Question

hi fellow users, I have connected my guitar straight through my PODHD500 into the computer, the sound is fine and can record. Able to use Ampire, so that the connection is all good.

I was just wondering how are we, or are we able to make our guitar sound like other instruments?

I would like to write a piano piece, but record it through the guitar.

Answer 1

You would need to use an Envelope Follower that can map the filter to the incoming sound to control elements of virtual instruments. It's more of an experimental sound than a direct guitar string to MIDI note translation.

If you want to compose music with piano sounds (Mai-Tai, Presence, or any other virtual instrument) and use a guitar as your controller, you'd need to get a Guitar MIDI interface that adapts the guitar of your choice to send MIDI messages like a MIDI Keyboard would. Roland and a host of other companies make such products and work pretty well. You'll need to play it in your head since the latency of even a few milliseconds can throw you off.