![]() ![]() This is no rack mount power strip or conditioner: It actually regulates the output voltage through an isolated transformer (Not cheap, either). I absolutely detest those things, and that's the reason the next device is where it is. My bigest bitch gripe is that the device is powered by a wall-wart exterior transformer. Here's the new toy, and despite being an impressive piece of gear, it does have some semi-pro and toyish aspects to it. In fact, nothing else really even comes close - the MPX-G2 is in a class of its own. ![]() This unit makes 4 MPX-G2's I have now, and I still think it's the best guitar effects device ever (When someone makes something better, I'll switch, but I'm not holding my breath). I simply can't live without these, as my guitar sound is defined by them, and I have literally hundreds upon hundreds of hours invested in the virtual acoustic environments I've programmed into them over the past ten years. So, for my Christmas present to myself, I built up an entirely new performance rig:īoth the AX-100 and the Lexicon have built-in tuners, but they don't calibrate down to the A=432 philosophical pitch I tune to (And, I may have to tune to A= 440 with the Axon, I'm not sure yet), but there is nothing like being able to keep track of your tuning visually at all times. #DOWNLOAD AXON AX 100 MKII GUITAR TO MIDI CONVERTER MAC#The Axon only has a General MIDI sound card in it, so eventually I'll go modular and have another rack that contains real, actual synths in it, or I may just use a Mac to run something like Native Instruments' FM 8: I love FM synthesis.įor my first foray back into the MIDI realm though, the AX-100 will do fine: I'll probably just use synth and string pads for background at first. I became so good at programming timbres on the Synclavier that New England Digital actually distributed many of my timbre programs with the Synclavier, so I can synthesize, and I much prefer purely synthesized sounds to samples of real instruments. First and foremost, to me anyway, it isn't a synthesizer. It fits my requirements for a performance device, as it is a 1U rack mount unit, but it does have some limitations. Some of them actually border on the mind blowing. You really ought to watch the demo videos, as they are quite impressive. Nothing since the Synclavier has really aroused my interest until the Axon AX-100 Mk II came along. This may hasten my being able to integrate MIDI into my set again (Hey, I can hope). ![]() And yet again, by "straight" guitar sound through my Lexicon MPX-G2's will always be on, so the synth will just be mixed in. This time, at least, I'll only play MIDI guitar on selected pieces where it will work best, and again, I'll use my Lexicon MPX-R1 MIDI pedal to bring the synth in and out. When I was in a power trio playing Synclavier, I used it on every song, but not in every section, necessarily - I controlled whether the synth was in or not with a pedal, and the straight guitar sound was always present. The reason I know this will take time is, obviously, because of my previous experience with the Synclavier: You have to play very clean and deliberately to get the synth to accurately track what you play.Īs with everything, this comes with advantages and disadvantages: It's great for your technique to have to concentrate on it so much, but expressiveness is bound to suffer, at least a little, and quite a lot at first. As with every new - or, renewed - technological change I make, I expect that it will take some time - about a year - before I'm performing with MIDI guitar again. I've decided to get back into MIDI guitar and synthesis after about twenty years since I was a Synclavier guitarist back in the 80's. ![]()
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