CAPTURE EACH STRING
Every String Is Heard Independently.
A six-channel hexaphonic pickup captures each string separately, giving the Jamstik precise pitch and performance information from across the fretboard.
How Jamstik MIDI Guitars Work
Jamstik MIDI guitars capture each string independently, process your playing onboard, and translate your performance into expressive MIDI in real time. Use MIDI to control virtual instruments, DAWs, and compatible hardware synthesizers, while the standard ¼" guitar output connects to amps, pedals, and audio interfaces—just like a traditional electric guitar.
PROCESS ONBOARD
Your Playing Becomes MIDI in Real Time.
Jamstik processes your playing directly onboard the guitar, analyzing pitch and performance data and translating it into responsive MIDI with typical pitch-to-MIDI conversion of approximately 6–15 ms.
CONTROL YOUR SOUND
Play Instruments Beyond the Guitar
Send MIDI to DAWs, plugins, music notation programs, and compatible hardware synthesizers over USB-C or TRS-MIDI. Supported Jamstik models also offer Bluetooth MIDI for wireless control.
Play Naturally. Stay Expressive.
Jamstik is designed to translate familiar guitar techniques into expressive MIDI without requiring you to learn a new way to play. Bends, slides, hammer-ons, pull-offs, vibrato, tapping, and other performance gestures can be used to control compatible virtual instruments and MIDI gear.
Per-String Expression
Each string is processed independently, allowing Jamstik to preserve more of the nuance of a guitar performance.
MPE Support
MIDI Polyphonic Expression (MPE) allows compatible instruments and plugins to respond independently to expressive information from individual notes, making techniques like bends and per-note expression feel more natural.
Connect to Your Setup
Jamstik MIDI guitars are designed to fit into studio, live, and hardware workflows with multiple MIDI and audio connection options.
USB-C MIDI
Connect directly to a computer or compatible device for DAWs, virtual instruments, notation software, and other MIDI-enabled applications.
TRS-MIDI
Control compatible hardware synthesizers, drum machines, and other MIDI gear directly from the guitar—no computer required.
Bluetooth MIDI
Supported Jamstik models offer wireless MIDI for compatible computers, tablets, phones, and other Bluetooth MIDI devices.
“¼" Guitar Output
Send your traditional electric-guitar signal to amps, pedals, or an audio interface while using MIDI at the same time.
Fine-Tune Your Jamstik with LOON
- Adjust Sensitivity: Customize string sensitivity to match your playing style.
- Configure MIDI Modes: Set up standard MIDI, multi-channel, or MPE workflows.
- Tuning and Calibration: Adjust tuning settings or calibrate the MIDI pickup for reliable tracking.
- Optimize Performance: Fine-tune device settings to get the response and feel you want from your Jamstik.
LOON is Jamstik’s companion software for device configuration and is included with Jamstik MIDI guitars.
One Guitar. Two Signal Paths.
Jamstik MIDI guitars produce a traditional electric-guitar signal and MIDI independently, giving you the flexibility to use either signal—or both at the same time.
¼" Guitar Output
Connect to pedals, amps, or an audio interface just like a traditional electric guitar.
MIDI Output
Control virtual instruments, DAWs, or compatible MIDI hardware from the fretboard.
Use Both Simultaneously
Record or perform with your electric-guitar tone and MIDI instruments together, each on its own signal path
How does a Jamstik MIDI guitar convert guitar playing into MIDI?
Jamstik MIDI guitars use a six-channel hexaphonic pickup to capture each string independently. Onboard processing analyzes pitch and performance information from each string and converts your playing into MIDI in real time.
The resulting MIDI can control DAWs, virtual instruments, music notation software, and compatible hardware MIDI instruments through USB-C, TRS-MIDI, or Bluetooth MIDI on supported Jamstik models.
How much latency do Jamstik MIDI guitars have?
Jamstik MIDI guitars typically achieve pitch-to-MIDI conversion in approximately 6–15 milliseconds, depending on the note, pitch, and playing conditions.
Because pitch detection and MIDI processing happen onboard the guitar, Jamstik does not rely on computer software to perform the initial guitar-to-MIDI conversion. Total perceived latency can also be affected by your computer, audio settings, software instrument, or connected MIDI hardware.
What guitar techniques can Jamstik MIDI guitars track?
Jamstik is designed to let guitarists use familiar playing techniques when controlling MIDI instruments, including picking, bends, slides, hammer-ons, pull-offs, vibrato, and tapping.
Each string is detected and processed independently, helping translate expressive guitar performances into MIDI without requiring a keyboard-style playing technique.
What is MPE, and how does Jamstik use it?
MIDI Polyphonic Expression (MPE) allows compatible instruments and plugins to respond independently to expressive information from individual notes.
Jamstik’s per-string MIDI architecture works especially well with MPE, allowing techniques such as bends and per-note expression to control compatible software instruments and hardware in a more natural and expressive way.
Does Jamstik require a computer to control MIDI instruments?
No. Jamstik MIDI guitars can control compatible hardware synthesizers, drum machines, and other MIDI devices directly through the TRS-MIDI output without using a computer.
Hardware with traditional 5-pin MIDI connections can be used with the appropriate TRS-to-5-pin MIDI adapter.
How is Jamstik different from other guitar-to-MIDI solutions?
Jamstik integrates the MIDI pickup and processing directly into the guitar. Each string is captured independently by a six-channel hexaphonic pickup, and pitch-to-MIDI conversion is processed onboard the instrument.
This differs from software-only guitar-to-MIDI solutions, which analyze an audio signal on a computer, and from retrofit MIDI pickup systems, which add separate MIDI hardware to an existing guitar. Jamstik combines the electric guitar, per-string MIDI pickup, and onboard processing into a single instrument.
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