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Thread #160378   Message #3804399
Posted By: punkfolkrocker
10-Aug-16 - 12:00 AM
Thread Name: Tech: If you want to share a useful MIDI...
Subject: RE: Tech: If you want to share a useful MIDI...
Leeneia - When I purchased the earlier version I anticipated a painful learning curve and random cacophonous results...

My surprise when I plugged guitar into Sonuus, and Sonuus into midi synth sound modules,
was that it worked accurately the very first time.

All I needed to do was turn guitar tone knob down, and carefully mute strings to avoid high pitched harmonics that could confuse the conversion process.

Tracking guitar notes to midi sounds was accurate and instantaneous.
eg, a harmonica preset sounded quite convincing with a few blues style riffs and phrases...


I didn't try plugging in a mic and humming melodies myself, but saw a youtube demo that was fairly convincing...


This newer USB version claims even better results.

Personally I'd approach it with optimistic skepticism...

Sonuus download page for manuals for the sonuus i2M musicportâ„¢ Product Manual & sonuus i2M musicportâ„¢ Desktop Editor Manual.

I'm about 10 years out of date with audio to midi converter software,
but if I remember, the good programs were far too expensive & complicated, and the freeware plugins were not very good.

If the Sonuus i2M musicport is as good as claimed, then the advantages are affordability, and a simple plug and play hardware converter
that is dedicated to doing one job very well...???