feedback.  I do realize I could mount a Roland pickup but I just do not see myself purchasing a GR-55 unless a new model is announced at Namn 2017.

At that point, it would be pretty sick controlling both VSTs and a hardware floor synth. I am sure it would still be crazy with the GR-55, but I feel that model  has been out so long, Roland will make a killing if they introduced a newer model in Namn 2017. 

I have to believe Roland is not ignoring Fishman and may also have a few goodies up their sleeves like a new floor model that will accept the FTP dongle without the need for an additional hardware interface which many of you use now.Or possibly, their own flavor of a wireless MIDI pickup.

I am a big boy so go at it if I just lost my noodles. Or go at it if you think I may have came up with a very interesting way to create new sounds.  I could plug each dongle into a separate USB port on my Imac and see what would happen.

Problem is I am not a luthier and do not trust myself mounting the pickup and would rather pay a guy up the street.  So my experiment may wait a week or so.

Thoughts?

Thanks


shawnb

You don't need 2 pickups to do this.

Any midi splitter or thru box will work to help you feed 2 separate synths.

One example:
http://www.midisolutions.com/prodqth.htm

Address the process rather than the outcome.  Then, the outcome becomes more likely.   - Fripp

BobbyD

Quote from: shawnb on December 17, 2016, 04:12:17 PM
You don't need 2 pickups to do this.

Any midi splitter or thru box will work to help you feed 2 separate synths.

One example:
http://www.midisolutions.com/prodqth.htm

Thanks for response. How does a MIDI splitter work with a wireless pickup? I am always confused with this stuff.

Elantric


BobbyD

Quote from: Elantric on January 17, 2017, 11:00:30 AM
You would use a USB Host to 5 pin MIDI I/O box

the Fishman FC-1 accomplishes this best

http://fluence.fishman.com/products/series/tripleplay/tripleplayfc1controller.php





Others are listed here

USB Host to 5pin MIDI Converters
https://www.vguitarforums.com/smf/index.php?topic=15763.0

Rodger that. Thanks buddy.  Did you read my offer about Austin?  Something you may take me up on one day.  I will PM you more details.  Peace bro!!

Vade

A splitter would work for feeding two hardware synths but I'm not seeing the advantage you'd get feeding two laptops. I've tested FTP triggering six different synths opened in Sonar with a midlevel PC and using midi controls to fade them in and out as needed. You might be able to find a use for two laptops but it'd have to be pretty compelling to go through the hassle of setting such a system up. Best of luck in any case Bobby D; enjoy the ride!
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gumtown

Exactly as Vade said,
only if one laptop is not up to the job.
Midi signals can be internally routed, or split, or merged within a software environment,
and multiple synths can run at the same time on the one laptop.
Free "GR-55 FloorBoard" editor software from https://sourceforge.net/projects/grfloorboard/