Lachenal/whiteley Midi Anglo No. 1

[Chris Timson]

Hi all,

 

I have just written a review of this splendid beast and put it up on the web at

 

www.concertina.info/odds/midi. I hope you find it interesting.

 

Chris

[Henk van Aalten]

Hi all,

 

I have just written a review of this splendid beast and put it up on the web at

 

www.concertina.info/odds/midi. I hope you find it interesting.

 

Chris

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That's a very interesting story indeed Chris. I'm looking forward to see and hear this midi-anglo on Arran!

Maybe I may even give it a try ? ?

[Chris Timson]

Actually, I forgot to say how much fun this thing is to play! I've added some words now, as follows:-

I forgot to say just how much fun the beast is. Well, it is! You can waste hours just noodling around playing different tunes in different voices and just enjoying the sound you make (whether Anne enjoys the sound I make is an open question - so far she has been discreetly silent on the issue). It's not going to replace my other concertinas, ever, but it's not intended to. It gives me something different - the ability to make strange noises in a hopefully musical manner for pure pleasure. Later, in the context of a band it might give me the ability to vary arrangements with new sounds that I would not otherwise have access to. Don't buy one of these as your first instrument, but buy one if you are a confident concertina player who wants to expand their musical horizons while having a lot of fun en route.

Chris

Edited September 11, 2005 by Chris Timson

[Dave Weinstein]

Chris,

 

Is there any chance of a version that had SysEx messages to let you remap the keyboard, rather than fixed layouts?

 

Regards,

--Dave

[Chris Timson]

  Is there any chance of a version that had SysEx messages to let you remap the keyboard, rather than fixed layouts?

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You'll have to ask Roy that. If it can be done, I'm sure that Roy can do it.

 

Zak Van De Vyver just called round, they've come over fopr our session later tonight but he came here for a quick go on the beast, and I promise you he had a smile from here to here while he was playing it. It has that sort of efffect on you.

 

Chris

[Dave Weinstein]

And, to answer my own question, that is entirely possible.

 

Perhaps if the right lottery numbers are chosen this evening...

 

--Dave