An exercise in restraint

bygjohn

Best use headphones (or good speakers) as there’s some low level detail here that’s easy to miss.

First piece made with the Meng Qi Wingie 2 (new toy!) in conjunction with the DecadeBridge Cadence.

Thanks to Hainbach for giving me the idea for using the Wingie 2, @Svetlovska for getting me to the brink of purchasing it, and Ice Locus for finally tipping me over the edge! 🤣

I used a mixer to get the levels right, with the Wingie 2 in the effects loop. This is just Cadence through the Wingie 2, no other instruments.

I piped the output into my iPad and used the AUM mid-side balance node to bring the sides in a little, then put it through Blackhole on the default setting to add a little space - that’s the only effect.

There is some minor tweaking of levels and controls, but not a huge amount - hence the title. It’s mostly just the two instruments doing their thing.

Video done with VS and LumaFusion on my iPad.

sigma79

Great John.

bygjohn

@sigma79 said:
Great John.

Thanks for listening, very much appreciated!

Svetlovska

Glad you made the jump to WingPingiedom, it was clearly worth it. Now, about that Rumble of Ancient Times…

Edward_Alexander

Listening with headphones - sounds really good!

It’s an interesting little gadget, isn’t it, this Wingie thing…

Always down for some nicely done visuals in VS!

JanKun

It felt like being in the middle of a wheat field, bathed by a pale early morning light, watching the wind drawing crazy patterns at the surface of the field. For a while I thought I was listening to a new @rottencat track, yeah, it sounds that good !

bygjohn

@Svetlovska said:
Glad you made the jump to WingPingiedom, it was clearly worth it. Now, about that Rumble of Ancient Times…

🤣🤣🤣

bygjohn

@Edward_Alexander said:
Listening with headphones - sounds really good!

It’s an interesting little gadget, isn’t it, this Wingie thing…

Always down for some nicely done visuals in VS!

Thanks for checking this out. The Wingie has hidden depths, I think.

bygjohn

@JanKun said:
It felt like being in the middle of a wheat field, bathed by a pale early morning light, watching the wind drawing crazy patterns at the surface of the field. For a while I thought I was listening to a new @rottencat track, yeah, it sounds that good !

Blimey, that’s high praise indeed! Thank you!

Gavinski

Lovely!

bygjohn

@Gavinski said:
Lovely!

Thanks, Gav.

rottencat

This could be an Another Green World outtake.

Just beautiful.

bygjohn

@rottencat said:
This could be an Another Green World outtake.

Just beautiful.

Thank you, and it’s wonderful to be mentioned in the same breath as Eno. I love that album.

GeoTony

Very nice way to spent 7 minutes (ish) of a rainy evening… googling wingie 2 now 😊

bygjohn

@GeoTony said:
Very nice way to spent 7 minutes (ish) of a rainy evening… googling wingie 2 now 😊

Thanks! It’s a fascinating gizmo.