hi friends,
does anybody from you know any kind of a midi converter to connect a violin to midi ? but not zeta because it s tooo expansiv !!!
thank you

The StringAmp is in a transducer class of its own and works on the principle of magnetic induction.
StringAmp is the only maker of a stringed instrument pickup using this unique principle, where the String ITSELF is used as the pickup, making it a direct path to the amplified sound.
The advantages are:

http://www.uli-boesking.de/rebo/
rebo@uli-boesking.de

Features:

• A two-piece electromagnetic humbucking pickup.

• Freely adjustable.

• Allows adjustment to the individuallities of the instrument like form of bridge and position of strings.

• Very low risk of feedbacks (means: sympathetic feedback like on electric guitar - absolutely no nasty piezo feedbacks).

Peter Knight & Ian CutlerWent to the first 'SPANFEST' folk festival, hosted by legendary British Folk/Rock band Steeleye-Span. Set in the grounds of a Tudor House, event attracted probaby a few thousand festival goers. Most of Britains best Known fiddle players supported the event.

Ruth Angell & Jo Hamilton30 miles away the annual Cambridge Folk Festival was also happening, which must have affected some of the artists/usual folk festival goers. Phil Beer of 'Show of Hands' & Feast of Fiddles didnt attend, for one. Cambridge is our biggest folk event but ive no regrets about supporting this one. It is very similar to Fairport Convention's Cropready Festival. I prefer the setting of this festival, the medieval house & grounds. A lot of fiddle players in various bands, including Morris Dancers.

Electric Violinist Mykl Lozin listed in
Who's Who of Australia - Inaugural Queensland State Edition

Australian United Recording Artists wishes to congratulate Mykl Lozin on his inclusion to Crown Content's inaugural edition of "Who's Who in Queensland" which was launched by the Queensland State Premier Peter Beattie in Brisbane on the 25 May 2007.

In listing his achievements Mykl's biography will appear alongside 4,000 notable Queenslanders, representing a range of endeavours that have significantly shaped the Queensland state and community.

Hi Electricfiddler.
Me again. - Not being vain, or anything, but here's one of the clips of us at the Islington Union Chapel in March '07.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEbhww3QUVI
I'm on a skeleton type 4 string electric, through my Peavey tnt130 bass combo amplifier, which may be of interest, because it can take half a lifetime to find an appropriate sound, mellow, but with enough bite for rock an roll. The pa is some multi kilowatt affair, with an engineer at the desk, but dunno what he's done with the mix. Bass and guitar were through house backline,and I'm not miked through the pa, as is my habit.

Hello,
Aside from the magnificent Ed Alleyne - Johnson vid, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUO6kYLb6As I'd like to post this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3-t9yDGkVQ the 'Killer Blues Band' - If blues with hammond does it for you, then check these guys out. Astounding versatility for a 3 piece!!!
best,
Barry

Greetings from Australia

I just found this site via a link to one of my music vid clips, so I thought I'd better drop in and say hi to all the electric string players and makers out there.
As for me, I have been a pro player for over 30 years in just about every style I could draw my bow across, playing in Symphony Orchestras to Rock Bands etc, etc in many places around the world.
I am an endorsed EPOCH player - and have my own Signature Series Instrument - a 5 string carbon fibre violin which I affectionetly call "the Blue Flame". Which by the way, I totally love, and it is by far the best electric violin I have ever played !!!

My name is Uli Bösking. I have been freelance (electric) violinist, violist and violin teacher for 20 years, now I'm highschool teacher (music & spanish) in Bremen, Germany.

I'm still composing & performing:
http://www.uli-boesking.de/dosulises
and directing exceptional school projects for electric bowed strings:
http://www.uli-boesking.de/surfinbela/sound

Together with audio technician Manfred Reckmeyer (Bremen) I have developed an electromagnetic pickup system for violin, viola, cello & doublebass:

- Silveraintr has a short discussion on King Kong: Ponty plays Zappa, a 1969 collaboration between Frank Zappa and fusion/jazz violinist Jean-Luc Ponty.
- Cassandra complains about her cheap electric violin.
- Ben Kettlewell wrote a long piece on alternative MIDI controllers. Synthesizers can be driven by a range of interesting interfaces besides the conventional keyboard, and violins are a very interesting alternative. His post includes a short discussion on the Zeta range of MIDI violin equipment.