Artinoise Re.corder Red

Diese Flöte habe ich gekauft, weil ich nach vielen Jahren wieder spielen möchte, ohne die Nachbarn zu stören, denn es gibt die elektronische fast lautlose Spiel-Option. Über Kopfhörer kann ich somit verschiedene Sounds genießen. Die Artikelbeschreibung ist korrekt und der Preis ist günstig. Die App funktioniert einwandfrei. Die üblichen Grifftechniken sind bei dieser ARTinoise re.corder mit kleinen Abweichungen anzuwenden. Die Flöte ist leicht und liegt gut in der Hand. Das c²-Loch befindet sich zwar nicht leicht seitlich, wie bei der traditionellen Blockflöte, ist aber okay. Überblasen funktioniert durch halb öffnende Verschiebung des Daumes in Richtung Flötenende. Alles in allem bin ich sehr zufrieden mit meiner Kaufentscheidung.

Having played a lot of different wind controllers and knowing what it takes to make the controllers and synths work well together, I can say this thing does not impress. Hassles with Bluetooth connection and powering off aside, when it comes to the basics of what a wind controller should be able to do it is not up to par. It does not send breath data at a fast enough rate to give a nice and smooth response. A good CC interval would be 7ms or less for this, but it is not even close to that. Also, when notes are released, the breath CCs are not sent anymore, making the CCs stick at higher values instead of dropping to zero. This messes things up a lot when using other synthesizers or soft synths than their own app. And for any other use than learning and configuration of the controller, the app is useless. Sounds are bad and unresponsive. Another issue is that the fingering system is not quite what it should be (lots of fingering options, but a general fingering handling that is not really thought through properly). In its default setting it is even shutting the note off entirely if a fingering is not "clean", which is just a horrible way to handle things. An update made it possible to have it stay on the latest note played instead, which makes it playable, but it is still only a halfway fix, and it should really be the default setting. As a learning tool I can see the use for this product, but do not confuse it with the real deal. If you are looking for a decent entry level wind controller for music production, there are several better alternatives available out there.

It is a great product in the line of musical digital instruments. It is also a great wind instrument. I like the most big feature it is your big source of music ideas generating device as it can use also as a midi controller.
Great quality beautiful colour gorgeous sounds and allot of amazing features it is not only a flute.you can play it as like keyboard guitar benjo and other beautiful music instruments if you know only to play flute or Recoder because both are same medium and way of playing wit a very little difference wit a thumb hole....
I really recommend this beautiful little beast

It's a strange instrument. On one hand, its features offer way more than it can be expected from a such a low-cost device, on the other the missing precision in the execution of the design prohibits its use in serious music making.
From a recorder player standpoint, the Re.corder takes much more air than expected for a soprano recorder after which it is modelled. Even the setting in the app dealing with the issue allows switching from really-a-lot-of-air to just a-lot-of-air. It's obviously aimed at players of other woodwind instruments. Re.corder shares a more unfortunate feature of classical recorders, though. While recorders clog with condensation build-up in their windways, the Re.corder sensors at tone holes stop working (short circuit?) after playing too wet for too long.
Another interesting feature is the response to missed fingering. While an acoustic recorder produces a weird tone, Re.corder remains silent (in the digital mode).
All in all, it's worth the cost, but can't wholeheartedly recommend it.