We’ve have seen many iterations of the guitar concept, taken out of the context of being an analog instrument. Second only to Piano, the guitar is a natural instrument that allows a single musician to play a wide range of music on a very large scale. It makes sense that companies who are producing synthesizer keyboards might actually look at the guitar as a reasonable way to input functions into a machine that spits out musical notes. Both synthesizer makers and MIDI control makers have created versions of the “guitar” yet none of them have really become a mainstream item. Perhaps, learning how to play the guitar is the hardest part of playing the “guitar”.
Developers should owe video game makers a bit of thanks, for showing just how easy it is to take the concept of the guitar and turn it into an input device for gaming. MIDI controlled …




