Wildwood Express by Wildwood Soundworks

video uploads by Wildwood Soundworks

Note the Wildwood Express is now on v3 with v3.2 coming. The videos above are from 2 years ago, but have not been featured on the site before now.

"Wildwood Express is a handmade digital sequencer and synthesizer designed and produced in Penn Valley, California.

It features:

Color LCD Display
1 Octave Keyboard
8 Octave Range
24 Touch Pads
12 Function Keys
16 Channels (w/Mute + Solo)
128 Instruments
18 Full Color LEDs
Rotary Encoder
USB MIDI Input + Output
Pattern Generator
Strum / Autochord
Song Editing + Overdub
microSD Card Storage
USB Storage"

Playlist:

1. Express v02 MIDI File 01

This video shows you how to open and play a MIDI file:

1. Navigate menus
2. Select a MIDI file
3. Play the MIDI file
4. Select note view (piano roll)
5. Select song view (all channels)
6. Select step view
7. Navigate through song a note (MIDI message) at a time
8. Use Channel Display setting to control which channels are displayed

2. Express v02 Strum 01

This video shows you how to create simple strums:

1. Select chord type (Major, minor, etc.)
2. Play the individual notes in the chord
3. Select the root of the chord
4. Strum the chord

3. Express v02 Loop Note View 01

This video shows you how to use the pattern generator to create drum grooves and fills and then overdub them with notes:

1. Set tempo in beats per minute
2. Select pattern generator
3. Select drum channel
4. Record a drum pattern
5. Loop the pattern
6. Select a new channel and instrument
7. Overdub some notes while playback loops
8. Play live notes with overdubbed notes

4. Express v02 Arpeggio 01

This video shows you how to use the pattern generator with a chord type to create arpeggios:

1. Select pattern generator
2. Select acoustic bass guitar channel
3. Select blues 6/7 chord type
4. Record a 12-bar blues progression (I, IV, V)
5. Loop the pattern

5. Express v02 Loop Step View 01

This video shows you how to create songs using the Step View. In Step View, all notes have the same duration and you don't have to press record because notes you enter are automatically recorded in the next step. You can use the rotary controller to skip steps (i.e. add rests) to create rhythms:

1. Select Step View
2. Enter notes and rests
3. Press Play to play and loop
4. Select new channels
5. Overdub notes in steps

6. Express v02 Copy Paste New File 01

This video shows you how to copy and paste notes into a new MIDI file:

1. Open an existing MIDI file
2. Click on knob to create a selection
3. Copy selection to clipboard
4. Create a new MIDI file
5. Paste the clipboard into the new file
6. Play and loop the new file

7. Express v02 Remove Time

This video shows you how to the add/remove time function to remove time between notes:

1. Record some notes
2. Positio to end of time to remove
3. Press and hold knob to enter add/remove time mode
4. Turn knob counter-clockwise to remove time (bring notes closer together)
5. Press and hold knob again to exit add/remove time mode
6. Play the result

8. Express v02 Copy Paste Same File 01

This video shows you how to copy and paste notes. You can also cut, delete (including time) and erase (not including time). Use channel mute and solo if necessary to control which notes are selected across multiple channels.

1. Select acoustic bass guitar channel
2. Record some notes
3. Use knob to position in song
4. Press knob (first time) to mark beginning of selection
5. Use knob to position in song
6. Press knob (second time) to mark end of selection
7. Copy selection to clipboard
8. Press knob (third time) to unhighlight selection
9. Use knob to position in song
10. Paste the clipboard into the new position
11. Play and loop the results

9. Express v02 Channels 01

Express features 16 channels and 128 instruments. At any point in time, one instrument is assigned to one channel. You can change the assignment using the channel menu.

Default instrument assignments are stored in a profile in flash memory. There are seven default profiles that you can modify, or you can create virtually any number of new profiles.

This video shows the default channel instrument assignments for the "Rock" profile.

Wildwood Express is a handmade digital sequencer and synthesizer designed and produced in Penn Valley, California.

It features:

Color LCD Display
1 Octave Keyboard
8 Octave Range
24 Touch Pads
12 Function Keys
16 Channels (w/Mute + Solo)
128 Instruments
18 Full Color LEDs
Rotary Encoder
USB MIDI Input + Output
Pattern Generator
Strum / Autochord
Song Editing + Overdub
microSD Card Storage
USB Storage

This video shows you how to open and play a MIDI file using Express:

Navigating menus
Selecting a MIDI file
Playing the MIDI file
Selecting note view (piano roll)
Selecting song view (all channels)
Selecting step view
Navigating through song a note (MIDI message) at a time

Express v02 Improvisation

Award winning composer Benjamin Hasker shows what's possible with Wildwood Express v02 using multiple channels, reverb, looping, and the note and strum pads.