Viable Axis

[Kaitain]

Apologies if this is already been asked/answered, I searched but couldn't find it.

I'm on the verge of ordering a MidiFighter 3D for a project I'm working on, but what I want to do with it is perhaps slightly unusual and I need to check that it will actually work before I spend any money.

Basically, I'm building a MIDI guitar from scratch. It will have no traditional pickups, no acoustic properties, and wil be more or less just a neck, some strings and a Roland GK-2 MIDI pickup. Below where the strings get plucked I'm going to mount a MidiFighter 3D. (see picture)

guitar4.jpg
(image hacked from a picture of a homemade guitar by Raoul Sinier. Cabling is purely for effect.)

So, here's the question: if a MidiFighter 3D is in this orientation, edge down, face forwards, will it produce MIDI information when rotated by moving the guitar head up or down? Picture wearing the guitar with strap, stood up. I'd be pressing a button (or playing a MIDI note on the strings), then bending/modulating the note by pulling the hand that is holding the neck up and down.

Do that make sense?

I am thinking it can, I can almost see it working on that axis in the promo video, but if someone could just confirm then I'll make the purchase :-)

[midifidler]

Hey Kaitain,

As it stands, the Midi Fighter 3D will not work well in that orientation, if more people supported this concept I would consider adding this functionality in the future!

[Kaitain]

OK thanks for the reply :-)

The buttons and stuff will all still work though right?

I think i might get a 3D anyways, because the more i think about it, moving the guitar in the way described will be hard to accurately control. When I play I sort of move the neck up and down a bit anyways. What I might do instead is just assign the motion of the guitar/3D moving from vertical up to "flat" (up to where it would be when sat on a desk)**. I can do this with a more deliberate motion of rotating the guitar. It's not something I'd want to do that frequently so it should be ok. For frequent modulation I think a foot pedal will be best.

** - I'll also probably have to flip the CC to work in reverse, but I'll be using Reason 6 and I'm pretty sure Combinators can invert CC controls

[midifidler]

Let me know how you get on!