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Cool project! But, as with other electric instruments, not quite the same as the traditional equivalent: "Compared to an acoustic harmonica, the DM48 is less e
by jpm_sd 7y ago
Cool project! But, as with other electric instruments, not quite the same as the traditional equivalent:
"Compared to an acoustic harmonica, the DM48 is less expressive in many ways, as mouth geometry, hands, and classical bending/overblows cannot be used to modulate the sound. [...] the DM48 cannot in any way replace or convincingly emulate an acoustic harmonica."
- RBerenguel 7y agoAlso,not sure you'd overblow or bend a chromatic harmonica (I only have diatonics, so, not sure if it's done for colour)
- jascii 7y agoI play both (badly) and while it is possible, I find it a lot harder and often miss the specific pitch I'm trying to bend too (with quite unpleasant results!). I am not sure why this is, but I suspect the slide mechanism and the larger volume make it harder to load the reed just right..
- RBerenguel 7y agoThat was my assumption, although I have never been close enough to a chromatic to try (also, I can barely bend on the diatonic yet, I haven't been playing for long). I just looked up more information on bending on chromatics (the harmonica.com forums) and indeed, doable, but not supposed to sound as good as the chromatic on its own. Interesting to know, and thanks for your answer :)
- shams93 7y agoYeah it seems like its a nice wind controller with a harmonica style layout but its telling they demo it with anything but harmonica sounds lol.