First "co-production" with a real singer and guitar player (Anne Schnitzler) in combination with my virtual violin and especially cello.

Corona Chronicles

S. Foster: Slumber my Darling (voice + instruments)

Presenting a completely new text to this heart-moving piece, with a different view on things.

Sorry folks: German only, as I presently don't feel competent in English to transfer it, conserving its intended statement. Here are the German lyrics (non-rhyming English translation below):

Welt du bist groß und bunt. Du bist so schön.
keine der and'ren Welten werden wir je sehn!

 Blaue Kugel, Heimatort - nie komm ich von dir fort.
 Leben, klein und groß zugleich, du machst mich reich.

Ich bin ein Teil von dir, du schenkst das Leben mir.
Gib, dass ich recht erkenn, dieser Teil zu sein.


Niemand ist so wie ich, und das ist schön.
Vielfalt sorgt so dafür, dass wir weitergehn.

 Schau in die Vergangenheit, es war keine bess're Zeit!
 Götter machten uns zum Kind, machten viele blind.

Alles verändert sich. Lass auch verändern mich,
selbständig vorwärts schau'n und der Zukunft traun.


Welt, du ernährest uns, alles was lebt.
Jedes Individuum nach dem Glücke strebt.

 Hilf, dass wir achtsam sind, jeder von uns gewinnt.
 Jeder ein and'rer Mensch, der sein Leben spinnt.

Web mich ins Ganze ein. Lass mich ein Beitrag sein,
dass alles Leben glüht, heut' und morgen blüht.

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For those of you not familiar to German, here is a translation of the text that, of course, does not rhyme in English:

World you are big and colorful. You are so pretty.
we will never see any of the other worlds!

  Blue ball, hometown - I will never get away from you.
  Life, small and big at the same time, you make me rich.

I am part of you, you give life to me.
Let me know rightly that I am that part.


Nobody is like me, and that's nice.
Diversity ensures that we move on.

  Look into the past, there was no better time!
  Gods made us children, made many of us blind.

Everything changes. Let me change too
Look forward independently and trust the future.


World, you feed us, everything that lives.
Every individual strives for happiness.

  Help us to be mindful, each of us wins.
  Everyone a different person who spins his life.

Web me into the whole. Let me be a contribution
that all life glows, blooms today and tomorrow.

Corona Overdubbing Edition

Welt, du bist groß und bunt ("Nearer my God to thee" revisited)

Our interpretation of a rather famous piece from "Lord of the Rings", sung and guitarred by Anne and accompanied with cello and flute (by wind controller, of course) by me. The cello voice is my own composition.

Corona Editions

Into the West

A track of a Broken Consort weekend workshop

Tilman Susato: Pavane No. 5 "La Bataille" from Renaissance Danserey

Here is a wind controller only piece once again.

In the Bleak Midwinter (instrumental)

A new old quintet piece from Morley. Admittedly the single voices are not as crystal as I would want them to be - but I'm an amateur, not a professional.  ;-)

Thomas Morley: Sing we and chant it (instrumental)

Sorry international folks: German only related content!  ;-)

Hier eine textuell leicht überarbeitete Fassung des bekannten Weihnachtslieds "Leise rieselt der Schnee" (wer hätte das wohl gedacht?!?)

Gesang: AnneLuisa; Text, Instrumentales und Mastering: Me myself mit Blaswandler.

Zum Nachlesen des Texts (obwohl Anne den ja hervorragend deutlich eingesungen hat):

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Leise pieselt das Reh
gelbe Spur'n in den Schnee.
Leider ist es arschkalt
achja, Weihnacht kommt bald.

Bald ist heilige Nacht.
Hört nur, wie es schon kracht.
Jäger durchstreifen den Wald.
der von Schrotsalven hallt.

Pfannen voll mit Filet
ich dann überall seh.
Gelbe Spur'n fehlen dann
im weihnachtlichen Tann.

Das Fest der Liebe ist da.
Viele feiern es ja.
Braten, der Teller ziert,
sorgt dafür, dass Reh nicht friert. 
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Leise pieselt das Reh

A somewhat more elaborated septet setting of the famous piece, created purely by virtual instruments, input by a wind controller (EWI-USB) and rendered by the DynaSample Xpression synth.

Auld Lang Syne (instrumental)

This is a self-prepared 2 parts adaption of the famous Christmas Pastorale by Corelli. The respective score can be downloaded at https://musescore.com/user/28976326/scores/13452211

This time the track was recorded by real audio and simultaneously for both instruments, with the trombone played by my son.

Corelli: Weihnachtspastorale in zwei Stimmen

My first experiments with sequential recording via Audacity. Not error-free, as anticipated, but nice to hear imho.

Il est né, le divine enfant (instrumental)

Virtual woodwind quartet (oboe, flute, 2x bassoon), instruments rendered by a Dynasample Xpression

John Adson: Ayre No. 7

The famous Rudolph tune, arranged as brass duo by my son, and played on a real trombone and a virtual trumpet (with a virtual sax a bit too feeble in the background).

Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer (arranged as brass duo)

The quite famous fiddler piece being rendered as a mixed quintet. All instruments virtualized, of course.  ;-)

(Image taken from Wikipedias article on "Fiddle".)

Ashokan Farewell

Ein live eingespieltes Stück des nordischen Komponisten Edvard Fliflet Bræin für Melodieinstrument (hier: virtuelles Fagott) und Klavier.

Herzlichen Dank an Nina für die Klavierbegleitung!

E. F. Bræin: Ut Mot Havet (Instrumental)

Das Anthem von "Chess", gesetzt als Duo für Melodieinstrument (virtuelle Trompete) + Klavier

Einen herzlichen Dank an Nina für die Klavierbegleitung!

Anthem from "Chess" (Instrumental, Trompete + Klavier)

The famous Irish tune, played as a double trio: Three parts with six instruments. All instruments are overdubbed synth renderings (DynaSample Xpression) arranged in a stereo panorama.

(Track image generated by Canva image generator.)

Londonderry Air / Oh Danny Boy

One of the famous Stephen Foster pieces, played by some virtual melody instruments and piano. Virtual instruments rendered by DynaSample Xpression synth.

S. Foster: Hard Times Come Again No More

S. Foster: Old Folks at Home

Das im Original wohl als Klavier-Solo gesetzte Stück, hier interpretiert als Duo für Flöte und Cello. Beide Instrumente sind virtuell per Blaswandler eingespielt. Rendering der Instrumente mittels DynaSample Xpression.

Yiruma: River flows in you

Here is the comparably short Coleman's March with two different instrumentations: first with a fiddle as central instruments, 2nd with a flute. Which do you like better?

Instruments added by overdubbing, and rendered by a DynaSample Xpression synth.

Coleman's March

Once again a recording of a first melody voice played on wind controller with a synchronous stage piano recording, and finally overdubbed with a second melody voice, again played on the wind controller, rendered by the DynaSample Xpression synth.
(Track image created by Gemini AI.)

Gabriel's Oboe

Song rendered instrumentally with virtual trumpet and bassoon, accompanied by stage piano (thus virtual as well ;-))
Track image rendered by Gemini AI.

Gabriella's Song (instrumental)

Mal wieder ein Zusammenspiel über eine größere Entfernung mittles gegenseitigem Zuschicken von Tracks und Abmischen per Audacity.
Die virtuellen Instrumente entstammen einem DynaSample Xpression Synthesizer und wurden mit einem Akai EWI-USB eingespielt.

John Playford: Gathering Peascods

Hier noch mal eine "echte Audioaufnahme" (leider nur mono) mit einfachsten Mitteln und leicht in Audacity nachbearbeitet , daher auch mit gewissen Abstrichen an die Klangqualität.

L. v. Beethoven: Sonatine in G

A renaissance quartet, recorded once again by overdubbing the individual instruments via Audacity. Played on an Akai EWI-USB and rendered by a DynaSample Xpression Synth.

John Playford: Jamaica

The famous soundtrack of Schindler's List, here with the lead theme played as interleaving duo on virtual instruments (wind controller and stage piano).

(Image taken from Wikimedia https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Jews_Hand.jpg)

John Williams: Theme from Schindler's List

Multitrack recording of a scottish/irish? traditional

Rose of Tralee (instrumental)

Slumber My Darling (instrumental)

Trio by overdubbing. Voices: oboe, flute, cello

Be thou my vision (instrumental)

Flötenduo, gespielt per Oboe und Flöte, um die Stimmen besser unterscheiden zu können. Wie immer, beide Stimmen eingespielt auf EWI-USB und DynaSample Xpression - mit ein wenig Reverb, weil es sich sonst so trocken anhört.

Das hier dargestellte Equipment ist übrigens das aktuell (Stand 2025-07) eingesetzte. Die in der Soundcloud veröffentlichten Stücke sind allerdings typischerweise ohne den Lautsprecher aufgenommen und wurden direkt aus dem Synthesizer in den Rechner übertragen.

Devienne: Flötenduo No. 2 (gespielt mit Oboe und Flöte)

If you look for a flawlessly playing music professional: Look somewhere else!  :-)

I'm just a hobby EWI player who explores her electronic instrument by and by, and will release some home-brewn multi-tracks eventually. I do this for fun, not for money.

Most of the tracks are created by overdubbing (sequential recording of the parts), but some are recorded with other musicians. Respective hints are given in the extended annotations of the indivdual pieces/tracks.

My equipment: EWI-USB, DynaSample XPression, Samson Expedition Express for live playing (even though most of the soundtracks published here were sampled directly by line-in as far as my contribution is concerned).

Petra Roosen

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