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Re: Show HN: Haxophone

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Post by wilsonnb3 » Sun, Nov 20, 2022, 11:44 PM UTC

For those who are more into the “cheap sax like instrument” part rather than the electronic part, you should check out the Yamaha Venova line.

Re: Show HN: Haxophone

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Post by wilsonnb3 » Sun, Nov 20, 2022, 11:46 PM UTC

olivermuty wrote: post #48

Can you do a trombone next so we can play trombone hero with a real trombone? :D

I bet it would be pretty easy to rig up a PBone or PBone Mini to play trombone hero with

Re: Show HN: Haxophone

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Post by b20000 » Mon, Nov 21, 2022, 12:04 AM UTC

any info on kernel config, drivers, rootfs etc used?

Re: Show HN: Haxophone

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Post by archarios » Mon, Nov 21, 2022, 12:04 AM UTC

If you want a really high quality premade thing like this, Johan Berglund is your guy: https://berglundinstruments.mediarif.com/

Re: Show HN: Haxophone

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Post by javier_cardona » Mon, Nov 21, 2022, 12:14 AM UTC

b20000 wrote: post #53

any info on kernel config, drivers, rootfs etc used?

It's running vanilla Raspberry Pi OS, alsa drivers and fluidsynth, all configured from the main Rust application (https://github.com/jcard0na/haxo-rs/blob/main/src/synth.rs)

Re: Show HN: Haxophone

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Post by system2 » Mon, Nov 21, 2022, 2:14 AM UTC

rudolfwinestock wrote: post #49

Here are other innovative electronic instruments. The Eigenharp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MR5qBtPRrM The Artiphon Instrument1: https://artiphon.com/pages/instrument1 The Linnstrument: https://www.rogerlinndesign.com/linnstrument

Artiphon videos don't play on the browser. They chose some weird player with unknown host... Why...

Re: Show HN: Haxophone

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Post by chuchana » Mon, Nov 21, 2022, 2:16 AM UTC

rudolfwinestock wrote: post #49

Here are other innovative electronic instruments. The Eigenharp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MR5qBtPRrM The Artiphon Instrument1: https://artiphon.com/pages/instrument1 The Linnstrument: https://www.rogerlinndesign.com/linnstrument

The Soundplane: https://madronalabs.com/soundplane

Re: Show HN: Haxophone

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Post by diydsp » Mon, Nov 21, 2022, 2:59 AM UTC

rudolfwinestock wrote: post #49

Here are other innovative electronic instruments. The Eigenharp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MR5qBtPRrM The Artiphon Instrument1: https://artiphon.com/pages/instrument1 The Linnstrument: https://www.rogerlinndesign.com/linnstrument

The Brooklyn Eel: https://youtu.be/huYJa2Du57g

Re: Show HN: Haxophone

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Post by mdmglr » Mon, Nov 21, 2022, 3:32 AM UTC

Reminds me of the EWI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EWI_(musical_instrument). Which several people in my high school band would play in the locker rooms.

Re: Show HN: Haxophone

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Post by dmead » Mon, Nov 21, 2022, 3:47 AM UTC

mdmglr wrote: post #59

Reminds me of the EWI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EWI_(musical_instrument) . Which several people in my high school band would play in the locker rooms.

I have an akai ewi sitting on my desk