Re: [Harp-L] Pomegranate Harp-Phone

[David Fertig <drfertig@xxxxxxxxx>]

Uh, I was buying it until the coffee-maker feature . . .
Makes sense that it would have a key select button but the demo on the website
didn't go into much detail.   I don't know about alternate tunings but
it is suppposed to include amp modeling for a variety of clean or distorted
tones including one setting that makes you sound just like Little Walter.


http://www.pomegranatephone.com



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Isn't there a key select button? (I understand someone is already working
on plug-ins for just intonation and alternate tunings).

Winslow Yerxa

Author, Harmonica For Dummies ISBN 978-0-470-33729-5

--- On Fri, 4/10/09, jazmaan@xxxxxxxxxxx <dmf273@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: jazmaan@xxxxxxxxxxx <dmf273@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Harp-L] Pomegranate Phone
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Date: Friday, April 10, 2009, 3:28 PM

http://www.pomegranatephone.com/

FINALLY!  The smartphone we harp-l'ers have been waiting for!   I wonder if
it comes in different keys?
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From: "jazmaan@xxxxxxxxxxx" <dmf273@xxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: [Harp-L] Pomegranate Harp-Phone


>
> Makes sense that it would have a key select button but the demo on the
website didn't go into much detail.   I don't know about alternate
tunings
but it is suppposed to include amp modeling for a variety of clean or
distorted tones including one setting that makes you sound just like Little
Walter.
>
>
> http://www.pomegranatephone.com
>
>
>
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
>
> Isn't there a key select button? (I understand someone is already
working
on plug-ins for just intonation and alternate tunings).
>
> Winslow Yerxa
>
> Author, Harmonica For Dummies ISBN 978-0-470-33729-5
>
> --- On Fri, 4/10/09, jazmaan@xxxxxxxxxxx <dmf273@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: jazmaan@xxxxxxxxxxx <dmf273@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [Harp-L] Pomegranate Phone
> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Friday, April 10, 2009, 3:28 PM
>
> http://www.pomegranatephone.com/
>
> FINALLY!  The smartphone we harp-l'ers have been waiting for!   I
wonder
if
> it comes in different keys?
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Vern wrote:
>
>I posit that attempts to produce perceptible effects by 
>small changes in cover design are wasted effort.  The 
>function of the covers is to keep your lips and hands off of 
>the reeds.  Otherwise, the harmonica sounds little different 
>with no covers at all.

Richard Hunter wrote:
>
> Well, this is very interesting.  I believe the Special 20s I have 
> fitted with Turbolids sound and play differently than they do with 
> standard Special 20 covers.  
> <snip> 
> If what Vern says is true, the implication is that the best profile 
> for a harmonica is the slimmest possible that is enough to prevent 
> vibrating reeds hitting the covers.  

Dr. Turbodog sent me one of his turbocovers to evaluate before they went to
market several years ago.  One of the first things I noticed about them, aside
from the obvious difference in size and feel, was that they seemed much quieter
than the standard S20 covers.  That is, until one day I walked into my kitchen
playing it, and was nearly bowled over by the volume.  I speculated - without a
shred of scientific evidence - that the more focused projection of the covers
meant less ambient sound in the vicinity of the instrument, but when that
projection was reflected back at me it was dramatically louder.  

That said, I have a set of Tombo Ultimos that I gig with, and those harmonicas
have a VERY small profile and rear opening.  They don't seem any quieter or
more muted than other harmonicas with larger openings.  

My preference for full length covers is all about comfort, both in the hand and
in the mouth.

-tim




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