Well, aside from the fact that all the new gear I got cost less than just that one thing, and that I don't know trumpet fingerings, and that I really don't want the YAMAHA VL70-m as I have a jillion VSTs I think that thing looks frickin' cool. I want the Photon Wind one to go on sale!!!ugo wrote:If you're interested in wind style controllers, this looks cool too:runagate wrote:I'm actually thinking of breaking down and buying an EWI and then wham! I'm hit between the eyes with that thing!
Morrison Digital Trumpet.
I am mystified as to why a midi controller would still come with an analog synth rack in this day and age.
I mean certainly there are people who would want one, but the overwhelming majority of keyboard-style midi controllers are not using them to control analog synths... non-keyboard players need cheap controllers. Period. Why in hell is the electronics industry making insanely-expensive midi interfaces for those who play instruments who are the least likely to be converted to using digital hardware and software? Are they really that dense?
There's $3000 midi guitar interfaces that are of commesurate quality to that price tag.
Almost no one who is likely to spend $3000 on guitar gear is likely to own any midi gear whatsoever.
Therefore, should someone make a 500$ midi guitar which is shite as an electric guitar but tracks midi well and can be routed to the jillion VSTs that exist, then they will make a lot of money.
Even moreso for wind players: do you know how happy the up-and-coming generation would be with their instrumental playing skills if they could buy off-the-shelf midi controllers, hook them to their PCs (young people are generally much more savvy about PCs as we all know, and have made the paradigm leap that many here still struggle with) and suddely have a vast, almost infinite universe of sound as their palatte?!?
Make a $100 wind controller without the extraneous (and ridiculously expensive) synth module, advertise them in band instrument stores, and you will reap an enormous profit. It's painfully obvious. f**k, fly me to your corporate headquarters Japan Yamaha or Akai or whomever, I'll show you the necessary specs, show your pointy-headed engineers how to make it, and then devise the advertising campaign myself. I have no real desire for you to make any more profit off us sucker musicians who rely on you, but I am certainly interested in jump-starting this incredible revolution in music possibilities (not the least of which is one of education, as instruments would become cooler and easier to learn with a midi interface on the screen). I'm not all that busy, just email me. I'll even learn Japanese should it be necessary. Just start it already.
