[LAU] A little bit of EWI playing

[Brett McCoy]

On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 11:22 AM, Bob van der Poel <bob at mellowood.ca> wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 1:26 AM, Julien Claassen <julien at mail.upb.de> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Bob!
>>  Hm, that one is too sweet sounding for me. It has a simplicity, that
>> doesn't allow compare with the romantic epoche, but the feeling compares.
>> :-)
>>  Since I can't see it: What is the instrument you used? That does interest
>> me greatly. :-)
>>  Warmly yours
>>          Julien
>
>
> It's an EWI  .... sorta like a electronic clarinet or sax (but NOT!).

It's a MIDI wind controller. They work out of the box on Linux, no
special drivers needed (USB MIDI device). I've got one, too, they are
a lot of fun.

-- 
Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.brettwmccoy.com
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