Labels:text | screenshot | font OCR: AM/FM MIDI and the Guitarist written by Kevan R.Craft (c) 1993 for AM/FM Amiga Musicians Frewware Magazine _I_I_I_ The MIDI Guitar Obviously, you don't have to use MIDI to be a successful guitarist. But if you ignore the freedom that hi-tech can give you, then you're closing yourself off from what looks very much like the future of guitar playing. Use hi-tech to its full and you'll not only have access to a literally infinite choice of new noises, but you'll also have complete control over those, and your current sounds. There are two main ways in which MIDI gives guitarists power: through control over programmable effects and amplifiers, and via guitar synthesis. Guitar Synthesis A guitar synth translates the notes played on a guitar into information - mowadays, normally MIDI information ...