Wow, a truly amazing, clear, detailed introduction and guide to teh HM12 Digital Harmonica. I understand how much hard work and how much time must go into making this video tutorial, so you deserve accolades galore. Thanks very much for this SUPERB JOB !
Wow! This addresses so many of the difficulties of a normal chromatic harmonica. In my book the ability to change octaves and keys and bend notes already makes this a winner. And to top it off you also have all these effects and what not! 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
@@BrendanPowerMusic I'll look into that, thanks. I was thinking though ... this is a purely electronic instrument ... how durable is the "electronic slider" in particular? If a certain Mr. Shubhrannil Sarkar were to play his Indian classical ragas on it, will it hold up? You may have seen the "beating" the slider takes when playing this type of music 😉
This eliminates the old problem of needing a collection of harmonicas, one in each key. Now we have a single instrument that is adjustable to any key. Cool.
That's an interesting instrument. I love how the interface makes it similar to its analog homologue, and how you've got both on-board synth and MIDI out. As far as I could tell from your video, It seems that expression is somewhat limited, though. You apparently can't vary the volume, pitch or timber at all, like you would on an acoustic one, or on other electronic wind instruments like the Sylphyo.
Definitivno veoma interesantna stvar.Medjutim ako svirate na njoj flautu ili neki drugi instrument, to definitivno nije usna harmonika.Vise bih voleo da pired ovog instrumenta sa tim mogucnostima postoji i takav sa mogucnoscu da ima zvuke kao sto preko svojih registara ima prava harmonika.Tada bi se mogao svirati ceo asortiman folk i etno balkanske muzike i druge.Uostalom tom asortimanu muzike proizvodjaci su najvise svojih modela prilagodili.Voleo nih probati tako nrsto.
At first I thought, "why would anyone want a digital harmonica?" But now I understand why. Although I think a midi keyboard and sound module could produce nearly equal results.
Nearly equal, but not the same. There’s no way to emulate human tremolo and vibrato without it sounding artificial. It’s part of the human element of what makes music great.
Seems that those vent ports would affect playing dynamic. Built quality by ear (the way it sounds when you plug the jack or operate rockers) seems rather "plasticky" and inexpensive.
28:00 I'm not sure why one would never want to use A=460Hz, but would want to use A=432Hz... Well I guess you say it yourself, I guess you'd be more likely to find a group playing in A=432 than in A=460... I just wanted to be a pedant and say: IT'S ENTIRELY ARBITRARY! :D
Of course it is... I have had occasional requests to detune harmonicas to A430, so obviously some people like to deviate from the norm. It's good to have the ability to raise or lower the instrument's base frequency, but it's very rare it would be needed. Actually you don't need the HM12 to do this if playing through an external synth: it can be done there.
It depends on the user. For those who want to avoid playing through external synths, the HM12 gives that ability. For me personally, I like playing through my iPad. I prefer the DM48 with Mini PitchBender in that setup for its finer breath sensitivity, plus other things like the ability to input my own tunings etc
