Wow! Now this appears to be some progress in the realm of synth guitar. Fishman has teamed up with András Szalay, who designed Axon’s legendary guitar midi technology, to bring us Triple Play Wireless Guitar Controller.
Like the Roland’s GK line of divided pick ups, the Triple Play uses the similar design of a hexaphonic pick up and controller that attach to your guitar. Instead of a midi cable, your signal is transmited by wireless usb to a small usb recier that looks sort of like a memory stick.
Axon was known for there Superior tracking and this compact unit is said to provide it. Now a guitarist can control software and hardware synths as well as ios apps. It comes with software that works with most major daws and devices and can perform some great “Hold” functions such as looping, sustain and arpeggiators. The attached video is pretty corny but the tracking is pretty spot on!
The controller itself is very thin and comes with a rechargeable lithium ion battery.
The Triple Play is said to be released June 2012 and is rumored to be under $300. The price could put in in the hands of many guitar synth newbies. Roland needs a little competition.
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