This NUX NES-1 is quite interesting in term of latest technologies (Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, speaker, color screens and text display), which make approaching to Roland AE-30. But I am not sure about sound quality comparing to AE-30, AKAI EWI Solo or EWI5000,... and are 50 sounds enough? Can we wirelessly play MIDI sounds on computer [DAW] from NES-1? Also, we still hear too much the fingering noise, do we? Thanks for all info sharing!
Great review! Looks like a nice design, but what happened with those side keys?! Man I wish these windsynth makers would just give us a damn VA synth instead of lousy samples! Love the inclusion of the wireless audio, that’s a fairly unique feature (though I would also make more use of wireless MIDI than wireless audio). Also love that you don’t seem to need a neckstrap. Some nice design choices, apparently hurt by cheap implementation. Subscribed!
It's good there's finally a competitor to the Aerophone and a pity it falls so far short. My must haves are bite-sensor and buttons instead of Akai pads and that left one choice: Roland. The one thing where falling short is a plus is it looks like it would fit in airline carry-on. I would love a version of the AE-30 that fitted carry-on even if had to be packed diagonally.
@@julianbrezon It's been Akai's biggest problem. The EWI 5000S COULD have been a great device.....except it has a fixed number of samples you can use. I think the best EWI you can get is an Aerophone 20 or 30. It has an actual synth engine and can play great samples. I use one all the time to cover synth, string or brass patches in the band I play in.
How can they expect the musician to play this with different lag times between certain note combinations. That is absurd. Just save your money and get a properly designed Roland AE-20 from Patchman Music. The sounds are way better, there are hundreds of great sounds, and it is a far more professional instrument for not a whole lot more money.
@@julianbrezon Oh I could see that with headphones being better. Without them it reminds me of walking through a newsroom with all the reporters typing away .
That sounds nothing like a real instrument, sterov sampling VSTs sound 10x more realistic. This is nowhere close to a real instrument in terms of playability or realism.
I agree with you - but as a windsynth player, sounding like a “real instrument” is not all that interesting to me. I’m not sure I think “sounding like a real instrument” is the right way to judge a windsynth. Most keyboard-based synths sound nothing like a piano - and that’s fine, because they’re a synth, not a piano! 😁
@@bodhibeats8257 my noire piano i doubted seriously till I was able to match several recorded CFX grands sounding 99% similar to those with the editing options they give you. I matched it 100% to Ryuichi Sakamotos CFX grand, literally every small sound, detail, even noise floor is identical I've never been more impressed by a vst. The only things that's slightly different is the sound of the damper obviously as they all sound a little different, but seriously if I played the recording perfectly, and you do an Å B comparison, you COULD NOT tell the difference. The point of sounding like the real instrument is how beautiful it sounds and the art of music and fine sound it produces. I can't find an instrument enjoyable if it doesn't sound like the real thing, especially if you need to record. VSTs specifically from performance samples, are extremely close to a natural sounding Orchestra and it's insane. If you add your own reverb it can sound 1 to 1, the hardest thing to replicate are solo instruments, but the Guo Cello is a fantastic example of how good articulations can be.
@@JohnnyADi Agreed all around. If you want to reproduce acoustic sounds with your windsynth, have at it! A lot of joy to be hard there, and of course it can be done well. I like the SWAM physically modeled instruments - but there are good sampled-based ones as well. I was simply saying that *for me personally*, unnatural and novel sounds are more interesting. And, I was saying that synthesized sounds are themselves worthwhile - an instrument need not sound like a “real” instrument in order to be good or useful. I think a filtered saw wave is about the most beautiful sound on the planet - and there’s nothing real about it. 🤷♂️
@@JohnnyADi BTW, I also use Noire as my primary piano. It’s great. But it’s not a keyboard-based synth as I referred to. It’s a sampled piano library that can be used with a MIDI controller. If you buy a hardware synthesizer, most will not be capable of sounding anything like a real piano. And that is fine - the point of them is not to sound like a piano. I’m saying the same thing is true here - the point of windsynth is *not* to sound like a saxophone or flute. They’re synthesizers, that’s why they sound like synthesizers. I think it would be more fair to compare a windsynth against other sytnths, instead of acoustic instruments. (This particular one doesn’t seem to hold up very well against other synths, either. 😁)
