[Harp-L] The DM48 can play 24 notes or more on a single hole!

[Shirley, John]

On May 16, 2017, at 7:21 AM, Michael Rubin <michaelrubinharmonica at xxxxx<mailto:michaelrubinharmonica at xxxxx>> wrote:

Don't forget the octave shifter!

The octave shifter is way cool too!

With the second slider in use for transpositions, though, it's unavailable for this.

I guess we need another slider...?!?!

Brendan is working on something like that... or maybe Erik will include it in a future update.

Of course, as it stands now, a footpedal could be easily set up to do a 2-octave transposition making my puny 24 notes 48!

With 4 fully chromatic octaves on 1 hole, though, why would we need any more...?

;-)

- John


On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 2:11 AM, Shirley, John <John_Shirley at xxxxx<mailto:John_Shirley at xxxxx>> wrote:
Seriously.

I just posted another video demonstrating just that: 24 notes on a single hole. This is simply a proof of concept/demo video, but I hope it will inspire creative thinking about possible uses of this exciting new instrument.

The Lekholm DM48 MIDI harmonica's two "slider" buttons let users play up to 8 notes on a single hole. When you include bends, you can easily increase that to 16... or 24+ with some practice and programming.

https://youtu.be/TdAqr73qcUU?list=PLD-VQNdNliVTGe5Hqxn8MDTsOjlkFIu9I<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__youtu.be_TdAqr73qcUU-3Flist-3DPLD-2DVQNdNliVTGe5Hqxn8MDTsOjlkFIu9I&d=DgMFaQ&c=lqHimbpwJeF7VTDNof4ddl8H-RbXeAdbMI2MFE1TXqA&r=B1GwiLT-Zt1KywUIAUsabra_vHLutl-s8Zr7tiZjwOk&m=MgeAMxCwfRKcwFZgRiOsUNnnvBAUgk9XBs2Gk3a_fAo&s=FKKiiKsyzWzQpGEPFhMYXIc0BOU0mn_HdM0RwOFEHjE&e=>

My last video demonstrated how the DM48 can be used to play multiple instrument sounds on a single song, but it also utilized the sliders to increase note availability for the walking bass lines squeezing them all into convenient symmetrical patterns on the first 3 holes. Furthermore, by taking advantage of synthesizer logic algorithms, the five different keyboard chords were all triggered on a single hole! That left 8 holes free to solo in a Richter style tuning.

That video:
https://youtu.be/l7Qu_sTLBT8<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__youtu.be_l7Qu-5FsTLBT8&d=DgMFaQ&c=lqHimbpwJeF7VTDNof4ddl8H-RbXeAdbMI2MFE1TXqA&r=B1GwiLT-Zt1KywUIAUsabra_vHLutl-s8Zr7tiZjwOk&m=MgeAMxCwfRKcwFZgRiOsUNnnvBAUgk9XBs2Gk3a_fAo&s=d8f_3chKInJcHBtbdAi4gr0jpfSDQaJQ-TfzLSTNIao&e=>

John Shirley, Professor of Music
UMass Lowell