Sonuus i2M musicport MIDI Converter & Hi-Z USB Audio Interface

I couldn't find a review for this product - although there were some on YouTube. So I thought this deserved some feedback on the Amazon.co.uk site.First off, I purchased this to use with Steinberg Cubase 7.5. I'm not a very good keyboard player, but I know my way around the guitar fretboard and much of what I want to do involves using VST instruments for which there is a programming bias towards the piano keyboard. This resolves that issue for me and I'm sure I'm not alone in being musically fluent on an instrument that is not a piano. It works perfectly for six string guitar. It really is plug and play. The software recognised the unit as a midi instrument and all I had to do was choose what VST instrument I wanted it pointed at in order to play or record.Pitch-bend information it transmitted should you want to send that sort of data - personally I find that works best for synth patches. However for instruments that do not pitch-bend the chromatic settings work best. I have been able to produce very authentic brass and woodwind sounds in this way. String patches also respond in a "natural" sounding manner.You do have to adjust your playing approach - it can be a bit unforgiving at first, but you soon get used to that and if you make a howler in recording, it's very easy to adjust that note with a midi editor to drop it into the right register. A little more practice and judicious choice of patch and I'd be happy to play live with it. Tracking is very fast and generally accurate - spot on if your input is similarly perfect.The monophonic aspect isn't so limiting. You get 6 midi channels so you can set those up (and store your settings for recall) - and store up to 4 banks of settings. You can program chords from a single string, orchestra sections of several instruments triggered by a single note or, using arpeggio generating software, you can get some complex patterns very simply.I love it. I'm almost loath to leave a review as I feel owing this gives me a technological advantage over my fellow guitarists - but I really feel that Sonuus have played a blinder with this piece of kit. Any other device that does this kind of thing is much more expensive, but I cannot compare this to other things on the market. I'd recommend this to anyone who has requirements like mine and is on a budget.

can use it as a cheap interface for mic and guitar ...converting audio to midi not the best

Like it

Amazing

Works great to record audio, not so good as a midi converter.

Works great cheers paul

Works well but not perfect

Ok. Initially I was angry because I didn't realise there was a setting that just made it seem like the stupidest thing ever but then the other review made me realise.