Unboxing and testing the new DIGITAL WIND INSTRUMENT | Team Recorder
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- Опубликовано: 6 авг 2024
- Testing out the new 'Digital Wind Instrument' by CarryOn - a completely digital recorder! Testing its voices, octaves, response, dynamics, bluetooth function, and more.
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00:00 Intro
00:16 Unboxing
01:04 Playing: sound, fingering, response
03:10 Octaves and transposition
04:08 Testing 10 different voices
04:59 Breath, dynamics, vibrato
07:03 Bluetooth in GarageBand!
07:46 Pricing
08:29 Conclusions
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I got one, its a bargain. I can play with headphones directly. No complaints
Another great video, Sarah! I've definitely got this one on my radar!
I've been looking for something like this for ages, thanks Sarah!
awesome vid! ive preordered one for the family. cant wait to get it. Thanks Sarah!
Surprised they didn't include a tin whistle as one of the voices.
I would have bought it if they had
The piccolo works for it. But it doesn't change pitch with the harder breath.
Saving up for one as we speak. Thank you for your hard work in making us these wonderful videos.
In this times when everything is electric, it’s a delight to play on a real, wooden recorder 🥰 and I follow your channel and watch all your video’s to get better on that instrument :) thanks for all your work! 🥳
not bad as purely a midi controller to sketch ideas and record your noodling around to catch any fleeting ideas. the fact that it can record to your right phone when you’re out and about is great. nice review.
Thank you for the demonstration. Fun!
Very nice review! Thank you for your cheerful videos
The voices all remind me of a retro video game which is its own special charm imo. The fact that it can be used for midi has a lot of potential
It does!
Great, informative video! Thank you!
Wow! Looks and sounds great. I purchased a Yamaha WX-11 midi wind controller and tone generator for $1500(?) 30 yeers ago.The mouthpiece felt more like a sax and there was resistance, which made it feel natural to play. It was rather cumbersome to set up. I think I shall try this Carry-on DWI.
interesujące! bardzo ciekawy instrument :-)
Vc é demais Sara. Obrigado pelo vídeo.
Infeluzmente acho pavoroso esses instrumentos modernos.
Viva as flautas movidas à sopro.
Great review!
Got mine yesterday and sending it back today. It is a toy, not an instrument. Plus I won't ever get used to the double holes position. But most importantly it has no Midi over USB as stated on their website and Amazon product description.
Got my Carry-On DWI a few day ago. I love the ease of use and the variety of tones. I think you forgot to mention that the flute (# 6) has a very nice tremolo built in. It’s not as noticeable as the suona (#10), but very usable.
Sarah, how would you rate this “Digital wind instrument” and the “Artinoise eRecorder” in comparison?
Sarah, you are so good. Thank you.
Interesting and cool presentation - thx 🎼
The simple fingering setting has 3 octaves span (C to C). First octave don't use thumb (open), the second octave the thumb is closed and the third octave the thumb is half closed.
What an interesting system.
Thanks for the tip, I glossed over it and did not realise the simple fingering starts in the bass clef. So it basically repeats the first octave fingerings twice with the thumb hole changed.
Excellent. I would definitely love to try one of these for the different voices. The price isn't too dear.
Hey Sarah, my wife just ordered me one! I also have 3 other digital horns. I love them being so versatile! When it comes in I will have 225 instruments in my collection! I'm also an instrument maker and repairman! If it has strings on it, I can make it! You are definitely the MASTER of the recorder! Besides playing, like I said on another post to you, I love your accent and your facial expressions How pretty!!! Thumbs up to you, and I subscribed to your channel! You seem like a real darling!!!
Nice! A good standalone like the good ol' Casiohorn. Re.corder is a "real" soprano recorder as well as a BT MIDI source, but this looks like a good choice.
Wow! How time flies as your daughter is almost 4. I remember you before she arrived on the scene ages (4) ago.
Great review, because of your detailed review, I chose this instrument more expensive devices
Might be useful for some of my GB recordings on midi. Great review
Amazing
Digital wind instruments are the best! I like the feature of being able to plug in a headset so you can practice in peace!
Yes they are great!
This video I just what I like to search thank you🤗🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏👍👍
Fantastic thanks
Just ordered one of these based on your positive review. I’m not a recorder player, but I have taught myself to play Native American flutes and bagpipes, so I think I’ll do OK.
ive had the AE-10 for the past year. its great. review that since its studio quality and a lot more complex
Thanks!
Thank you Sarah, an affordable instrument.
This is very cool! I've been enjoying using my Artinoise Re.corder to play silently in my NYC apartment and to record multitrack pieces into Reaper using various exciting MIDI patches, but it doesn't have a speaker. This might be a fun option for a recorder I can play silently using headphones without having to go through a phone or computer MIDI bridge. I kinda wish there were some funkier/wilder synth sounds on it, though. Also I might get one for my 5-year-old, who's interested in learning recorder and loves electronics. I haven't been sure how to balance early recorder learning with apartment living, but this seems like a workable solution!
You can bluetooth it to your phone/tablet etc and get the wildest sounds you can imagine via midi. No limits to how funky you wanna be :-)
Can you imagine using this as an input device for Plover? That would make anyone the coolest stenographer in the courthouse.
A bit of a luxury, but the EWI Solo is another option that has 200 built-in sounds and a much wider pitch range due to the octave rollers and saxophone-style keys. I'm not a sax expert but I think the fingering is a bit more logical too (and can be totally customised) and it reacts to bite as well as breath.
Came here for a serious informative review and ended up falling in love with the reviewer
I like the look of this - playing through Garage Band looks like this is what I’d do with it (I dabble with recorder playing). Wondering now if it can be a source for other midi things like Korg’s Kaossilator (or even their iOS version).
£79, and it allows you to use headphones directly! That's a winner. Finally silent practise without wires and a computer!
happy people = positive thinking !!! ;)
muy Bien!!!
Wow!
Hi Sarah - after watching your excellent review here, I ordered one of these. It arrived earlier this week, and I was so impressed that I immediately incorporated it in my cover of ‘Shallow’. I’ll link to your review vid from mine in the description - hope that’s okay? :-)
So the input registers with a delay even when you're not using bluetooth? that's potentially pretty rough, especially if the bluetooth adds any further delay. does it say whether it's LTE?
This or Re.Corder ? please advise, does this Carry_on have an acoustic option like the Re.Corder ? and which one has a better sound ?
I suspect you can connect to an audio program on your computer via USB if you want in addition to using the bluetooth connection. I wonder if the USB connection or the bluetooth connection is faster. At any rate, thanks for a good review.
The clarinet phrase was beautiful.
Fascinating device, isn’t it? Having just had an IRIN S56 delivered, I’m having a ball with it - and would be curious to know what you think - although given it has flute/sax fingering instead you might not want to… although it has, like all these instruments, a recorder voice. I think it’s a 2nd-gen decice.
One thing you didn't mention about the difference between recorder-style fingering and "simple" fingering is that the simple fingering provides a full three-octave range, using the three possible positions on the thumb contacts (neither contact, only the closer contact, or both contacts). The most annoying thing about "simple" fingering is that C# and D can only be fingered in all three octaves the way the low C# and D are fingered on the soprano recorder, making transitions between octaves rather clumsy. Also, it is unfortunate that they didn't use all three thumb positions in the recorder-style fingering to provide a wider pitch range. The main weakness of the instrument, however, is the latency-- not being able to play a trill is a serious drawback, in my opinion. For the price, it is a reasonably attractive instrument, however, especially considering the bluetooth capability, which I have not yet tried.
I just discovered an odd fingering for C# in the "simple" fingering-- just the tall finger and ring finger on the right hand (the pinky can also be added). This helps a bit with the transition between octaves. Perhaps there are other alternate fingerings not mentioned in the fingering chart.
wow it has a suona function too.. would be interesting to test it out playing 1000 birds paying homage to the pheonix (i know it cant do that) but if it can transpose the instrument then maybe it can play the whole range of suonas in "Qin Terracotta Warriors Fantasia"
Interesting review. Any information on the battery life when it is fully charged?
I pulled one apart, surprisingly complex circuitry with 2 microprocessors. Some design work is needed for the octave controls.
Looks like a fun instrument at an affordable price, but it doesn't seem to be available on Amazon yet (at least in the US). But their folding piano is on Amazon.
I am really interested in this for my step-mom, who is almost 90 and has had to give up the flute. She has tried the recorder, but the forked fingerings were really challenging. I was excited about the simple fingering, but when I looked at the chart… it didn’t seem that simple. A little disappointed. Perhaps they should consider a truly simple fingering mode, maybe giving up a bit of range. This could be helpful to the very young and very old.
The simple fingering mode is very simple if you stick to C major, no forks or half-holes at all (except for the thumb). Transpose can be used to play different keys.
How to play half notes or minor notes while playing a song??? Or this instrument is only for major scale ??
You left out the cleaning part. What keeps it from stinking? How do you clean the vapor condensation? What is the warranty? 90 days or 1 year? That can tell the durability. B/c of these factors, what is the benefit over a small KB that usually has many more instruments? By itself it is an ok novelty that fits in your back pocket.
Hey Sarah, thanks for the video! Does this instrument clog as easily as plastic recorders?
Good question! As it is, recorders are notorious for being saliva magnets. 🤨
@@christophertsiliacos8958 no they are not notorious. Never had any problem more than any other fipple tin whistle type wind instrument
@@kishascape Yes, they do have a problem with clogging. Millions of players around the world discuss this on a constant basis, but you are going to come in and pretend it doesn’t exist as an issue. Please.
Thanks for these testing out videos! I wonder if a digital instrument like this would fair better outside in the wind than an acoustic instrument does sometimes.
Ooh yes that's a very good point!
I misunderstood what "Digital Wind" meant. I was curious as to what sort of instrument it applied to. Great vid!
You already taught your little one the recorder!
I would really like a video with your tips for teaching music to young children.
I didn't, she just played around and could kinda get it 😄 Only with this DWI though, not a real recorder!
@@Team_Recorder Musical baby! ❤️
This looks almost identical to the Konix EWI. Is it the same design?
I own a Konix EWI and am a beginner pianist. I was able to use transpose to get the EWI to play down to low D and up to high C. This lets me use my newly earned ability to read piano music to play the EWI. Is this valid? I don’t plan to evolve to another wind instrument but don’t want a bunch of engrained bad habits.
Nice! I wonder if it can measure temperature too hehehe. Jokes aside. Very interesting technology. Unfortunately it couldn't handle the lightning speed. But hopefully they can improve the technology - maybe. Also 3:07 --- nice jingle bells! (or is it squid game!!).
An interesting review. Could be very useful for some people. A few questions need more consideration. 1. I hear that the battery life is about 3 hours. How long does it take to charge up? Wouldn't be able to get too many hours playing in if charging took a long while. 2, Is this a throw-away instrument when/if the battery fails? 3. Does it do Midi over USB - which many controllers do now, or does it only use Bluetooth. Almost the same, but related question is 4. Does the USB connection only function for charging?
The latency seems one of the bigger issues - so 5. is Blackstar going to update this in time?
Which one would you choose, comparing this to the Artinoise Re.corder?
Can you connect it through guitar pedals and into an amp?
I bought the exact same Digital Wind Instrument just under a different name (MIDIPLUS Wind) for 50 dollars. Combined with SWAM Audio Modeling it’s awesome.
Hi. Can you tell me where you bought it please?
@@obscurecult Hi Ricardo, I live in China so I bought it on Taobao domestically.
@@benturner6389 oh, ok. Thanks anyway
@@Rebranded365 Now it's available for purchase! Please check our website for more info 😊carryonplaying.com/product/carry-on-digital-wind-instrument/
Thank you! This was very interesting and informative. Suggestion: I would love to hear this instrument connected to a speaker. It seems to me you could make further adjustments to sound in addition to amplification, and perhaps help make some of the sounds a little more realistic. Regardless -- thank you for this great channel! I have learned a great deal.
Hiya Sarah, I see that others have asked this too. I'm an Artinoise re.corder owner and have found the latency to be the biggest problem with that. (When recording, using the re.corder as a midi controller, your notes always show up very very slightly late. You mentioned this in your review but it hasn't been fixed in firmware updates). I'd love to know whether this (very very similar) instrument is any better / worse / about the same.
I’ve found that the latency issue can be solved with a WIDI Bud Pro.
@djbclark4gmail I use a Mac and Logic Pro, but watching Stef Haynes' amazing work with the re.corder has made me realise that the problem may not be the instrument itself! I'm going to work through his tips here ruclips.net/video/uKJcqTxlWKc/видео.html (link has timecode to the relevant part) and also get hold of a widi before I cast any more judgement on the re.corder!
Could this be connected to iPad and used on SWAM audio modelling?
anyone know how to connect the midi function to windows?
I s there any lesson book for the midi ewi that will teache you some songs that you can play.
I was unable to buy one in the US using your links. It doesn’t appear to be available on Amazon yet either. FYI I’d like to get one as a midi controller because it’s so less expensive than the big name wind controllers .
For the price it’s damn good. And having Bluetooth is very useful. I would certainly consider one if it were possible to finger like a tin whistle, for situations where my ewi would be impractical.
@@Andrewtafelklavier do you happen to know the name of it?
@@Andrewtafelklavier thanks. I found it… if it is possible to use penny whistle fingering on it then it would be so useful. I love my ewi usb for controlling software and my hardware synths, and the swam instruments but for using penny whistle samples, this does look really good. There is a dedicated digital penny whistle device that can also be used for simulating ulllean pipes, but i can’t remember the name, and I never found a u.k. price for it yet.
You mean the warbl. I have one but you need the host device to play it with. This dwi has mostly tin whistle fingering except that f is xxxxoo and f# is xxxoxo or xxxoxx similar to boehm flute. It’s a small thing.
@@Andrewtafelklavier the warbl that’s the thing. I have apps on my iPads that would be great with that. Also there is an app called midi guitar 2, that converts audio to midi in real time, that I have used with my real tin whistles and it works great, it was designed for guitars but works with just about anything you can get a pitch from.
Thanks for your review ma'a. Does the instrument have the Midi connection too?
No, just Usb!
Hola! por favor! agradecería información sobre como conectarse al celular por bluetooth. no puedo! que programa puedo descargar??? gracias!!!
Julian desde Argentina
Interesting... What about the inside cleaning after use ?
Good for young and old. Congrats Jon on making it to old age.
Haha, he is an entire twenty six days older than me so he’ll appreciate that!
Hi Sarah, as this 'Digital wind instrument' and the Re.corder are in the same price range it would be really nice to see a comparison video.
How would you compare this one to the Re.corder as far as delay and response? I returned my Re.corder because the delay was way too long, and if I tried to play one of their beginner lessons through the app it couldn't register faster notes. When I contacted Artinoise about that they simply replied the app allowed enough room for errors and that was just ridiculous to me.
It'd be good to see a video comparing several different electronic "recorders" and digital wind instruments. Apart from the recorders, there are also similar models by Akai and Roland.
What would also be useful would be a link to suppliers of these. For the recorder it's quite a niche market, so identifying the manufacturer's and suppliers can be quite difficult. Currently I can't find where to buy or get more information about the re.corder or this CarryOn instrument.
This one could be great - but where do I get one?
Though the re.corder is cool you can't plug headphones directly into it. It needs to go through a PC first
This instrument is almost half the price of the re.corder in my country, and works standalone with its internal speaker and sound module. The re.corder needs to be paired with a phone to make any noise at all, and I think there are delay problems with the bluetooth MIDI. I'm very happy with this one anyway! The Akai EWI Solo looks great too but it's a lot more expensive and has no bluetooth MIDI at all.
@@LarryShone If you run the app and phones on your mobilephone, you can put the phone in your pocket.
@@richardharris9708 The delay problems differ: some mobile phones have less delay than others.
I bought a Clarke Celtic whistle and a DX005 high D Pro whistle.
It has a 3 octave range with the simple fingering setting
I'm interested to know how this compares with the new Konix DC02
Any earphones for initial learning.
Could you do a video with rythm practice exercises for recorder? (And include and medium)
if you were to buy one...would it be this instrument or the re.corder?
Hi Sarah. You didn't mention if the high C# (Descant) and high F# (Alto) notes are in tune. I'd assume they are.
Oh yes, tuning is all ‘perfect’ equal temperament.
I’m sold but live in the States were there are no dealers. That I can find at least. Would a figured it was a big enough market.
The most interestingly beautiful recorder player I know of 👍🏾. I have been playing recorders since the 90s. So I am always excited to see good recorder players. Cheers from Nigeria!
Well, about €100 for an electronic wind instruments is a bargain. Plus, you can simulate recorders and other wind instruments of any size and tuned in any key: -5 semitones and soprano sax as the "voice" and you have sort of a "mock-cornett", or same transposition setting but with recorder as the "voice" and you have a Renaissance alto.
I've got a similar instrument by Roland, the AE-01. It's got Bluetooth and the USB port will connect to any digital audio workstation (DAW) over it. It uses the Bluetooth primarily to connect to the phone app, which handles training and some additional voices. Instead of charging through the USB port, it uses standard NiMH rechargeable AA batteries. Have two sets and a small charger that works on USB or a wall wart and your can charge from a power bank in the field.
Fun fact, I've been working on the manual of the AE-01 ^^
...but the AE-01 costs over 3x as much?
@@PaulJimenez3 Perhaps it offers 3x as many possibilities ;)
Ok, I just ordered one of these to add to my collection. Amazon carries them. Looks like they take a long time to arrive, though. I didn't pay extra for shipping, and they're saying June 14-July 1. For Amazon, that's a long time for something not coming from China on a boat.
Got it. It's very nice! It turns out that Carry-On is an OEM for a company in China named "Midiplus". The contacts on the bottom for the thumb are indeed a double hole. Covering one, the other, or none, you can get about 3 octaves out of it. I also found that you can use it while it's charging, so you can connect it to a power bank to operate longer than the 3 hours of the internal battery. I wish you could get higher notes with overblow, but it clearly can't do that.
The "case" is just a cloth bag. I'm going to see if I can find a long, thin hard sided pencil case or similar to protect it better. But seriously, this thing weighs only about 100 grams, 1/5th that of my AE-01 or my Tromba plastic trumpet.
Sarah, that delay between your action and the sound is called latency. It is the thing that would stop me from getting this instrument.
I mostly plan to use it as Bluetooth midi. How is the overall latency?
It is present. So very rhythmic passages would be tricky.
Lots of people buy these instruments because you can practice any time of the day or night without annoying your neighbors.
Any chance of giving us a video of how to play, such as thumb holes on the back and getting sharps and flats etc.
How do you clean it?
Hmm. Picked up one of these on offer last week, tempted by the idea of a 'whole consort in one box,' but starting to go off it. Sluggish (played direct and more so via bt midi), scratchy, sharp and some annoying fingerings (eg forked f natural comes out as e natural). On the plus side, you can turn it down. If there was a way to get into the firmware to create custom fingerings (eg tin whistle or bagpipe chanter) it could be a fun toy, but I guess such features come with a heftier price tag.
Cool for MIDI.
So you mean I can sound like a flute, clarinet or saxophone, but with the inconvenience of recorder fingerings instead of the far more fluid key-mechanisms on those instruments....on the other hand I can use the recorder patch on my AKAI EWI USB (which is cheaper than the EWI you showed) and have the convenience of WW keys and 8 octaves and pitch-bend....
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA IF THIS INSTRUMENT COULD BE USED BY A LEFT HANDED,I MEAN IF THE LEFT HAND GOES DOWN AND RIGHT HAND UP?
Yes I think it can!
@@Team_Recorder Thank you're sweet!
It's so nice of the company to let you test this instrument for us. But where can I buy it? It doens't seem to be on the market yet?
It's on their website on the link above, and I gave a second link to a third party website that stock it too :)
Now it's available for purchase! Please check our website for more info 😊carryonplaying.com/product/carry-on-digital-wind-instrument/
How many cost please tell
hi miss sarah,how much? and where can i purchase that e recorder.