Here’s an informal demo video, via programmer Jim Heintz, showing his SynthX 2 being used with the Ion AllStar Guitar MIDI controller.
With SynthX being used in this mode, you can change tunings and string assignment to increase its flexibility.
Note: SynthX is compatible with the iPad 1, but working with the Ion controller requires iPad 2 or better.
does this work with other apps like iKorg MS-20 or Animoog ?
Other midi apps trigger note events when you press the fret buttons. SynthX guitar mode plays like a real guitar and requires you to strum or pluck the strings. As a result, SynthX guitar mode is almost immediately playable for people that know how to play guitar. Combined with the new “Solus”, 2 oscillator synth, SynthX2.0 is pretty fun to play and hear.
Very classy. This sounded a bit like David Torn. I have my reservations, but this makes a nice addition to my view that the guitar is the best suited for multi-axis synth playing in real-time. Programming for string triggering is a hefty task compared with doing so for a keyboard, but the added emotiveness is obvious.
I saw one of these controllers cheap at Best Buy. May have to go back, cause this could be fun!
doesn’t work at all with iPad, and numerous attempts to contact customer support at wayoutware went unanswered.