And with the tour just weeks away, a plan was hatched to get the system finalized and ready for use in the most demanding of conditions – a world tour of arenas and stadiums. What was clear after the first meeting was that the reliability of the Fishman TriplePlay MIDI Guitar Controller in combination with ELKs ability to run existing plugins inside the guitar could open up a new world for performers like Matt Bellamy. – Going to that first meeting at NAMM, I didn’t know what to expect, but as soon as we plugged in the guitar with our TriplePlay system in the Powered by ELK audio interface board, it was pretty clear that the Fishman and ELK systems would be compatible, says Fishman founder and president Larry Fishman. That meeting, which took place just a few weeks before the start of Muse’s 2019 World Tour, kicked off several hectic weeks resulting in the three companies producing a new kind of guitar just in time for the tour’s first concert date in Houston, TX. Together with Fishman and Arturia, a first meeting was held in the MIND Music Labs booth on the show floor. Thinking MIND might be the missing piece of the puzzle, he approached them at the 2019 NAMM Show. – When Matt told me he absolutely wanted to use the Prophet V softsynth live on tour, but still be able to move around the stage without any restrictions, I knew we had to find a new kind of solution that would take the computer out of the picture, says MUSE guitar tech Chris Whitemyer.Ĭhris Whitemyer was aware of Swedish music tech company MIND Music Labs and how their ELK MusicOS could run existing plugins and instruments on hardware.
Being a user of Fishman’s TriplePlay MIDI guitar pickup & controller, both on stage and in the studio, he wanted to continue to use that to play the Arturia synth live, but without distance, range, cables and a computer getting in the way of his stage performance. One essential part of his sound is the Arturia Prophet V synthesizer.
Matt Bellamy, being the perfectionist that he is, wants the same sounds he create in the studio to be resonated on stage. Each night frontman and guitarist Matt Bellamy brings out a one of a kind guitar with a special history to play the song “The Dark Side.” While Bellamy is happy with the result, reporting that “the guitar works great!”, the story of how this guitar was conceived and built is just a few short weeks is very interesting. British mega band MUSE is currently on tour promoting their latest album Simulation Theory performing in sold out stadiums all over the world.
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