yrg thread

[polaris20]

Is it yourockplanet.com?

I tried to go there twice and just got redirected to a bogus spammy virus detection site www2.feelfree32.co.cc (don't click)..

One of those lame ones where it "scanned" my system and found a bunch of windows viruses, showing the insides of my computer and hard drives.. funny how my mac suddenly changed into a pc

It's javascript spam.. if I turn off js in firefox it doesn't show up..

That's just lame. Anybody else get that?

I suggest anyone who was redirected to another site, backup their C: drive as soon as you possibly can, you have a virus now, and it's deadly.
If you see a message pop up on your screen at any time that sez it has detected a virus on your system and tells you to install their program...it's too late for you, your already infected. It's just a matter of time. Wipe your C: drive...or at least back up your pictures/music and so forth so when the storm hits, you can re-format then.
It may get so bad quickly that it will not allow you to re-format. All you can do is to add that drive to a system with it's own C: drive. You name the infected drive with another letter, then reformat it.

What is it with these dipshits and their sites getting hacked?

Maruuk, was the guy that attacked you named Steve? He attacked me too when I was critical of the YRG on the Yahoo lists, sending me private e-mails acting like a douchebag. When I posted them to the group, he claimed I had "breached confidentiality" or something like that, and that he could no longer speak with me. Absolutely ridiculous, just a complete bully. These idiots are horrible with customer service, release a beta product and expect paying customers to test it, then turn around and bully people when they give honest opinions.

[Maruuk]

+1 polaris, Steve it was. Complete thug.

I'm so glad these creeps are going to get some serious competition in the cheap midi guitar wars this November when the Squire Strat and the Mustang come out. Not that they'll even still be in business by then.

[annode]

My take on the YRG;
- legato double trigger prob has been corrected and is in 1049 firmware.
Uncheck 'Hammer' checkbox in Control Panel. Depress 'Slide' button for legato/hammers/pull-offs. Now works like a guitar.
- Set 'String Sensitivity to 8. Tighten strings so they're not loose and floppy.
- Check 'Crosstalk Filter' box
This is about the best your gonna get it right now.

There are things about it that may be able to be improved, and some that can not be.
Barre chords are difficult because the distance between frets are more narrow then a conventional guitar, unless your fingers are on the thin side.
To add to this, you need to press your barred finger down pretty forcefully in order to make all fret contacts all the way across the neck.
I'm going to ask if the neck contacts can be more sensitive.

- Some strings are more sensitive then the others, as you all know. I plan to ask about this.

- Because it's a digital device, it doesn't let you make playing mistakes..it's not forgiving at all. You either make the connection at the precise instant or you don't. When you pick the string, you better have your finger planted firmly on the correct fret at the exact same time. If you don't you get a note you didn't count on, (open) or no note at all. Real guitars are much more forgiving. But hey...
The cleaner you play the better it tracks. Simple as that. It's digital.

- The feel of those strings makes it difficult to pick accurately. I find myself needing to stroke up and back as perpendicular to the strings as I can. (pinky finger resting on the body. McLaughlin technique) The more robotic, the more accurate the performance. What can be done to improve this? Maybe nothing.

Some VSTi play better then others and some presets play better then others.

The neck strings are hard to see when playing. I'm going to ask how best to make them black. I guess ink will work best..don't know yet.

For me, it's getting there.
Inspired will do what they can within reason. After that i'll make my own hardware improvements. I know it looks like a guitar, but if I have to treat it like i'm playing a real sitar, with equal difficulty, I guess i'll learn and get good at it.

[Soundloop]

If you've been redirected to the bad site, I would guess that unless you download and install the "fix" file after it "scans" and detects the phony virus', you should be ok. I was prompted to download the payload at the end of it, but of course did not.

I've edited my reply just above your soundloop. I guess you didn't have the chance to read the edits yet.
If you see any evidence of this redirect, it might be too late. That was the case when it was around a few yrs back. You don't need to do anything and your f**ked.
This is true for PC.

Thanks for the info, what a headache.

I'll check my antivirus software and firewall and see if it can block redirects etc. I hate having to turn js off.

[polaris20]

+1 polaris, Steve it was. Complete thug.

I'm so glad these creeps are going to get some serious competition in the cheap midi guitar wars this November when the Squire Strat and the Mustang come out. Not that they'll even still be in business by then.

I don't know how good the Squire or Mustang will do, but the Starr Labs Rock Controller will just bury the YRG when it comes out this fall. People that have an actual clue how to build a MIDI controller, and aren't complete jerks either. I've got a few hundred bucks set aside for Harvey when he's ready!

[Maruuk]

Sounds awfully good but can he hold the price down to $300? Totally agree, Starr Labs is the premier midi guitar maker, bar none. Price point has always been the only problem with their product.

I thought 1049 wasn't out yet?

No, you can't play any midi guitar just like a real one. But you shouldn't have to torture your performance into some wooden, limited, stilted kabuki theater effort either. The unit has to be responsive and accurate enough to allow a natural flow of notes from a clean input.

[annode]

I thought 1049 wasn't out yet?

No, you can't play any midi guitar just like a real one. But you shouldn't have to torture your performance into some wooden, limited, stilted kabuki theater effort either. The unit has to be responsive and accurate enough to allow a natural flow of notes from a clean input.

Try updating your firmware with that YRG_APP... 1049 should come through.
I did it today, and it had the bug fix I found and reported on the 10th.

There's a really fine line between the length of the string pluck digital 'high' signal and your solid placement of the that fingered note. Because the tolerance between the two events is so freak'in narrow, they just about have to be perfectly synchronized.
Since these are software event variables which should be time defined, lengthening their hold time brings the two events closer together, or overlaps them more frequently...which equals more correct notes sounded with the same performance/playing accuracy.
It's a thing called 'reciprocity'...or the event horizon...or the window of opportunity...

Until I talk to ____ about it, I won't know if the YRG processor has these variables. I feel that it does.
So point being, widening the two event windows, by delaying the 'close window' events, makes for a nicer playing digital controller.

[Maruuk]

So 1049 is better a play than 1048?

[RunBeerRun]

Hey I just visited the homepage of YouRock briefly, left, then Avast had a popup saying threat blocked, the address was that www.realprotection thing as above.

They really got to start listening to people, I mean everybody! Especially when their website is dangerous.

Now I went to the yourockplanet forum site, this time I did it smart, loaded IE inside Sandboxie. Avast reported the same problem w/Trojan Horse.

So Inspired guys, if you can read this, you got some problems.

[tapper mike]

As much as I love ztars I'd need to know more about the "rock controller" before commiting. Eg will it have zones like all other ztars will it have fret/tap/full poly. Are the tca and whammy bar pre determined or can you apply different cc values to them.

I was right, Havery stated it will run about 450

[polaris20]

As much as I love ztars I'd need to know more about the "rock controller" before commiting. Eg will it have zones like all other ztars will it have fret/tap/full poly. Are the tca and whammy bar pre determined or can you apply different cc values to them.

I was right, Havery stated it will run about 450

I talked to someone at Starr Labs on Thursday, and they said $400. $400, $450, I don't care, I am buying one.

[Maruuk]

At $450 I can be patient enough to see if the sub-$200 Fender and Mad Katz are any good in Nov.

[JAMES L. HARRISON]

Another subject: I've asked this question repeatedly on the YRG forum and so far have not received an answer. Bear in mind I'm the Village Midiot here in case I don't word it right! [ggg]

Open tuning #64 is a BEADGC 6 string bass tuning. If I play it using the internal sounds I have to use the pc control panel and tune everything down 12 semitones [one octave].

HOWEVER: I used the YRG with an old Peavey bass synth and unless I'm mistaken it played 6 string bass in the correct octave WITHOUT the tuning being set down with the pc control panel. Can anyone please verify if the open tuning #64 outputs midi in the correct bass range?

If it doesn't then the Peavey synth must have been tuning it down; but I seem to have it set to NOT do that.

Thanks,
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[Maruuk]

Wouldn't the Peavey automatically be down an octave by default being a bass-range instrument?

[RunBeerRun]

$450 is a fair price, I won't buy one though. Sorry James I don't know anything about its tunings, I just turn it on and it goes.

But at 450, that's going to be like all midi guitarists, I mean Mr Cheese Nachos on the sofa playing video games isn't buying that.