Fishman Triple Play/ MIDI Guitar app Comparison

[CSeye]

2. Wireless guitar (old AKG unit) into an iRig HD or other high quality iOS converter. Guitar signal would feed into MIDI Guitar App, then into Sample Tank or Garage Band, and audio out of the headphone jack to mixer.
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With the option for wireless guitar from my AKG unit, Fishman's wireless capability is no longer a selling point. I won't be splitting strings like Burr Johnson in the forseeable future, so Fishman loses another point. I'm primarily interested in price, latency, and polyphonic tracking performance. If the FMT doesn't have markedly better performance in either latency or polyphonic tracking, it seems like a no-brainer to go with either the $20 MIDI Guitar app for iOS or the full $100 MIDI Guitar app for Mac/Windows.

All that said, if there's another setup that would get me into MIDI on my guitar for the same or less money with better tracking / latency, I'm all ears.

iRig has a headphone out. Not sure about the HD model.
Option 2 should theoretically work. How much latency does the old AKG wireless system introduce into the signal path? That will be combined with the I/O buffer in the MIDI Guitar app.

If you don't need a wireless guitar, then connecting your guitar directly to something like iRig would probably provide a tighter response. The other question is how quiet is the headphone out, especially when mixer gain is added?

 

[CSeye]

I tried the MIDI Guitar app a while ago and now again, the newest version.

Not bad, really not bad. If the Mac/DAW allows a latency of 32 (which are not all software synths or Macs able to handle anyway) the app as a plugin comes close to an Axon, speed-wise.

While my subjective impression is that the FTP is faster with better tracking, I definitely agree with you on the MIDI Guitar app: Really not bad. Are you noticing fewer false triggers as well? Again my impression is that both the FTP and MG app have some sort of built-in filtering of short duration, low velocity false triggers.

Not for the tracking yet. I've set the sensitivity pretty high and have a very good and clean input signal, but still notes are missing if I play a little faster.

Some missed notes here as well especially if playing repeating pedal notes on the low E or A string.

Overall, the performance of the MGa is good enough to enjoy working without the added 13 pin cable and hardware converter.

Then again, when I'm sequencing only MIDI, it's quite liberating to be totally wireless, unless wearing headphones.

 

[CSeye]

My wishes for the FTP (and they know this) would be more accommodations to lefties, and an internal kit. 🙂

Orren

+a trillion😀 on the internal kit. While the Godin Session Custom is an exciting development, my hope is that they release an LGX-SA with an internal FTP.

 

[Peter Ostry]

Are you noticing fewer false triggers as well?

Yes. I find the filter a bit too strong. Good for newbies but if you like to play "a little dirty" the app eats too many triggers. Clearly a personal thing, I am not very keen of systems which try to interpret my music (Logic inclusive 😉)

Some missed notes here as well especially if playing repeating pedal notes on the low E or A string.

I see. Slow vibrations. Here I lose notes most often when I play up the 12th fret on the D string. Too short slow vibrations, probably depending on the guitar which may have a dead spot there. A tricky area, this MIDI convertion, no question.

Overall, the performance of the MGa is good enough to enjoy working without the added 13 pin cable and hardware converter.