[sdiy] Guitar Synth boards ready...

[harrybissell]

john mahoney wrote:

> -But... I'm not interested in DIY for this because I think Roland have done a
> great job with the VG-88. In fact, last night was my first live gig using
> the VG-88. :-)
>
> The best filter to use? A cheap one! :-) Since you need one effect per
> string, the cost of everything is multiplied by six. Band pass is a good
> idea. The M'fooger filter pedal uses an LP VCF switchable between 12 and 24
> dB, and it sounds good in both modes. I guess that more choices are better,
> so maybe you can use state variable filters -- if the cost can be kept down.

LOL... yes thats true.  A full system would be more complex than an Oberheim
SEM six voice unit.  however, DIY would give you the ability to control cost
quite
a bit.  Hacking a Matrix 1000 is one approach... there are others.

My only sadness is that the Roland patent of the Hexaphonic HUMBUCKING pickup
KILLED
the market for guitar synthesis totally (well - killed it for everyone else :^)
The hex humbucker
is the missing link, the major reason why everyone else's systems performed
poorly.  I would have
liked to see a more open market.

OTOH the VG systems are quite interesting... but they don't do quite what I want
(not hackable enough).
My simple hex fuzz ran 90 ICs so you need to be a REAL diy he-man  (or in
Cynthia's case she-man :^)

H^) harry