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Monophonic Guitar-to-MIDI Converter with Built-in Tuner

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Pain-free Guitar to MIDI Conversion!

The Sonuus G2M easily turns your guitar signal into a monophonic MIDI signal, so you can track MIDI parts or control a virtual instrument live. Best of all, the Sonuus G2M is universal - so you don't need to mount a special pickup in your guitar just to use it. The device accurately and quickly picks up your MIDI information, even capturing such performance nuances as pitch bends - so everything is cleanly translated to the digital domain. Use it to sequence bass lines, bolster live performances, or turn solos into music notation - you'll love having the Sonuus G2M in your rig.



Sonuus G2M Monophonic Guitar to MIDI Converter at a Glance:
  • Turns your guitar signal into a monophonic MIDI signal
  • Use it to sequence bass lines and tricky solos
  • Excellent tool for enhancing live performances
  • Helps to improve playing technique
  • Works well to create music notation
  • Features a built-in standard guitar tuner

Turns your guitar signal into a monophonic MIDI signal
The Sonuus G2M offers up a simple way to turn your guitar signal into a monophonic MIDI signal - no messy installations required. Just plug into the Sonuus G2M, just as you would a regular stompbox - from there, the Sonuus G2M can read a single note at a time, translating all of your playing nuances into a MIDI signal. The applications of the Sonuus G2M are far-reaching - and just plain fun - and for such an affordable price, it's a great addition to any rig.

Use it to sequence bass lines and tricky solos
If you're playing a bass line into a DAW on a MIDI controller, sometimes you just can't translate those subtle bends the way you would if you were playing it on a bass. Instead, you can just play the bass lines into the Sonuus G2M - it will turn the stream of notes into a MIDI signal, which you can later transpose and run through different virtual instruments and synthesizers. This same process is also a handy way to track tricky solos. Just play them in as slowly as you like, with a focus on accuracy - then speed up the MIDI signal or transpose it into a different key, without introducing artifact issues associated with software-based audio pitch and time changes.

Excellent tool for enhancing live performances
While the Sonuus G2M is an excellent studio tool, it's also a great way to give your onstage playing a little extra "oomph" and dimension. Run the MIDI output into a synthesizer, for example, to add some fatness behind your guitar sound. Or, set it up so a certain sound effect triggers every time you play a particular note - the possibilities are enormous.

Helps to improve playing technique
The Sonuus G2M is a cool creative tool, but it can also help you practice more effectively. Because the Sonuus G2M reads one note at a time, it will help you work on playing each note precisely and articulately, so the Sonuus G2M reads it just the way you intend. With the Sonuus G2M, not only will your MIDI output be more accurate - but your regular guitar playing will be much more clean and professional.

Works well to create music notation
Pair the Sonuus G2M with any music notation software - or the music notation tools included in your DAW - and use it to notate a solo line or a bass passage. Rather than thinking through how you'd score your guitar part - or trying to play it on a keyboard - you can just plug into the Sonuus G2M and play.

Features a built-in standard guitar tuner
You can easily use the Sonuus G2M away from your regular guitar rig. It features a built-in standard guitar tuner, so you can be sure you're always in tune as you play your parts and it turns them into MIDI information.

Sonuus G2M Monophonic Guitar to MIDI Converter Features:
  • Single-note (Monophonic) Guitar to MIDI converter
  • Any electric guitar can be used as a solo MIDI guitar
  • No guitar modifications or special pickups required
  • Robust note detection — minimizes wrong notes
  • Accurate pitch-bend determination
  • Low latency
  • Built-in tuner for standard guitar tuning
  • Battery-powered with long battery life
  • Compact, lightweight, and portable

Turn your guitar lines into MIDI lines with the Sonuus G2M!
Specification Detail
Manufacturer Part Number G2M

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based on 2 reviews

Nice handy unit

by Mr. Yesterday from Campbell, CA USA
December 5, 2011
Music Background: Composer and Remixer
I'm not a guitarist, but the G2M works fine for a lot of things. I'm triggering MIDI events from my board using an effects send. This is also a nice little Swiss army knife for mapping analog synth s... read more [+]equences to MIDI songs when there's no PC handy.

Volume tracking is quite fine. Pitch tracking is also good as long as you avoid anything even resembling a chord: the more complicated the timbre, the less likely the pitch will be resolved correctly. So if you want a device that will negotiate or ignore chords and can't make a wrong guess at a slinky note, this may not be for you.

Chromatic mode is a nice addition, though the pitch bending in normal mode useful as an effect. I expect there's some filtering--since sonuus also has a bass-to-MIDI unit--but the G2M seems to function well across a broad spectrum. There is a slight but noticeable tracking delay, though I'm sure it's technically unavoidable, and for effects it's usually manageable.

Having the phone plug trigger the power switch is nice. Battery life has been fantastic so far. I haven't used the tuner, so can't comment on it.

As a way to add MIDI voice doubling and effects, it's compact, a very good value for the money, and a useful tool in my kit. close [-]

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Kenny Bergle
OK - Wow! for $99 you too can have MIDI output from your guitar, or any guitar with a 1/4" jack output! WOW, did I say Wow?! Use your favorite electric guitar with NO modifications whatsoever. As a single-line pitch-to-MIDI device, this thing is amazing! This UK product tracks just fine (fyi, for the MIDI-guitar uninitiated, playing MIDI guitar is to playing elec. guitar as playing a QWERTY-MIDI virtual piano is to playing an acoustic piano- one has to compensate for it and once one gets that down one can fly!). It outputs MIDI straightaway without any other $200-$400 converter box, and even has a built-in tuner. It's only timing-accurate as monophonic as advertised, but really it makes some cool kooky arpeggio-ed type effects with the chords too (chordally the pitch is accurate and the timing after the initial strum takes on a random-arpeggio-type triggering). Chaos is a great thing when one has such a limited ability as mine! Anyway, if you ever wanted to check out what MIDI guitar can do for your act (again, single note at a time only, unless you're experimental or avant-garde like me) this is a great unit for you! After all, one still has a tuner that fits in the case! (Tuner works fine, actually similar to a strobe-tuner!)
Carson McClain
Plug a dynamic mic in to this guy and you can control a synth or a computer via MIDI.

The Least Expensive Route to MIDI the Guitar

by jack loganbill from Chicago
June 25, 2009
Music Background: Extreme Hobbyist
I am a synth nut. But my primary instrument is the guitar. So, even though I own and can kinda play my keyboards, I prefer to drive them with the guitar using a guitar to midi converter.

... read more [+]> I own two guitar to midi converters (Axon and Roland) and use them a ton. But when I saw the Sonuus G2M for $100, I had to buy it.

First of all, it is a monophonic (one note at a time) device. It will not handle chords, not even one note from a chord. Thus, it only serves when playing a melody line or single note lead.

That is not all bad. Back in the day, and even today, there are monophonic lead synths and lead patches that sound great and are extremely useful.

The beauty of the Sonuus G2M is that it does not require a special hex pickup. You simply connect your guitar to the device using a standard guitar/instrument cable.

The unit tracks very well. Like any guitar to midi device, the more cleanly you fret the notes, the better the results. I found for most lead patches, it easily followed my fastest lines.

However, I tend to play a lot of single notes from chord forms and those were problematic. It seems to work best when you're literally fretting each note as you play the note.

I tried the G2M with a telecaster, a strat, and a Godin Nylon ACS. The strat worked great, the telecaster and the Godin were quite acceptable. The instructions suggest using the neck pickup if wrong notes are played. Seemed to help a little...

I found playing higher up neck 5th through 20th frets) provided best results. Tracking on all guitar to midi devices seems to improve in the higher registers.

The instructions recommend muting with your picking hand. Again, this is general knowledge for guitar to midi users. Muting prevents ghost notes. Again, good flatpick picking technique and muting goes along way to improve note interpretation.

I also tried it with a Martin acoustic guitar with K&K pickup. That did not work at all. The notes were all over the place.

The onboard tuner works very well but is a pain to use. You basically tune the string and watch the power light flash until it stops flashing. It is very accurate, but I found I kept jumping past too low to too high...

I connected the G2M MIDI out to a yamaha keyboard synth and it worked very well for most presets. As one might assume, the monophonic lead presets worked best. I also connected to a yamaha digital piano and it worked great.

Finally, I connected it to the Roland GR-20 guitar synth and for whatever reason, it just did not work. The notes were all over the place.

So for those that want to add lead synth, melody instruments (sax, flute, trumpet, violin, etc), or single note bass lines, the unit works very well.

It also provides a way of recording/notating midi notes in a DAW. I have yet to try that.

Some might call it a toy, and it is certainly not a serious, will always work perfectly well in all uses, instrument. But I believe synth-oriented guitarists will find good use for it.

For $100 the device is a good deal. I'm sure it will drop to $80 or even $50 before too long.

So I don't give it a full and hearty recommendation, but for guys like me, it's a bundle of fun. close [-]

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