It works great. Two things: 1. be very precise setting up the pickup. 2. The software that comes with and your DAW may not recognize the pickup unless you start the software first, THEN plug-in the USB.On the MAC it did not work if the USB for the pickup was plugged into the computer before the software was started. So, launch the software, then plug in the USB.

First of all, it didn't fit on all 3 of my guitars. On a Gibson LP with Hipshot Tone-A-Matic bridge, it wouldn't fit between the bridge and pickup. On my PRS SE Mira and LTD Viper 201B baritone, it fit, but with it raised as high as possible, it was still far lower than it's supposed to be from the strings. It must be designed for Strats or Teles. So I jury-rigged a shim to be able to try it out... WOW... the tracking is unbelievably terrible! I played a slow, simple, 3-note riff into a DAW and it tracked as many as 24 different notes!!! (See pics. You can see which 3 notes were intentionally being played.) The software is terrible. It immediately crashed upon scanning my plugin folder during its first run (on a brand new PC w/96GB RAM and 14th Gen Intel i9 24-core CPU). It supposedly can send each string on a different MIDI channel, but I couldn't find any setting to accomplish this with. It does let you divide the fretboard into 4 quadrants that play different synths within the app, but there's no way to do this within the DAW, so what is the point if you can't actually do anything beyond playing around with it?! But even if all of that DID work, the tracking is SO bad, it's completely unusable. So I got the Behringer PP1 eurorack module (which requires a eurorack power supply module to use). This works SO much better at converting guitar to MIDI in realtime. The trick is to use the neck pickup and roll the tone all the way off to 0. I also have EMGs with a VMC variable mid control, and using that to further cut ~1kHz all the way, the PP1 actually tracks better than any other device or software I've used for this. It still gets a few stray or wrong notes, but not so many that can't quickly be edited. The problem with this is, you have to dial in the guitar to be completely muddy for it to track well enough, so you can't simultaneously play the guitar as a guitar thru an amp AND have it converting/sending MIDI to a synth. It's also monophonic. The TriplePlay is supposedly polyphonic, but it's SO BAD that it doesn't even matter... it's completely unusable. It's because it's taking a signal straight from the strings right next to the bridge, where a guitar is the most trebly and mid-forward. It NEEDS to hear ONLY the fundamental in order to track half decently. You have to use a neck pickup AND cut all the treble (and high-mids, if possible) in order to have ANY chance of a usable, reliable-enough, outcome. The PP1 can take a mic input and convert your voice (or anything you can mic) into MIDI. I haven't tried it yet. It also has CV and Gate outputs for integration with any modular synth devices. I've been underwhelmed, at best, by most Behringer products I've used, but the PP1 is the most usable realtime guitar -> MIDI converter I've used... The Fishman TriplePlay guitar MIDI pickup is the absolute worst guitar -> MIDI converter I've used.

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I really wanted to like this thing but the ghost notes killed it for me. No matter how clean I played, I would start getting lots of ghost notes on complicated finger picking or incredibly fast playing. If I played scales or something similar, where Im hitting one note at a time it was decent. I will admit this is the best midi guitar pickup I've used, but like all other midi pickups, its more a toy than a midi controller for writing serious music. Midi guitar pickups are just not there yet. I removed 2 stars for the ghost notes, and 1 more for the horrendous software and hassle to get it up and running. Seriously, the software set up is a major pain in the @ss.

I was quite excited by the idea of being able to give my guitar MIDI control. The hardware side of this product is very good, it is well made, easy to fit and transmits the MIDI data well over its wireless link. The software however was a disappointment. I run an iMac and use Logic Studio in my recording studio. Firstly some of the bundled software would not run with OSX at all. The Tripleplay programme itself caused problems with Logic resulting in freezes, hang ups and crashes. The Amazon seller was great and allowed me to return the product within their 7 day return period and gave me a full refund.This is probably a great product if you run a Windows based computer system in your studio. The Mac version however, requires much more development.

I bought this unit less than 2 weeks ago and it has quickly become my go-to controller! I have used the Roland GR-33 with a Roland-ready Strat for years now and the Fishman 3Play out performs it hands down. Tracking on the Fishman is so much faster than the GR-33. I have not tried the GR-55 which is supposed to have better tracking so I don't know how it compares. But for a songwriting live performer like myself, The Triple Play is worth every penny! Yes, there are setup pains though not nearly as bad as I have read. Yes it would be nice if Fishman would just provide the software instead of making you download it. I'm guessing it saves the company money. But if you have a pretty fast internet connection it will only take an hour or less to download everything you need.The pickup did not fit on my PRS Custom 24, Gibson ES-335 or Jackson. However, it fit like a glove on my Fender Showmaster! I also gotta mention that I love being able to control plug-ins that I already own and with this unit. The GR-33 would never quite do this for me. I'm still learning what this unit can do and that's part of the fun! If you're a songwriter who only plays guitar this is a game changer. And if you play live but can't afford to hire any more band members, this device will be your horns, keys, bass or whatever else you may need!Thank you Fishman!

I thought I did the right thing buying this but it is a complicated bit of kit to use. I know its not meant to be simple but at least with a synthesizer keyboard or a hardware like roland gr you can plug in and play straight away. This thing has so many parameters that need to be right and so many software settings I am really struggling to get a good sound out of it. Cracking and over sensitivity and its not being recognized properly in the notation software and other software I have either.The same goes for the software guitar rig and amplitube these are just amps modeling software and you need an extra interface other than this to use with them to get amp tones out of your pc. These thing also have settings apon setting within the sound card that need to be right to get a sound you would expect from a amp.10.4gb software download needed too.I have a new'sh pc to 4gb ram dual core but I still think it struggles with this software.

...with a few caveats.I bought this unit in hopes of using it to bring VSTs into a live setting without having to haul around a bunch of extra equipment, re-do my entire rig, or spend an arm and a leg. After a little tinkering, it's working GREAT!I first attempted to test-fit the FTP on several of my guitars and found that installing it on something with a tremolo (especially a Floyd Rose) would be challenging due to either string height or the space between the tremolo and bridge pickup. Luckily, I was able to squeeze it onto my PRS SE CU24 Navarro by moving the bridge pickup ever so slightly towards the neck.After the hardware was installed, I spent the better part of a day downloading, burning, and installing software. Once everything was installed (and updated!), I discovered that, although there are some rather nice-sounding patches included, my old laptop wasn't quite up to the task of running many of the FTP sounds (or GuitarRig) without noise or latency. That being said, it works beautifully with my copy of SonicSynth2. Latency is virtually non-existent and the tracking is superb. Time for a new laptop, I suppose.Overall, as long as you've got a powerful enough computer (or want to run it in hardware mode to control other VSTs), the FTP is a spectacular tool for expanding your sonic palette.