Cilia Prototype Fretsense Guitar

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I've played this prototype it's killer, I had it hooked up to a Muse Receptor and had NI Komplete loaded into it so I could use the NI Absynth and Session Strings VST instruments. You can even load multiple instances and stack them to create really unique instruments and the guitar is a high quality guitar that plays great. There is no latency and tracking is perfect. I don't think this is going to be cheap but this blows every consumer MIDI system out of the water!
 
That does look really nice, but unfortunately the type of player who would use and cause demand for this type of instrument is an anomaly. I'd love to have one, but I'd probably rarely use it, and at the price point it will probably be at, I might as well just buy a nice Nord, Korg, or Kurzweil and get the sounds that way.
 
me thinks this is the future

Peavey AT-200 Autotune Electric Guitar


GR5 + TH2 :rock:
 
Xylophone-check Now I could play that part from Peart's drum solo from Rush in Rio. (ok-someone could)
Accordion-check Accompaniment to some Al DiMeola stuff (no problem :scared: )
Herbie Hancock-check Axel F !

Those are the first things that came into my mind while listening to the demo.

I could seriously spend tons of hours messing with this thing, I doubt I would be able to find any practical use for it though.

In the right hands I await to see what can be done, that guy in the video is good.

Thanks for the heads up on it. :thumbsup:



EDIT-Another thing this would be awesome for is scoring a film-Trevor Rabin maybe?
 
I think this is aimed at composers, studio musicians etc. it won't be cheap as the hardware is high end not like a Roland that blends guitar with effects to cover up latency issues etc. there's a reason everyone with a Roland uses a volume pedal and washy synth pad sounds.

I could definitely see this being used for game or film scores by guitar players who aren't comfortable on a keyboard?
 
It's a brilliant idea. Any guitarist that does sequencing or recording can make use of that. Sure beats tapping stuff out on a keyboard or drawing notes when you could play your primary instrument to do it. Have you heard an estimated price, Guitarnoize?
 
Price hasn't been confirmed but Charles is going to put together a price for the guitar plus a Muse receptor with the preset editor software preloaded so you can load up your Favourite VST instruments. That way you don't need to hook up to a computer to use live or I'm sessions etc.
 
I remember the Wal Midi bass I had, it had no latency issues since the sensors were built right into the fretboard. Is this based on a similar principal and if you bend the string will the note bend? I remember on the Wal it would not sense bends.
 
Check the industrialradio.com.au website they built a bass version before working with Cilia on a guitar version. I don't think it does sense bends as most instruments can't bend notes such as piano etc. and sounds unnatural but you could always use an expression pedal? I guess that's the trade off for zero latency having sensors in the frets rather than a pickup system.
 
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