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On yesterday's #eigenwarriors Hangout I showed the guys a Pico setup that I am currently (re)discovering and liking quite a lot. On popular demand here a repost of the setup on the main Eigenharp G+ stream ;) This Pico setup allows to play (e.g. chromatic), monophonic lines over several octaves (more than five for chromatic scale), while being relatively easy to grasp for Eigenharp players used to the standard layouts (for Pico, Tau and Alpha). To get started just download and unzip this setup and put the files into your EigenD setups directory. (/Users/ /Library/Eigenlabs/2.0.74-stable/Setups on Mac). In the likely case that you already have a "user 1" setup, you can change the number arbitrarily, so it is unique in your setups folder. http://fstrixner.de/files/EigenD/PicoFingererSetup.zip Keys: pp pp pp pp ss h1 h2 h3 00 p: Playing keys (work like the first upper 8 keys for Pico standard layout - the individual notes are defined by the scale you choose - as usual) s: ...

In the Hangout last evening, there was a little discussion about costs etc.  A easy misconception is that any instrument provides all that one may find necessary to create the music they want, over time. I think back to my earlier days as a saxophonist.  I started with an alto model in school.  Then, I added a tenor to be able to play additional gigs.  Soon after, I added a soprano model for the same reason.  Over time, I also had a clarinet and flute in the bag, plus all of the necessary racks and stands, reed tweaking tools, etc.. With the Eigenharp, there's a lot that comes with it, in terms of instrumental sounds (forget all of the layout configuration possibilities for now.)  Piano, synth, clarinet, cello, and many interesting patches in the included Alchemy Player. Depending on how deep one wants to go, you may find that you want to add additional sound synthesizers (software or hardware-based).  There are some freebies, but the best will require an additional outlay. Conside...