Editing MIDI controller (section)

===Stringed instrument controllers===
A guitar can be fitted with special [[Pickup (music technology)|pickups]] that digitize the instrument's output and allow it to play a synthesizer's sounds. These assign a separate MIDI channel for each string, and may give the player the choice of triggering the same sound from all six strings or playing a different sound from each.<ref name="Huber" />{{rp|92–93|date=November 2012}} Some models, such as Yamaha's G10, dispense with the traditional guitar body and replace it with electronics.<ref name="Manning" />{{rp|320|date=November 2012}} Other systems, such as Roland's MIDI pickups, are included with or can be retrofitted to a standard instrument. Max Mathews designed a MIDI violin for [[Laurie Anderson]] in the mid-1980s,<ref>Goldberg, Roselee. ''Laurie Anderson''. New York: Abrams Books, 2000. p.80</ref> and MIDI-equipped violas, cellos, contrabasses, and mandolins also exist.<ref>Batcho, Jim. "Best of Both Worlds". ''Strings'' 17.4 (2002): n.a. Print.</ref> Other string controllers such as the [[c:File:Starr Labs Ztar Z6 series (drvinay's studio).jpg|Starr Labs Ztar]] use a combination of fretboard keys and strings to trigger notes without needing a MIDI pickup.

[[File:Akai SynthStation 25.jpg|thumb|alt=A MIDI controller for use with a [[smartphone]]|A MIDI controller designed for use with a [[smartphone]]. The phone docks in the center.]]