Hey guys I know this is an old post but figured some may find this interesting:
http://www.jamorigin.com/midi-guitar/Windows-Mac/index.html
It’s a VST that turns your guitar into a live midi signal! All you need to do is plug your guitar into your computer via an audio card. I just got it recently and it’s amazing. I dabble on the piano but am primarily a guitar player so I think this will be a great creative tool for me in writing more intuitive, complex lines. It still is in BETA mode so it does have its little quirks here and there but it works very very well so far. It’s only $100 and you get free updates. I did a lot of research looking it up on Youtube before I spent the cash…there are lots of wonderful vids of people playing with it on youtube so you can see examples yourself, just search for ‘jamorigin’.
I’m in no way affiliated with the company, but figured it may be interesting to some people wanting a cheap midi guitar solution!
Greta
P.S. From the site you can also download a completely usable demo of it to test it out, it just makes a static noise every minute or so.