Fishman Triple Play Connect 4-stars Reviews

Fast and accurate, but doesn't do continuous pitch-bending

For context: I use this as a pure pitch-to-MIDI adapter.

The dinky little proprietary plugin/app is irrelevant to me, because I plug it into either a hardware synth or my Linux DAW.

It _does_ register pitch-bends, but only transmits them in semitone steps.

The good: it works quickly and reliably, once you get it set up.

The less-good:

- It's fiddly to install. At least you expect that, so it doesn't come as a surprise.

- The aforementioned pitch-bend issue.

As long as you think of it as a way to get a guitar-shaped keyboard, it doesn't have any real competition.

If you want guitar-like expressivity with pitch-bends and vibrato _and_ multi-string pitch-tracking, you need to look at Roland/Boss or Sonicsmith and spend a lot more.

I rated it "average" for sound, because that's irrelevant for a MIDI device and there's no "not rated" option.

Lag is somewhat noticable (~2ms) but nevertheless one of the few options for recording string instruments today. Works great with Ableton Live, without any additional configuration. As long as you are recording short verses without playback and adjusting them manually its all fine. Playing and recording along the metronome is tough due to the lag.