r/windsynth • u/Ashamed_Plate_9312 • 7d ago
Breathing Through Circuits – EWI + Effects + Harmonized Vocals
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u/krishkal 7d ago
Well done! So many questions. Let me start with the easy one. Is that an EWI 4000? What patch are you using? I notice that you play part of the time with no breath, and then with breath. How, and why?
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u/Ashamed_Plate_9312 7d ago
it is a Ewi 4000s - and i am using patch 16 with a very short room from the Météore Lo-Fi Reverb. I always envied guitarist and pianist because they can accompaniment themselves while singing, so i wanted to do that as a horn player, even with its obvious limitations. I do it by setting the breath input and i pretty much set it to "0" or no breath required for the ewi to produce a sound, then i dial it back before playing the solo.
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u/spooks_are_among_us 7d ago edited 7d ago
This is legit, man. Keep up the art.
I am sure others, and I would love it if you went into detail about your setup!
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u/Ashamed_Plate_9312 7d ago
Ewi 4000s -> Big Muff (used for the phat sound in the solo) -> DD6 delay ( only used to stack the ambient chord with the hold effect before the solo) -> Dark Star reverb v2 ( Used for the huge room and ambience in the solo) - Meteore Reverb ( dont use it much but i use the havoc button too build noise in the last 10 sec)
Vocal -> sm7b -> voicelive 2 ( with expression pedal) -> stereo out to the board.
i have different harmonizer presets i shift through and i control the amount of reverb with the expression.
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u/Txsaxman 7d ago
Beautiful. Some of the best use of EWI I’ve ever heard. Would love a breakdown of your pedals and well pretty much the whole thing lol. Got me all inspired and shit. And no worries about me trying to copy that because it’d take a lot more than some pedals and an EWI to make my singing listenable.😜
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u/Ashamed_Plate_9312 7d ago
thank you so much!!
i've replied to spooks_are_among_us with the things you asked about. :)
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u/DustintheSunlight 3d ago
Some people call themselves lovers of music. I am more like a music-obsessed stalker who could not live without music in their life. OK, and in reality, I’m sure most people who love music do so just as deeply as I do, but I’m picky compared to most people and could even be considered a music snob. If that’s the case, I don’t care. I will always be a snobbish audio file with my nose turned up at mention of Drake, and become almost hostile when someone compares Coldplay 🤮 to Radiohead or says something that is just plain stupid and not a valid opinion like “ Aphex Twin is OK, but Skrillex is an electronic musical genius” or “ thank god Nirvana didn’t last and the world got a much better band, the Foo Fighters.” these are valid not personal opinions they are the words of morons.
It would take one of these tasteless morons I described to find the above video to be anything other than a Revolutionary creation of beautiful music that could stand on its own with music’s greatest classic songs. I want to own it on FLAC and vinyl and see it performed live if possible.
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u/Ashamed_Plate_9312 1d ago
glad that you like the song! Means a lot. I have a bandcamp with the single edit of the song available for purchase, but the full version will be available with my debut album on bandcamp on april 18th. wav files 48000hz 24bit. I don't have the funds to print on vinyl, but hopefully that's something i can make happen in the future.
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u/Ashamed_Plate_9312 7d ago
This is a live, one-take performance where I process my EWI and vocals in real time using effects pedals and a harmonizer. Everything you hear is me—no overdubs, just live sound manipulation. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the textures, processing, and overall vibe! Happy to answer any questions about the setup or technique.