For DAW users, I really would recommend this full package, but note that an earlier version of MIDI Guitar 2, seemingly aimed at GarageBand users, is still available on iTunes and saves you a little on cost if you don’t need MIDI Bass or the plug-in version. One big difference from the original, however, is that MIDI Guitar 2 now comes in a plug-in version of its own, offering the best of both worlds whether you are recording or playing live. The latest version is bundled with MIDI Bass, which is similar in concept but monophonic, and can also host third-party AU or VST plug-ins. Version 2.2.1 is available directly from the Jam Origin web site, and can be authorised to multiple machines. According to the designer, it uses deep-learning/AI technologies employed in speech recognition and other ‘learning’ applications, rather than traditional DSP techniques, and he feels that we are just on the verge of seeing what this technology can do in the pro-audio field. Systems that can handle monophonic conversion are old news, but MIDI Guitar really can separate out the notes from chords and rapid arpeggios at lightning speed. This it does so reliably and quickly that I now use it in preference to any of my hex pickup MIDI guitar systems.
Now available for Mac and Windows, version 2.2.1 offers even more functionality, but at its heart is still the seemingly impossible trick of turning the output from a standard guitar pickup into polyphonic MIDI. The original MIDI Guitar ran as a stand-alone program, intercepting audio from a designated input on an audio interface and then converting it to MIDI to be passed on to the MIDI input of the DAW. And, as a guitar player who is totally rubbish at keyboards, I have to say that it is one of the most impressive pieces of software that I have ever used. The original version of Jam Origin’s MIDI Guitar software gained a glowing review from Bob Thomas in SOS May 2014 ( So much so that, on seeing that v2 had been launched, I went straight to the Apple Store and bought - yes, you read that right! - a copy for myself.
The stand-alone version of MIDI Guitar 2 includes an enhanced range of bundled instrument plug-ins, as well as a selection of MIDI Machines.Īre the days of hex pickups numbered? Now available as a Mac/Win plug-in or stand-alone, Jam Origin’s guitar-to-MIDI utility is fast, versatile and affordable.
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