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Is there a sound module for computers which will allow you to plug in your guitar and get synth sounds?

I am a guitarist not a keyboardist and would like to get those wonderful synth sounds using my guitar on my computer. Is there a way to do this WITHOUT buying that Roland crap of a guitar synth? I would like the sounds to be in the computer not an external device.

There definitely are.

The two guitar amp modeling programs that are really big are Native Instruments' Guitar Rig and the other is AmpliTube. I don't know about AmpliTube, but with Guitar Rig you can get some really space-aged sounds out of it. They basically work as amp modeling software, but you can filter them to sound like a synthesizer (with chorus, flange, phasers, etc.)

Thing is, with just about any guitar synthesis set-up, there's the issue of latency. They don't process guitar sounds in real-time the way a keyboard does. This is definitely true of MIDI pickups. The Stealth Plug (a guitar cord that hooks up the guitar to a USB port) is supposed to be able to do this, but I don't know for sure.

Honestly, your best, sure-fire bet for getting synth sounds in real-time is going to be stand-alone effects units. I own a really cheap Ibanez CF-7 flanger pedal that can make TONS of weird synth-esque noises and it's way more versatile than any amp-modeling software. I bought it for $20 at a pawn shop. On the other end, I bought a Moog MoogerFooger for five-hundred dollars, and it works wonderfully for turning the guitar into a synthesizer, complete with the LFO's and Resonance filters you'd find on a classic synthesizer. Moog makes a complete line of guitar pedals that work wonders, but they're expensive as hell.

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About GAO Comm

GAO Comm is an international leading provider of communication test instruments and equipment and devices that serve the needs of communication infrastructure, installation and maintenance.

For any media queries:

Director of Marketing,

416-292-0038 ext 228

marketing@GAOComm.com

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Toronto, Canada–GAO Comm (www.GAOComm.com) has launched this its Plug and Play Ethernet media converter series, which conforms to the international network IEEE 802.3 standard. The media converter series is designed to convert data signals between 10/100 Base-Tx and 100 Base-Fx fast Ethernet. The data signal converted by such the high performance media converters can be transmitted over long distance. The converters are used as a standalone unit or as a slide-in module to the converter rack or at in a central wiring closet. This Ethernet media converter series contains the following models: 3301, 3302, 3303, 3305-1, 3305-2 and 3305-3.

GAO's Ethernet media converters, with builtd-in remote diagnostic capability, deploy unique switch chip design; each of them boasts a 512KB SSRAM buffer and 2K MAC address list. They connect fiber cable to twisted cable segments easily without any extra network operations and supports both full-duplex and half-duplex communication.

These converters are shipped with easy-to-read LEDs to ensure a convenient work state diagnosis. Additionally, broadcast filtering, address auto-learning and auto-update function and store-and-forward mechanism are available.

For more information about the Ethernet media converters, please visit www.GAOComm.com or contact Sales@GAOComm.com.

About GAO Comm

GAO Comm is an international leading provider of communication test instruments and equipment and devices that serve the needs of communication infrastructure, installation and maintenance.

For any media queries:

Director of Marketing,

416-292-0038 ext 228

marketing@GAOComm.com

GAO Comm is a member of GAO Group, which also includes

• GAO RFID Inc. ? http://www.GAORFID.com
• GAO Tek Inc. ? http://www.GAOTek.com
• GAO Research Inc. ? http://www.GAOResearch.com
• GAO RFID Asset Tracking ? http://www.GAORFIDAssetTracking.com
• GAO Embedded ? http://www.GAOEmbedded.com
• GAO Instruments ? http://www.GAOInstruments.com
• GAO Fiber Optics ? http://www.GAOFiberOptics.com

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