Originally crowd-funded as the YRG-Pro Midi Guitar on Kickstarter back in 2012, Inspired Instruments' flagship MIDI guitar has been reborn with a new name and improved functionality.

Though those specific subtleties are best with the Jamstik plug-in and samples, the guitar can still be used as a controller for any MIDI tasks you’re doing in an app like Ableton or Logic Pro.

The Fender Mustang PRO-Guitar allows for left or right handed use and can also be used to play either lead or bass parts of the game in Rock Band Pro and standard game modes. MSRP: $149.99 ...

Guitar Pro's closest guitar-specific competitor is the freeware Power Tabs, which was last updated in 2000. Power Tabs lacks the RSE engine and sounds weak even for a MIDI-based program.

Guitar Pro's closest guitar-specific competitor is the freeware Power Tabs, which was last updated in 2000. Power Tabs lacks the RSE engine and sounds weak even for a MIDI-based program.

All of this data is gathered, then sent to the MIDI device via a PIC 16F74 microcontroller. If this leaves you wanting for more guitar hacks, don’t miss this one that adds addressable LEDs in ...

The Mustang Pro will work as a MIDI instrument, too. With all this talk of new, hard-core ways to play Rock Band 3, one might think Harmonix has abandoned casual settings for wannabe musicians.

Opening up a world of possibilities with MIDINevertheless, being able to play any sound that you can think of from a guitar is a powerful asset both in recording and performance - and the Expressiv ...

The surprisingly small and light Jamstik is, in short, one of the coolest things I've seen at CES Today. It is a MIDI guitar that is actually a musical controller. By playing and plucking the ...