In another article I wrote already about the Sylphyo, an electronic wind instrument, I bought this year in February. During the lockdown, I had much time to remember, relearn and train recorder fingerings learned half a century ago. In summer however I was not so disciplined.
My favourite configuration to play the Sylphyo is with Mainstage3 and samples of real instruments. It’s really fun to have an instrument that can sound like any real or digital instrument. Of course, the best virtual instruments for the Sylphyo are those that are normally controlled by breath, i.e. woodwinds. My most preferred are clarinet and some exotic flutes like the indian bansuri. Unfortunately I didn’t find a convincing virtual saxophone until now, at least not for free.
I recorded some examples: The first piece is Arirang, a corean folk song, played on a virtual ocarina.
The next one is „Happy Birthday“ played on an english horn.
The italian partisan song „Bella Ciao“ is played on a clarinet:
The little tune I composed myself, is played with the virtual synthesizer sound „acid pulsewave“:
Because it’s nearly Christmas, „Leise rieselt der Schnee“ on an indian bansuri flute.
Another exotic flute: Beethoven’s „Ode an die Freude“ on a turkish kaval:
And last but not least the famous Christmas song, „Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht“ played on a virtual traverse flute:
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