I am not sure if this is related to Picard or to MusicBrainz’s instrument database:
I entered the instrument named EWI for a musician.
It looks o.k. on the website, but in Picard it ends up as e w i
It looks like Picard is maybe treating it as an acronym?
(while EWI is derived from ‘electronic wind instrument’ it is an instrument name)
https://musicbrainz.org/release/8084b1bb-0ac7-4396-b3f7-21e7db13b022
EWI (from electronic wind instrument, /ˈiːwi/ EE-wee) is a type of wind controller, an electronic musical instrument invented by Nyle Steiner. The EWI has been used by many artists across many different genres, and is notable for its association with jazz fusion, particularly in Japan with its frequent use by T-Square members Takeshi Itoh and Masato Honda.
The EWI was invented by Nyle Steiner, his second electronic wind instrument design. Steiner originally brought to market a brass style fing...
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Zas
April 11, 2020, 1:24pm
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I can confirm this issue, I just tested with latest master, and yes, weirdly, it happens.
@outsidecontext : any idea about where it might come from, you hacked related code recently I think. If you don’t have time to look at it, just tell me, I’ll debug.
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