Aerophone AE-30 Pro- Internals
It's been a few months since I got the new Aerophone AE-30 Pro wind instrument produced by Roland. As many others have reported,the upper octave key (+1) tends to get sticky in time, which is exactly…
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Aerophone AE-10G - Bach - Cello Suite I - Prélude -
More or less 10 years ago I published my first video on YouTube. It was an Akai EWI version of the famous Prelude in G major from J.S. Bach’s Cello Suite I. This piece has been played with…
From Aerophone Mini to AE-10
A few weeks ago I found an excellent deal on the Aerophone AE-10G from Amazon Warehouse and I bought one. I had been hesitant for months because, being a recorder player: the ae10 is clearly aimed at…
Aerophone Mini - Octave Exercises - Part 4
Hello fellow Miniers, here is the fouth and final part of my Octave Exercises for the Aerophone Mini, please read the first article of this series first (and eventually the second one and the third…
Aerophone Mini - Octave Exercises - Part 3
Hello guys, here is the third part of my Octave Exercises for the Aerophone Mini, please read the first article of this series first (and eventually the second one). This time we are going to focus…
Aerophone Mini - Playing Without Breath
Hi guys, a short post just to share with you a small trick I discovered some time ago. Every time we switch the Mini on, the breath sensor (the electronic component responsible for measuring the air…
Aerophone Mini - Octave Exercises - Part 2
Here we go with the 2nd part of my Octave Exercises, please read the first article of this series first. With this exercise we use all melodic intervals on the whole instrument range. In particular,…
Aerophone Mini - Octave Exercises - Part 1
Generally speaking, one of the most challenging technical aspects in playing a woodwind instrument is in the left thumb technique or the technique of octave passages. Even with Wind controllers, this…
Hemiola Android app preview with Roland Aerophone Mini AE-01 - Video
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Tweaking the Aerophone Mini
Personally, I don't appreciate much the current color of the Aerophone Mini. As explained below, some time ago I started literally smoothing all corners of the Mini with the aid of some fine…
Has the Aerophone Mini anything to do with Recorders?
I have been sort of challenged by a Facebook Recorder Group moderator to justify why I shared my post about Aerophone Mini alternate fingerings for the recorder player in said group. The question was…
Roland Aerophone Mini - The "Straw" mouthpiece
Being a recorder player, when I first tried the Aerophone Mini two were the things that bothered me immediately: the presence of click-clack keys and the sax-style mouthpiece. Many have complained…
Hemiola App Preview 3
Hello guys, almost another month has passed, things here in Italy are slowly going back to normal after Covid19 and my available time to the app is slowly reducing... Nonetheless, there are a few big…
Hemiola Android App Preview 2
EDIT 26/06/2020: A new preview post has been published here. Hi guys, one entire month has passed since my last post here and many things have happened to my not-so-little-any-more Android companion…
Roland Aerophone Mini - New companion app preview - Hemiola Mini
EDIT 26/06/2020: A new preview post has been published here. EDIT 29/05/2020: A new preview post has been published here. Ok, I must really be in love of this little thing because I spent my last…
Roland Aerophone Mini - Adding a mini voltmeter
With the Aerophone Mini, Roland wants us to use rechargeable AA batteries only. From the user manual: If you are using the Aerophone mini on batteries, insert four Ni-MH batteries (AA). I am not…
Aerophone Mini - Internals
I wanted to make some modifications to my Aerophone Mini (more on that soon), so I had to open it up. Here are some photos of its internals. [](<index.htmlslideshow1586081693098 "Precedente")…
Aerophone Mini - Some additional fingerings for the recorder player
If you look closely at the official fingering chart of the Aerophone Mini, you will notice that all the suggested fingerings for chromatic notes (flats and sharps) require the use of the left pinky…
Roland Aerophone Mini - Specs
Specifications (from Roland website) Key Layout | Recorder type ---|--- Sound Generator | PCM synthesizer Tones | 6 Effect | Reverb Controllers | Breath sensor, Performance keys, Octave keys,…
Aerophone Mini - Useful Links&Resources
Here are a few links to useful pages on the Internet. This page is constantly updated. Please write to me to suggest new links. Info & Resources Roland Official product page|…