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Deal on Jamstik Wireless Smart Guitar
Looks like a good deal deal: http://tinyurl.com/q7qbk2q. Expires in a few hours.
Anyone have experience with this midi controller or anything similar?
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I've read both positive and negative things about it, but it seems to boil down to the latency. I think it is difficult to get it low enough for many who are sensitive to that.
I'd wait. Jamstik+ is around the corner...
http://jamstik.com/pages/jamstikplus
Saw this, read a bunch of reviews and decided to pass even though this is perfect for me. I am disabled and my time playing a regular guitar, even something as light as my Parker Fly, is limited. I would probably be able to play this in the zero-gravity chair I spend most of time in.
Just too many issues and too much heartache getting it setup and working right now. Hoeing eventually they get it working as it looks like it would be perfect for me if it worked reliably.
Jamstik way, way too expensive. You could pick a Real guitar & an interface for it( tho I am talking about the full price of it)
I have one, but yes I would wait for the next model even though I suspect from the way these things have turned out in the past that you might be waiting for longer than until Q2 2015.
Wireless latency has never been an issue for me with the current model, however connecting to the Jamstik's wifi is by no means instantaneous and requires a bit of turning things off and on again to get going.
I think the main issue with the current model is the amount of calibration required to work acceptably. Particularly lower picking velocities are tricky to get right, which hopefully the magnetic pick up in the next model will rectify. That plus realistic sustain and the ability to detect hammer ons still need improvement.
To Studs1966 point, you can get a Fishman Triple Play added to a normal guitar, and since tone really doesn't matter you could get a $99 plywood guitar, assuming you can set it up to play decently. I already own a guitar (several) and I'm thinking it is probably better to pay $399 for the Triple Play than the JamStik. Nevertheless, I do find the JamStik really cool especially if you want/need to have a totally portable solution.
qaratechop: great to hear of a review from a person who uses one. I find that my biggest issues with Midimorphosis and other apps is that they require really super clean playing, playing multiple notes at one time often confuses the apps and ends up sending wayward midi notes. Also an issue is one of sustain. In a way I'd hoped the Jamstik would fix the sustain issue, it is quite annoying to have a full note sounding that just ends as soon as the app/device decides to send a midi-stop notification when it can't hear the string any longer.
This product doesn't make a lot of sense to me. Guitar isn't really the ideal platform for a MIDI controller. It's cool as an additional capability, but not as the soul function. A keyboard works infinitely better for that, even if you're a crappy keyboard player such as myself. Also, as a learning tool for beginning guitarists I think it makes even less sense. You need to learn to tune, restring, control vibrato, bend, play with good intonation and I don't see how you'll learn any of that on this thing. Not to mention it only has like 6 frets and synthesized guitar sounds are pretty terrible.
^^^ i agree. If you want synthetic sounds get a keyboard, if you want guitar sounds get a guitar. Mixing the two brings too many issues: latency, pitch bend, sustain, feel etc
Also playing dynamics is tricky as quieter sounds don't get picked up.
Not tried jam stick but have used the you rock guitar. It's good for people who can play guitar but not keyboard to add other instruments like synths on top of audio recordings of their real guitars.
Plus of course you can put either in a backpack/suitcase etc to take away with you which is harder with a real guitar.
I have the jamstik and love it. It's not a guitar but a midi controller that uses guitar technique to play it. It takes practice but for me it's a great way to access the world of synth sounds keyboard players have had for many years.
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