Can I use recorder fingerings for this instrument??
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Not entirely. Recorders (as you know) give you 3 holes for your left fingers, and an octave hole for your left thumb. The EWI gives you 6 contacts for your left fingers, and four octave rollers and a contact strip for your left thumb. Recorders give you 4 holes for your right fingers (or 5 or 6 if your instrument has double holes), and your right thumb is just for support; the EWI gives you 7 contacts for your right fingers, and your right thumb gets a contact pad and two pitch-bending contacts. Despite all that, some notes will offer familiar fingerings for a recorder player. You can shade a hole or do a half-hole on the recorder; on the EWI, you're either touching a contact or you're not. In short, while your experience with recorders will help, you've got some new fingerings to learn on the EWI. And your left pinky is no longer expendable. ;-)
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The recorders I'm familiar with have had the same fingering as a sax, but without the little-finger-key options for flats/sharps (leaving a higher hole open instead of depressing a levered key with the little finger). I don't think you'll have any problem with it.
1086218
I would opt for a digital music recorder like a Tascam DR-05. It has direct guitar cable inputs for electric too.
875110
It did not have an owner's manual. You can buy music for recorder and it will have fingering for the notes in the book. You can look for "how to play recorder music" on Amazon perhaps.
785727
Yes. This recorder is perfect for beginners. You don't need a colledge degree to read the instructions. I love it.
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Yamaha recorders are widely available. I'm sure if you damaged a key on your bass recorder, that any local instrument repair shop could order one. Also, I looked up the Early Music shop which sells plastic bass recorder keys, they're at http://www.earlymusicshop.com/More/RecorderRepairs.aspx. The Yamaha bass recorder is an exceptional instrument for the price. The intonation is perfect and it's quite a joy to play.
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Yes you can , I did not but I know it can be done. Kinda expensive though unless you do it yourself. By the way I love this guitar , the fretboard is really nice and the guitar has a really low growl to it.The neck is nice an thick. On the flip side - hard to get higher octaves out of it cleanly , it seems geared for really heavy music. Hope that helps a bit.
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Baroque recorder is the regular recorder in my opinion. They are the most popular recorder. Yes, You can play sharps and flats.
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If you want to record live audio it would would be good to have, but you don't essentially need it to work the application. You are also able to just program notes into ProTools manually with pre-recorded instruments they give you.
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Yes you can. Get one that has an audio plug that matches the audio out jack on the recorder.
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Yes, but not all. Relative Minor Scales for G C and F, Eminor and A minor. Also as with any other Diatonic box you can "fake" quite a few other keys with missing notes. What are you intending to play??
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i am not sure of specifics but what i record into the recorder sounds as good as the original. the mic pick up is amazing for recording a piano from across the room. i consider piano recording as the holy grail of recording, very hard to get it right but this recorder does a great job!! i have also recorded albums, cassettes and even an old 8-track and they have all sounded very good!!
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Hi Ted, no I don't think so - but the loops you save on the sd card can easily be dragged into ableton (which is the one I use), if you record even with a metronome, it means that the loop lengths are all the same and easy to work with. There is an additional help download from line6 which tells you how to record and save individual layers so that everything syncs well.The alternative is something like the peavey vypyrs, even the bottom end ones have a pc out so you can use it as an interface with your guitar (they also bundle revalver with it, which is good quality software). Hope that helps - if not, ask again, I'm very happy to try and help. Hi Ted, no I don't think so - but the loops you save on the sd card can easily be dragged into ableton (which is the one I use), if you record even with a metronome, it means that the loop lengths are all the same and easy to work with. There is an additional help download from line6 which tells you how to record and save individual layers so that everything syncs well.The alternative is something like the peavey vypyrs, even the bottom end ones have a pc out so you can use it as an interface with your guitar (they also bundle revalver with it, which is good quality software). Hope... » Read More Hi Ted, no I don't think so - but the loops you save on the sd card can easily be dragged into ableton (which is the one I use), if you record even with a metronome, it means that the loop lengths are all the same and easy to work with. There is an additional help download from line6 which tells you how to record and save individual layers so that everything syncs well.The alternative is something like the peavey vypyrs, even the bottom end ones have a pc out so you can use it as an interface with your guitar (they also bundle revalver with it, which is good quality software). Hope that helps - if not, ask again, I'm very happy to try and help. « Show Less
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A recorder is a chromatic instrument so it's not tied to a key as say an Irish whistle or harmonica. The alto's lowest note is f just above middle c so depending on the register you wish to play at it may or may not suite your needs. I play soprano, alto, tenor and bass so switch around depending on the voive we need at any given time. For general playing I find the alto the most versitile - although I truly love my tenor's rich low notes. Hope that helps.
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Hi John,The quality of all Olympus Recorders is phenomenal, but I don't know how the three microphone set up will affect music recording. Also, these models are really tuned to voice and not music. I have used this model: Olympus LS-10 Linear PCM Recorder to record violin and viola with very good success. But that device is expensive, over $300. For a good music recorder under $100 try TASCAM DR-05EB Portable Digital Recorder. BTW, I am assuming you mean acoustic guitar, not electric. I have not tried any of these for recording electric guitar. Hope this helps.
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Sorry, I cannot recommend this device for Music. I would however, do a search for "USB digital recorders", and my choice would be a Sony USB recorder. With the Sony unit I purchased a year back, you can download files from Computer to Recorder and from Recorder to Computer, and with excellent sound (especially if you want a Music recording) quality.Nailbreak
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The WX5 has three saxophone fingerings and one recorder flute style fingering.I don't know anything about oboe fingerings.
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There may be some alto recorders with slightly closer holes, but in general, recorder hole spacings are proportional to the instrument's length, I would say this recorder is average for an alto --- I have had Adler, Yamaha, and Aulus tenor recorders, for instance, and after playing the alto, you really do have to stretch your fingers to get to the holes on the tenor, which becomes second nature after about two weeks. Just keep practicing, your fingers and hands will adjust in no time to this alto.