Tarilonte's sampled Pigini

[JerryPH]

Hmmmm, interesting thought and quite the new idea! Finding a way to regulate temperature and the initial shape of the bees wax are going to be the most important challenges to overcome

 

[Ventura]

the plastic welder has a momentary trigger, the glue gun
is Lithium Battery and needs it's switch modified into a momentary

the glue gun company actually makes wax sticks for these, but
for our purpose (if i can make the concept provable) will need our
softer wax mixture in a thin sleeve of raw wax to go through the
gun without collapsing.. these also have various sized tips available
(screw on)

the plastic welder would be more like an added small feeder above
the "tip" and dropping like one reeds worth of wax-lump in it at a time
to gravity down as it heats

 

[John M]

. . . Have you tried using external speakers? . . .

Excellent point. I never play my 8X without my Bose L1Pro8. The tone quality/timbre is totally different from using the 8X speakers. When I switch from 8X internal speakers to the Bose it is like hearing a totally different instrument. The "fine tuning" I mention, in my above post, is all done with my Bose speaker. I treat the 8X and Bose as a "System" and tune them together.

 

[xocd]

Have you tried using external speakers? I think that should help with sounding more like, well, an accordion recorded fairly well. Just not from the player's vantage point. In my estimate, the audience will typically experience the least difference/downsides to digital accordions, so it falls to the performer to develop a rapport with the instrument and setup. Fun in playing for your own enjoyment and carrying a performance are not independent, but you can focus separately to some degree explicitly on making the latter work out (and figure out what part of working on that may be fun to yourself). Which is what distinguishes professionals from amateurs. Personally, I am just invested in being an amateur, making things work for my own gratification rather than that of others.

Yes, I have used a Roland cube 80x (I also plugged in a headphone connector to make sure that the on board speaking was off). I have also tried several different headphones (unpowered, powered, sound-cancelling, etc.)

I play for myself; what I hear is what matters. My reference is my old Giulietti with an MIII free-bass. The chambered reeds sound incredibly nice. The not-chambered also sound great. Perhaps I am spoiled.

Thanks,