When you hit a key on a synthesizer, it takes the velocity and other information from your keystroke and turns it into a "control voltage" or CV, which can then be used to manipulate sounds. This MOD box lets you use a guitar instead of a keyboard to create that CV.
Guitar Synths – Pedalboards Demo
MOD’s Guitar Synth—available as a free software update on all of its current devices—takes your guitar’s audio signal and uses it as a controller. This lets guitarists do all the cool, fancy stuff you can do with a synthesizer, without having to learn to play keys. Plus, you can take all the guitar tricks you already know, like string bends, legato, and fancy jazz chords, and use them to make outlandish sounds.
"This is brilliant!" musician Christian Zelder told Lifewire via email. "This changes the way I can creatively add my own style to music. Instead of playing it on the keyboard or typing in the midi notes, I can add a whole different vibe, including a human element to the sound."
You can already use a guitar to control a synthesizer, but it’s often a bad experience. You either need a special pickup on the guitar that reads the vibrations of the strings and converts them into MIDI signals, or you use an app that does the same thing. Some, like MIDI Guitar, are great, but can be extremely clunky and confusing to use. Others just don’t work very well.
