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Technical remarks: I play recently mostly Sylphyo by Aodyo, and also AkaiPro-EWI instruments (4000s, 5000 and EWI-USB), with some analog voices from Patchman, Yamaha VL70m synthesizer with Patchman Turbo voices, Ketron SD2 and SD1000 modules and various software virtual instruments on EWI-USB. In 2022 I have added DynaSample XpressO-mini synth.

All 3 banks for Ketron SD2, 4 banks for Ketron SD1000 and 2 banks for Yamaha VL70m Turbo, in the .mlb format (ex. for Anvil Studio), needed to use these modules with EWI.
MIDI-OX can control Ketron and other synth, select favorities and assign parameters to different MIDI channels. After trying large DAW programs I gave up - too complicated and not doing what I need. For Ketron SD1000 with MIDI-OX use this instrument definition.

Sample of Ketron SD2 sounds of all Bank A instruments (large). I plan also record more sample from other banks and from the DynaSample XO-mini synth. 15 flute voices are in videos below.

I also use solo SWAM instruments from Audio Modeling. I have placed a few demos of sax and trumper sounds on audio.com. Adding pads from Omnisphere creates nice backgrounds, and there are hundreds of pads and other voices to explore.
My presets for Sax Alto Classical and Sax Tenor Classical are nothing special, I am still experimenting with paramters, and there are quire many, but most have very subtle influence on the sound. We need a community of people thta have created intersting presets. I have a list of YouTube videos on SWAM with some advice.

For me this was a scientific experiment, a part of my investigation in what I call "auditory blindsight" or auditory imagery agnosia (see talks 65, 69, 90, 97 and 101 here, and my paper on imagery agnosia).

A few samples of my brain's creation (highly flawed, no corrections, taken as it comes) are below.
Comments are welcomed on my blog.

First, a few YouTube videos:

EWI Sylpho with Swam Flughorn, Omnisphere background.
EWI Sylpho with Swam English Horn, Omnisphere Adagio Expressivo.
EWI Sylpho with Omnisphere Luftrum Vangelis voices (YouTube)
Morning improvisation on Sylpho + Ketron SD 1000 Latin Flute voice.
EWI USB+Ketron SD1000, 15 flute voices .
Deleted: My concert in the Toruń City Hall, 13.06.2013 (Bach, Debussy, Beatles, a bit of jazz and improvisations). Integrated guitar amplifier with speaker was not suited for EWI but I could not get better sound system in this hall.
Deleted: Streaming video from a concert in Poznan, 15-03-2011, Haru no umi + some impro.
"Sen o śnie", wernisaż Grzegorza Banaszkiewicza w krakowskiej galerii Pryzmat z moją muzyką (2015).

Audio

Christmas Carols (Kolędy) - most quite old.

Improvisations:
Sylphyo on Yamaha VL70m, with the fantastic VL-Wizard Editor

In the Canyon |

Sylphyo improvisation with AudioModelling (SWAM) Woodwinds + Musescore MIDI files

Impro on Moonchild, King Crimson, SWAM soprano sax 2 warm, Musescore MIDI backing, 02/2025, and on YouTube.

Sylphyo improvisation with AudioModelling (SWAM) Woodwinds + Omnisphere

240715 impro on SWAM soprano+Bright JX_ Octave Saws.
Bass Clarinet (SWAM) with Omnisphere Agape warmth as background, ends with Oblivion.
Bass Clarinet + Alto Sax (SWAM) + Omnisphere Soprano Oh2 background.
Bass Clarinet + Alto Sax (SWAM) + Omnisphere Adagio Expression background.
Longer improvisations on Tenor Sax + Strings (6:42), and Tenor Sax + Strings and pad (8:39).
John Rutter impro around "Requiem, Part 6. Lord is my shephard": Bass Clarinet + Oboe (SWAM) + Omnisphere Boys Choir & Organs | Oboe+Omnisphere Gorgeous Analog Pad Rich (SWAM)

Sylphyo improvisation, testing Omnisphere 2.8, with Vangelis Sounds from Luftrum. Even on EWI one can generate rich sounds.
More combinations of Ketron and Omnisphere background voices, with presets from Vicious Antelope: Strawberry Fields | Yesterday | Lover Man, Take 1 and Lover Man, Take 2 | Scarborough Fair
Christmas: Silent night: several voices | Take 1 and Take 2

Improvisations - Sylphyo on Ketron SD 1000

Tootsy on DynaSample XO-mini, impro based on Angle Eyes (first shot) |
Pan Flute: Improvisation 1 | Improvisation 2 | Enio Morricone - Mission |
Soprano Sax: Improvisation 1 | Mission + some impro.
Swing Trumpet: Improvisation 1
Latin Flute: Tęsknota (Longing, misty morning, 12/2020) | Improvisation 1 | Improvisation 2 | Eric Satie - Gnossiene 5 | Enio Morricone-Mission |
Oboe: Enio Morricone-Mission |

Improvisations on EWI5000+Ketron SD1000+Anvil Studio

Capricio on Reverie (Claude Debussy), 16-12-06
Impro on "Lord is my shephard" by John Rutter, 16-12-04
Crazy organs, EWI 5000 Organ, 15-04-29
B+S morning sax impro, EWI 5000 Soft Tenor Sax 15-04-10
Short sax warmup, EWI 5000 Tenor Sax 15-03-21
Latin Flute Stw improvisations, 15-11-25 and older improvisations with the same voice, 14-10-07
Horn Crescendo M intro, 14-10-07

Improvisations on EWI 4000/EWI USB:

Fast improvisation on various organs, Ketron SD 1000

Quick impro, EWI 4000 Blow it out internal analog voice, 17-02-25

May-Play, EWI 4000 Blow it out internal analog voice, 15-05-09

Morning fantasies, 14-08-22

Gentleness, 14-05-15

JT mourning, 12-03-10

Short impro on John Rutter "Lord is my shephard" theme, and another short one, and a bit longer , 14-02-01

I sing a song of joy in all the morning glory, 30 birthday of Alicja, with "Song of joy" Beethoven's theme.

A-C-E theme improvisation, Chariot voice | A-C-E theme with Aria voices on EWI-USB, first try | A-C-E theme, Aria 4 instruments

String Orchestra on EWI-USB,

1109-Clarinet musings on EWI-USB with Aria clarinet, look what was in my head! I had no idea until I've started to play. And I stopped out of pity for the listners ...

1109-Violin+flute+glockenspiel (straight from EWI, no overdubbing!).

Soprano Sax: Pola zielone (Green Fields), EWI 5000, 15.03.06 | Moon River impro, EWI 5000 + Yamaha VL-70/Patchman KennyG sax |

Alto Sax: Careless Whispers | In a sentimental mood | Pod papugami

Summertime+ACE theme, trumpet | Summertime violin impro (Aria) | Summertime impro, Chariot voice |

Spring 2009 improvisations.

Autum Winds, various flute-like voices on VL70m.

Autumn improvisations + silence (N Rosso), Trumpet 6 on Yamaha VL-70m.

Ghostly Hendrixo-Chopin Wah gitar on Yamaha VL-70m.

Lament, on harmonica (Steve) |

Melancholia, November 2010.

reactor Carbon 6, strange and dark, Sept. 2011.

Violin tales on EWI-USB with Aria Violin TH

Ketron SD2 flute impros 12/2011

Bariton Sax: Sex appeal, EWI 5000, 15.03.06 |

Winter 2012: Ketron SD2 flute impro | Melancholic Trumpet, Feb 2012.

Summer 2013: Yamaha Trumpet impro 1 | impro 2 | impro 3 |

Classical themes:

Baroque Period

Jan Sebastian Bach:

Aria "Erbarme Dich", from St. Mathew Passion (BWV244), analog voices: Blow it out and Chariot, String Orchestra (fragment), Latin Flute (Sylphyo on Ketron SD1000), Cello (Sylphyo on Ketron SD1000),
played at International Music Festival, Kitakyushu, Japonia, Nov. 2007 (first public performance in my life ...).
Bourree, e-moll suite (BWV996) | with Ketron SD2 flute
Badinerie, Orchestral Suite No.2 h-moll (BWV 1067): Akai EWI with Ketron SD-2 Cls. Clarinet | Trumpet | Blow it out (analog).
Agnus Dei, Latin Flute (Sylphyo on Ketron SD1000)
Air on G string , Latin Flute (Sylphyo on Ketron SD1000)
Violin concert A-mol intro, GlockString sample (Sylphyo on Ketron SD1000)

Christop Willibald Gluck:

C. Gluck, Dance of the Blessed Spirits

Dance of the Blessed Spirits

Antonio Vivaldi

Spring-intro Latin Flute (Sylphyo on Ketron SD1000)
Winter-intro Latin Flute (Sylphyo on Ketron SD1000)

Romantic Period

Claude Debussy:

Arabeska 1, Latin Flute, EWI 4000s/Ketron SD1000
Clair de Lune & Reverie impro on Ketron SD1000 flute voice, 2015.03.21
Clair de Lune & Reverie
Clair de Lune & Reverie on Ketron SD2 flute voice

Erik Satie

Fryderyk Chopin:

Nokturn op. 9 n1: Sylphyo+Ketron SD1000 Ooh Mixl |
Nokturn op. 9 n2: "Blow it out" | Cls. Clarinet | Trumpet | Trumpet no 6 | Soprano sax | Tenor sax | and flute, Ketron SD2
Chopin, Valse A-mol, Sylphyo+Ketron SD1000 Latin Flute |
Chopin, Prelude Emin (Rainy), Sylphyo+Ketron SD1000 choir Ooh | Alt Sax |

Nicola Paganini:

Capricio 24 on Cls. Clarinet | Oboe | time for a new recording ...

Robert Schumann:

Traumerei (Marzenie), Cls. Clarinet, SD 1000.

XX Century Classical composers

Astor Piazolla: Oblivion, Sylphyo+Ketron SD1000 Flute + Latin Flute | Omnisphere soprano solo combination
Gustav Holst: Jupiter-I bring joy, flute, SD 1000 | Latin flute + Kalimba | Venus + Jupiter, SD 1000 + Omnisphere |
Siergiej Rachmaninow: Vocalise , Sylphyo+Ketron, Latin flute+Cello
Maurice Ravel: Pavane pure une infante defunte, Sylphyo+Ketron SD1000 Church Organs | Latin Flute | Pan Flute | Clarinet | Contralto Sax.
Vangelis: La Petite File de la mer, Latin fl
Vangelis: Le Singe Bleu, Swing trumpet and Le Singe Bleu, Flughorn, on Sylphyo+SD1000

Jazz/popular themes

Angel Eyes, Matt Deniss: Cls. Clarinet | Lyle (syntetyczny) | harmonica (Steve) | Tenor sax | Soprano sax | Puzon (Bright Tbn) | Cls. Trumpet |
Autumn Leaves, J Kosma: harmonica (Steve) | Lyle (syntetic) | Piccolo Trumpet | Cls. Trumpet |
Body and Soul, John Green, longer impro on trumpet, Jan. 2010.
Emmanuel, Michel Jean-Pierre Colombier (played by Chris Botti), played with many SD1000 voices: Accordion | Atmosphere (synth) | Cello | Choir | Crystal (synth) | Distorted Guitar | Flute | Pan-flute | Clarinet | Muted Tumpet | SynStrings1 | SynStrings2 | Sax altosoft | Sax Tenor | Steel Guitar | Vibraphone | Violin
Nature Boy, Eden Ahbez: Cls. Clarinet | Quena |
Take 5, Paul Desmond, Blow it out | Cls. Clarinet
Krzysztof Komeda: Rosmary's Baby impro
St James Infirmary, trumpet (Yamaha VL70m + Patchman Turbo).

The Beatles:

Eleanora Rigby, clarinet.
Here, there and everywhere, trumpet.
Within you without you, ambience.
Strawbery fields, EWI 5000 Organ, 15-04-29
Yesterday: Dark Cello | Dark Violin | Lyle | Space Out.

Japanese melodies:

Haru no Umi (Sea in Spring), Michio Miyagi (1929), Jan 2010 | Haru no Umi Latin Flute Stw musing, EWI5000, Jan 2015 and Haru no Umi , Dec 2020, Sylphyo+SD1000, Latin fl.
Streaming video from a concert in Poznan
Sakurai improvisations, EWI 5000 Soft Tenor Sax (build in), 14-12 | Sakurai on Asian Flute, EWI USB +Ketron SD1000, 16-02 |
Impro on the Sakurai theme, SpaceOut voice on VL70m.

Other popular melodies

Little Shepherd, form Kill Bill (James Last). Sylphyo, Keton SD1000 Pan Flute.
Fever, Eddie Cooley: Cls. Trumpet
The man I love trumpet version.
Andean flutes: El Condor Andean | Pan Flute | El Condor Quena 1 | El Condor Quena 2.
Guitars (not easy to play, first shot, no reharsal):
Spoonful, Willie Dixon: Clapton | Hendrix | Pat voices on Yamaha VL70m | EWI 4000 Blow it out |
Time to say goodbye

Wlodzislaw Duch