This post is an English translation of the article that originally appeared on the website DTM Station in Japanese.
Our sincere thanks to DTM Station for allowing us to repost it in English here.
DTM Station Home Page
History of Electronic Wind Instruments
The MIDI Association has close relationships with many websites around the world that focus on music production and so often carry articles about MIDI.
In fact many of these websites have translate our articles into their native languages.
Here is a list of some of the websites that we work with.
Sound On Sound is our partner for The MIDI Innovation Awards. https://www.soundonsound.com/
KVR Audio, news and information resource for audio, MIDI and mobile music-making and recording software. Founded in 2000 KVR’s mission is to serve the musician and music products community.
MIDIfan is our partner for at Music China and runs the X Stage where we do our presentations.
Hispasonic is our partner in Spain that covers MIDI and Music production.
DTM Station covers MIDI and Music Production in Japan. DTM stands for desk top music which is a popular hobby in Japan.
In researching our recent article about the June 15th event at the Kakehashi Foundation in Japan, we came across an excellent article from DTM Station.
For me, Ken Fujimoto, who acted as the moderator, it was a rare opportunity to see so many vintage and current models of equipment in one place and to hear directly from the developers.
Ken Fujimoto
DTM StationWe were going to reach out to Fujimoto-san and ask him if we could copy the article here, but it turns out someone had beaten us to it.
Patchman Music, the leading website for electronic wind instruments.
Copied from PatchMan Music-
On the stage of the venue, electronic wind instruments that have continued to evolve for more than half a century, from the Lyricon born in 1971 to the latest YDS-150, were lined up in a row, and it was a spectacular sight like an electronic wind instrument museum. We were able to spend a luxurious time experiencing the trajectory of the evolution while playing the actual instruments. At the venue, saxophonist Takahiro Miyazaki, who is also known for being a member of T-SQUARE, wind synth player BANANAsu, who is a strong player who owns 30 electronic wind instruments at home, Roland Aerophone developer Yuji Terada, the company’s demonstrator Yuri Nakamura, Yamaha YDS-150 developer Hiroshi Miyazaki and performer Kenta Fukui gathered. The development stories and technical details told from each expert’s perspective were a must-see for wind synthesizer enthusiasts.
For the rest of the article in Japanese, please click this link https://www.dtmstation.com/archives/71911.html
For the rest of the article in English, please click this link.
https://www.patchmanmusic.com/ElectronicWindInstrumentsSoundHistory.html
Special thanks to Ikuo Kakehashi of the Kakehashi Foundation for help in putting on these events on and in helping us locate the materials.