On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 10:14 AM, David Kastrup <dak@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Bob van der Poel <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 2:52 AM, David Kastrup <dak@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Paul Davis <paul-dDzkXPnfpdxaomM2pvQuqZqQE7yCjD >x5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> writes:
>>>
>>> > we already have aeolus :)
>>>
>>> Like, well, here: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k66X17S06uI >. That's
>>> using a Midi accordion as controller. Sorry for the quality of the
>>> playing: this was just an answer for someone asking how to arrange
>>> something like "Silent Night" simplistically for accordion, so it was
>>> just done off the cuff. But it does show that Aeolus works nicely with
>>> that kind of controller.
>
> I wonder how it would work with a breath controller like an EWI?
Well, I found using bellows pressure for Schweller quite unsatisfactory
and switched off pressure sensitivity eventually. I'd expect a breath
controller not to fare better in that regard, and as general controller
it would be single-manual and monophonic, wouldn't it?
So I expect nothing overwhelming here unless you find one-fingered organ
playing interesting. Ok ok, Bach turned the "monophonic" prelude of the
solo violin partita 3 into an organ prelude, but even on organ you'd
probably want to play some phrases over more than a single manual.
An EWI can play 2 notes at a time :) It has a "octave" switch which sets it so a 2nd note, one octave below, sounds at the same time. And a "sustained note" thing which holds the last note played when you play a 2nd one, until there is a break in the phrase. The latter is actually quite interesting, but takes a lot more skill than I have to sound really good.
Monophonic Bach isn't all bad. Remember, the cello concerto (one of the most beautiful pieces ever written) is, mostly, monophonic :)
But, I figured that the breath controller CC would not be supported. But, since it's just software, maybe in a future release?
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