Carry On Digital Wind Instrument Black

This is an amazing instrument for the price. Not sure why folks are complaining. I have an Akai EWI (electronic woodwind instrument) that costs four times as much, is five times harder to use, will not work stand alone, and does not sound any better. In short the "carry on" is a fantastic product. If you know woodwind keying (which I do) you can pick it up and play in 5 minutes, otherwise you will need to learn the notes as you would a recorder. It is about as easy to learn. The "carry on" can be used alone with no other sound or midi device. Alone, it is just as loud as a typical recorder. It plays 3 octaves and it has maybe 7 distinct instrument sounds (e.g., a recorder, trumpet, clarinet, sax, and oboe). You can easily link it to any small external speaker (with a small phono plug). I use it with a Bose and a Sony small speakers designed for i-phones/ipads, and the sound fills up a large room. I also link it (with an adapted guitar cord) to a small guitar amp and I can add reverb and easily fill a small recital hall. While not a true professional instrument it comes pretty close. It is at least as good or better than a regular recorder or Irish whistle or a mid price EWI (costing $500). One of the best features is that the carry on has built in Bluetooth that you can link to "MIDI" based apps. Once I figured out where to look on the app, it took me 1 minute to link it to all of the music software on my IPAD (i.e., garage band, music studio, cubasis, sample tank). For example in Garage Band, you click on the "gear wheel" setting button (top right for the screen), then go to advanced, and after you turn on the instrument's bluetooth, it shows up below the garage band's "bluetooth midi device". Once you link it, it plays on garage band just as easily as the built in keyboard. After you link the carry on to any of your IPAD (or computer) apps you can make use of all of the built in sounds in your software. For example, using garage band on my Ipad (which I also linked to the above speakers or amp for concert level volume) I now have access to all the garage band sounds like guitar, piano, flute, and drum kit. With the music studio app (including the woodwind add on pack) I have access to over 125 different sounds including 25+ different woodwinds, which sound just about as good as any high end EWI instrument. Voila, with this $95 instrument (and your Ipad or iphone) and small speaker or guitar amp) you have a semi professional EWI instrument for fun and possibly even playing in public. This "EWI" offers a whole new way of playing that goes well beyond the built in IPAD key board or even an external keyboard. And this carry on is the best entry level access to the world of electronic MIDI music to all of us who are woodwind players. So this is now my favorite instrument. You will have almost no learning curve if you previously played, clarinet, flute, recorder or sax. And if you played none of these before, there is no easier way to get started in the new world of digital woodwinds as a complement to your other instruments.

I have video of me playing this on YouTube (Bacon420) and I love it. I can play in any key without the easy transpose button, but for a beginner that makes it possible to play along with any song you hear! Not a big fan of the onboard instruments and the lack of an octave key to get the lower and upper octave quickly. I could never get the bluetooth to work, but figured the delay would be too annoying any way. The breath settings make it even easier for a novice, and once you go to level 3 it becomes far more dynamic. I would recommend this to classrooms of kids! It is so much more fun than a standard recorder, and doesn't ever go flat or sharp if you blow too soft or hard!

I am an absolute beginner at recorder, and I appreciate how the whole apartment building doesn't have to hear me play (I got this for the headphone jack alone!) It's also a lot easier on this device to hit some of the high notes that require you to partially cover holes. It is slightly less satisfying than playing a real recorder, because there is less of a visceral connection to the sound, but that is going to be the case with any cheap MIDI instrument.

Well made. Beautiful design. Good tone for such a small built-in speaker. Have not used it as a MIDI controller yet, but planning to do so. Terrific price.

Short Version -No Windows support at all -Will not work as a midi controller for most applications -Speaker hums when idle so you cant really record on high quality Mics with a lot of extra post work -$99 its to much for what was advertised -Can't connect over USB Long Version I am a both a software developer and a experience Woodwind Player. I had hoped to use this as an alternative to using a keyboard as a midi controller but wants the product arrived I realized very quickly that this was a waste of money and the Week I spent trying to get it to work over my Linux and Windows Laptop. I tried many different tools like Loop Midi , LMMS , Qtractor , and MuseScore. On Windows I can connect over Bluetooth for 5 seconds before it disconnects. Showing as paired but not connected. Don't trust niche product without a proper support trail or strong Community. I have a lot of unique problems and I should have just got the dang Piano

Very glitchy. nos smooth transition from note to note. hard for a beginner to learn on and will enforce bad habits. bought another brand and it was night and day.

I received this from my wife, whom I assume bought it because it would play through headphones. That's what I use if for, and it's perfect.

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Arrivato nei tempi previsti! Il flauto e molto bello e funzionale . Regatato a mio figlio né è rimasto entusiasta!!!!! Consigliato

Ich spiele hobbymäßig Blockflöte und habe nach einem Instrument gesucht, auf dem ich ohne große Umgewöhnung auf Reisen leise üben kann. Der schon seit ein paar Jahren erhältliche re.corder von ARTinoise bietet zwar prinzipiell diese Möglichkeit. Er hat mich jedoch wegen seines umständlichen Bedienkonzepts und seiner technischen Unzuverlässigkeit enttäuscht. Dann entdeckte ich das neu entwickelte DWI von Carry-on und habe es gleich bei Amazon bestellt. Dieses digitale Instrument macht von der Verarbeitung her einen ordentlichen Eindruck und liegt trotz seiner kantigen Form wie eine Sopranblockflöte in der Hand. Außerdem rollt es nicht vom Tisch. Der im Lieferumfang enthaltene waschbare Silikon-Überzug für das Mundstück ist nützlich, ebenso das mit 120 cm Länge komfortable USB-Ladekabel für den eingebauten Akku. Der gefällig gemachte Transportbeutel aus Stoff rundet das Zubehör sinnvoll ab. Sofort nach dem Einschalten ist das Instrument spielbereit. Der Ton wird direkt durch den auf der Oberseite eingebauten Lautsprecher wiedergegeben. Alternativ gibt es eine Klinkenbuchse für einen Kopfhörer. So kann man ohne zusätzliche App überall spielen, bei Bedarf auch völlig lautlos. Als Blockflötenspieler findet man sich bei diesem Instrument rasch mit den meisten Griffen zurecht. Statt Tonlöchern gibt es flache Griffmulden, die sich relativ gut ertasten lassen. Ihre Ränder dürften jedoch ruhig etwas kantiger sein. Die Sensoren sprechen auch bei den „Doppellöchern“ sicher an, verlangen aber für saubere Tonfolgen eine exakte Grifftechnik. Das ist kein Nachteil. Ein paar Griffe funktionieren auch bei eingestellter barocker Griffweise anders als von der Blockflöte gewohnt und erfordern eine gewisse Eingewöhnung. Durch eine Verstärkung oder Verringerung des Blasdrucks lässt sich die Lautstärke in begrenztem Umfang beeinflussen. Die Tonhöhe verändert sich dabei nicht. Weitere spieltechnische Einflussmöglichkeiten auf den Klangcharakter gibt es nicht; das ist realistischerweise auch nicht zu erwarten. Der Klang der digitalen Instrumente wirkt recht künstlich, aber das ist angesichts des günstigen Preises akzeptabel. Alle verfügbaren Einstellungen lassen sich sehr einfach mittels weniger Tasten auf der Geräteunterseite vornehmen. Einmal eingerichtet muss das Instrument zum Spielen nur eingeschaltet und nach dem Spielen wieder ausgeschaltet werden. Die Midi-Funktion habe ich nicht ausprobiert, da sie für mich nicht relevant ist. Vermutlich kann man den Ton auch analog über den Kopfhörerausgang und ein Mischpult aufnehmen. Selbst nach längerem Spielen verstopft das DWI nicht durch die kondensierte Atemfeuchtigkeit, wie es bei analogen Blockflöten oft der Fall ist. Allerdings tropft an der kleinen Öffnung am unteren Ende des Instruments etwas Spucke heraus, darauf sollte man gefasst sein. Ein Putzstab gehört nicht zum Lieferumfang, und in der knapp gefassten Bedienungsanleitung wird auch nichts davon erwähnt, dass das Instrument ausgewischt werden muss. Anscheinend genügt es, dieses in Spielpausen trocknen zu lassen. Mein Fazit nach mehren Wochen umfangreicher Spielpraxis: Für mich ist das DWI von Carry-on seinen Preis wert. Es erfüllt meine Erwartungen als Hobbyspieler voll und ganz. Die z. T. äußerst negativen Bewertungen anderer Rezensenten kann ich nicht nachvollziehen. Carry-on hat ein kostengünstiges blockflötenartiges elektronisches Instrument entwickelt, das sich einfach handhaben lässt und zuverlässig funktioniert (was es meines Wissens zurzeit bei keinem anderen Hersteller gibt). Das DWI kann und soll keine hochwertige Blockflöte ersetzen und kein Profi-Instrument sein. Zum gelegentlichen leisen Üben und zum Musizieren „just for fun“ eignet es sich aber bestens.

Un sonido sumamente digital y electrónico parece más un juguete de un niño pequeño que un instrumento musical. La idea es buena pero el sonido es nefasto. Y tiene muy poco volumen. Aparte me dio problemas de garantía que Amazon me ayudó a solucionar con rapidez y eficacia.

It's lightweight and well presented in it's box and comes with a carry pouch. Sounds-wise it's OK, the different voices offer variety but some are definitely better than others and they all sound a bit 1980's. The keys are responsive, the lower two have split pads for C# and D# and the thumb pad is split for access to the upper register. I don't like that the keys are flush with the surface, it means that you have to actually look where you're placing your fingers when first picking the instrument up to play it, if they had been recessed a little it would offer something closer to the feel of the real thing. The breath sensitivity is adjustable and it works but it has distinct switching points, there isn't infinite variability on the volume, more like a series of steps especially at the lower end. There is some latency between playing the note and hearing it, but it's not too annoying and it can be lived with. The transpose feature could be useful and works fine. I had bought one of these previously and left a critical review because neither of the fingering schemes matched a real recorder. I sent mine back. But curiosity prompted me to revisit and I bought another whilst they were on cheap. They must have updated the firmware because this one does have correct fingering according to the Baroque style, albeit the fingering that usually appears as alternative 1 or 2 on most fingering charts. Bb is the most awkward, requiring one less finger to what is the usual (and if you do try with the "normal" number of fingers you don't get Bb) but it is a valid finger pattern and I've pretty much adjusted to it after an hour of play. A big attraction of this instrument for is the ability to play silently with headphones, but even with the volume on the lowest it can be a bit loud in the headphones (but that's my ears I guess). It connects easily to Pocket Piano Pro on Android and enables play through the phone and recording to midi with that app. But as has been pointed out with bluetooth, the latency is quite noticeable. One thing I forgot mention in my initial review is that the amount of air needed to play this instrument is much lower than that required for a real recorder. On this I can easily play sequences of 30 seconds or more without needing to take a breath. So it does allow a more flowing style of play. This feature could be very useful for people suffering with respiratory issues. I really like it, I've had mine a year now and carry it with me everywhere.

Molto bello e funzionale, ma per quello che devo fare non va bene. Restituito a malincuore......