Indeed, there is acoustic sound produced by the untransposed strings. This is not noticeable if you play with headphones or if, when using an amp, it is turned up loud enough (it really doesn't need to be very loud to block out the sound of the true tuning of the strings). I have a very small keyboard amplifier - it's maybe only 10W (possibly 20W) - that I sometimes use at home and sometimes, if I don't turn up the sound enough, I hear the two sets of sounds - it's really more annoying than confusing, but I solve the problem by turning up the volume a little bit. I actually prefer playing with headphones at home because the quality of the sound seems so much better than with the little amplifier, but I think this is a function of the size of the amplifier - if I had a bigger and better amp, I would probably prefer to use it rather than headphones. In the band, I always play my e-guitar w/VG-8 now and no one has ever commented on the two sets of sounds, but of course the volume there has to be much louder than at home because of the drums and the other band instruments.
Marian Fred <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Marian (or anyone else), I understand how the VG-8's > processor transposes the pitches of the strings to > conform to the programmed tuning, but what I don't > understand is what becomes of the albeit minimal but > still present acoustic sound of the guitar's strings? > I suppose if you turn up your amp loud enough you > wouldn't hear it, but at lower volumes wouldn't you > hear a faint residue of the original pitches of the > strings themselves, which would obviously > conflict with the transposed pitches? > > -Fred Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is something I've wondered about myself. Those > strings have to be making some kind of noise. It seems > the person playing the guitar would be able to hear it. > I would think that would throw them off. > Mark E in Seattle
