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Inquiry about "wind instrument thing 2 replicate?!
Hi… This can be for Rudi or all to answer to…
I a friend of mine who is a musician part time (in a band as well as hosts open mic Jams at a pub was mentioning about someone having come to jam with a wind instrument thing that replicates sound of real thing… Now I recall it being mentioned by Rudi or someone about it being used on Orange… What I can’t recall is the actual type /name of the thing you have and used… What is called and make so I can relay it back to my musician friend and perhaps send him YouTube Link of Orange songs its used on… Perhaps he will like what he hears and maybe become an MLT fan… ????????????… Don’t know til you try… This info would be appreciated whenever you have a chance to reply… Please and Thankyou ????????????????????❤️☮️✌️
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Hi Jacki,
You probably mean the breath controller. It is connected to a keyboard. While you play the notes on the keyboard you modulate the sound with your mouth like you would with a woodwind instrument. It’s basically a small piece of plastic tube that you put in your mouth that let the sound of the keyboard react to all kinds of actions.
For instance the harder you breathe the louder and more aggressive you sound just like you would with the real instrument. The more you bite on it the more vibrato and so on. It also reacts to head movements on 4 axes.
This is an example that I found on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWujyb_Wgjs
We use it to work out demos and the exact lines for the real instruments. Normally, we prefer to replace them with real instruments later on. But sometimes we find the demo version so convincing that we leave it like it is, which saves time and money.
There’s another type of instrument your friend might have meant that Michaela once played: An electronic wind controller. You play it like a recorder (instead of a keyboard):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5u1GS4R_EfIMaybe the strange thing about us is that while we adore the songwriting talent of the 60ies period we never regret living here and now with all the progress in technology. We love our computers, cameras, drones and what else just as much as our vintage instruments and the feeling of that period in time. For us it is about combining the best of both worlds.
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Thankyou Rudi for replying and now I’ve learned something new and appreciate it and will relay to my musician buddy what you mentioned about the breath controllers stuff and I agree… I like the best of both worlds… Though I’m not as tech minded smart .. I do get the basics but at Sametime… I like old-school things too?✌️☮️??… You’ve made my day and Wknd with your reply?Thankyou again !
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