"This listing is for a K-Muse Photon Guitar MIDI Converter Synthesizer System Mitch Holder
We are pleased to present this item from the personal gear arsenal of guitar great Mitch Holder. Mitch has a career spanning several decades starting in the 70s as one of the go-to sessions guitarists for top artists such as Frank Sinatra, Barbara Streisand, Lionel Richie, Dianna Ross, & Barry Manilow and playing on soundtracks such as Saturday Night Fever, Grease, and countless others!
SPECS:
Serial #1164 ACCESSORIES INCLUDED:
Bridge Pickup System 2x ROM Cartridges MIDI Cable Converter Cable Owner's Manual Original Box UNPACKAGED WEIGHT: 12.15 lbs.
Discover an inspirational, modern take on an innovative yet obscure guitar and synthesizer combo from the late ‘70s.
Including fully-editable vintage synthesizer and guitar tones in a dual-layer configuration, PX Guitar Syn will give you a featured and creative instrument brimming with charactered vibe.
00:00 - Intro / Gilmoured
00:08 - Counterpoint
00:20 - Hybrid Dist
00:30 - Cool Tour
00:39 - Vinny Pad
00:54 - Dreamy Finger 1
01:07 - Hand Made
01:18 - Dusty Strings
01:30 - Bass Seq"
Inspired by the innovative design of GS and GR-500, PX Guitar Syn delivers a versatile and easily editable instrument that's part guitar, part synthesizer, and all fun.
PX Guitar Syn gives you a robust and capable toolset for creating and editing patches. From the dual-layer architecture with ADSR amp envelopes, multimode filters with envelope, poly or mono modes with glide, pitch shifting and advanced stereo modes, and handy modwheel mappings, to LFO and step modulators, two feature-rich arpeggiators, and a generous selection of high-quality effects including 3-band EQ with sweepable crossover, drive, Thorus, ensemble, Phasor, digital delay, and Sparkverb..."
"The Ibanez IMG2010 electric guitar and MC1 MIDI Converter is an old (1986) but good MIDI guitar system. Apart from translating the audio signal frequency and amplitude from each guitar string to MIDI note number and velocity, it provides MIDI program change messages (via panel buttons and/or a IFC60 footcontroller), Hold pedal, a CTL rotary potentiometer and an Arm on the IMG2010 guitar with assignable MIDI control change messages (cc00 to cc32). When controlling modern MIDI rack synthesizer modules, these control change options are a bit limiting, so I decided to start designing an Arduino 'sidecar' expansion MIDI controller to be used in parallel to the IMG2010 & MC1. It can be fun."
"Recapped and cleaned, works great and sounds amazing. Used as an MS-20 expander and was triggered with control voltage from MS keyboard. Last button is loose.
220 V."
"In proper fully working order all around. Fat rich wild & crazy sounds abound for endless exploration and creative real time variations. Basically an odyssey in module format, sounds way fatter and richer than any korg or behr clone. CV ins+outs etc. Was used with kenton pro solo midi to cv and/or arturia keystep to great effect. Has typical wear/marks being 45yrs old. Bigger & heavier than an odyssey...all solid steel case, no plastic or aluminum like ody's."
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"Quick and rough test of functionality of a Steinberger GL2T-GR electric guitar (equipped with the Roland 24 pin controller circuitry) and a Roland GR300 Analog Guitar Synthesizer."
"This is an original and fantastic sounding Roland GR-300 Guitar Synthesizer from the 1980s. It has the Craig Anderton external Vibrato controller input modification so you can control vibrato depth from a control voltage foot pedal.
It is in very good physical condition and works perfectly. It still has the protective plastic cover. I’ve had this unit since 1994 and only used it a few times a year in a studio."
"This is some of the most fun I've had with a guitar pedal in a while. The polyphonic STRING9 String Ensemble from Electro Harmonix transforms a guitar into nine different string ensembles and string synthesisers, so I can still tap into the heart of my love of electronics whilst using my handsome Danelectro 59M guitar.
This is just live documentation of my improvising with it in the studio. Nothing special, just pretending I'm in a progressive rock band, but without the cape and long hair. And deliberate bum notes to keep you on your toes. Happy listening!"
Electro-Harmonix STRING9 String Ensemble (EHX Pedal Demo Bill Ruppert)
"The polyphonic STRING9 String Ensemble transforms your guitar into nine different string ensembles and string synthesizers while requiring zero modifications, special pickups, or MIDI implementation. In a 9 Series first, the STRING9 includes the signature EHX Freeze effect to sample and hold notes and chords with infinite sustain."
"The polyphonic STRING9 String Ensemble transforms a guitar into nine different string ensembles and string synthesizers while requiring zero modifications, special pickups, or MIDI implementation. It relies on the same technology powering all EHX 9 Series pedals. In a 9 Series first, the STRING9 includes the signature EHX Freeze effect on 3 of the presets to sample and hold notes and chords with infinite sustain.
A rotary switch on the STRING9 allows the player to select the sound of their choice, as follows: SYMPHONIC: Re-creates the sound of a large symphony orchestra and features an octave down effect on the lower range of the guitar for a full sound
JUNE-O: Emulates the Juno® analog string synthesizer sound
PCM: Sound of a small string section sampled by a vintage PCM keyboard producing a warm vintage string sound
"This is a live recording using only my homemade synths. all sounds you hear comes directly from my own synths, except some reverb and delay. The only equipment used that I didn´t build myself is the Digitakt that acts as a sequencer as well as an audio interface.
The modular system plays the arpeggios & all percussion.
The analog Monosynth plays all bass stuff.
The Guitar-synth plays all lead sounds.
"The GR-20 Guitar Synthesizer makes playing high-quality synthesizer and instrument sounds from your guitar as simple as 1-2-3. First, attach the included GK-3 Divided Pickup to your steel-stringed electric (no drilling necessary). Second, select the type of sound you want using the Bank knob. Third, choose a sound variation using the Number/Value dial and start playing. With the GR-20, its easy to tap into the power of guitar synthesis."
"Playing some presets of BOSS SY-300 guitar synthesizer classic. Part 1: 00:00 SY-300 Sequence 01:18 Extensive Pulse 02:09 Fat Saw Bass 02:50 Big Bass 03:54 Guitar Bass Flute Layer 04:38 Hyper Rhythm 05:20 Lead + Octave Control 05:37 Multi 5th Lead 06:45 Man in Motion 07:56 Lord Purple 08:40 Feedback Control 09:11 Mono Root King 09:48 Sync Square Lead 10:38 Music Monk 11:59 Credits 12:54 Thick Chord Tone"
"I had a random thought the other day. Would a synth guitar plugged into traditional effects sound better than a traditional guitar plugged into modular synth effects? Hmmm. I guess there's only one way to find out.
Intro - 0:00
Synth guitar w/analog FX - 0:50
Analog guitar w/synth FX - 3:33"
"This is a really cool and very rare synth. It's an ARP Avatar, which has been converted from its original guitar-synth form to basically be an Odyssey without keys (but with the addition of a very cool fuzz mode!). It sounds absolutely amazing, and is a very unusual instrument. It's controlled via CV. I'll throw in an Arturia Beatstep and some cables to get you started."
"This is a 1980's attempt at something we do much better today with a pedal, but it's cool for it's quirky interface and it has the heart of a MS-20 filter and voicing in it. Plus it is now controllable with the Arturia Keystep 37!
It takes an audio input and processes it to generate a pitch voltage and envelope... using it to trigger two separate voicing sections which share the same oscillator. One is called Instrument and the other Synthe... you basically add the presets up on each side and blend them with the Balance slider. Each one has an adjustable filter setting or attack/release with the mini knob. You even get portamento which you can footswitch along with a hold function and interval jump.
It is only OK as a guitar synthesizer (it does work, I used a compressor in front) but it ROCKS as a mono keyboard filter unit or for running drum machines through... vocals can work but are iffy... don't expect vocoding. I used a Fender Rhodes which worked well, so a Rhodes patch should too. Note it also puts out this voltage and trigger, but it's Korg standard. It is monophonic, so the 'voices' are really just filtering the same oscillator in different ways. It is only good for tracking along about two or three octaves at most through the audio input, but tracks well if CV in is used over several octaves.
It does have CV and trigger in and out but they're a weird Korg Hz/V standard, not normal 5V linear. So this will work with a Kork MS20 as an expander, or Korg Sigma/Delta/Lambda or even the PS3xxx series if you have a super studio! But not anything else.
UNLESS...
If you have an Arturia Keystep 37 (not sure about any other Keystep controllers but I ran mine with a 37) you can use it as a controller and arpeggiate or sequence in addition to just playing from it, or even control the filter or LFO with a couple of cables! This is a blast and the killer app for this little gem. If you have the Keystep now this is a great add... if not and you get this at least try one with it."
