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The digital party has been going on for some time.

The studio engineers were invited. The keyboard players were invited. Even those damn drummers were invited. While the guitarists have stood waiting for the call.

We all know the reasons. Those pesky strings are tough to digitize. MIDI guitars are too temperamental. If guitars were really meant to be digital, they’d have buttons instead of strings.

No argument here.   That’s exactly why we created Kitara.™

Kitara is the stringless guitar. Your ticket to a world of digital sound and effects. Easy to pick up, very tough to put down. Stage or studio, simply plug in and play.

New Product Alert! NS-1 Carvin Nylon Synth Guitar

The Carvin NS1 MIDI Synth Access classical guitar is designed for the guitarist who wants to take his playing to a completely new level. By connecting a guitar synth of your choice, you can add orchestras, flutes and virtually any instrument sound to your electric guitar tone. The NS1's unique design gives you acoustic, electric and synth capabilities all in one instrument, and the premium features of the instrument make for a guitar that you'll be proud to own and play.

Truly amazing!!

The Modeling Guitar - Perfect Guitar For Different Sounds

Modeling Guitars

Remember the last time you were in the guitar shop and looked at all the guitars on the wall and thought it would be nice to play all of them? Of course the store clerk would have something to say about that!

What if you could get all those different sounds and tones but from one guitar? The incredible sound of the world's finest acoustic and electric guitars all in one intrutment offering the sounds of an entire guitar collection - 25 in all - in a single instrument that plays as great as it sounds.


If that thought appeals to you then you might want to consider looking into the Line 6 Variax 700 or their other models.

Why A Digital Guitar And Not A Conventional Guitar?

These are the words from the Misa Guitar Builder:

DIGITAL GUITAR VS ELECTRIC GUITAR - THE DIFFERENCE?


I am obsessed with digital guitar. But I also love electric guitar, and I have learned what it's good at and what it's capable of. Some of its most important qualities and characteristics stem from the very fact that the electric guitar is made out of wood and strings. A guitar string is "beautiful" - because the sound generated comes from the very vibration of the string, interfering with a magnetic flux and inducing an electric voltage, which is then amplified. Why would you want to emulate that? It is perfection. It is pure nature. It is in the analog domain. I did not intend the Misa digital guitar to replicate a traditional guitar.


THE REASON FOR THE MISA DIGITAL GUITAR

Guitars by their very nature have limitations. To create sound you need to hit a string, so that the sound at its most intense point is always the beginning of the pluck. The left hand controls what notes to play, and the right hand controls when to play these notes and the intensity of the notes. Effects can be inserted into the signal chain, but they are usually foot pedals which makes the experience of controlling effects disjointed from what your hands are doing. Plus, you can only really make use of one pedal at a time. Even in the (rare) case that controls are mounted on the guitar, the hand needs to switch between strings and controls. This may be okay if you only use effects occasionally, but when every note you play needs the controls set differently - good luck with that.

Electronic music cannot be played effectively with such constraints. In electronic music, the timbre (or colour) of the sound can be morphed in an infinite number of ways. For a guitar to accommodate this, the right hand needs more control than just plucking strings. You need to be able to control elements of the sound, such as sustain, pitch, filter cutoffs, contour or any other synthesizer parameter, in a way that has no physical constraints.

This was my thought process when designing the Misa digital guitar. There are no strings on this instrument. The right hand doesn't pluck strings, it controls sound.

So don't compare Misa digital guitars to acoustic guitars or electric guitars. Those are different instruments, for different artforms, for different music. This is electronic music.

If you would like to be on the waiting list, or have any questions about price or availability, send an email to:
purchase@misadigital.com

The Digital Guitar According To Gibson Guitars!

When you think of Gibson Guitars you think of Les Paul and likes of Jimmy Page, Billy Gibbons and many other famous artists that made the guitar sing. So for Gibson to take a digital path is refreshing and marks a shift for the guitar giant.


Their HD.6X-Pro , features an all digital setup, featuring a Cat5 cable instead of a regular guitar cord to transfer your licks to an amp or computer.

Gibson refers to this technology MaGIC, and it allows you to transfer string data from all six strings individually, along with a microphone signal and a full-on six string signal. MaGIC also supports two channels of upstream, to offer a stereo monitor to the guitar player.

You are getting most of your "MaGIC" from inside "BoB" the Breakout Box, which converts the digital information into analog, and can send each string or combinations of strings to different amplifiers. You have the option of plugging the guitar straight into your computer, to record the digital signal directly, for which all necessary plugins are included, and the eventual plan is to allow for jamming over the internet’s in a low-latency form. Lastly, if you get totally bored of all this digital magic, you can switch the guitar to all analog mode, which bypasses the digital circuitry entirely and outputs a signal via a traditional 1/4-inch plug.

Got the perfect ax but need some awesome online guitar lessons?

Online Digital Guitars

This is a great time to be alive and play the guitar! There is a vast amount of information to help the aspiring guitar player young or old.
If you search the Internet you will find a lot of different guitars.


But it is not about the guitar it is about you and your passion for this wonderful instrument. You will get out of the instrument what you put in as is with all things in life.


Take what you need from others however stay true to yourself and develop your own style. Spend enough time playing the guitar and your own style will emerge your own voice when it does embrace it this is your gift.

Looking for online guitar lessons?

The Printed Song Goes Digital - Digital Guitars

Author: Fran Vincent


Anyone who's been a working or hobbyist musician for more than a second has had to throw together music for a last-minute audition or a gig. It's never fun trying to find the music you need... in the key you need it... and the tempo you need it in. I often hear about great opportunities a day or two before the gig, with little time to prepare. I used to either decline, knowing I could never find the music in time, or I end up spending the next morning calling music retailers in the area and pouring over the stacks at the local library hoping to find the elusive tune I need, only to find I was out of luck.

But, my friends, life is looking up for us harried musicians. The world is moving into paperless mode, and sheet music is no exception. In steps digital print music giant Sunhawk.com, a 24/7 sheet music store with a top-notch selection of jazz tunes in various instrumentations, as well as a plethora of Broadway, pop, and classical works.

Sunhawk.com is owned by FreeHand Systems Inc., makers of the Music Pad Pro, the innovative technology tool that holds and displays all of your print music in a portable computer tablet. FreeHand's penchant for music tech that makes the life of performers hassle-free carries over into their digital sheet music business. Not only can customers download and print their songs, but Sunhawk's Solero® Viewer will even transpose it into a key of your choosing. You can print out your newly transposed music just like that. No hassling with transposing it yourself or hoping the musicians you're gigging with will not only remember to play it in the key of G instead of D, but actually know how to change keys on the spot. Many a vocalist has flubbed an audition due to an accompanist that can't transpose. It isn't pretty.

Thankfully, Sunhawk's Solero Viewer plays the song for you and offers tempo controls for the perfect playback. I use this feature all the time to help me prepare for auditions. Solero acts as my own personal rehearsal pianist, which makes practicing that much easier.

Most of the songs offered by Sunhawk have accompanying MIDI files so you can hear what it sounds like. The next step in the digital print download realm is offering mp3 files for playback. For instance, when you download Mike Garson sheet music, you can hear him performing his music and the sheet music follows along.

In support of its commitment to growing its catalogs, Sunhawk has acquired SheetMusicNow.com which boasts the world's largest selection of jazz and classical sheet music. This new catalog expands Sunhawk's offerings by more than 32,000 titles and adds to the roster top jazz and classical artists including Chick Corea, Joe Lovano, Sir James Galway, and Steven Isserlis, among others.

"Sunhawk.com is a great resource for all types of musicians, whether you're into jazz, pop, classical, Broadway... an instrumentalist or a vocalist. And the feedback we've received has been tremendous. Our customers come first, which is why we offer so many unique features with our Solero Viewer and retailer tools. And, with the acquisition of more catalogs, our selection just keeps on growing," said Kim Lorz, CEO of FreeHand, Sunhawk.com's parent company.

Both consumers and retailers can benefit from the advent of digital downloading. If you happen to be at your local music retailer and they don't carry the sheet music you're looking for, just ask them to download it for you. Retailers can download music for their customers through a new service from Sunhawk called eMusicExpress.biz. It's an excellent value-added resource, especially for customers without Internet connections. Customers are able to get titles that the store wouldn't normally carry because eMusicExpress.biz expands the inventory of retailers without requiring more floor space.

The obvious benefits of digital print music are the convenience and variety. However, think of all the songs that never have to go out of print now. With digital downloading, songs can always be made available. If what you want is not currently offered, you can make a request to Sunhawk and their team will look for it. It's like having your own research team scouting material for you. Some out-of-print jazz gems that Sunhawk offers include music by Dave Brubeck, Marian McPartland, André Previn, David Benoit, Neal Hefti, Teddy Wilson, and Curtis Mayfield. I was thrilled to find an exclusive collection from Singin' in the Rain, a movie many regard as the most popular musical of all time. Strangely, a songbook cannot be found in print anywhere, but a 12-song collection is available on Sunhawk, and I was able to find the audition songs I needed and transpose them to the ideal key for my voice.

You can download individual songs, as well as whole songbooks. They offer the same folios you would find at the store, as well as some exclusive collections. There are fakebooks, piano/vocal, guitar, and collections for just about any instrument, as well as instructional material. Major participating publishers including Alfred Publishing, EMI, Mel Bay, Jazz Workshop Inc., Kurt Weill Foundation for Music Inc., Oxford University Press, Schott Digital Music, Universal Edition, and Sammy Nestico Music, among many others, provide almost 100,000 titles, and growing.

More and more consumers are shopping from the comfort of their own homes, and the digital music market is growing in spades. Legal digital downloading is the answer for the music enthusiast or professional performer looking to source popular, hard-to-find, and out-of-print music, in every genre. Whether you're in a bind, looking for an elusive tune, or just a connoisseur of the printed folio, visiting Sunhawk.com may be the best cyber stop you can make in your quest.


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