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I saw the same issue checking in AudioBus. I tried it in AUM today on an iPhone and had some problems. I'll use it as a standalone on the iPhone. I was eager to
record it in AUM and it gave me a message about not having paid for the required services. Rebooted it in standalone and the purchases were there.
Could just be a bug from the update changes. But AUM also got an update so
it might take some time to figure where the problem lies.
@Michael : I don't know if this is a MIDI Guitar or AudioBus 3 issue, but there doesn't seem to be a way to get the output (MIDI or audio) from the MIDI Guitar 2 app into Audiobus 3.
I'd managed to get MIDI Guitar 2 to show up in the FX slot in AUM in the previous version as well - but not the main channel input - but I never actually bothered because I only wanted the MIDI from it and not the audio, so I just routed the stand alone MIDI out to AUM destination.
One reason I might pay the £10 for the AU plug in function was if I could host AUv3 MIDI like Step Poly Arp in the MIDI FX slots. But you can't at the moment unfortunately. I'd probably just continue routing in AUM anyway.
I have never had Midi Guitar work in AB. It doesn’t have AB support. AB doesn’t even see the MG2 Virtual Midi port.
Only since MG2 came out have I been able to use it in AUM as an FX.
But it doesn’t do what I want. It ignores apps loaded in the AUM input slot, and blocks the audio.
It doesn’t see anything but the iPad mic as input when in the AUM FX slot.
Yes same for me. That’s why I never bothered loading it into AUM and just used it stand alone. I did email them a year or more ago asking about IAA / Audiobus and AU and they said they might look into it in the future.
Still I was really happy on the previous update when they allowed you to choose the audio input from any of the USB inputs - so I could feed it from my Line 6 Helix USB 7 dry guitar send.
I am able to get MIDI from MG to AB3. AudioBus 3 shows up as a destination for MIDI Output in MG.
In AB3, if you choose Virtual MIDI Bridge as source, it picks up MG's MIDI.
Yeah, I just keep using it as I had previously.
Which is great, since it works extremely well.
A-ha. That is good to know.
I was puzzled as to why AB is able to see some apps’ Virtual midi ports, but not all.
I will try connecting from the source app when possible.
Thanks for that tip.
Took me a while to figure out.
This is how to get MG2 MIDI to AB3.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/obe05u9sezfqudb/MG2 + AB3.MP4?dl=0
Found this demo of the new AU hosting feature. This was tested by Amadeu Magalhaes with a mandocaster, electric mandolin. The patch looks completely stock except for the direct connection in the guitar fx slot.
There's a dedicated forum right here
2 more helpful tuts
Jam Origin's MIDI Guitar 2 - V2.5 for iOS - Quickstart
Enabling external midi output - MIDI Guitar V2.5 for iOS
@royor
Thanks for the info.
I will check that stuff out.
Has anyone here, that has upgraded MG to the AU hosting, been able to get FabFilter Pro-Q2 into the FX slot of either the guitar or instrument channel without crashing the app? I haven’t had any success on my iPad 6, IOS 12.2. I posted over at the Jamorigin forum also but haven’t gotten a response.
Just found out about midi guitar for IOS. Since I prefer to play on my guitar instead of on a keybord, does it record midi into Xequence 2 (using the AB+AUM+Xequence setup) ? @SevenSystems
Any users that have been using this app lately? Looking for a guitar to midi record option...
Thanks!
I haven't read the thread, but MIDI Guitar probably uses MPE to transmit per-string (-note) controllers so Xequence probably cannot currently record and edit its MIDI currently, but will in the future.
It actually does normal MIDI so you can use it perfectly well with xequence 👍👍
Interesting. But how does it transmit the fact that I'm sliding up one string, but at the same time sliding down another then?
The same way as a keyboard controller? MIDI is MIDI. MG2 simply converts audio pitch to a MIDI note, more quickly and accurately than you would expect. Feels like magic!
Yeah it works really nicely but it doesn’t detect which string is playing as it just works on pitch, the fact it works on chords is incredible though...
I like this! Will consider getting this app in the future. Thanks for the feedback, guys! How is the latency while recording?
It’s great, you can test it for free I think, you get ten minutes between interruptions to play either internal synths or (I think) auv3 ones you have installed. I eventually plumbed for the two initial iaps to unlock full functionality, then they recently added the au one on top which I haven’t yet gone for...
It's the only software solution on iOS worth its salt. If you're serious about MIDI guitar and don't use a dedicated hardware pitch-to-MIDI converter device grab it and never look back.
I have read that this software solution is as-good for some types of playing as some dedicated hardware solutions. There are numerous reviews on the app store and maybe even some members of this forum who have sold their hardware after trying this app out.
I finally bit the bullet and bought all the IAPs and this app is brilliant. I'm currently playing World Synthesizer (taqs.im) via MIDI Guitar and I can just get really awesome Duduk sounds unlike any other on IOS.
It's widely reported that MG2 prefers humbuckers to single coils. I have found that to be true although single coils still work remarkably well if you play with the tone knob on the guitar and the noise setting in MG2. I had read that acoustic guitar isn't good but I've found the opposite to be true. I plug in my seagull with LR Baggs anthem pickup and set the balance knob more toward the microphone than the piezo and MG2 tracks like a champ. There's something about the immediacy of the acoustic tone that matches well with the blended MIDI sounds.
Hey gang, anyone using this with NanoStudio and/or Cubasis? Also I’m confused about which IAPs are needed for proper use (in a DAW like the above).
Thanks for input.
i guess i also will go with it.