Vangoa EWI-100 Portable Mini Digital Electronic Wind Instrument Synthesizer Rechargeable with Removable Mouthpiece for Kids Adults Beginners

J'ai acheté une copie cheap de cet instrument et l'ai retournée parce qu'elle fonctionnait mal. Le son de celui-ci est intéressant mais pas assez fort pour jouer d'autres personnes. Connecté sur un haut-parleur c'est bien meilleur. J'ai posé un petit crochet pour le pouce de la main droite pour une meilleure prise , sinon il glisse. Les écouteurs me permettent de m'amuser sans déranger personne. J'ai choisi le doigté de la flûte mais il y en a un deuxième pour le sax. Je ne l'ai pas connecté à un ordinateur. La fonction bluetooth ne fonctionne pas. Mon téléphone l'a détecte mais ne connecte pas. Plus je l'utilise, plus je l'apprécie.

A fun product

I bought this for fun\silent practice. I wasn't expecting professional sound, but I do think this qualifies as "more than a toy" This does get MIDI notes into iPad 9 garageband via USB , free synthetsizers from the app store, and AUM, and then you can use software to make better sounds. (The built in sounds and speakers make this seem more like a toy). I enjoyed this enough as a "get my feet wet" EWI that I am buying a more expensive EWI that has flat and double flat pinky buttons.

There are several versions of this instrument available. I decided on the Vangoa because it was the one that seemed to be the original. I'd seen a few YouTube videos featuring it and they were very positive. It plays straight out of the box as it comes charged. I was immediately pleased with it. The sounds are good and it's very responsive. I then attached a small speaker to the headphone output ... and it sounded excellent. When played through my Sony XR-41, the sound is incredible. Like any instrument, you have to be accurate with your fingers and articulation. I play mainly jazz standards which require a lot of accidentals; they are easy to play. Swapping octaves is easy using the buttons on the back. (If I had any complaint it would be that it's sometimes easy to swap octaves when you don't want to. There is no "home button" to tell you when your thumb is is the middle octave position. That comes through experience.) One point is very important: the sounds are consistent throughout the 3 octaves. As an example, the clarinet setting sounds like a clarinet throughout the entire 3-octave range. (I also have a CarryOn electronic recorder which is similar and the sounds are very inconsistent.) It is incredibly well made and very feels good in your hands. The plastic mouldings are perfect and the plastic of very good quality. I highly recommend this as a fun instrument that sounds good, is well made and is straightforward to play. So why did I say that it's perfect for buskers? First off, the charge lasts for ages. Secondly, you can play it through a small battery amplifier. You could fit everything you need in a small backpack and be out wowing the crowds after 2 or 3 days' practice. If I were still busking, this would be my go-to instrument.

The good points: 1) it is well designed and seems solidly made. 2) lots of well-thought-out configuration possibilities (responsiveness to breath pressure, 10 'tones' or wind instrument sounds, 2 fingering options, reverb, transposition, volume) 3) the device transmits MIDI over a cable and I did not notice any latency or hiccups when playing into GarageBand on a Mac. It was nice to have breath control of dynamics. 4) the price seems quite low for such a sophisticated device. I was able to connect to my Mac via Bluetooth, but that simply caused the Mac to play sounds back through the EWI speaker. GarageBand only recognized the EWI as a MIDI instrument when I used the USB-C-to-USB-A cable (provided with the EWI). a USB-C-to-USB-C cable did not work for MIDI. Things that could be better: a) I like only about half of the built-in sounds b) it would really help to have a clip-on thumb rest for the right hand c) the fingering is based on simple wind instruments like pennywhistles. This is great for children, but it makes playing over the octave breaks tricky. I can't fault the makers; I think they made a reasonable compromise between ease of playing and speed of playing. Problem a) can be solved by playing through a synth. Problem b) can be solved by taping something onto the instrument. Problem c) can be solved by dedicated practicing (to some degree). I am generally extremely pleased with this instrument.