MWSF: Inspired Instruments debuts new digital guitar
updated 01:05 am EST, Thu February 11, 2010
You Rock Guitar supports Mac, gaming systems
Inspired Instruments has announced that it will be displaying its first mobile digital guitar at this year’s MacWorld Expo. You Rock Guitar offers support for Mac-based music playing and recording applications such as GarageBand and works with a variety of mobile devices including the iPhone and iPod. The guitar can be played through an amplifier or can be used as a gaming controller for the XBOX 360, PS3 and Wii versions of the Guitar Hero and Rock Band video games.
When using You Rock Guitar with music making programs users have access to 100 preset guitar and synth sounds, and up to 50 alternate and drop tuning presets. It provides two different playing modes to choose from, a You Rock Mode that’s designed to help first-time guitarists start playing music, and a Game Mode used for video games. In order to play the guitar with gaming systems users simply equip it with interchangeable GameFlex cartridges.
Additionally, the guitar will be featured at the MacWorld Expo Super Session “Music Tech Jam” and presented by Tom Marvuglio and the people at Berklee School of Music (February 12th at 4:00 p.m.).
You Rock Guitar is scheduled for release in April of 2010 and will be priced at $200. The GameFlex cartridges will be available around the same time and are priced at $25.
Mmmmm boy
02/11, 10:27am reply
The posers will like this one.
Mr. Strat
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Tip'o'de hat, MacNN
02/11, 11:07am reply
Wow, the dealer's website is useless. There aren't any pictures that show close-ups of this thing so you can figure out how it works.
I have an acoustic-electric, but I've wanted an electric to use with metal stuff for home recording for a while now (the feedback from the acoustic electric is ridiculous). I could see using one of these to play synths or any software instrument, pretty cool for the price as compared to the usual price for MIDI guitars. However, what about running this thing through amp simulators like Guitar Rig and Logic's built-in set? I don't know how well the flat guitar software instruments would respond after applying the amp plugins over it, at least in terms of intonation and all the tricks us real guitar players are used to utilizing.
Anyone have any actual experience with one of these?
danviento
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