Quote Originally Posted by Matty Ross View Post
It sounds like a great idea but I think they have it backwards. Some one should invent a set of pipes that you still blow into but the pipes play all the fingering for you kind of like a player piano. That way those of us who are musically challenged could appear to play the pipes without actually learning them.
Nintendo's "Wii Music" has the bagpipe as one of 60 instruments available, just mimic the movements and you're "playing" the pipes or whatever. Sounds like crrrap and one looks like an idiot playing it but I fear the second or third generation of this system, look at what Guitar Hero did for the serious air guitar player.
As to the Redpipes, from the manual it seems to be basically an electronic Degerpipe with more advanced features, the "bag" is used to start the drones and then the chanter by arm pressure. I have a few electronic pipes and they do sound interesting either connected to Midi synths or directly through
various FX pedals.
There are also some guys, mainly from Spain and Eastern Europe, doing electronic versions of their pipes, just search "electronic bagpipes" on YouTube for some interesting variations. I too am waiting for a little more info on the RedPipes before I pull the trigger.