Unusual Midi instruments

[Cheez]

After the midi trumpet, I remembered seeing some unusual midi instruments around. Thought I might as well share what is happening. If anyone comes across something unusual please add!

Here they are:

Xylosynth (midi xyplophone)

http://www.malletjazz.com/xylosynth.html


Midi Harp

http://www.kortier.com/midi32.htm

Midi "Fingerboard"

http://www.cerlsoundgroup.org/Continuum/

 

[bongman]

wow!

wow! how do you play this Fingerboard ?

certainly there should be a column for 'other instruments/brass'

 

[Mr_KeyboardMan]

saw the jordan ruddess demo on the fingerboard ... IT'S AWESOME !! 8)

would love to get one myself

but after I've seen the price tag (US$5290.00)

I decided to hold that tought

 

[Mr_KeyboardMan]

just a tought

is it really practical to have a xylophone synth when keyboards or normal midi controller can do the job and have the same expressiveness ?

 

[joel68]

This is something like Pink floyd's guitar...you will get some sweet sounds out of it rather than getting from a synth or a real one !!

 

[Cheez]

just a tought

is it really practical to have a xylophone synth when keyboards or normal midi controller can do the job and have the same expressiveness ?

Percussive midi controllers are best used for percussive instruments. Keyboards are difficult to play some percussive styles especially those tremelos. An example for a usage of the midi xylophone will be to trigger steel drums or tubular bells samples - maybe even tympanis! But you're right - pretty limited.

 

[Mr_KeyboardMan]

hmm ... true, you can simulate the tremolos using the effects on the synth just hold the key but i guess the sound wouldn't be "humane" enough ... so i guess the xylosynth can do more on this part. But it's too limited for practical use so i guess it's not that popular. For the fingerboard, maybe it's too expensive for a midi instrument that's why it's not that popular although it's very expressive. With that price you can buy a really high end synth

 

[Cheez]

Oh, another nice instrument for the midi xylophone to play would be the angklung. I can already imagine how it would sound like....