I just tried it with my Warbl wind controller - works well. Another thing - the R1 does have BLE midi which works without a hitch with SWAM, SampleTank, Garageband etc on the iPad. I just discovered that this morning!
Hello Calvin, I hope everything is okay with you and your family. I just ordered this instrument but Im wondering if you can adjust the sensitivity of the fingering key. Please let me know. Thanks
yes. You can adjust both breath and finger (or key) sensitivity. Press the two buttons above your on/off button at the same time and you will get "Volume". Scroll up or down to get to "Advanced" and then press the magic button (the top of the two buttons) once. You will see "Patch Bank". Scroll down once and you will get "Key sens". Press once and you have 1-8. That's where you adjust for finger sensitivity. I think 1 is least sensitive and 8 is most sensitive. Select the number of choice, press once to save.
Yes yes. I am a tinwhistle player and use the Whistle+ fingering. The most recent firmware updates have five fingering options: Whistle+, Sax, Hulusi (a Chinese instrument), dizi (a Chinese bamboo flute - similar to the whistle except that the root note begins with the fourth note), and the EVI+. Press the two buttons below the thumb rest, scroll through the menu screen till you get to "Advanced." Press the top button once, then scroll till you find "Fingering mode." Press the top button once again, and you will get your fingering options. Select Whistle+ and you're in tinwhistle finger! Hope that helps!
Hi Calvin, your videos are really helpful. I just got my R1 and I am loving it . I kind of figured out almost everything except a few things. 1) I am not able to figure out how to set up custom fingering where I can assign custom note for each button. I connected my R1 to JamKoo and I found the “custom fingering “ option under : fingering mode. But after assigning custom notes in the given menu on JamKoo, and saving the changes, no change happens on my device. 2) the same goes with master tuning. Where if I change 440 hz to 444 hz, the change is not showing up on my device. It sounds the same. Any help to resolve this would be highly helpful. Regards
Thanks for your kind words. I wonder if you can ask the Robkoo folk about Jamkoo? I don’t use it at all except to update firmware. I use the R1 purely as a windcontroller paired with sounds from iPad or my Mac. Sorry I’m just not knowledgeable enough to guide you through your questions. What fingering are you trying to customize? I would like to have the Chinese xiao fingering but the R1 doesn’t have a back hole sensor like the Warbl windcontroller does. Not sure how to overcoming that…
Ah! Thank you so much for your reply. May I ask what’s your age , because you look so cheerful and so lively and I can sense the child in you is still intact in this maddening world. By the time you replied , I figured out the custom fingering option. But still the master tuning I am not able to figure out. Do you know anyone from Robkoo who I can write to ? Or do they have a helpdesk mail id? Also could you pls guide me on what best sound banks like swam are available for robkoo apart from their custom sounds. I am much younger to you and I am inspired by your simplicity, modesty and liveliness at your age😊regards
What you need to do is to turn on your instrument, press the two buttons about the on switch at the same time so you see "Volume", scroll through that menu till you get to "System." Press the top of the two buttons and you get "BLE midi" and scroll through till you get to "Language." Select "English" and you should be set. Of course, if your menu is in Chinese, you have to follow the same process and try to figure out the words in Chinese to get to the Language menu. Best wishes.
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Thanks for the introduction. I’ll be curious to see if their app and patches work with my current wind controller.
Thanks for watching. Let me know when you try!
I just tried it with my Warbl wind controller - works well. Another thing - the R1 does have BLE midi which works without a hitch with SWAM, SampleTank, Garageband etc on the iPad. I just discovered that this morning!
@@calvinchong8740awesome! Thanks for the info (from a sAx-playing senior :)
Hello Calvin, I hope everything is okay with you and your family. I just ordered this instrument but Im wondering if you can adjust the sensitivity of the fingering key. Please let me know. Thanks
yes. You can adjust both breath and finger (or key) sensitivity. Press the two buttons above your on/off button at the same time and you will get "Volume". Scroll up or down to get to "Advanced" and then press the magic button (the top of the two buttons) once. You will see "Patch Bank". Scroll down once and you will get "Key sens". Press once and you have 1-8. That's where you adjust for finger sensitivity. I think 1 is least sensitive and 8 is most sensitive. Select the number of choice, press once to save.
Really appreciate your immediate reply Calvin. Now Im excited to have my R1 Robkoo:) Thanks again
Very versatile instrument.....
Please, can I play it like a tin whistle ( fingering 6 hole ) ? Is there a proper setting for ?
Yes yes. I am a tinwhistle player and use the Whistle+ fingering. The most recent firmware updates have five fingering options: Whistle+, Sax, Hulusi (a Chinese instrument), dizi (a Chinese bamboo flute - similar to the whistle except that the root note begins with the fourth note), and the EVI+.
Press the two buttons below the thumb rest, scroll through the menu screen till you get to "Advanced." Press the top button once, then scroll till you find "Fingering mode." Press the top button once again, and you will get your fingering options. Select Whistle+ and you're in tinwhistle finger! Hope that helps!
Hi Calvin, your videos are really helpful. I just got my R1 and I am loving it . I kind of figured out almost everything except a few things.
1) I am not able to figure out how to set up custom fingering where I can assign custom note for each button. I connected my R1 to JamKoo and I found the “custom fingering “ option under : fingering mode. But after assigning custom notes in the given menu on JamKoo, and saving the changes, no change happens on my device.
2) the same goes with master tuning. Where if I change 440 hz to 444 hz, the change is not showing up on my device. It sounds the same.
Any help to resolve this would be highly helpful.
Regards
Thanks for your kind words. I wonder if you can ask the Robkoo folk about Jamkoo? I don’t use it at all except to update firmware. I use the R1 purely as a windcontroller paired with sounds from iPad or my Mac. Sorry I’m just not knowledgeable enough to guide you through your questions. What fingering are you trying to customize? I would like to have the Chinese xiao fingering but the R1 doesn’t have a back hole sensor like the Warbl windcontroller does. Not sure how to overcoming that…
Ah! Thank you so much for your reply. May I ask what’s your age , because you look so cheerful and so lively and I can sense the child in you is still intact in this maddening world. By the time you replied , I figured out the custom fingering option. But still the master tuning I am not able to figure out. Do you know anyone from Robkoo who I can write to ? Or do they have a helpdesk mail id? Also could you pls guide me on what best sound banks like swam are available for robkoo apart from their custom sounds. I am much younger to you and I am inspired by your simplicity, modesty and liveliness at your age😊regards
@@sarahasaraha1057 You can write to them here store.robkoo.com/pages/support They would be the best people to help you with your answers. Best wishes!
Help, I can’t get mine to read out in English.
What you need to do is to turn on your instrument, press the two buttons about the on switch at the same time so you see "Volume", scroll through that menu till you get to "System." Press the top of the two buttons and you get "BLE midi" and scroll through till you get to "Language." Select "English" and you should be set.
Of course, if your menu is in Chinese, you have to follow the same process and try to figure out the words in Chinese to get to the Language menu. Best wishes.