This is the kind of thing I might once have posted in "New Products". That's now chargeable, which is fair enough. It had a kind of "disposable" vibe because no-one ever took much notice of it...well, they never replied to my posts anyway. Things could sink discreetly out of sight.
Enough of this gay banter...it looks like a cool option for flautists. I never even learned to wolf-whistle, so, sadly, I won't be applying.
Looks interesting! I guessed the price would be about £2K - it’s slightly less than that.
I think the market is likely to be small, as per EWIs and guitar synths, but who knows? I’m sure Roland have done their sums. And probably used AI to speed up the design process enough to make it economic.
I began secondary school playing flute, so this instrument interested me. Unfortunately it's on my list of 'when I have absolutely nothing else on which to spend disposable income'. Looks good, though.
RichardT wrote: ↑Wed Sep 24, 2025 9:02 pm
Looks interesting! I guessed the price would be about £2K - it’s slightly less than that.
I think the market is likely to be small, as per EWIs and guitar synths, but who knows? I’m sure Roland have done their sums. And probably used AI to speed up the design process enough to make it economic.
Guitar synths? Keytar's? A synth is a synth, a guitar is a guitar, let them stay that way. Maybe the market was so small for a reason.
No, I like the concept of transition controllers, so that musicians familiar with one instrument can explore the sounds and techniques of another, for a hopefully unique result.
For me, this whole 'fooled ya' era probably started with the great Jan Hammer playing guitar solos on his Minimoog
So that was you, was it? I thought they were practicing at the tank range again.
I’m a sucker for alternate controllers. I’ve recently picked up a Wavedrum and the Yamaha EZ-TP (plastic midi trumpet you sing into. Trpt skills optional) I have the re.corder, bop pad, drumkat, roli keyboard and a few collecting dust.
Great fun pushing my performance boundaries as I still refuse to practice the traditional keyboard.
ManFromGlass wrote: ↑Thu Sep 25, 2025 2:29 pm
Great fun pushing my performance boundaries as I still refuse to practice the traditional keyboard.
You must know me by now, I’m an ageing noise maker, into all things experimental, but you know one thing I really regret? Not buckling down and doing my grades, if I had my life over I'd definitely do that.
You can never, never have too much technique, no matter what type of music you’re into, it will always come in useful, it's like a powerful car, when you need to get out of trouble the power is always there.
I do agree, but going through the Hanon book or running 2 octave scales in every key is a discipline I lack. I am finding I learn more jamming these days. I make some bad and good choices musically but always learn something. In some cases I even know enough to figure out why the bad notes were not the best choice. So much to learn. . . . . .
ManFromGlass wrote: ↑Fri Sep 26, 2025 2:48 pm
I do agree, but going through the Hanon book or running 2 octave scales in every key is a discipline I lack.
For the method I studied (Sandoli Method), the progression was Wolfhart, Dont, Bach (2 Part Inventions), Kreutzer, then Paganini (24 Caprices). You're totally correct, it requires a ton of self-discipline and years of study. (In my case, about 10).
