Specifications to improve G2M response

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Attic
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Specifications to improve G2M response

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Hi. Recently i've been trying a vst plugin called "midifier 1.1.0" and, compared to the G2M, the former has a few more options that i wish the latter had. Of course, it's impossible because the G2M is a hardware device (at least 'till a driver that could do that would appear on scene) and it has more or less the same latency. I found specially relevant two of these options: the "ignore short notes" (which I disable, because I like to play fast) and that the midifier allows you to specify the range of dB that would trigger a "note on" and a "note off". So, I'd like to ask about some specifations of the G2m in order to avoid its limitations: what range of dB does the G2M consider? I mean, I would use a BOSS GT10 pedalboard previous in the chain FX to the G2M and i would like to know the best settings concerning eq, noise gate, compression, etc. to increase G2M's response. I would like to play fast and trigger almost every note I play (and hear) as a midi note. Thanks in advance. And excuse me for my english.
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Re: Specifications to improve G2M response

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We've answered this here too: viewtopic.php?f=10&t=266

Here is a copy of that reply:

The G2M (and the new B2M) doesn't need any settings for dB sensitivity thresholds or a setting to ignore short notes. It does everything completely automatically and adjusts to your playing.

The main thing is to ensure your playing is clean (to avoid unintentional notes being detected as what seem like glitches) and if you have problems with some notes being detected, make sure you pick them cleanly so they are more obvious.
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Re: Specifications to improve G2M response

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Thank you, but i guess the problem is precisely that "It does everything completely automatically". I mean, my guitar output is very very high and the "boot" switch doesn't work for it, so i get an awful midi mess instead of accurate midi notes. I wanted to use my GT10 to low the volume of the guitar, that's why i asked you the optimate settings. Do you have any other/better idea to avoid this problem? Thanx.
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Re: Specifications to improve G2M response

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If your guitar output is very high, then presumably the clip LED is lighting all the time?

To fix this, you need to turn down your guitar volume until the clip LED only lights briefly for the loudest notes. This isn't really a sensitivity issue that can be configured, it's the gain on the analogue front-end amplifiers which are fixed.
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