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Gibson to Embed Guitars with Ethernet

Posted by michael on from the bass-is-lagging dept.

caseyuw writes "Gibson is planning to roll out their Magic this year with the delivery of guitars using Cat 5 instead of analog cables to connect instruments and amplifiers. The debate over the quality of digital vs analog signal processing is not new, but using a 'Magic' Les Paul would force you entirely into the digital domain." We mentioned this last year, but the above article has much more information.

4 of 451 comments (clear)

  1. RIAA? by Jason1729 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Does this mean if you try to play a copyrighted work, the RIAA will DOS your guitar?

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  2. WOW! Does this mean we can finally... by Tokerat · · Score: 0, Redundant


    ...hack the Gibson?

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  3. Re:The latency on this is unacceptable. by MannyDixn · · Score: 0, Redundant

    that's micro-seconds, 250 of which is 1/4 of a milli-second. That's probably reasonable, delay-wise.

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  4. Re:The latency on this is unacceptable. by Space+Coyote · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It's bad enough that you will be listening to a sampled version of your guitar, but 250 microseconds delay on your sound is the best case scenario? 1/4 second delay? As a mucisian, even one millisecond of delay is not accepable.

    Lunky for you you're ont a mathematician. 250 microseconds = 1/4 millisecond Harely noticeable. Though I think I'll stick to my old setup for now as well.

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