Some suggestions
Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2019 11:41 am
Just received my warbl, still getting used to it but it's great so far!
Some suggestions after playing around;
oxx xxx fingering pressure
The one thing that's really throwing me off is when using oxx xxx in the second octave (using chromatic tin whistle fingerings). I personally wish it would just use the same pressure as all the other notes in the second octave, which is pretty much how it works on the tin whistle. Right now it uses the same pressure as the first octave notes, so it usually sends me straight to the third octave.
Kind of hard to explain, but I hope you get the idea.I think an obtion to just disable this fingering for an automatic octave jump would suffice.
Chromatic fingerings
Besides using the pinky hole, I think it would be intuitive if the any of the other open holes bellow the lowest open hole can be used to drop down a semitone.I also play the ocarina, and this is usually the way to play chromatics. An ocarina fingering by itself might a good idea too, though I can imagine it's a bit of a niche audience.
No vibrato holes selected, still get slight vibrato
I don't use finger vibrato, but still want to use slides. So I disabled all the vibrato holes. But if I play ooo xxo the tone is still influenced.
Overblow & expression
Right now it's not really possible to use expression + overblow at the same time. Since,the expression doesn't take the breath pressure for the overblow into account. I think the value for expression should be determined based from the value for the overblow of the note (or from the note that started the overblow, not sure which one would feel better).
So let's say 2.0 inH20 is the overblow barrier. I'm playing the first octave in 1.5 inh20 where 1.5 inH20 is counted towards expression. Then if I blow at 2.5 inH20 right the expression would also be at 2.5H20, while it should be at 2.5 - 2.0 = 0.5 inH20.
Awfully difficult to explain this, but I think you get the idea!
One more problem I have is that when I lift multiple fingers, I often still get some note readings from one of the fingers as they lift up. Thought that might just be a problem with my playing. (I did make sure the calibration is very tight)
Other than that I really love it! Keep up the good work!
Some suggestions after playing around;
oxx xxx fingering pressure
The one thing that's really throwing me off is when using oxx xxx in the second octave (using chromatic tin whistle fingerings). I personally wish it would just use the same pressure as all the other notes in the second octave, which is pretty much how it works on the tin whistle. Right now it uses the same pressure as the first octave notes, so it usually sends me straight to the third octave.
Kind of hard to explain, but I hope you get the idea.I think an obtion to just disable this fingering for an automatic octave jump would suffice.
Chromatic fingerings
Besides using the pinky hole, I think it would be intuitive if the any of the other open holes bellow the lowest open hole can be used to drop down a semitone.I also play the ocarina, and this is usually the way to play chromatics. An ocarina fingering by itself might a good idea too, though I can imagine it's a bit of a niche audience.
No vibrato holes selected, still get slight vibrato
I don't use finger vibrato, but still want to use slides. So I disabled all the vibrato holes. But if I play ooo xxo the tone is still influenced.
Overblow & expression
Right now it's not really possible to use expression + overblow at the same time. Since,the expression doesn't take the breath pressure for the overblow into account. I think the value for expression should be determined based from the value for the overblow of the note (or from the note that started the overblow, not sure which one would feel better).
So let's say 2.0 inH20 is the overblow barrier. I'm playing the first octave in 1.5 inh20 where 1.5 inH20 is counted towards expression. Then if I blow at 2.5 inH20 right the expression would also be at 2.5H20, while it should be at 2.5 - 2.0 = 0.5 inH20.
Awfully difficult to explain this, but I think you get the idea!
One more problem I have is that when I lift multiple fingers, I often still get some note readings from one of the fingers as they lift up. Thought that might just be a problem with my playing. (I did make sure the calibration is very tight)
Other than that I really love it! Keep up the good work!