Lekholm Instruments let us know that the DM48X Wireless MIDI Harmonica is now available.
Features:
- Musical and responsive – Dynamics and playability perfected in its predecessor, the DM48
- Built-in tuning editor – Edit custom scales directly on the device, or import/export them using MIDI
- Powerful brain – Stores 18 tunings and 18 presets, doubled compared to DM48
- Highly configurable – Numerous MIDI/response options including mono/poly modes, multichannel/MPE output and velocity sensing
- Bluetooth MIDI – Wireless playing over Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) MIDI
- Built-in battery – Powerful battery charges over USB, for five hours of wireless playing
- Ribbon controller – Use your finger for pitch bending or modulation (vibrato or any MIDI CC)
- Smooth slider action – New mechanically improved slider (side) button, used for transposition or MIDI control
Here’s a demo and review by Brendan Power:
Pricing and Availability
The DM48X is available now for 8800 SEK or 11000 SEK with VAT.
Wow. Incredible demo. Also a very nicely informative overview, as well.
Se puede poner en un porta harmonica?
What the heck is 11000 SEK? Is that Venusian currency?
How much is this thing?
That’s “Swedish Krona” and DuckDuckGo shows 11000 SEK as €1036.
Google it, not so hard
Copy and paste, my friend. Copy and paste.
Yes, it’s short for Solar Etherian Krypto and it is the standard currency for Venusian NFTs.
I can’t really imagine that many potential users out there but good on them for making it anyway.
so awesome. i want one
Given that harmonicas are relatively inexpensive, it is surprising how rarely I hear them out in the wild. Could just be that I don’t run in the social circles where people play lots of harmonica music.
Off-topic, I so love the sound of bass (double bass?) harmonica, but they are expensive a.f. I’d love to find either a really well done sample library, or better yet, an accurate modeler of same. I’ve heard a couple libraries, but their quirks weren’t to my liking.
I think harmonicas lost favor over time because electronics are more popularly fascinating. There is an inherent dislike of reed instruments by some. Bagpipes are on my love-list, but not on that of many others.
That makes this thing interesting. How many players will drop that kind of money on a MIDI harmonica? How will it hold up over time? Will people fully “get it” if you use one to play a brass patch? Above all, where the hell does your spit go as you play? No one wants a case of MIDI ‘monica Mold, ugh.
I’m waiting for a midi-enabled krummhorn.
A solution to a problem almost everyone wasn’t asking for, therefore a nich within a niche.