Now, I realise that the number of people as excited by this as I am is hovering around zero, but some crazy wonderful genius has made a set of presets available for the free Vital synthesizer program that mimic the sounds of a Lyricon-1 windsynth! Free to download and use, or make a donation to the creator.

If you don't know the Lyricon then look up "Einstein a Go-Go" on YouTube, or listen to Tom Scott playing it on Steely Dan's "Peg".

https://windsynth.booth.pm/items/7289606

#WindSynth #Lyricon #Synth #MusicalInstruments

You can also read this article about the instrument from 1979: https://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/wind-of-change/13043)

It's been a bit since I made a new intro, but I'm just gonna hashtag some stuff I've gotten into in that past year or so. Boosts welcome, I'm a single user instance, so I don't have a lot of reach by myself.
#journaling #stationary #synthesizers #windsynth #rugby

After a lot of searching I discovered that someone has indeed created a software synth that appears to make the same kinds of sound available to the original 1970s Lyricon electronic wind instrument. Very exciting! and a remarkably reasonable price.

https://www.davidsonaudioandmultimedia.com/products/lyrihorn-1

Brilliant, looks to be just what I was hoping to find. Designer had a great reputation and seems to be very highly regarded in the (somewhat niche) world of wind synths.

Except… You can buy it, but it won't work. The designer set up his software downloads to require a separately (manually) issued code, tied to your computer, to work… and he appears to have been failing to issue them for any of his products, or respond to emails and calls, for about a year. A lot of unhappy and very disappointed people out there.

So… bum. Heavy sigh.

#Lyricon #WindSynth #ElectronicWindInstruments

Highlights from my recent #windsynth live set at Mantra Wines in Novato, CA

https://youtu.be/50AbC_yU6mI?si=AYTWGFuep5qkmx_0

Little experiment…
#physicalmodeling #windsynth

https://youtu.be/LhVMWYeQTlo

My one-of-a-kind windsynth

#EWI #NuRAD #windsynth #electronicmusic

https://diercks.net/jon/blog/2024/04/my-one-of-a-kind-windsynth

just found this video of this guy using a windsynth to play the cantina band theme and it's funky as all hell

https://youtu.be/tFUyM2cEAkU

#WindSynth #Saxophone #EddieEWI #StarWars

@DistinctNotes @digginjazz

( … obligatory hashtags to make this thread easier to find … #EWI #jazz #windsynth #birthday )

I’m acutely reminded of the ONE time I had the opportunity to play #WindSynth at a black church in South Minneapolis, sometime around 2006 or so.

I’d brought my own canned accompaniment, but a minute or so in, brother had come in on the #HammondOrgan, & shit started cookin’. I faded out the backing track, & we fuckin’ took OFF. Improvisation went bananas. Dancin’, jivin’, mass hysteria.

Thinking back on it still brings joyous tears to my eyes, despite the fact that I no longer believe.

I am looking for some advice on wind synthesizers. How do the Sylphio and the Aerophone compare? What are the main differences. #ewi #wx5 #wx11 #windsynth #midi #breathcontroller #midisax #electronicsaxophone #electronicmusic #ableton #logic