Members Kiwiburger Posted September 22, 2005 Members Share Posted September 22, 2005 Those old Yamaha synths with breath controllers were a really cool idea that has disappeared without a trace. Wouldn't it be great if somebody built a USB breath controller? The midi specs are already there, and software FM synths can play all those Yamaha presets that still are configured for breath control. I'm thinking a little plastic box with a plastic hose and fitting that you place in your mouth. A pressure transducer, USB bus powered - it would just spit out midi control data. Maybe the software driver could have a user interface for tweaking the response curve and control number and midi channel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TimOBrien Posted September 22, 2005 Members Share Posted September 22, 2005 Disappeared without a trace?? No. No. I play a WX-5 windsynth with a VL70-m synth box. Still made by Yamaha. Great horn and woodwind emulator. Still available. See www.patchmanmusic.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mike Martin Posted September 22, 2005 Members Share Posted September 22, 2005 Yamaha still makes BC3 breath controllers. You just need a product to plug them into. If your keyboard doesn't have a BC input, then you can use one of these - http://www.midisolutions.com/prodbth.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Robman2 Posted September 22, 2005 Members Share Posted September 22, 2005 Hmmm.... I'll send it along to get a qualified no from the GM... Interesting. R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kiwiburger Posted September 23, 2005 Author Members Share Posted September 23, 2005 Interesting .. but they don't provide a single solution for soft synth users who don't already own some form of breath controller. And I would prefer USB over midi now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members felix Posted September 23, 2005 Members Share Posted September 23, 2005 Akai is also reintroducing the EWI (Electronic Wind Instrument) with built-in analog modeling synth sound module. Model number EWI4000S, expected in stores in Dec 05. Sonic State EWI4000S News Item Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Robman2 Posted September 23, 2005 Members Share Posted September 23, 2005 We are asking our engineer consultant about breath controllers and USB. Stay tuned. R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted September 24, 2005 Share Posted September 24, 2005 Originally posted by felix Akai is also reintroducing the EWI (Electronic Wind Instrument) with built-in analog modeling synth sound module. Model number EWI4000S, expected in stores in Dec 05. Sonic State EWI4000S News Item Here My first question was going to be "how much?", but I got impatient and went Googling instead. Looks like the MSRP is going to be $995 and the least expensive price I found was right at $700, which I assume is the MAP. That looks VERY interesting! As a sax player in a former lifetime, I've been interested in getting a MIDI wind controller for quite a while. I knew Yamaha still made the WX-5, so I was thinking I'd just eventually get one of those... but if Akai (who is now apparently part of the Neumark / Alesis family - how'd I miss the memo on that one? ) has a new controller coming out, that gives me another option to consider. Either way, I'm sure it will beat the heck out of the old Casio DH-200 I used to have. But I found even that to be better for playing MIDI horn parts than using a keyboard controller. Thanks for the heads-up felix! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted September 24, 2005 Share Posted September 24, 2005 Originally posted by Robman2 We are asking our engineer consultant about breath controllers and USB. Stay tuned. R I can "kludge" one together for you... it should be fairly simple: Get a Yamaha BC3, plug that into the MIDI Solutions BC box (linked to on this page), plug the MIDI out from that into a computer USB MIDI interface - there you go - breath controller over USB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted September 24, 2005 Members Share Posted September 24, 2005 I'm on my way down to Sam Ash to (probably) buy a CME UF8 88 hammer weighted keyboard controller ($600 but they supposedly have a one day promo that'll knock 15% off) -- and it has some kind of breath controller. [CORRECTION: It has a breath controller input, to which they say you can hook a breath controller like the Yamaha BC-3. That's a wee bit different.] I bought a breath controller for the little Yamaha monophonic one oscillator analog synth I used in the early 80s (one of the ones with toy keys and battery power!) but I could never really figure out how to use it. (It was only $35 or so but back then that was a lot of dough to me... or at least it should have been. ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members belalnassar Posted May 30, 2007 Members Share Posted May 30, 2007 dear mr mike martin i would to ask u a qewstion? i have the triton classic and i well by a breath control(bc3) does it work in the triton?and does it work propebly?o i need to use a midi product? does the triton have a bc input thank u very much i wait for your answer!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members object.session Posted May 30, 2007 Members Share Posted May 30, 2007 I bought a breath controller for the little Yamaha monophonic one oscillator analog synth I used in the early 80s (one of the ones with toy keys and battery power!) but I could never really figure out how to use it. (It was only $35 or so but back then that was a lot of dough to me... or at least it should have been. ) fyi: the uf8 is on sale (or at least was very recently) at musiciansfriend and other places for $400 new. also, supposedly, there will be a new cme line coming out soon. look into the uf80, maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rasputin1963 Posted May 30, 2007 Members Share Posted May 30, 2007 A wind controller would be even more useful now, especially as your softsynth saxophone patches are infinitely more realistic-sounding now than they were in the mid-80's, when I had a BC for my YAMAHA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EnemyofSilence Posted May 31, 2007 Members Share Posted May 31, 2007 A wind controller would be even more useful now, especially as your softsynth saxophone patches are infinitely more realistic-sounding now than they were in the mid-80's, when I had a BC for my YAMAHA. I've had a Yahama WX-11 for eons, and a VL70m. I never use them for sax since I have an alto and tenor. But for synths it's killer - especially as synths have gotten progressively more expressive over the years with physical and analog modeling. WX-11 + OasysPCI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members minimidi2 Posted April 12, 2013 Members Share Posted April 12, 2013 I own one of these, it is exactly what you asked for. It works very well for me. http://www.tecontrol.se/breathcontroller.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 minimidi2 wrote: I own one of these, it is exactly what you asked for. It works very well for me. http://www.tecontrol.se/breathcontroller.html From their website: The result is the MIDI Breath Controller, which has the same function as a combination of the BC3A and the Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members minimidi2 Posted October 5, 2013 Members Share Posted October 5, 2013 There is a new breath controller demo video, this guy is amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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