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My latest ambient track. https://soundcloud.com/micael-str-m/waiting-within?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=googleplus

Some music theory: what is the the right way of writing this to make it add up. I'm writing a piece for my Alpha, mostly as a way to remember things. However, after a week or so I begun to wonder if it added up. Anyone with some theoretical skills?

When starting up EigenD in Experimental setup (MIDI basic-mode), the lowest five buttons on the Alpha are lit. The EigenD description says: "The main keyboard has five orange coloured keys that have been configured as three-dimensional MIDI CC controllers where each axis sends out data to a dedicated CC number." It seems to me that the buttons have no specific functions. Nothing happens when I use them. I use this mode to record the alpha in Logic Pro. I´m not dependent of some special function of those buttons, just want to know how to use them.

My latest in Dark Ambient genre on SoundCloud. Eigenharp Alpha, Alchemy and Logic Pro. https://soundcloud.com/micael-str-m/oumuamua https://soundcloud.com/micael-str-m/oumuamua

I really need some help to get the Alpha into Logic and start recording tracks. I just don't get it. I've gone through the reference guide, watching a lot of videos on YouTube, including the seminar "Using the Eigenharp with DAW´s". I'm using Alchemy on AU 1 and Madrona Labs Aalto on AU 2. All works just fine when I´m playing right through the computer. But I don't know how to record it. There is no problem to record my guitars via my Antelope ZenTour sound card. The alpha routing is just: Alpha - Base Station Pro - MacBook Pro. Is there anyone out there who can guide me through it step by step?

This seems to be a nice community, so I think it just fair to introduce myself since I'm going to hang around from time to time. I'm living in Mora, Sweden and it would be nice to get in contact with other eigenharpists in the Nordics. I started out during the early seventies on a Burns London 1965 electric guitar and I'm still playing. Mostly I play a customized Fender Stratocaster. I've been mostly a bedroom player although I've played in a couple of bands throughout the years. Early 2017 I was looking for some new ways to express myself musically, since I wanted to play in a more ambient style. My pedalboard and guitars gave some possibilities, especially with the use of my Eventide pedals. But it wasn't enough. I wanted to do music more like Brian Eno, Harold Budd and Jon Hassel. So I started to look for some new stuff. Since my then ten year old son learning to play keyboard, and I wanted him to keep the keyes to himself and not feel he had to compete with...

Does anybody know if there are any other Eigenharp Alpha player in Sweden but me? If I'm alone there isn't much point in running the blog "ambient music on string and eigenharp" in Swedish. http://www.eigenharp.se