Sarah for many recorder players these new electronic wind instruments are great because you can control the sound not to upset family members or neighbors Thank you so much for reviewing them on your channel..

A busking friendly recorder? Looks like a lot of fun! Thank you for reviewing! Your book just arrived! I'm excited to check it out!

I've been watching so many of your videos recently and I think this the first recorder I'm going to get, it seems exactly like what I would want to begin my recorder journey with, I've really enjoyed these videos and will continue to watch and learn about this beautiful instrument, thanks for your insight 😁

sarah your old recorder tutorials and beginner intros are incredible!! i've recently fallen inlove with recorders (i hope to get a bass recorder some day !) and just got the yamaha tenor 304bii and am loving it! your content is excellent and i just wanted you to know even videos from 5 years ago are helping so many people!

I’ve just bought a YDS-120. Love it. Using it more than my tenor sax. But I think I’ll stick to wood for my recorder playing. Thanks for all your great videos. 😊❤️

Yeah ! It's great fun! Your excitement is understandable.

I purchased the Carry-on. It plays a bit tough. A real advantage is: you can play until late at night. An enlightening presentation from Sarah about a new version. Thank you, Sarah!

Love the electric/ electronic recorder series. I’d love to see more Elody

This really sounds like fun!

A wonderful review and a splendid cameo from your personal painkiller 🤩. It looks a lot of fun, that lag that you were experiencing I have also on two of my guitar pedals. They transfer the guitar signal into various organs and synthesisers, it is ever so slight and not noticible to the public in general, though it did take a moment to get used to it 😁 Like deployed 👍

Hi, thanks for the review.....just miss to talk about the MIDI functionalities and also test it!

I got mine a week ago and I absolutely love it!

Wow! I really like this recorder a lot. Thank you for showing us all that it can do. I agree with the vibrato. I like to create my own vibrato, but still it is very nice. Being able to play recorder, but to also hear different and experiments with the different instrument, sounds, and effects seems like a lot of fun to me. Playing 3 octives, right away, is great too. I can only play 2 and a 3rd octive. Really great review. I don't recall hearing the price of this instrument, but I can always look it up. Thank you... and it is always a pleasant surprise seeing Jon. I love it. 😂 👍 ❤

9:33 my favorite van Eyck tune 😮. it sounds a lot like what you might expect from an old C-Rpg like Elder Scrolls daggerfall, I love the aesthetic !

Well that was fun. I have several EWI and for my use, it's all about how accurately it outputs MIDI information. If you ever get a chance to play any of the SWAM virtual instruments with an EWI that has extra controllers such as bite and for right thumb, I think you'll be amazed. Though nothing to compete with the wonderful sound of your acoustic recorders. But I look at them as different tools not trying to compete.

I’ve just bought one of these ‘type’ of instruments and after a fortnight, I think they’re great instruments. The sounds are great for just mucking about with - but the attack and over-processed vibrato are a bit much at times - so I’ve started using it as a controller to softsynths on my iPad’s and Android tablets, using either wired or BT midi - and the sounds are excellent! FYI - Fluidsynth on android is a superb sample player for soundfonts - and some of the free synths on iPad are excellent - although I’m probably going to invest in the DX7 lookalike - Dexed - because playing a DX7 from a ‘sax’ is pretty cool! Love to see you do a video on using these instruments with external sounds, as part of a studio/gigging set-up!

Nice review, thank you! I bought the Carryon and ordered this instrument as well, and I would give one piece of advice to anyone interested in these small digital instruments: the sound from the small built-in speaker is much more disappointing than the sound you can really get. For solo playing use headphones, preferably good quality ones, and you will hear a marked improvement. But the best solution is a small amplifier (I use a Donner 5W electric guitar amplifier) and the difference is huge! However, I would have liked to see a test of the main difference between this instrument and similar ones reviewed in the past: the MIDI connection via USB cable, which should solve the delay problems playing over a base.

Why does it sound like a game over screen to a western cowboy game at 9:20?? I’m going crazy lol anyways Sarah you’re super entertaining to watch as always!

I love the sound, the reverb and something else I don’t have a name for.

Cool special effects sound....on rare occasions.

I bet you did not expect to end up with twins, huh? LOL.😂 It was nice to see Jon(?). It is rare for me to see a sax player have something nice to say about that size of an EWI. I hope parenthood is going well for you two. Glad Vangoa reached out to you. You did not mention that an acoustic recorder has the 2 side-by-side right hand double pinky holes and how that would map to this instrument. Also you did not mention the User Manual but it is pretty small and probably camera shy. Thanks for following up with Vangoa. At least you did not create and release this video about a month ago. Take care. Go Team Recorder.

Loved the unscripted recorder solo from john lol

World's Worst EWI Player here!! I think I officially welcomed you to EWI-World previously, but it's great seeing you reviewing even more EWIs, and teasing the Akai EWI (my personal fave). I use oboe fingerings with my EWI, and with Garritan Aria VST software, it gives me a shortcut back to my old oboe days without having to deal with reeds, tuning, cracking or other such issues, and an even handier shortcut to the flute or sax while still using oboe fingerings!!

Sarah ...very good review ! The instrument sounds good maybe worth looking into! Any suggestions on where to find baroque sonatas for the recorder??

I was a crabby old guitarist about synths, triggers & samplers because they were fussy way back when. Thank goodness for the rare student & vids keep me up to speed. Fascinating time to be a Muso..

It sounds like a Hammond (tonewheel) organ! We had one when I was a kid, and it sounds like the Hammond organ's attempts at each of those instruments, complete with the reverb and vibrato settings.

I like it

Great as ever✝️ July07/2023

Great video & really love the Vangoa EWI. Just wish I could figure out how to play the next upper octave, fingered like a Recorder. The only way I've figured it out, is to drop all my fingers back to the home position & move my thumb to the octave up button on the bottom. Really appreciate any help Thank You in advance! 🎵

" It´s always in tune, it´s electronic ". 😄😃

When the latency gets better, I'm all in. As a keyboard player, latency drives me out of my head. But it's amazing how far these have come.

I have been playing for a few days the Chinese version of this musical instrument, same hardware but different firmware; among the available sounds the violin and harmonica are missing, replaced by two oriental musical instruments: hulusi and suona. I confirm the flaw Sarah also found when using headphones: the sound coming out of the headphone/speaker jack is too loud and distorted. To correct, you need to set the volume to level 1-2, not higher. (For comparison, the Carry-On can be turned up to volume 10 without distortion.) But what makes the difference between this and other similar instruments is the MIDI connection via USB cable. Simply perfect! No delay (performance impossible to achieve with Bluetooth) and the ability to play any kind of instrument by connecting this digital saxophone to your PC or tablet (I used a Samsung with android system). And in this way there is no distortion because the sound comes out of the PC/tablet and not the instrument, so it can be amplified without any problems.

That looks like a very fun instrument. Does the Bluetooth also support MIDI out? Love the content, keep up the good work!

Another fun and versatile electronic addition. How do you clean and dry it out after playing? Where does your breath go in the instrument?

I've been on the mailing list waiting for the ecorder to come back in stock for YEARS! I was still a broke college student when it first came out and I could not afford the three figure price tag, but now I'm starting to think I missed out forever. I'm not really interested in midi instruments, and I never realized how hard it would be to find one with true recorder fingerings. I rarely find time to practice anymore because my free time is so late at night and the roommates would riot.

Great video. I think, as an amateur to wind instruments, i will buy that one before i proceed to an Akai Ewi Solo (which i am in love). Does this one can play through midi and load more sounds?

I will be interested in electric flutes when some new model could play really silently with headphones!!! ❤

I was psyched about this but they are out of stock at Amazon in the US with no date for when it might be available. Seemed odd since the review is only a few months old. Also, will this function as a midi controller via blue tooth with garage band etc? Great review.

Hello Sarah! thanks for this wonderful review, I like your presentation very much. I'm working on music from both the Louis XIV (Jean Baptiste Lully) period up to the late 1700s including Baroque styles, and I also do fantasy music using combinations of Digital Grand Piano, Theremin as well as string instruments like Mandolin and Guitars. Your review of this made me wonder just how good it would be to represent the music of the 1600s- early 1800s (pre-Victorian). I was also curious, is it possible to have it use other voices from other sources? Digital/Electronic/Midi instruments nowadays allow you to add voices to their repertoire, or is this not that advanced? It seems like a great instrument for the price point (which for me is around 70 EUR, I am in Berlin, Germany). You have a new fan and follower.

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when I was scrolling down my videos, I could only see the top of your thumbnail and it looked like you were holding a machine gun or something LOL.

Could you do a video on alternativ fingerings for Dynamics or is that something that really will depend from instrument to instrument? If so, how would one go about figuring out those fingerings?

Just in case it's helpful: the link in the description for your review of the Artinoise actually points to your Carryon review. The correct video is easy enough to find with a quick search, of course.

Seems like a great instrument to be able to cover a book in the pit orchestra for a musical for those of us who can't play all the instruments equally. Change the pitch and sound and you're good to go.

Thank you for that in-depth forensic analysis, professor; but as for me, I’ll stick with my acoustic recorder from the days of yore. If the traditional recorder was good enough for Jacob van Eyck, it’s good enough for yours truly. 😊

Thank you for comparing with the Carry On (which I bought after seeing your video). Looks like the Vangoa is much more responsive to fast fingering. Does is have USB MIDI Out? I can’t use the Bluetooth MIDI out on the Carry On because the lag is huge.

I was laughing at Aida with a sax sound. 🤪

This time round - yes it looks similar to the Carryon - but my main interest was whether it actually works as a Midi controller. I tried a Carryon, but gave up on that as it only seemed to work with Bluetooth, and although it was claimed it would work with general computers, it seemed that it may only have been configured to work "properly" with mobile phones. Neither instrument really sounds like a recorder - but they could be fun anyway. The Vangoa - which I've not tried - may have fingering which is somewhat different from standard recorder fingering, whereas as I recall the Carryon had similar fingering to a recorder. It appears that pressure sensitivity is better with the Vangoa, and also there are two mouthpiece protectors, whereas the Carryon only came with one. It would be really interesting to see if the Vangoa functions as a Midi controller, and if it is responsive enough. Also, for latency reasons, does it support wired Midi connections, or only via Bluetooth, which would probably slow it down considerably. For example, if you played one of Vivaldi's recorder concertos into a DAW or notation software via Midi, would it track the notes quickly enough and accurately enough? If it would, then one could input the solo parts into software, and then replay them using different virtual instruments. There are some recorder virtual instruments (VSTs) available, for example by Versilian studios, which can be tracked down - look for Community Edition [VSCO] which use real recorder sounds, and some studios may be going to release new recorder VSTs in the not too distant future. There are also usable VSTs from Garritan which may be compatible, for example for saxophone sounds. The review here suggests that different levels of volume are possible, though this is not always obvious to listeners. From various other reviews, if there are dynamics it should be possible to play quietly and also louder, so get noticeable dynamic effects. That might be more in line with some other instruments - rather than recorders, as recorders don't have a wide dynamic range. This particular instrument seems difficult to track down on Amazon - though there are similar instruments. However if there are several instruments which are similar but not the same, then it would be hard to be sure that the right instrument was purchased. Probably the manufacturers of this type of instrument are making a whole bunch of different variants. Right now it doesn't seem to appear on Amazon, so where can it be bought? Also what is the price? Lastly, how long does the battery last, and is it replaceable? [probably not....] Here is a link to the am.us web site, but currently this is not available. Price seems to be around $100 US or £100 UK. www.amazon.com/dp/B0C1GC5K5Y It may be that anyone who wants to use an instrument like this as a Midi controller should look elsewhere - for example to the Akai EWI ranges, but those are several times more expensive than this one. Some of the older EWI models use old style Midi sockets. Buyers from the US may consider these EWI devices more affordable than UK buyers. A decent acoustic soprano recorder can be bought for less than these EWIs, so maybe one has to have a particular application in order to consider EWIs. A significant use case is for players who want to practise without actually making a noise - people who may want to play while on holiday or in hotels etc.

Gonna get one and join the Cantina Band.

Looks like a great device, but I wonder if there is a way to clean it from the inside manually, or if there is some built-in internal filter to clean the dirt. Otherwise, such devices probably won't last long.

Can you put your own sounds like most midi player?

Hi, I’m not really a woodwind musician, but still intereseted in getting something like this as a MIDI controller. How would you rate this one compared to the Re.corder, regarding playability, expressiveness, sound, latency, connectivity and price?

Interesting instrument. I would have loved to have seen some midi recording/playback as I'm assuming since it is named midi it has actual midi capabilities.

Great review. However, when a product is called "MIDI EWI", one would assume it has MIDI capabilities. I don't recall any mentioned in this review. Thanks!

Wow, if they would sell this in the EU I would buy one straight away.

I like your jokes ❤❤

Hi Sarah, you left out the fact that it is midi compatible. This means you can use it to control virtual instruments on the computer which could be sampled woodwind’s, but also brass or strings, even percussion, but that might be less intuitive.

Hello Sarah. Love your presentations and the whole way you come across. Was intrigued by this, but the Vangeo 100 seems to have disappeared from sale in the UK. Liked this because had a built in speaker, unlike so many of the others. Where did it go?

hello do you know , if this instrument use any polyfhony , and if so how many. thank you for explaining.

Great review. Where can I get your book?

Could not find the Vangoa EWI-100 on either Google or Bing (from the USA). Perhaps not marketed here.

Hmmm, never been at all attracted to any of these new-fangled electronic jobs before, but this one has sparked some interest. Price seems reasonable enough too.

I wonder what the lyricon riff on “Peg” by Steely Dan would sound like on this.

What about wetting out? How do you clean it?

The sound immediately reminded me of old school video game music, specifically Ocarina of Time.

I love that you're getting targeted for these things, too! I did own a Carry-On for exactly 24 hours before returning it for a refund - I really couldn't work with the touchpoint keys - have ordered one of these (actually under a different brand name) and hopefully I'll prefer the raised button-like keys. I play in a kind of ambient-prog trio and quite like the idea of adding some keening digital woodwinds played through a bunch of effects pedals (there goes my USP - now everybody'll be doing it!).

Hallo Sarah! Do you by any chance play the Irish D flute as well? I recently purchased one, and I'm struggling to find any good information on the technique. I'm located in the Netherlands as well :) , but I feel like it's rare to find anyone that plays it here..

Nice! AN Akai review is indeed overdue. Did you ever have the oppertunity to try out the original AKAI EWI? If you'd like to let me know. I am Dutch and I own one.

I like Van Eyk played on a Van Goa. Eyk is an oak in Dutch and Flemish, of course. And Goa is Goa, miles away....

looks like something came back directly from the 90's

Really neat and you play it nicely - I can't find it anywhere though! No stock and not even on the Vangoa site! Eventually they will have it, maybe there's some intellectual property issues.

It is almost identical to the Konix EWI internally.

Can I plug this into a Bluetooth Box or use a Bluetooth Box without a cable to amplify the sound?

Please play it through an external speaker /amp. i wouldn't say it's necessarily just for beginners. I've seen sax players in local clubs play an EWI for some numbers to get a certain pop sound. Thank you.

Hey, I've been taking lessons for 7 years I'm learning Telemann alto recorder sonata in F major. Could you maybe play it? Thanks

Where can you buy one? I can’t find it anywhere online including on the Vangoa website.

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Can I play with the baroque recorder fingering? 

Could this be a good alternative for practicing wehen you have to be really quite? Like on a bus, plane, or if you have sensitive family or neighbours?

Wow... So beautiful... How much

I didn’t get the jack lead with mine, 😢

I hate that automatic vibrato so much. I wish they'd stop doing that, or at least have an option to switch it off.

"Don't cut me out of your video"... why do I suspect that's happened before :)

I definitely want one... but is not available at the moment. What can I do now? 😢

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Interesting instrument. However, there is no info about it on manufacturer's web pages. On US amazon shop, there is no price nor availability.

Oh that sounds a great deal better than my carry on! I only play a few simple melodies to add to a looped sound with a guitar and various what-nots. However I can't find anywhere in these here United Kingdoms that I can avail myself of one. Does anybody know anything about that?

Great review! Was really interesting hearing the perspective of a recorder player :) I just reviewed this instrument on my channel as well, my video is more from the perspective of a sax player! (hope you don't mind the flagrant self promotion) Love your videos!

let john cook !!

Why do flute players do all that flute waving and head tilting ? Does it help with the sound ? Can it be done with scottish bag pipes ?

Do you know how to amplify the device ta

What type sheet music can be used for the mini EWI ?

I purchased one of these! It's really amazing, it does everything Sarah demonstrated, but I was really shocked and a little disappointed by how hard it is to blow. I have chronic health issues including shortness of breath and I usually do okay with the soprano recorder, sometimes I struggle with the alto. Even on the lowest breath setting, I feel like this EWI has more resistance than the alto recorder and I find it exhausting to even get a few notes out. Can anybody else confirm or deny that it takes a fair bit of air? I'm still planning to keep the instrument and try to improve on it, but I'm mostly wondering if it's possible that I have gotten a defective one. I suspect not, but I honestly expected the breath requirements on the "easy" setting to be similar to a soprano recorder or D whistle, and at least for mine it's not like that at all.

Which store can I get it to buy??

how much?

I checked your Amazon link and got "currently unavailable"

Went to Amazon, unavailable.

can someone please tell me what's the tune is at 1:09

5:00 'You know me.' No, I've never heard of you before.

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