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Old 03-21-2006, 09:09 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Tootsall
You still have to be able to play trumpet in order to produce vibrations that can be electronically modified. With electronic enhancement you can get away with a lower skill level of playing. (Try distortion or wah-wah on a purely accoustic guitar with no pickups for comparison).

That thing that Yamaha is building and James Morrison is promoting is NOT a trumpet. It is an electronic device with a vaguely trumpet shape for producing sound.
Hmm... I wasn't aware of the MDT until your post. Thank you for the information - I thought EVI was still being used.

I actually wasn't referring to a digital (MIDI) instrument.

Would you clarify your analogy of effects on an acoustic guitar? I think I missed your point. Thanks.

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