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Hi, Thanks, My problem isn't with the WX5, I really like it, just commenting that it's a different feel playing with "switches" rather than a real sax. I used to have an old WX7 and really prefer the WX5's octave keys. I did know about Matt's Turbo ROM, but I guess am most interested in creating or working with analogue sounds, hence the EWI questions. Thanks. Ian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mech" <mech@m3ch.net> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 12:07 AM Subject: Re: MIDI wind controllers > At 9:48 PM +0000 12/18/07, Ian Popperwell wrote: >>Hi, >> >>Interested in the EWI thread. I play a Yamaha WX5 and also don't want to >>emulate "real" instruments - I play saxophones and flute and although >the >>VL70M is good, it feels slightly distasteful using some of those sounds >>(although I like the trumpet!). I have used the Korg MS2000 which works >>great with the CC breath controller patched up to various parameters. >> >>I like the idea of the EWI4000 as it is one unit, no need to carry round >>extra modules (if the sounds are any good). Also not sure about the ease >>of the touch sensitive controls re glitching? The WX5 needs lots of >>practice to keep the glitches away and I guess I wonder (having never >>played an EWI) how much harder it is without actual mechanical keys? >> >>Any comments? > > Well, I can't comment on the EWI, but I use the WX11 with the VL70-m. >I'd > say first, regarding the VL70's sounds, run (literally, do not walk... > run) out and get the Turbo VL Replacement ROM from Patchman Music ( > http://www.patchmanmusic.com/turbovl.html ). If you haven't heard of >it, > this replaces the crappy ROM sounds from the Yamaha's preset memory with > 256 high-quality patches. There are a couple of turkeys in there (there > always are in any commercial patch bank) but I rarely have to do any > programming on the VL anymore. More often than not, I can usually pick > something out of the batch that Matt's put together. Even if I don't >find > the exact thing I'm looking for, it provides a great starting point -- >for > non-horn or non-conventional-instrument patches too. > > I haven't actually tried out the WX5 with the VL, but my older WX11 >gives > me no glitches at all (considering proper technique -- I can purposely > overblow or underblow and octave-hop, if that's what you mean). I have > used the original WX7 with it, and I don't like that nearly as well as >the > WX11. The WX7 seems to prefer sending its expression across CC7 >(Volume) > rather than CC2 (Breath Control). It seems to take away some of the > expressiveness of the patches. Even if you get an EWI, you should keep > that in mind. > > Anyway, back to the WX5: I never bothered to pick one of those up >because > I heard a lot of people complaining about them. I heard it said that >the > 5 was actually a step back, and inferior to both the 7 & 11 in > playability. That may be your issue right there. > > So, you may find the EWI an improvement over the WX5, but if you're >going > to hang on to the VL70-m (and I'm biased but think you should; I'd say I > haven't found a better physical modelling horn synth yet, even in > software) see if you can find a second-hand WX11 to try with it. And >get > Matt's Turbo VL ROM. You'll like the VL70-m a lot better, at least. ;) > > --m. > -- > _____ > "Image is blasphemy. Text is heresy. The spoken word is a lie." > ( x ) <--- you are here. > > >