"A special opportunity to catch the legendary synth maker Meng Qi in Berlin at the end of this month, performing with his own instruments. And of course the far out legendary Pekka Airaksinen doing his first concert ever in Germany. Plus much more: Harmönia Presents: Pekka Airaksinen"
"This is a complete one off made by modernist Meng Qi, notorious for his creative synth innovations that has been part of my set up for almost 2 years. The only one of this type in the world made more unique by its beautifully made rosewood housing by stalwart Ross Lamond.
The controller itself is revolutionary in mixing capabilities on modular synths, amazing for creative tones and ambient sounds with its passive matrix, where the vertical and horizontal lines cross points at touch by hand or magnet make a connection!"
"First play with the Wingie 2 designed by the even inspiring Meng Qi. This is a handheld stereo resonator with built-in microphones that also doubles as a development board. Its dual onboard microphones allow you to interact and enrich vocals as well as the sonic environment around you. So, as an experiment I decided to only use the microphone and create a piece in 30 minutes. What a wonderfully inspiring little instrument/processor this is!
"It's here, I love, and I hope I can spread some extra love with this video about the @Meng Qi Wingie 2, or Wing 2, as YouTube keeps suggesting.
It is a lovely, tiny, portable, stereo resonator, that is giving me more joy and exploration than a lot of many, 20 times more expensive, other instruments.
I am demoing it both with the onboard microphones and some samples coming from the Digitakt.
All the demo is the dry sound of the Wingie, except for the last part, where it is also stated I have added a reverb to the demos you've heard at the beginning.
I hope you will find something useful here, and as always I am more than ready to answer your question, if I can 🧡
TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Demo of the 4 algorithms 0:46 What is this? 2:01 Noise 2:44 Proper notes 3:40 3rd and 5th are your friends 4:18 Sinewaves? 4:49 MIDI sequencing 6:12 Instrument Overview 7:18 Poly mode 8:42 Strings and Note Cycling Threshold 10:25 Bar mode 10:49 Cave mode 12:44 Microphone Gain 13:56 Line Input Gain 15:09 Connectivity 15:24 Careful, always careful 15:57 Demo with Valhalla reverb"
"Please support my work on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jayhosking A song that started as a live, semi-improvised synth jam, and was finished by adding some extra sounds in the box.
I recently bought the Malevolent and Wingie 2 from the same friend, and thought it might be fun to get such different pieces of hardware in the same song. The Malevolent really can get monstrous with its drive/distortion, whereas the Wingie 2 reminds me of MI Rings, bright and ringing, but with tons of playability. From there, I filled out what I needed to quickly improvise, some effects on the synths, and some drums to play with. Finally, I added some extras like guitar and a little more synth after the live performance was captured. Notes below. It's fun to have no sequencers on the table and to just make music by playing the devices.
Meng Qi Wingie 2 via Chase Bliss Mood MkII - stereo plucks PWM Malevolent via Erica Synths Zen Delay - bass synth wildness Moog DFAM (x 2) - kick (on one DFAM), hats and snare (on another DFAM) - the DFAMs also had compression, a little stereo delay, etc. in the box (see the Patreon walkthrough vid) Godin Stadium 59 via Elektron Analog Drive and Strymon Iridium - guitar Reason Europa - synth pad Reason Thor - additional bass emphasis on kick drum XLN Audio Addictive Drums 2 - ride cymbal doubling one DFAM for last chorus
"First of our series on DiY Eurorack kits.
Meng Qi's Lines Tactile matrix mixer partial kit supplied by Modular Addict. Unboxing, Construction Timelapse and Audio Demo"
"Let's make lots of noises with the Meng Qi Wing Pinger together with the Strymon Iridium and a little help from caffeine:
A match straight out of hell!
If you only want to hear the Iridium with
0:00 Start slowly with the Meng Qi Wing Pinger alone
0:56 Add the Strymon Iridium
1:40 More Noises"
Additional Wing Pinger posts. Remember you can search on any synth on the top right of the site. You can also click on manufacturer labels at the bottom of posts.
"Sidraw is an experimental electronic instrument, based on Ciat-Lonbarde Sidrazzi circuit board, and my interface experiments.
There is a way to design electronic musical interface, which is not to consider sound parameters, but to think from the angle of circuit interference, I call it 'Circuit Expression'.
It can be seen on various experimental electronic musical instruments. From the Crackle Box by Michel Waisvisz back in 1970s, to the new Landscape Stereo Field and Martin Howse Dark Interpreter. UK synth designer Tom Bugs also had been utilizing them in the Weevil series of work. I've commissioned a special version of Chirper from Tom Bugs, which may have pushed the release of Board Chirper model a year later.
This method has a lot to do with circuit instability, touch and feedback. by touching selected circuit nodes, new connections are made, circuits behaviors are affected.
On sound output, it may result in a complex change on a combination of sound parameters (loudness, pitch, timber), and expressive reactions can be found.
I've found expressive behaviors from touching specific parts in Sidrazzi circuit, thus Sidraw is born.
(7 identical voices, only voice 1 marked)
1 - [Stereo Output] 1/4 TRS
2 - [DC Input] 12V Center Positive
3 - [Ground Banana Jack] 4mm
4 - [Utility Patch Bay] 4mm - 2mm Direct + 2mm - 2mm w/Capacitor - Try patching with or without capacitor in between for different behaviors.
5 - [Gesture Outputs] 1 for each L/R channel, output when sound is triggered 6 - [FM Input]
7 - [Square Wave Output]
8 - [Glitch Inputs]
9 - [Direct VCA Input] 4.5v = silence, with pad for easy touching
10 - [Master Pitch Knob]
2 ribbons for individual pitch
5 knobs for individual pitch
global pitch / chaos
banana patchbay - color coded for different functions
transparent acrylic enclosure
"Circuit By Arthur Harrison PCB By ZiLaiHong (Meng Qi)
Also I've got permisson from Arthur Harrison to sell my builds. A Cacophonator like this in the video will be 65$.
Cacophonator is a truly great and versatile sounding circuit, so I am also planning to build with different user control interface like photo cells or arcade buttons. Different controls will yield different ways of expression."
[ZiLaiHong] "Momomo" (Crackle Box) I built
Uploaded by anotherbbs on Oct 28, 2011
"Circuit By Michel Waisvisz PCB By ZiLaiHong (Meng Qi)
Or rather "Crackle Board" I should call it! Very versatile, because it is so sensitive to any changes: battery, body situation and so on. The same gesture can result in totally different sound in different time.
So it might be a nightmare when you want to tap out some noisy beats during live, but it is so fun to take it around with you and play it in free time, all because it changes all the time."
