Comment Pretty Good for 1.0 (Score 1) 590
I've seen some posts about how the machine will never rival human guitar player. I have to disagree with that. That state of control systems is such that with more work, Crazy J or one of its offspring would be able to use more than 5 frets, do string dynamics (bends, slides, hammers, pulloffs, scratching and harmonics), mute the bridge, etc.
No one has mentioned the limitations of the human hand. I can reach 5 frets on a good day, but the machine would not suffer from this limitation in a future version. My fat fingers have problems with crowded chords, that would be no problem for a machine. Plus, I only have 5 fingers, and you could equip the machine with as many "fingers" as it needs. And best of all, no fatigue or hand cramps: the machine could play as fast as John McLaughlin for as long required!
One thing that would need to be modified is the input. MIDI input is OK for 1.0, but a protocol based on guitar tablature would be more effective in producing the sounds we really like to hear. MIDI is too generic to capture the dynamics of guitar.
No one has mentioned the limitations of the human hand. I can reach 5 frets on a good day, but the machine would not suffer from this limitation in a future version. My fat fingers have problems with crowded chords, that would be no problem for a machine. Plus, I only have 5 fingers, and you could equip the machine with as many "fingers" as it needs. And best of all, no fatigue or hand cramps: the machine could play as fast as John McLaughlin for as long required!
One thing that would need to be modified is the input. MIDI input is OK for 1.0, but a protocol based on guitar tablature would be more effective in producing the sounds we really like to hear. MIDI is too generic to capture the dynamics of guitar.
