This is probably a dumb question but I am new to the guitar (about a year in to my learnings with a teacher).

I have some pedals but I want to branch out into getting a synth as well to experiment with the sound.

Does there exist a device that I can plug in to my pedal chain so I can drive it with my guitar AND play it on it’s own to create sounds? Also hoping synths have a drum machine because I would like to play with a beat.

I know pedal synths exist but that isn’t really what I am looking for, want a synth on its own that I could also use with the guitar but not only with the guitar if that makes sense.

Am I thinking about this wrong? Does this mythical device exist? If not anyone have some relatively entry level devices I can look at?

  • crypticthree@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    You can either get a midi pickup installed on your guitar or do a lot of futzing to get it to work with an analog/modular synth

    • Chocrates@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      Hmm it sounds like I really have no idea what I am talking about. Maybe a software synth and a midi controller is more what I am going for. I have a device to get my guitar signal into my computer already.