Godin Multiac Midi Guitar - Listen to what this guitar will allow me to do! #2
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This video is a demonstration of the capabilities of the Godin Multiac Concert Grand Guitar in it's Midi capacity. Custom RMC electronics with 13-pin connector for direct control of Roland GR Series and Axon AX100 guitar synths.I am using a Roland GR55 Guitar Synthesiser as a midi outlet only (not using the patches/sounds on this occasion). From there I run a midi out into my RME Fireface 802 audio interface into Cubase Pro 9 (DAW).
I have demonstrated some different sound patches/samplers from Native Instruments Kontakt 5 Sample Player; Session Horns Pro, Vocalise 1(Heavyosity), Grandeur and The Gent pianos, FM8 synth and Session Strings pro. In addition I have used Steinberg's Halion Symphonic Orchestra and UVI's Gypsy Jazz sampler. Finally I played the Flugalhorn patch from Blues Street Brass by Indigenus.
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For the most impatients, he plays:
Choir 3:25 - Accordeon at 5:22 - Piano at 7:40 - 8:37 - 9:25 - Full Brass 11:14
Strings 13:09 - Synth 14:38 - Bass 15:45 - Flugehorn 17:26 😉
Thank you.
Thank u asf!
Thanks!!😜
Not all heroes wear capes!
Really what a windbag. I wanted to find out about this instrument but this prissy pommy wouldnt shut his stupid mouth
I thoroughly agree with you about the Multiac's versatility, I used mine a 1993 model to create my Christmas album as a gift for fellow church member using instrument sounds from instruments I don't play, it delights me greatly.
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Dude, seriously? I can now compose all the parts to a full band using the only instrument I know how to play: the guitar? This is simply awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!
simplestrum
If you can play a guitar you can play a keyboard, all the notes are laid out in front of you.
You can but it won’t sound authentic. Digital will never truly replace actual analog sounds.
hehe scary
I tried one of these recently and was really impressed at how pronounced the hammer-ons and pull-offs were through a BOSS Synth pedal and PA.
the piano was absolutely amazing
Its just wonderful to watch videos such as these, beautifully performed and edited, and presented by someone I can assure everybody is a master of his craft!
But pronounces Vocalise wrong lol
11:11 The brass really sounds phenomenal.
"...and who wouldn't want to be a full brass section?" So true, especially for us trumpet players (probably all brass) who are used to only having control over an individual stream of sound.
I believe he said it is with Kontakt 5's Session Horns Pro. Thanks for the demo and information!
you are totaly right the demonstrateur have to rewiew his copie it's a pitie
I think this is a good work. Interesting.
When I started guitar i used the vinyl record keeping on again and again. Prehistoric times !
The Flugelhorn sounds fantastic ❤
I haven't realized such a possibilities !!! Impressive.
Wow, Andrew, this is one of the most inspiring videos I have seen for a long time. Thanks.
Thanks so much Joop. Glad you liked it.
The GR-55 is great, I have one too and use it with the xtSA KOA and love that too.
Wonderful demo of what the guitar can do Andrew! Gonna have to get one!
Got one of these amazing instrument ever adore it for all thank you
thanks for that...man that looks like hours of fun!
Love it.
Thanks for a most constuctive demo, very easily understandable. And for your good sense of humor. Happy new year
Thanks so much
Wonderful sounds made to sound simple by your expertise. Thankyou, you are a real musician.
Please, could you let me know the name of the last song/Adagio you played on this video? Thanks!
That is my recording of the Adagio (2nd movement) of the Concerto D'Aranjuez by Rodrigo. I also have a video of me performing it live on my TH-cam channel. Funny angle but the music is all there.
not often am I impressed but you sir and your sounds are very impressive..
Thanks so much for your kind comments.
Thank you so much Andrew! Best Regards.
Thanks so much
right I understand everything you just said.
Thats PERFECT! I am going to put one of those Guitars on my Wish List (which I actually have made one awhile ago). Andrew You have Taught me SO MUCH by this Video Sir! I UNDERSTAND! I have been having an Illiteracy regarding MIDI, and havent done anything with it in my Studio (except I got the cable hooked up from My Tascam DP24 to Interface) And I got a new pair today for My Keyboars to my Interface BUT, i didnt know WHAT I was going to do it after that because I didnt get it, but now I do! That Is SWEEPING, with Your Guitar, now THAT, I Can Do! ...I just Got some MAGIX VSTs...that work the same way that Youre demonstrating (besides being Accompaniment, that I'd have to Accompany, rather) AND since My Instrument is the Guitar, that would be perfect for me.!....I will attempt to use my (cheapy) Casio Keyboard now with The VSTs )casio is Midi capable though). Now I know I say, "cheapy" or inexpensive", but I really Do Appreciate my Gear & I know that with FX like these, My Music will be Better & beautiful too, I hope. Thanks Andrew!
I think that You are a very pleasant & Great Teacher, Sir. Yes, more Tutorials, please. Thanks :)
That's very inspiring! Thanks!
Thanks for your kind words. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Wow ... so very helpful ... thank you very much!!
You're very welcome!
That sounded great! I own a Godin LGX-SA and the Multiac, I love them both. They are the best-kept secrets in guitars and I don't understand why. They're made in Canada with top-grade components and woods. The SA has 3 outputs (Electric, Acoustic, and GK), the fretwork is precise and they sound incredible. The price is right as well.
Thanks so much.
Really thank you for your good review. it will be good works to me. Have a good day ^^
About 30 yrs ago I got to pick around a friend's gibson,I believe was an e's 335,that had some fancy electronics in it also.i remember 1 setting was you could make it sound like an organ. Crazy what kind of electronics can make a guitar do.neat video
Thanks Dean
Thank you!
Thanks so much
I have a Casio MIDI guitar, which I haven't played for several years, but after watching this video I think I will give it another go. My MIDI setup does allow for vibrato if required on strings, but it tends not to track too well, so probably best not to use it. Also you can assign a different instrument to each string, so for example you could have bass guitar on the six and five strings, then another instrument for the other four strings.
The strange thing was when I played in a live situation, with a piano sound, nobody really noticed it was coming from a guitar. Good in one way I suppose, but bad in another! Perhaps they weren't really listening. Oh well, I still got paid!
Anyway thanks Andrew for the video. Apart from getting different sounds, you have two adjust your playing to sound like a particular instrument.
WOW! what a tool for production! yes, some sounds obviously more digital than others but brings new meaning to 1 man band/orchestra. great vid. thx!
Thanks glad it was of interest to you.
wow ... this is amazing!
Thanks so much
awesome, wonderful, amazing , and many more...
Thanks. So much fun!
Very well presented demonstration Andrew. Thoroughly enjoyable - I am acoustic player and all this is very new to me. Keep up the good work.
Glad it was helpful!
A truly outstanding guitar
I do love Godin for their innovations.
Andrew, I am a Composer and produce my own music. I have been considering on attempting to Obtain The "Audio Production Certificate" from FULL SAIL University (Florida) (Online)..its a 5 Month Course that is divided into 5 categories. I do Understand 4 of them..but the 5th is MIDI.... and besides, as an Audio Engineer, I am aware of the need to be basically familiarized with MIDI, as well as any of the other components of having my Own Studio. You have helped to Breakthru here, to Understand & Appreciate MIDI as the result...I always thought it was Tedious & a drudgery from what Ive seen. I was avoiding it. (lol) Thanks
Nice video. Keep up the good work. Thanks mate.
Thanks so much
Love the tech!
Thanks so much
This is CRAZY COOL
Thanks so much
The Addictive Keys piano is the best one I have ever used.
Great video! Thank you for sharing!
You're very welcome
Wonderful Thank you very much
Thank you too!
Very well done, Andrew. You showed what a powerful creative tool a guitar can be in arranging and layering sounds. I used to own a Godin midi guitar and Roland synth, but like so many musicians, had to sell it off when I hit some hard times... Of course I regret it now, but maybe someday soon, I'll be able to afford another Godin/Roland midi guitar rig... For all the haters out there. It's just wonderful to be able to create multi-instrument demos or ideas. When performing "LIVE!" one has to be careful to not over-do any of this because it can get old quickly and rather "Gimmicky" ... I LOVE to perform with other musicians, but let's face it... Most clubs and venues have paying the same sh*t money for 30 plus years, and sometimes it's just not possible to hire a keyboard player, horn players, bass etc... It's a wonderful tool for being able to translate an instrument that you play exceptionally well to other instruments and creates even more inspiration for writers and producers and gives "LIVE!" performers some compelling and provocative backing sounds... .You've done a great and play very tasty. Thanks for the video, mate! Cheers!
Thanks so much Henry.
Thank you for the Demo, Andrew!!!.
I am thinking on buying a Godin Grand Concert SA and the second step I think will be a Roland GR55.
me too :)
thank you so very much, I hope to learn more from you, I do play guitar, and spent thousands of dollars trying to be ahead of the midi gear, which Roland introduced in my days at my 24 track studio.the2inch tape and analoge equipment just were not compatible. now, we are getting somewhere.
welcome aboard!!
I have been a songwriter for decades and made 16 or so studio recordings using nashville musicians mostly in the country and americana vain. I have only heard of midi and was mostly just confused and curious about midi. I have built my own home studio over the last six years and of course did quite a bit of research on what is available these days and of course have heard of many of the companies you have utilized in this video . But this is the first time I have actually heard any of the actual instruments and I am totally blown away by what you have exposed me too lol I never dreamed it was this convincing. wow!! is all I can say and where in the hell have I been? I guess I was pretty well convinced I would have to start taking keyboard lessons etc. I do play guitar and I have heard you could use guitar as a controller but I have always thought it would be quite "cheesy" for lack of a better word and would be used at best to express arrangement ideas. I am so glad you have opened up my mind FINALLY to this amazing technology and I thank you so much. Excellent video nice playing
Thanks for your comments. I am glad it helped.
Always good to hear another midi guitarist. I nearly bought the Godin concert, but it had a note that resonated too much compared to the rest of the notes (B on the D string). It was so annoying as it was a pain to eq and record/perform with.
I had an godin ACS for years. I had to sell it when I stopped using Roland stuff and started using traditional nylon guitars. I really miss my ACS godin, but always prefered the more hollow Multiacs.
Love your sounds. When I grow up I want session horns and Vocalise!
I own the steel string version with the lipstick Seymour Duncan pickup. They're well crafted instruments, no issues in 8+ years. My takeaway from owning one is that they do everything you can think of pretty well. No real outstanding features other than the vast array of things you can do with it. The midi is a tricky beast, you have to alter your playstyle to suit the type of instrument you're trying to emulate, so a bit of a learning curve. Brass always sounds unacceptably bad to me. Strings are difficult to make smooth progressions with. That's really just a midi problem in general though. Human articulation can't be done justice with samples. The pianos can sound really good, the Rhodes is one of my favs. I bought it to play in a cover band for maximum versatility and it achieved that competently. Its also a great studio Swiss army knife.
*edit: I just recently changed out the Duncan lipstick for a purple EMG lace sensor and I'm much happier with the tone. The lace is much more crisp and versatile than the lipstick, which was pretty muddy. The swap was very difficult though. Both pickups were an extremely tight fit and there was very little slack in the wiring to work with. I suggest taking it to a professional for such work. The electronics and wiring inside are all very well done, but it's obvious they didn't have modifications in mind.
Andrew: this is a great video. Thanks for getting me started. Finally, i got time to work on it. I still have the Godin SA guitar which I connect directly to a Roland Juno DS with all those modern sound as compared to the Other synth. I also got a Fishman triple play which as a usb port so it extremely easy to connect to Any computer and other synthesizer. I moved to Logic Pro which has must better support than Cubase. Now, i play music with midi arrangements improvising on top and selecting instruments as you need.
Glad it was helpful. best of luck.
Great, thanks
Thanks so much
thanks im working too
Amazing!
Thanks flat. Great fun
ThankYou Andrew, Love this Video. I've watched it & shared it numerous times including this Evening, God Bless & Cheers ✝️😊🎵🎹😎
Thank you so much for your kind words. Glad you like the video.
God Bless & Totally Protect You & Yours Sir In JESUS Name ✡✝️🎵 God Bless
Yes Im a Guitarist too though I can tickle the ivorys on a keyboard to season my Music
This is awesome
Thanks for your comments
That was pretty cool. Thanks for sharing that with us. Best Wishes n Blessings. Keith Noneya
Muito Obrigado Andrew
You're welcome.
7:41 such beautiful playing here, extremely tasteful 👍
Thank you very much!
I need this for playing bass live for hours without exhaustion. lol
DigiTech DROP pedal might be a cheaper / easier way to go
I dont know why anyone would choose to ever play bass as their only instrument. I was already a guitarist and keyboardist before I sat in on bass one night because we needed one. Even at that me and the trumpet player used to switch back and forth because BASS IS SO BORING.
very entertaining mate ...played guitar all my life ...wow , heck I have to have my daughter help me send an attachment to my e-mails ,ha ha never mind this stuff ..it looks mind-boggling. I love the look and sound of those Godins though !!!
A guitar being a piano sounds way better than a piano being a guitar.
Kenneth Hildebrand, always.
Unless you can find great synthesizers, they're very on-par.
There's some extremely good guitar plugins now tbh
They call those harpsichords. :-)
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WoW!!!!!!!!! Amazing!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks so much
Fascinating...now I know how Thomas Bergersen does it!
Thanks so much
Great! I can now have an orchestra of nothing but these guitars! We'll go live in about... 10 years, depending on how motivated I am! :D
Very interesting video. Liked and subscribed!
THANKS
You are a fantastic player, the samples sound great, I don't really like the guitar articulation as a controller for these sounds.
I perform solo a lot with loops and have been considering a midi enabled instrument for a while, interesting video, thank you.
Glad you found it useful.
It looks from cursory investigation like it's the nylon string that has midi capability but not the steel string - is that the case? Definitely going to be re-watching this vid a few times - the demo of the libraries you're using is really interesting too. @@AndrewKeeping
Great video. I tried the GR55 with the Godin LGX-SA, fab analogue guitar which I still have but had to get rid of the GR55 as the guitar was triggering all sorts of ghost notes despite modifying the individual string sensitivity, it was a disaster, such a pity. Still, it encouraged me to take up piano... So every cloud.... This video is a great example of how it should sound. 👍🏻
Thanks so much.
This is so FUCKING awesome!!!!
Really nice explanation of the usage with the synth out. I have the ACS-SA Slim and I absolutely love it. I can't wait until I can get a synth for it. Question - are you able to go out from the GR 55 and into your computer rig to access the instrument plugins? Or are those patches in the synth itself?
That was a very cool demo. I liked the versatility of each instrument as it was played through the guitar. Another top notch item that I will have to wait years to find used or at a pawn shop, and by then it will probably be out of warranty and needing upgrades or repairs. Too bad. Technology advancements have a way of becoming obsolete so quickly but never become affordable soon enough. E
Cool
Walter Rodrigues Jr plays one of these. Sounds great.
and very well too. Love his arrangements.
Excellent. Thank you. I've not played for thirty years but this has stimulated me to take up guitar playing once more. Out of interest, can one do anything like this on an iPad?
Very well done, to see a concert musician with one of these setups in his hands makes this more understandable. I have to ask, if you could give me an idea, in very round numbers, what a setup similar to yours including the guitar might cost?
The guitar alone is $1,039 on Amazon.
I wish I was 35 years younger. I could have really gotten into this. Very impressive.
Dude, you can do it! I'm 71. I just retired two days ago. Thanks to Andrew, and this incredibly awesome and inspirational video, I am "getting into it" starting today! It does help however, that I studied classical guitar for ten years beginning at age 9. So i am going to have to spend many hours getting my guitar "chops" back. You can do it!
pretty kool andrew.! ...looks like it could be used at any style of party.
Thanks so much
Seems there's a learning curve in playing midi guitar esp in respect of muting.. great instrument though they've come a long way with the tech. Thanks Andrew!
yeah, but it looked like another piece of equipment is needed in order to mute.
Great video, nice sounds. I would have enjoyed more on the connections and setup of GR 55
Noted!
Nice guitar..!
Thanks!
Didn't know Ewan McGregor taught guitar! Great video, would like to play with a midi guitar someday
You should!
I played guitar for years but eventually stopped playing when I began getting into the piano. Recently I have wanted to get back into the guitar and now as a music producer am considering buying a midi guitar. Should I buy a guitar especially designed for sending midi or is there some sort of midi add on I could attach to one of my old electric guitars? Specifically, is there an add on for guitars that aren't midi capable which track as well as guitars with native midi?
That's awesome, thanks......The numbers of strings is very limited when i play midi guitar using midi instruments plugings. Only can performance D,G,B, and E... No lower E, and A strings. There is any adjustments or set up?
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VERY cool BUT you can do all this with the MIDI 2 software with normal pickups...and I own 2 Godin Multi Ac's.
I bought the rock band fender guitar that had midi in the frets...shitty guitar but made cool sounds with one cord going to pedal and amp and midi going to computer for midi effects.
How did i just found out about this today!!!!!!
Great tutorial I've got to try that on a trumpet I wonder how the trumpet will sound through guitar sensitizer something I'm going to have to try just stuff like the technical skills like you have nowadays you don't only have to be just a musician you have to be a computer technician II but it's it allows you more freedom in tonal diversities that's really awesome thanks again for a great video of all the possibilities there that are attainable with modern technology
th-cam.com/video/SFVIsUIArbg/w-d-xo.html this is my version of the flute!
th-cam.com/video/-aaaGPBe0dE/w-d-xo.html Have a listen to the trumpet on this. I just love it!!
You have to demonstrate that you can have differents sounds on each string !
I used to get ghost notes on my GR55 until i put it into chromatic and now it tracks a lot better
Is chromatic a programme or a setting on the gr55?
what a fantastic guitar. But you don't say how much it costs being a humble skint man it will be just another dream for me.
About £1500 new but I got mine for around £700 on eBay.
Je voudrais savoir comment vous faites pour jouer les plugins destinés à jouer avec le clavier midi avec la guitare ??? C’est vraiment génial ce que vous faites
Cant wait just use this 3:09
without breath from Romania !
Thanks so much
Thank you so much for demonstrating. Very nicely done. What format(s) are natively produced, ie High Bitrate MP3 and/or WAV?
With cubase you have the option of mixing down to any format.
Big like.😎
Cheers Faruk
Thanks for sharing this demo...simply awesome. I have a Godin Multiac but to do what you are doing, I need the hardware/software. Are there alternative HW/SW for the amateurs like me? Thanks
You don't need something as expensive as Cubase 9, you can use Garage band. Audio and midi interfaces can be picked up cheaply on eBay. You do, however, need the Roland gr55 or equivalent to transfer the 13din cable into a midi signal.
Fantastic video and music, Andrew! Thanks for sharing. Question: have you tried the Boss GP-10 for tracking with the Multiac?
Not yet!
this guitar would be perfect for covering Zora's Domain from Ocarina of Time
Nice demo! Did you ever try to assign a different MIDI channel to each strings? I built my own horn section in Kontakt (with flute on the high e string, trumpet on the b string, etc.) - sounds even more convincing the the Session Horns. ;-)
Nice tip, thank you Christoph. Will give it a shot.