MesaWinds - Native American Flutes (now available!)

[Ben H]

Great-sounding flute(s), Greg. Another winner!

would it be possible to get a short demo with no FX applied?

I was thinking the same thing. I just hadn't gotten around to posting yet.

[Gregjazz]

Great-sounding flute(s), Greg. Another winner!

The only thing I'm not sure about is the raw tone of the flutes, as the demos all have that otherworldly, ethereal sound to them. From what I'm hearing, it would make using them in, say, a jazz trio quite difficult (unless I call it, "Live - From the Grand Canyon").

So, I guess the question is, are the demos indicative of the "pure" tone of the flutes? If not, would it be possible to get a short demo with no FX applied?

Sure, I'll see what I can do. By the way, there are no external effects on the flutes in the demos. Reverb is such an integral part of the Native American flute's tone that we included a section of the interface with instant environments.

You might want to check out the preview demo (pre-release, so it was still using the beta), which shows a bunch of the environments: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfVPCi-6M3A

[EvilDragon]

Yeah, you can bypass the convolution reverb and use your own, if you want.

[Sequent]

Good that you can bypass the included convolution verb. I don't mind having it available but I also want to be able to run it through my own verbs.

[Gregjazz]

I just posted a new MesaWinds demo on the product page:

Kokopelli Tears

[studiocat]

Very evocative soundtrack material! I hope to buy Mesa Winds this Friday. -Perry-

[labwaves]

Are there breath samples included in this set? If so, how are they accessed? Please excuse if this has been covered somewhere else.

[Gregjazz]

Are there breath samples included in this set? If so, how are they accessed? Please excuse if this has been covered somewhere else.

Yes, there are breath samples. They are fairly subtle as not to interrupt the flute part, but if you play a medium/long lengthed phrase and then release, you'll hear the flautist take a breath.

[Gregjazz]

Just updated MesaWinds, adding the ability to switch the mapping to chromatic. All MesaWinds owners received an email with the download link.

[labwaves]

Are there breath samples included in this set? If so, how are they accessed? Please excuse if this has been covered somewhere else.

Yes, there are breath samples. They are fairly subtle as not to interrupt the flute part, but if you play a medium/long lengthed phrase and then release, you'll hear the flautist take a breath.

Thank you Greg. APpreciate it.

Can the volume of the breaths be easily raised or lowered? Are there multiple breath samples like in a RR pool?

[unpeople]

From the MesaWinds documentation:

The volume envelope is smoothly calculated through changes in the velocity of the MIDI notes played. This automatic interpretation makes the flutes very expressive and realistic, without requiring the use of a breath controller.

What if you do have a breath or wind controller, though? To what degree do these instruments take advantage of a wind controller's expressiveness?

[Jaleo]

From the MesaWinds documentation:

The volume envelope is smoothly calculated through changes in the velocity of the MIDI notes played. This automatic interpretation makes the flutes very expressive and realistic, without requiring the use of a breath controller.

What if you do have a breath or wind controller, though? To what degree do these instruments take advantage of a wind controller's expressiveness?

Can't talk about others windcontrollers, but velocity is fixed in the EWI USB (note ON/OFF only) this library is for keyboardists!

[Gregjazz]

Can the volume of the breaths be easily raised or lowered? Are there multiple breath samples like in a RR pool?

Yes, there are multiple breath samples--8x RR I believe. It should be pretty simple to change their volume, by going into the mapping editor (backend Kontakt), selecting the breath samples, and increasing their volume.

[Gregjazz]

Can't talk about others windcontrollers, but velocity is fixed in the EWI USB (note ON/OFF only) this library is for keyboardists!

Ah, interesting. I wonder how many people here use wind controllers and would be interested in having it implemented into MesaWinds.

[labwaves]

Can the volume of the breaths be easily raised or lowered? Are there multiple breath samples like in a RR pool?

Yes, there are multiple breath samples--8x RR I believe. It should be pretty simple to change their volume, by going into the mapping editor (backend Kontakt), selecting the breath samples, and increasing their volume.

Excellent Greg. Perhaps you could build in a knob for gain control on front kontakt panel??? Linkable to CC#'s. That is what we prefer to see in the wind libs we use.