Yamaha
G50 Guitar MIDI Converter
July 12, 1996 Guitarists will now be able to take full
advantage of digital music equipment with the introduction of the Yamaha G50 Guitar
MIDI Converter at the 1996 NAMM Summer Session. From the weekend warrior to the
techno-savvy, players will improve on and expand playing options with this innovative
product. The Yamaha G50 allows guitarists to play MIDI tone generators and
to interface with computers, resulting in a wide variety of synthesized orchestration
at their fingertips. With unprecedented accuracy and speed, the G50 takes information
from the pickup and consistently converts every nuance and expression into MIDI
data, by detecting pitch, picking position and envelope. "Guitarists will
now have a versatile tool available, bringing them into a new generation of playing,"
said Avery Burdette, product manager, Digital Musical Instruments, Yamaha Corporation
of America. "The Yamaha G50 allows guitarists to explore and experiment, using
their own guitar and existing hex pick-up technology, expanding the player's creative
potential with a speed and accuracy unavailable to date." The Yamaha G50 Guitar
MIDI Converter features four tone generator modes with automatic set-ups in ROM
for the Yamaha MU50, MU80, VL70-m and VL1-m tone generators, providing a degree
of musical convenience never before realized. Another mode is included for use
with any tone generator, allowing a complete set of programmable parameters for
each guitar string. These external tone generators can also be manipulated by
the Split function, which switches voice assignments by a mere change of pick
position, fret or string. An additional option is offered to the player with
the Mono Synth mode, which does not require a special pickup. With the Mono Synth
input the G50 becomes a pitch to MIDI converter, enabling virtually any audio
signal to become MIDI information. The Yamaha G50 Guitar MIDI Converter with a
suggested retail price of $749.95 and the G1D Hex Guitar Pick-up at $199.95 will
begin shipping in October 1996, while a bass pick-up is in development. For more information on the Yamaha G50 Guitar
MIDI Converter, write Yamaha Corporation of America, Audio, Guitar and Synthesizer
Division, P.O. Box 6600, Buena Park, CA 90622; call (714) 522-9011. Visit their
web site at www.yamaha.com. |
