Thanks for the reply! How are you running it on the desktop - via the MOD SDK? I’m also looking at this howto…
mod plugins are specialized lv2 plugins. So, by on the desktop, I meant installing it as an lv2 plugin on my desktop machine and running like
% jalv.gtk http://dsheeler.org/plugins/harmonizer
On my desktop, I’m running linux and using jack, jalv is a simple plugin host for jack so basically this creates an interface to tweak parameters and it has a jack input and midi output. Maybe check it out again on github, there’s now a short readme with how to build (make) and install (make install).
I see, thanks for the info!
You’re welcome! Also, don’t hesitate to ask any other questions. I need to checkout the howto you posted a little more carefully, but looked like it might be what you need, thanks for posting.
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Dear all
What’s the current state of this topic. Did this plugin meanwhile make it to the Duo platform?
…or are there any other approaches to achieve this?
Thanks for any hints and infos.
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Dear @dsheeler
I had a look at the github repo of this plugin and noticed that there is some mod stuff there (UI and in the Makefile).
What’s the state of this? Is it available in the plugin store? …or would it work if I compile it myself?
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I’m also curious if there are any updates on this topic?
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Any updates on this? I also have a G2m, but would like to not have to use it and take up the midi port!
thanks
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Hi @thermos and @dylanious, at the moment there’s not yet any notes/frequency to MIDI converter plugin on the MOD platform. MOD development team is working in order to create one, but we can’t yet promise any date for release.
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Thanks. Seems like this would be a slam dunk for guitar synth users, and would basically render all guitar synth products obsolete instantaneously!
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When it’s done it should work really nicely 
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Any updates?
Not really. Currently, we are extremely focused on putting the MOD Dwarf out there and fixing general issues on the platmorm.
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Those who are impatient should take a look at the Fishman TriplePlay. It runs great.
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That’s also on my wish list. I think a frequency to midi plug-in would be a great thing especially for giatrists. When playing guitar, you could run a synth in the background that would then also match the root note to the chord / note played on the guitar. That would even multiply the incredible possibilities that you already have on the Mod platform.
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If not note to MIDI, what about a CV Pitch to MIDI Note plugin? The reverse already exists in the MIDI to CV Poly, and now that the “missing link” AudioToCV Pitch exists, having a CV Pitch to MIDI Note would solve the issue and open up the existing FluidGM synths to string players without having to muck about with LFOs, VCOs, VCAs and VCFs.
EDIT: Looks like the Infamous Mindi might be able to help in this pursuit; somebody’s been experimenting with it.
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Okay, so I’ve basically reproduced the board that @jesse had built, except using the AudioToCV Pitch as the signal origin instead of MIDI to CV Mono. Apologies for the low-tech photo of the screen; I was messing with it this morning before heading out and didn’t have time to share the board properly.
I used the VCO to confirm that my bass was producing a usable signal through the AudioToCV Pitch plugin and it’s working (fun fact, you can be your own LFO with fretless bass). You can also see from the value on the Mindi plug-in that the CV Pitch and CV Gate seem to be addressed correctly.
What I’m not getting, though is signal from the MDA ePiano. I added a MIDI Display to confirm that the Mindi is producing an output, and then added a Tiny Gain to monitor output from the ePiano… and that’s where I get zilch. Zero. Zip.
Not sure what’s going on there. Played with other MIDI instruments and got the same results. Do I just not understand how the MIDI generators work?
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The problem with the conversion into MIDI is that for CV you can use the real value of the frequency and that is fine, meaning: if your guitar is slightly out of tune or you bend it a bit, that will not be a problem. The translation would always be direct.
For MIDI that is not easy because there are no “grey areas”. Either it is black or white. So if you bend a bit the note the system will get confused and start sending the MIDI of the original note and the note after sort of randomly and this could become extremely inaccurate and unpleasant.
This is really the big problem with the conversion of things like frequencies (notes) or CV (voltage) to MIDI. You trying to convert a huge range of values into only 127 so the system will be forced to be way more pragmatic.
If I understand it well you are sending Control Messages from the mind to the MDA input. That input is meant to receive Note type messages.
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Yep, that was it. I hadn’t actually downloaded @jesse’s board, so I didn’t see what his Mindi settings were; enlarging the screenshot of his board made it look like it was also set on Control Change.
Changing it to Note On works, and although I clearly need to use an EQ to clean up the input signal (as has been shown in the in-depth guitar synth video), this method does allow use of the MIDI synths with a standard guitar input.
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