@frank
With the right software you won't have a serious problem. I have small problems only because I want my setup to work with and without a computer. The latter has less possibilities.

I think there has to be a balance between Sylphyo as a standalone instrument and Sylphyo as a MIDI controller. Both implementations are very good.

I use the distinct sounds of the Sylphyo in parallel with other sounds via MIDI. I can live with the missing MIDI thru. Just would like to get rid of this program change from the Link.

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Our secondary discussion:

My description was misleading. I don't play through many speakers yet. That's a future plan. I meant a hexaphonic guitar pickup with 6 outputs. Each string in a different audio channel. Overall output is stereo for now.

You plan to play through 24 speakers or more? That's quite a mouthful :-) Do you make a dome or a circle?

@support_aodyo

I look forward playing

I hope i can in this way play more in tune, get better nuances ..

I cannot get hold of Bruce Kanzelmeier : Maybe somebody can give him a hint to look here?

Kind regards

Frank

@friedus

Please note : if you think you play much better after Basaltfeuer intake, you have taken too much.

If you take more, one definitely sees the burning of basalt..

Regards

Frank

@gibis Ce n'est pas possible pour le moment de modifier la fréquence du la.

@frank For now the majority of updates will be kept on the Kickstarter and Indiegogo campaign pages as they relate more to early backers. Once we have completed production and shipped to our early backers, we can start posting updates on here as well! Feel free to have a look at our updates on Indiegogo and Kickstarter!

There is no manual yet as the synth is not released, but we will be sure to put up a full manual once the Anyma is available!

@frank You are correct I corrected this!

For the record: the Sylphyo mentioned above was returned to Aodyo for a checkup. I got it back in March, and while the functional issues were solved, there was still a problem with the fit of the outer casing: the upper half of the bell doesn't quite match the bottom. Bax has sent me another Sylphyo as a replacement, which appears to work fine. It has the same problem with the bell though.

@peter-ostry My thinking is that I want to create as dry an atmosphere inside the airway to counteract any possible humidity that might have accumulated outside the airway (i.e. in the electronics area).

I do swab the airway with three oboe cloths after I play. I think (and it appears on inspection) that, after I swab, there is no significant visible moisture. In any case, if there are tiny droplets of liquid remaining, it does not appear that they will "drip off" - they are tiny, and there is a significant bevel at the foot end of the airway that would catch (and retain) any tiny water droplets.

Yes, I do not think the 5° tilt is needed! However, it has an appealing feel and does maybe add a bit of safety.

One concern I have is that there is a noticeable metallic, electronics aroma from the mouth of the Sylphyo. It seems to vary in strength based on how much I play it. Have others experienced this??

Another concern is that the internal airway of my Sylphyo does not appear to be "sealed". If I block the bell port completely and breath gently through the mouthpiece, air freely escapes ... to ?someplace?. It is not escaping from around the mouthpiece, so it must be going someplace in the body of the instrument.

In any case, this is not a major issue ... yet. I am taking these steps to avoid a potential issue down the line.

@peter-ostry These are placeholders! You can use them as you would the normal sounds or you can just ignore them. They get progressively replaced as we add new sounds to the Sylphyo and are essentially there to fill the empty slots. It can also be convenient when for example switching from sound 34 back to sound 1, you can just switch over to sound 36 instead.

@steviek That just sounds like you had both the Link and the Integra plugged in to your mixer/sound card, nothing strange. Please do a demo! We'd love to hear how it sounds.

@support_aodyo
Ne lâchez pas le morceau ! Et bon courage à vous.
Daniel

@peter-ostry Thanks for the clarification ... I had made some unfounded assumption as to how it was designed to work.

My main performance DAW is Cantabile, which has a massive set of MIDI filtering, mapping, and munging tools - I can massage pretty much any MIDI stream into what I want (Sysex excepted).

@support_aodyo
Checked again and disabled the Sylphyo's movement CCs. Really cannot tell what is going on. Stuck notes, changing/losing the Sylphyo's internal sound (I mix with the Link's stereo input) and weird behavior overall. Turned everything off and on in different order – no change. Turned everything off, went back to direct MIDI connection and it worked fine.

Never mind. I believe some devilish ghost in a parallel universe prevents me from using USB hosts. A Keith McMillen host did not work here. A Kenton USB host didn't. Why should the Link do. I blame the ghost ;-)

MIDI over DIN works well, I will use this.

@clint Thank you for catching that !

@clint I have just added a "User comment" to this effect on the Thingiverse plugs ...

@support_aodyo Yes, I think I was too early with narrow thumb space. It takes a while to handle that.

@peter-ostry The Link's midi output does not function as a thru output, sorry Peter!

@peter-ostry On the LED setting: it is only for the Snow edition. Only that edition has a LED. I too was confused about this and asked a while back in https://community.aodyo.com/topic/546/led-setting/5

@daniel57 Merci Daniel pour ce partage d'expérience.
Mon doigté a aussi évolué et je me suis rapproché de la perpendicularité...
Par contre, l'accès aux octaves +3...beaucoup de "couac" encore...

@peter-ostry Interesting. Thanks for the observations. We will have a look at this next week.

@clint I've been able to replicate this issue on my end. We'll have a closer look at it next week. Thank you for reporting this!

Bravo Jcfitn et merci pour le partage.
Daniel

@join I must completely remove all my fingers from the pads and stop blowing in order to get it to stop playing the wrong note.

Hi Rick,

In order to make as realistic a sound as possible, we've had to sacrifice a bit of expressivity in Flute Phi. This means that certain playing techniques such as staccato are restricted on that sound because of the difficulty of adapting the algorithms. We prioritised the realism over the expressivity.
In order to get a sound that will work better for these playing techniques, you can try out sound number 8 Chalumeau or maybe number 2 Daphnis Flute? Let me know how you get on with those!
We will of course do our best to improve this in the future and will let you know how this progresses.

Best,

@rick-novy Yes sorry about that! I've changed it.

@support_aodyo Excellent insight and info ... Thanks!!

@support_aodyo merci Maxence ! Je vais donc patienter.

@clint Thanks for all the technical details. For your concerns, I don't think you need to be worried unless you are being particularly harsh with your headphones and the Sylphyo! People have been using the Sylphyo for almost 6 years and we have had very very few complaints about the 1/8" connector or the USB port.

@clint yes! thanks for the tip, I will take a look to this soft, I was searching something for Linux (my main/audio system), and I didn't found, I will try to bridge this program.

The avantege to have something buld in is using hardware synth or raspberry that now is a chose for a lot of musiciens in live situation (better than have a "real" computer conected).

@friedus We hope you like it!

@samii Super

@steviek Hello! You need to change the buffer size in Logic Pro and Mainstage. Set it as low as possible so that you don't get any CPU overload and reduce the latency.
If you have a powerful computer you can get away with settings like 64 or even 32. If you also reduce the sampling rate (down to something like 44.1khz) that should also help with latency as you will then be able to reduce the buffer size.

I hope this helps!

@steviek The latest update always contains all the other updates too!

@support_aodyo The Factor Reset worked!! I can now store settings and they persist through a power cycle.

Thankfully, I wrote down the myriad settings I have adjusted ...

Thank you SO MUCH for your help!!

Cool idea for using tilt! At the moment it would be a bit difficult for us to implement but we can keep it in mind for the future.

Thanks Maxence ... yes, I've got that ... but the "3" in "C3" could mean (as I've found out recently) many different things depending on the octave numbering you use. The Sylphyo (from my examining the MIDI stream it puts out) puts out MIDI hex 3C = decimal 60 for "C3" which is Middle C. That's the same standard that Kontakt, Apple Logic, Cubase, Steinberg, and Yamaha keyboards use.

However, the ISO standard that is used by Korg, Roland, and most of the piano tuning and composing world (and also the Native flute world) use "C4" for Middle C. That's why I was always off by an octave before I understood these issues.

Cakewalk Sonar actually uses C5 for Middle C, which is really confusing!

@jcfitn Merci, très utile ! Je regarde ça :-)

@ijfritz I'm happy it was usefull!

V2 was B Stock %)

A discovery I made about 40 years ago is that it works really, really well to use a longer reaction time for any interval that involves a register key. It doesn’t seem to hinder performance significantly — presumably, as woodwind players we learn to anticipate the extra delay.

Ian

Thank you Clint, I'm brand new with electronic wind controller. Right now I use Logic Pro and I'll check your suggestion as soon as possible.

Thanks for the answer.

Perfect, I will try that.
Thanks to CSP and Aodyo Support

@Support_AODYO
Extrait du mode d’emploi du Sylphyo : « Plus tard, vous pourrez également acheter un bec actif avec des capteurs qui vous donneront encore plus de contrôle sur le son »

Même s’il n’est pas en développement actuellement, comptez-vous travailler et sortir un jour ce bec actif ?

I've just posted an updated version - v1.008 - of the Sylphyo font package. It has some of the updates discussed above. Feedback welcome!

https://www.Flutopedia.com/sylphyo_fonts.htm

@palsyl No news yet, but we are still working on it and will be sure to send out an update as soon as we can say everything with certainty!