MIDI guitar, changes in D

Here’s an example of playing MIDI guitar over changes in D.

This backing track comes from Andy Usher (https://www.andyusher.com/). He has a ton of this stuff available on bandCamp and YouTube, all good and imho, worth spending some time with. Here’s the link to his bandcamp presence: https://aushertracks.bandcamp.com/

My MIDI setup  uses the TriplePlay divided pickup from Fishman https://fishman.com/tripleplay/. I’m very happy with the responsiveness of the MIDI and the various settings  you can apply changes to optimize your sound for the way you play. I use primarily fingerstyle technique rather than a plectrum and the settings in the TriplePlay interface will accommodate that, as well as changing the “strength” of the signal out of the divided pickup for each string. MIDIPLUS website is here: https://www.midiplus.com.tw/en/product-detail/PianoEngine/.

You can get it from Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/MIDIPLUS-PianoEngine-host-sound-module/dp/B09HXQQKGJ

The particular voice that gives the gives the guitar that odd sort of  “ethereal” quality  comes from the choice of the midi voice. This is a “pad”; there’s no attack to speak of and  the “swell” sound becomes louder and more apparent as the guitar note is held longer. To end the midi sound, I just relax or mute the input note on the the guitar.

MIDI for guitar is a ton of fun, and the technology is such these days that you might get away with letting your laptop process the audio file into midi rather than using a dedicated pickup-to-midi like what the Fishman technology offers.   At least to try it out and see if it fits your style of music.