@Clint
I am afraid you won't have a chance until Aodyo gives us controlling possibilities like setting the base note by sending something to the Link and sync it to the instrument or vice versa or what-do-I-know ...

Just loud thinking:

• Do not change the base note on the Sylphyo but rather at the destination. Near the MIDI input, in Cantabile, before the plugin, whatever is possible. It's only about adding a value to incoming note numbers.

• I don't know how you operate the EC4, but if pushing knobs doesn't interfer with other functions I would use the push functions of encoders 1-11. They have labels and pressing the corresponding knobs makes manual changes more or less failsave.

• If you can send SysEx from Cantabile or through another software, maybe Aodyo can give you a string to set the base note on the current Link. You wouldn't see the change on the Sylphyo but I think you could live with that.

• If you can program that in Cantabile or in another software, you could switch the base note on the Sylphyo, then do something on or with the Sylphyo you never do while playing (telling the software that the base note is coming) and then play the base note. Like a keyboard player handles key switches.

None of the above is an ideal solution, but maybe I could give you some ideas.

Just a note:
If you need MIDI processing but don't have a software for that, consider Bome MIDI Translator Pro. They have a very helpful support guy in the user forum. BomeBox could be an additional option but that little monster is expensive.

@mistergibson
I don't have an Anima Phi but a Touché.

If you use hardware patches in Lie Software, under the MIDI tab you can set CC numbers sent by the available movements. Click on "Instrument View" shows you some settings including the MIDI channel.

According to the Anima Phi specifications, CC numbers cannot control everything in the Synth but controlling playing performance is possible.

@TheSongSystem said:

You mention the Sylphyo having both sideways roll and compass (sideways angle) - these are two different things?

Yes. Airplane and ship movements are a good comparison:
(Source: Wikipedia)

Ship YAW = Sylphyo COMPASS
Ship PITCH = Sylphyo ELEVATION
Ship ROLL = Sylphyo ROLL

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@TheSongSystem said:

Also, you mention the Sylphyo sounds being the "smaller", medium synthetic versions of sounds that Anyma Phi does better. Does this mean that the same preset sounds are in both devices, at different resolution levels, ...

I don’t know if there are some identical presets, but so far I know the Sylphyo and the Anyma Phi are made by the same people and the latter has a multiple of CPU power and can produce sounds in more detail.

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@TheSongSystem said in Prospective user with questions:

I've been looking into some of the other sound sources you mention, and am noticing that the Anyma Phi seems to straddle the line between a digital pedal and synth software. Would agree with this observation?

I agree.

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Best clarinet feeling has the Yamaha WX5 at an Yamaha VL-70m synth with the Patchman Turbo chip. The Sylphyo is a different beast. It has a soft long airflow. You can manipulate that via electronic settings and additionally attach different plugs (for blow-resistance) at the lower air-hole but basically it feels always like a flute. The strength of the Sylphyo lies in it's very special soft and precise airflow detection and in the type of available control possibilities: Air pressure, sideways roll, elevation (vertical angle), compass (sideways angle) and key-bend by rolling the finger tips. The Sylphyo has no mechanical keys and the mouthpiece does nothing. Very expressive and very different from a clarinet.

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I like your music I heard on YouTube and I am not sure if the Anyma Phi is the right synth for you. Hopefully Aodyo doesn't beat me for that, but I find the sound of the Anyma Phi very synthetic. The Sylphyo has the "smaller", medium synthetic version of these sounds and the Anyma Phi does them better, if you know what I mean.

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The internal sounds of the Sylphyo are not customizable. You can use the assigned controllers and that's it. But some of the sounds are a good base for an effects chain like yours.

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Anyma Phi sounds are customizable, it is a fully featured physical modeling synth. The Sylphyo sends CC values from various sources that can control everything MIDI aware.

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Hardware and Software depend on your musical wishes. For example, I find classic FM synthesis like in a TG77 rather boring with the Sylphyo. Generally, older synths were not built for the range of control a Sylphyo delivers. Modular systems do work but I find them too brutal for the Sylphyo's nuances. So far I heard, Roland's Integra sounds good with a Sylphyo. I have a Waldorf Blofeld and a Dreadbox Typhon and both work well with the Sylphyo but I would not recommend exactly these two because I always miss some expression and power I expect from hardware synths.
Regarding software – Respiro is physical modeling and built for wind controllers, probably the only softsynth today that works out of the box for this type of instrument. You can change and control the sounds to a certain degree but it tends to imitate real world instruments, which is the whole purpose of physical modeling. I use Respiro and I like u-he Zebra for it's wonderful warm blowlike sounds and UVI Falcon for it's endless sound and control capabilities. Both must be set up for a wind controller but this isn't too complicated.

Additional comment:
If you consider to buy a Sylphyo, also consider the Sylphyo Link box. I am pretty sure that you will prefer wireless playing and for that you need the Link.

@Clint said in Dual Sylphyo Setup:

I am guessing a Link only remembers one pairing connection?

This is good for your duo configuration. Each time a player switches on his/her Sylphyo, it should connect to the same Link=Synth.

Ok, when did your trumpet and bass flute get the last update, apart from the cleaning cloth and a few drops of oil here and there?
Don't blame me, this was meant as a joke :-)

I'm not a fan of frequent updates for an instrument where I have to internalize or even relearn behavior after changes. The Sylphyo works for my use and as it is, along with the Link box, as a standalone system, I can play it forever. For my guitars and other instruments, I rarely want updates and if so, then only for certain areas of playability...

...and that's a method I'd like to suggest to Aodyo. A large proportion of users think that software for electronic instruments needs to be updated regularly. Although this is actually not the case, as can be seen with most keyboards and synthesizers. For the more sensitive Sylphyo I think it is possible to improve the software in separated sections, concentrated on the most requested parts that you are trying to get perfect.
That could result in an update every six months or so. With an overhauled main section (the theme) and a few bugfixes.

I support this feature request.

But I expect a problem with Compass. How do we tell it the direction we want to play?
We would need some sort of Center, Reset, Set Direction, however you name it.

Otherwise we could only play on stages that face north :-)

Well, with new user's first post moderated and to be approved – if one of the Aodyo people checks the forum once or twice a day, you don't need sub-moderators at all. May be a more attractive option for a company forum.

@join said:

The best thing would be to approve new topics, ...

Not new topics. This would hinder regular users.
You want to block/approve first posts from new users.

@join said:

... but it means we should organize to guarantee a maximum response time in order to avoid stifling new discussions.

You have users who connect on a more or less regular basis, like Clint and me, and you may know a couple more. If a few users get the permission to approve a post from a new user, most of your current problems are gone.
 
If none of the volunteer moderators knows how to handle a post, they simply leave it in waiting state until you decide what should happen. This is how we deal with it in another forum and the waiting time for desired new users is never more than 12 hours.

People go on holidays without notice or lose interest for a while, so you need more then one helper, either in-house or external. The owner(s) of a forum should check it at least once a day and I think this is not the case here.

@join
Automatic spam blocking will never be watertight. Nowadays it is more of a coarse sieve.

Please don't get me wrong, I'm really in no position to criticize your forum job. But I was an Internet Service Provider for many years and I know how it feels when you see 2% user traffic and 98% aggressors, spams and idiots on the server. And for a forum, that would be a very good ratio. If you are less lucky, you can quickly end up with 0.1% or 0.01% legitimate traffic.

Well ... NodeBB claims to have "unparalleled moderation tools". So it has at least a "moderate new users" function, right? Enable that and, if the bad guys do not manage to go around, most of the bot-show will be over. Then comes IP- and user-blocking and an administrator who has a look every couple of hours.

It's really not necessary that so much spam comes through and, worse, stays in the forum for days. You could even recruit a few volunteer forum users to help out with administration as moderators. Many forums do it this way.