What guitar midi interface to buy

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Fishman offers three MIDI products in connection with the guitar:

  • Tripleplay Wireless MIDI Guitar Controller - flagship controller - the pickup is attached to the guitar, it is designed so that it can be removed. The receiver in the form of a USB disk connects to the PC.

  • TriplePlay FC-1 - Not usable separately. You must have Tripleplay Wireless and insert the receiver into the FC-1. The pedal can then be used to connect directly to a hardware synthesizer or via a USB cable. It has a large display showing the patch name. You can use the buttons to switch patches up and down. It also sends Program Change and a few other midi commands :-). It can be used as a tuner. An expression pedal can be connected to it. You can plug the audio cable from the guitar into it and connect it to the amplifier. Then you can turn the audio signal from the guitar on and off through it.

  • TriplePlay Express - The sensor has the same design as the wireless version for processing and converting the MIDI signal. However, it does not have a WiFi module (and receiver) and connects to the PC using a USB cable. Has buttons for changing patches. But who wants another cable for the guitar :slight_smile: On the other hand, it’s significantly cheaper :slight_smile:

I own a Tripleplay Wireless MIDI Guitar Controller and a TriplePlay FC-1 Controller. The advantages of this connection are that I don’t need a PC to play. I can assign each string to its own midi channel. I wrote more here: Compatible problem with Roli Rise? - #15 by ToFF

You can adjust the sensitivity depending on whether you play with your fingers or a pick, plus other parameters. For example, for simulating piano playing, it’s not good to have pitch bend sensing turned on :slight_smile: . I also had it on an electro-acoustic guitar with metal strings and it worked.
It’s much more sensitive to the way you play the guitar.

The technology is more modern than Roland and Boss.

The disadvantage is that you also need to charge the sensor on the guitar from time to time. And it’s expensive (for this combo), but you can still get on stage with it.

Tripleplay Wireless and Tripleplay Express use the same programs on PC, more here., Fishman has included a few VST plugins. I see that TriplePlay Utility is new. In the last year I haven’t even connected a midi sensor to my PC :-), I’ve managed with Zynthian and other synths.

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