Wow now thats cool great sound mate.

On the three GR-20 pieces uploaded 6/8/11 this is how it works. In a nutshell - my guitar replaces a keyboard - but can do more. Everything you hear is driven by me playing my Fender Mustang in one improvised pass. Now, for each song the Fender Mustang by itself (or through an amp simulator) is heard - this sound comes from the traditional pick ups on the guitar. Besides that I have installed a Roland GK-3 pick up on my Mustang. This pick up has 6 tiny picks ups - one for each string and connects to a fairly large switch and then a 1/4" cable with some 11 lines - regular guitar output and 6 outputs for the GK-3. This cable connects to the GR-20 synthesizer / midi interface. The GR-20 first decodes, almost instantly, the note each string is playing. It then converts that to midi pitch information and shoves that out the back. More on that later. Also, since the GR-20 is a synthesizer besides, it takes the pitch information and routes it to an internal sound (if desired). The really interesting part is what happens when I route that midi output to my computer. At my computer Sonar lets me assign that midi data to any number of synthesizers / samplers/ what-have-you all at the same time. So, if I want a voice or strings or piano - no problem. As for drums - Kontakt has a really neat groups of sampled drum sets that are a combination of "one shots" and smaller loops. So for instance on one of the pieces when I played the C below middle C I got a snare roll, play the B below it I get the accent that finishes the roll. So, by playing many notes I get a complex assortment of drum sounds that are in time with my playing. I've used this technique before - I am learning how to control it better - and the response is different for each of the dozen or so drum kits packaged with Kontakt - and then consider the effect of different tempos - the result is a fair amount of variety.

Peachy!

Jazzerremendous...........

I can listen to this all day! awesome!

Outstanding.

Love it

Killer sound and nice playing

some very moody blues there (not referring to the band)! Well played. Some old Beck/Clapton/Page sounds shining through.

cool composition man. you asked about "One Chord & Four Notes" - nope i don't think i ever used b major, only arpeggiated down Bsus2.

Nice one mate excellent.

Most midi software should do the same you need a usb guitar link and midi software to play the guitar into then assign an instrument piano classical guitar whatever takes your fancy.

http://www.energy-xt.com/ sorry mate it is xt not x2 I got it bundled with my behringer midi board

brilliant sounds

Nicely done mate this is very cool.

http://guitars.musiciansfriend.com/product/Ovation-CC059-AcousticElectric-Classical-Guitar?sku=513499

Yes steel string, ovation do make nylon string classical guitars

It's all in the way you mix it and play with it mate.

I used an old ovation that I borrowed. Glad you liked it mate

Now that's cool mate great sound, oh and I do not have a lute just used acoustic guitar. Cheers mate

Sam sounds like one of the Indigo Girls :-) Very nice song everyone!

this is very good - like the solid vocal harmonies and leads.

this is one inventive piece! what a mix - are you sure you didn't grow up south of I-10 in Louisiana? You have that Cajun blues thing down and who'd expect you could get oboe and bassoon to work so well with it! wow.

This is a great tune - I love the percussion and the deep deep sounds.

Yes, as a matter of practicality one performs with volume greater than the actual Fender (headphones to the GR-20, amplification of the Roland GR-20 ) - although I have mixed the "normal" and "new" tunings together and in some cases that sounds nice and fairly unique.

nicely done - sounds a bit floydish. Introspective Roger Waters.

all of the compositions are wonderful - I feel emotion from your work.

this is a very nice progression against a pedal point and exposition. I agree the room acoustics are really great - it sounds great!!

very classical period sounding.

well.... tell your wife you'll build her a new addition if she lets you keep this room as is :-) nice - the sound is so surprisingly robust and resonate in tone.

wow - this is complicated!! and cool!

Hi, The Suicide is programmed actually and uses Kontakt sounds. I have a large number of manuscripts which I created in college and shortly after (before 90's no computer program I had could let me score reasonably). In this case, The Suicide, was scored at an upright piano and I could play it at the time. Its really easy to play.

wonderful!! So this is in part classical guitar? If so great tone!

bizarrely the opening bass riff sounds like the theme to green acres - a usa 60's sitcom.

sounds like my ferrets playing!

excellent!

yes! love the sounds here

this is nice indeed!!

one of my personal favorites too :-)

Dude! You own this place!!