Сколько пересмотрел роликов про эти гигары , ни один демонстратор ни слова не сказал что у этой гитары кроме основного строя есть ещё 4 , Это open D , E , G , и drop D , Переключить гитару в нужный строй можно при помощи кнопки Tuning , затем кнопкой ,,+,, дойти до цифры 12 , после неё открываются дополнительные строи идущие один за одним , Останется только выбрать тот который нужен . Не знаю , может мой совет кому нибудь и пригодится , Возможностей игры становится гораздо больше . Дерзайте господа музыканты ! Удачи !
I can see this guitar being good for a person with hand problems like arthritis who has difficulty forming chords. It looks like very little pressure is needed with this guitar.
Man just Watching this yamaha ez ag guitar play makes me want this guitar sooner I’m going to get the yamaha ez ag from eBay I’m super excited but I have to Waite 9 days for some cash to buy this guitar I’m super excited but very inpatient grate video Tho man so fare I’m loving the sound of this guitar and I am excited to play the Yamaha ez ag guitar
It looks like there is input lag, how does it feel to actually play to written music and responsiveness! How about to jam with other musicians, jam tracks or songs?
Espero respondas por favor. Todo está bien que tenga diferentes sonidos de guitarra. Pero quisiera saber si con esa guitarra se pueden hacer secuencias MIDI y si se pueden guardar en memorias USB.
Warning: this comment might get a little long (or maybe not, we'll see, depends on how much I want to say). I find the concept of MIDI guitars like this rather fascinating. For some reason I hadn't always thought of the idea of using a "guitar" to play synthesizer-like or MIDI-type sounds; I've always associated those sounds with keyboards and drum machines and things of that nature. which obviously are not guitars. I quite liked the sounds I heard on this recording, especially that first guitar sound. It sounded pretty (even if it wasn't completely "natural" sounding). Secondly: I can understand why this device uses buttons on the neck instead of a normal fretboard, and also why the strings do not stretch all the way down the neck. Here's why: typically, when you use a guitar to play synth sounds, most guitar-synthesizers use the "pitch-to-MIDI" method for generating MIDI data. I won't go into a whole lecture about how that works because you probably already know. However, the instrument shown in this video doesn't even use pitch-to-MIDI at all, from my understanding and research. It should be easy to understand how this is possible: the buttons on the neck send out data about what pitch is about to be played. The part that you strum (what I like to call the "string triggers") is responsible for determining when that note is to play and with how much intensity. I like to think of it like this: With the pitch-to-MIDI systems, it not only calculates the rate at which the string is vibrating (I.E the pitch), but also how intense that sound was. This obviously introduces latency, particularly with lower notes. So the pitch has to be defined after the string has been plucked. On this device in the video however, the pitch is already defined even before you start strumming. That cuts down on latency significantly. Why? because when you pluck the strings, it's calculating the intensity only. This shouldn't be hard to imagine: the strumming could be detected by standard pickups like on a normal guitar, and the timing and amplitude of the electric signals from those pickups would directly correlate to the timing and amplitude of the MIDI notes. The actual "pitch" that the string vibrates at as a result of the strumming is left out of the calculation entirely (again, because the buttons on the neck already send out pitch data). Actually, I would even say this is very similar to how electronic drum pads work. They are attached to piezoelectric sensors that detect their vibration, but the "pitch" they vibrate at is not calculated at all, rather the intensity only. it's just overall "amplitude" data as opposed to "pitch" data. I imagine the string triggers on this Yamaha instrument are no different. And as someone who is visually impaired to the point of being completely blind, I like to understand how things like this work. It's fascinating to me :) Oh, and one more thing before I go (I know, I'm sorry, this comment is already getting too long hahahahahahaha). There's another MIDI guitar that's similar to this one called the "Z-tar" (you might've heard of it; it's made by Starr Labs). It has physical knobs that allow you to control the sensitivity of the string triggers (in other words, you're really just controlling the volume of the piezo pickups). Do you happen to remember if this Yamaha instrument has something similar? I'd think it would have to, that way you're not limited to using software to control the sensitivity, but you never know with some products :) Anyways I know this comment got long; just thought I'd express my thoughts on this, because I find the overall concept quite fascinating. Feel free to reply if you'd like :))
@@HowardJFoster Not going out of tune is definitely a big advantage! I imagine you can change the tension on the strings like you would on a normal guitar, but that's just for changing the 'feel' of the strings as you strum them; that has no effect on the MIDI data. You can do the same thing with electronic drums, particularly those that use "mesh drumheads" or whatever they're called. That's one of the most interesting things about MIDI guitars that do away with pitch-to-MIDI; the actual strings could be completely out of tune (provided they actually produce a recognizable 'pitch' when they're strummed) and yet you'd still get the same MIDI notes, because of the absence of pitch-detection from the vibration of the string. The process of determining when to trigger a MIDI note is made much easier for this reason because you don't get pitch-detection errors (although the only issue you might get is false amplitude readings, like if the piezo pickups are too sensitive or something; this could also happen with electronic drums I'd imagine). I can remember reading about another MIDI guitar from Yamaha called the "G10". It used a very strangely fascinating approach to determining pitch: it essentially used a kind of "sonar" system to detect where your fingers were fretting on the fretboard. I guess it would basically launch an ultrasonic signal down the length of the string, then at some point in time the signal is reflected back to the bridge of the guitar (you know, like an echo); the placement of your fingers on the fretboard would I guess change how long it would take for the signal to reflect back to the bridge, and this would in turn be used to determine the MIDI pitch before the string is even plucked... it's very strange and I cannot say I've heard of anything like it! Unfortunately I don't think that product is around anymore.
@@justinnaramor6050 I saw one of those in guitar center the other day, but it didn’t seem to have the midi conversion box- a proprietary rack mounted unit that takes the signal from the guitar and outputs midi, of course with no onboard functionality as a synthesizer. However, I’ve watched some TH-cam videos and the tracking and expression seems great.
@@adamsouza7140 Yeah I remember hearing that the G10 had a separate conversion box. Guess you could say that's a bit like the "brain" part of an electronic drum kit, minus the onboard sounds. Sure, the tracking is obviously going to be great because there's no frequency-detection from the string vibration as I've explained. Funny thing about this topic, I can distinctly remember reading reviews of a MIDI guitar called the "Jammy" (a somewhat newer product, you might have heard of it), and people complained it had "poor pitch tracking". I read that and I'm like, um, OK, you obviously have no idea how this thing works. The Jammy uses no pitch tracking at all. The pitch is determined by something completely independent from the vibration of the string, so the pitch will already be "tracked" perfectly long before you start strumming the strings. Maybe poor "triggering" is a more accurate word. Not "tracking".
@@justinnaramor6050 I did a video on AI timbre transfer on my other channel that you might find really interesting. I do AI timbre transfers outside of real time between acoustic instruments, but sync the output to the original video. I think it really shows off how well the AI timbre transfer preserves the timing, tuning, and mechanical expression of the raw audio of an acoustic instrument and the translates it to another. However, the Mandola to Saxophone transfer reminds me a lot of this video I just saw of that old Yamaha guitar synth. th-cam.com/video/bc7g_-Ch8zU/w-d-xo.html
You can bend a string but it doesn't change the sound. Whilst there are strings at the bridge, they stop at the top of the neck. There's buttons only the neck which give the pitch.
@@DutchEddie Goo question ! Maybe yamaha sold replacement strings at the time. Maybe it's possible to get them now, as newer models might use similar strings.
Gracias pero paso! No le veo nada de interesante a este midi con forma de guitarra! Hoy en día a esos sonidos los podes emular con un vst desde una pc.
Thanks so much for taking the time to do this and for sharing it! :D
+twitchster77 Thanks for listening.
Don't forget to do a followup video of playing 128 undocumented General MIDI voices and drum kits via MIDI keyboard!
Сколько пересмотрел роликов про эти гигары , ни один демонстратор ни слова не сказал что у этой гитары кроме основного строя есть ещё 4 , Это open D , E , G , и drop D , Переключить гитару в нужный строй можно при помощи кнопки Tuning , затем кнопкой ,,+,, дойти до цифры 12 , после неё открываются дополнительные строи идущие один за одним , Останется только выбрать тот который нужен . Не знаю , может мой совет кому нибудь и пригодится , Возможностей игры становится гораздо больше . Дерзайте господа музыканты ! Удачи !
I can see this guitar being good for a person with hand problems like arthritis who has difficulty forming chords. It looks like very little pressure is needed with this guitar.
Yes, it is very easy to press the strings. Lighter than a normal guitar. The strings are made from kind of a light nylon.
And for everyone who love technology and need various sound and effect
Man just Watching this yamaha ez ag guitar play makes me want this guitar sooner I’m going to get the yamaha ez ag from eBay I’m super excited but I have to Waite 9 days for some cash to buy this guitar I’m super excited but very inpatient grate video Tho man so fare I’m loving the sound of this guitar and I am excited to play the Yamaha ez ag guitar
Can you go down to A with the bass? Or play baritone guitar on it?
onde se compra esta guitarra ? e qual o valor ???
surprisingly it sounds very good indeed, specially the basses.
it sounds like someone shoving their shit into someone else's arsehole.
It looks like there is input lag, how does it feel to actually play to written music and responsiveness! How about to jam with other musicians, jam tracks or songs?
Is it usb? Can I use it with Logic/reason/Ableton etc??
is there an option for Palm Muting?
Great demo thanks
Thanks for listening, glad you enjoyed it.
You are most welcome
Como consegui comprar uma aqui no Brasil. Em qual Site?
Espero respondas por favor. Todo está bien que tenga diferentes sonidos de guitarra. Pero quisiera saber si con esa guitarra se pueden hacer secuencias MIDI y si se pueden guardar en memorias USB.
Dudo mucho que un gringo te responda si escribes en español, aunque es buena la pregunta y creo que no lo hace.
Yes re: comments below, it's discontinued.
can you down-tune this like drop-D and such?
Tremendo instrumento, igual le quita mística alas guitarras convencionales
Where can I get this???
Onde acha p compra?
Impara a soná prima!
Is it possible to do simulate a string bend on the EZ-AG ? Btw.. thanks a lot for the vid.
Good question - no because the strings don't go down the fretboard they stop before it, so you press the buttons for the frets.
@@HowardJFoster It's a nice machine. That's one caveat there.
Someone play the Doom OST on this
Warning: this comment might get a little long (or maybe not, we'll see, depends on how much I want to say).
I find the concept of MIDI guitars like this rather fascinating. For some reason I hadn't always thought of the idea of using a "guitar" to play synthesizer-like or MIDI-type sounds; I've always associated those sounds with keyboards and drum machines and things of that nature. which obviously are not guitars. I quite liked the sounds I heard on this recording, especially that first guitar sound. It sounded pretty (even if it wasn't completely "natural" sounding).
Secondly:
I can understand why this device uses buttons on the neck instead of a normal fretboard, and also why the strings do not stretch all the way down the neck. Here's why:
typically, when you use a guitar to play synth sounds, most guitar-synthesizers use the "pitch-to-MIDI" method for generating MIDI data. I won't go into a whole lecture about how that works because you probably already know. However, the instrument shown in this video doesn't even use pitch-to-MIDI at all, from my understanding and research. It should be easy to understand how this is possible: the buttons on the neck send out data about what pitch is about to be played. The part that you strum (what I like to call the "string triggers") is responsible for determining when that note is to play and with how much intensity. I like to think of it like this:
With the pitch-to-MIDI systems, it not only calculates the rate at which the string is vibrating (I.E the pitch), but also how intense that sound was. This obviously introduces latency, particularly with lower notes. So the pitch has to be defined after the string has been plucked.
On this device in the video however, the pitch is already defined even before you start strumming. That cuts down on latency significantly. Why? because when you pluck the strings, it's calculating the intensity only. This shouldn't be hard to imagine: the strumming could be detected by standard pickups like on a normal guitar, and the timing and amplitude of the electric signals from those pickups would directly correlate to the timing and amplitude of the MIDI notes. The actual "pitch" that the string vibrates at as a result of the strumming is left out of the calculation entirely (again, because the buttons on the neck already send out pitch data). Actually, I would even say this is very similar to how electronic drum pads work. They are attached to piezoelectric sensors that detect their vibration, but the "pitch" they vibrate at is not calculated at all, rather the intensity only. it's just overall "amplitude" data as opposed to "pitch" data. I imagine the string triggers on this Yamaha instrument are no different. And as someone who is visually impaired to the point of being completely blind, I like to understand how things like this work. It's fascinating to me :)
Oh, and one more thing before I go (I know, I'm sorry, this comment is already getting too long hahahahahahaha).
There's another MIDI guitar that's similar to this one called the "Z-tar" (you might've heard of it; it's made by Starr Labs). It has physical knobs that allow you to control the sensitivity of the string triggers (in other words, you're really just controlling the volume of the piezo pickups). Do you happen to remember if this Yamaha instrument has something similar? I'd think it would have to, that way you're not limited to using software to control the sensitivity, but you never know with some products :)
Anyways I know this comment got long; just thought I'd express my thoughts on this, because I find the overall concept quite fascinating. Feel free to reply if you'd like :))
Some interesting thoughts ! Thanks for taking the time to comment. It's certainly an interesting concept for a guitar. And never goes out of tune !
@@HowardJFoster Not going out of tune is definitely a big advantage! I imagine you can change the tension on the strings like you would on a normal guitar, but that's just for changing the 'feel' of the strings as you strum them; that has no effect on the MIDI data. You can do the same thing with electronic drums, particularly those that use "mesh drumheads" or whatever they're called. That's one of the most interesting things about MIDI guitars that do away with pitch-to-MIDI; the actual strings could be completely out of tune (provided they actually produce a recognizable 'pitch' when they're strummed) and yet you'd still get the same MIDI notes, because of the absence of pitch-detection from the vibration of the string. The process of determining when to trigger a MIDI note is made much easier for this reason because you don't get pitch-detection errors (although the only issue you might get is false amplitude readings, like if the piezo pickups are too sensitive or something; this could also happen with electronic drums I'd imagine).
I can remember reading about another MIDI guitar from Yamaha called the "G10". It used a very strangely fascinating approach to determining pitch: it essentially used a kind of "sonar" system to detect where your fingers were fretting on the fretboard. I guess it would basically launch an ultrasonic signal down the length of the string, then at some point in time the signal is reflected back to the bridge of the guitar (you know, like an echo); the placement of your fingers on the fretboard would I guess change how long it would take for the signal to reflect back to the bridge, and this would in turn be used to determine the MIDI pitch before the string is even plucked... it's very strange and I cannot say I've heard of anything like it! Unfortunately I don't think that product is around anymore.
@@justinnaramor6050 I saw one of those in guitar center the other day, but it didn’t seem to have the midi conversion box- a proprietary rack mounted unit that takes the signal from the guitar and outputs midi, of course with no onboard functionality as a synthesizer. However, I’ve watched some TH-cam videos and the tracking and expression seems great.
@@adamsouza7140 Yeah I remember hearing that the G10 had a separate conversion box. Guess you could say that's a bit like the "brain" part of an electronic drum kit, minus the onboard sounds.
Sure, the tracking is obviously going to be great because there's no frequency-detection from the string vibration as I've explained.
Funny thing about this topic, I can distinctly remember reading reviews of a MIDI guitar called the "Jammy" (a somewhat newer product, you might have heard of it), and people complained it had "poor pitch tracking". I read that and I'm like, um, OK, you obviously have no idea how this thing works. The Jammy uses no pitch tracking at all. The pitch is determined by something completely independent from the vibration of the string, so the pitch will already be "tracked" perfectly long before you start strumming the strings. Maybe poor "triggering" is a more accurate word. Not "tracking".
@@justinnaramor6050 I did a video on AI timbre transfer on my other channel that you might find really interesting. I do AI timbre transfers outside of real time between acoustic instruments, but sync the output to the original video. I think it really shows off how well the AI timbre transfer preserves the timing, tuning, and mechanical expression of the raw audio of an acoustic instrument and the translates it to another. However, the Mandola to Saxophone transfer reminds me a lot of this video I just saw of that old Yamaha guitar synth. th-cam.com/video/bc7g_-Ch8zU/w-d-xo.html
Sounds a lot better than the Casio DG20
LIES!
Would rather prefer the DG-20 over this- seems better put together
Casio dg1....is best for the good smart guitar is new shool🎸😏 👌 👍
The "overdrive guitar" and "distortion" sound a lot like guitar with a phase shifter.
Is this easier to barre than a normal guitar?
Yes, softer.
Can you change turnings on it? I'd play in an open E.
I think it's a set tuning
懐かしいなぁ。ブリッジミュートはきかないっけな
can you plug it into an amp ?
Yes, it's got an output / headphone socket
Does it use normal electroc guitar string?
No the strings are made of nylon, but not acoustic nylon.
Does it have midi output to use on GarageBand?
It doesn't have midi connection no
These sounds sound like the samples they have on all of the Yamaha keyboards...
that would probably be because its a Yamaha product XD
Especially the PSR E-series
How can you bend the string?
You can bend a string but it doesn't change the sound. Whilst there are strings at the bridge, they stop at the top of the neck. There's buttons only the neck which give the pitch.
Price
can you play bends on this
No, because the frets are effectively buttons and the strings stop before reaching the frets.
quite a few things don't sound natural to me, e.g the decay (too damped), glissando (ie Sliding does not sound natural at all).
Yes, the digital elements show there.
You can take a good vst sound from computer
How do you solve the midi problem?
Do you mean the latency ?
Игрушка,.. но в хороших руках,.. можно и подыграть с кем либо..
This instrument's manufacturers have apparently discontinued it. =(
Está bem onde posso comprar uma guitarra destas por favor
Second-hand.
I am trying to understand: the strings are fake?
They seem to be a type of plastic, so yes they're not usual guitar strings.
@@HowardJFoster So, what happens if they are damaged? Can you change them?
@@DutchEddie Goo question ! Maybe yamaha sold replacement strings at the time. Maybe it's possible to get them now, as newer models might use similar strings.
I keep play the real one😂.
Gracias pero paso!
No le veo nada de interesante a este midi con forma de guitarra!
Hoy en día a esos sonidos los podes emular con un vst desde una pc.
Is it Midi?
Yes it has midi sockets
this is a toy
Lexx Firecore no, its an ability to play any vst sound and analogue synthesizer with guitar.
Can you playing guitar bro? It so noisy play it spesific don't all strings you touch... Like my baby play guitar toy..
Дичь какая-то
I think I hate this!
Sam Nambull why?
Ridiculous there's no lessons on here for this guitar only demonstrations .
sounds like a piece of cheap plastic
Frank Roger Thats midi guitar, you can plug it into computer and take a good vst guitar sound, that is the main sense of midi controllers.
Wooden electric guitars been around a 100 years if u count blues and country getting their acoustics close to the mic. Time 4 a xhange
I sold mine because it is shit. But people wanna have it. I see no advantages.