Members erlic Posted November 27, 2005 Members Share Posted November 27, 2005 I'm considering purchasing a breath controller for my Kurzweil K2500XS. Is there anytning else (other than the breath controller) that I would need for the keyboard? I'm currently looking at the Yamaha models BC1, BC2 or BC3, depending which one is currently available. Also, are there any other manufacturers to consider that make breath controllers? Is the connection to keyboard difficult is straighforward, and is there any programming involved? Thanks in advance, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mildbill Posted November 27, 2005 Members Share Posted November 27, 2005 i use a BC2 with a k2600 (among other pieces). no, there's not much to them - just a sensitivity adjustment screw. there's a small connector on the back of your 2500 and you just plug it in like a foot pedal. i don't know if anyone besides yamaha makes a BC, but yamaha, akai, and maybe others make more sophisticated wind controllers that require practice and a fingering technique to use. the only programming required is to program your BC as a source and set the amount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members orangefunk Posted November 27, 2005 Members Share Posted November 27, 2005 Originally posted by mildbill i use a BC2 with a k2600 (among other pieces).no, there's not much to them - just a sensitivity adjustment screw.there's a small connector on the back of your 2500 and you just plug it in like a foot pedal.i don't know if anyone besides yamaha makes a BC, but yamaha, akai, and maybe others make more sophisticated wind controllers that require practice and a fingering technique to use.the only programming required is to program your BC as a source and set the amount. I don't know much about Kurzweil stuff, but certainly the non breath controller voices on the VL7 and EX5 I have require a fair bit of programming for patches to work with the breath controller... but thats the beauty of it.. its so controllable I could never go back now.. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mildbill Posted November 28, 2005 Members Share Posted November 28, 2005 ya, like i said, with the kurzweil stuff, it's just a matter of setting the BC as source for what you want to control and then setting the amount and experimenting - pretty much the same as when i use it with my EX5R. with VL tho, it's possible to 'break the model' in ways where you get unintended results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SylvStuart Posted November 28, 2005 Members Share Posted November 28, 2005 Just the thread I've been looking for. I've got a BC1 and find it too..Borgish and obtrusive (it'll be going up for sale soon). Now I'm looking at the more practical BC2 and BC3. Does anyone know what the difference is between the BC2 and the BC3? I just breezed thru this: http://www.patchmanmusic.com/WindControllerFAQ.html and couldn't find the difference there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Beepboper Posted November 28, 2005 Members Share Posted November 28, 2005 Can anyone give me a general idea of price for a S/hand WX11 wind controller compared to the WX7 which is the newest version and is quite expensive?(Well,expensive for this for this 'would be'horn player.)Thanks VL freaks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fisnotigut Posted November 28, 2005 Members Share Posted November 28, 2005 I have a BC3 and a K2600XS. I struggled forever trying to get the BC3 working. Made no progress until I made a post on the K2600 forum. It seems that on the K2600 you also need to plug something into CC2 as well as the BC. Voila! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Beepboper Posted November 28, 2005 Members Share Posted November 28, 2005 Sory I meant to post a new thread but For now I'll hi-jack this this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Analog Kid Posted November 28, 2005 Members Share Posted November 28, 2005 Originally posted by Beepboper Can anyone give me a general idea of price for a S/hand WX11 wind controller compared to the WX7 which is the newest version and is quite expensive?(Well,expensive for this for this 'would be'horn player.)Thanks VL freaks. The current is WX5, all others are discontinued. I like my BC-3... maybe the diff is i have the breath resistance adjustment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sleepin' Deeper Posted November 28, 2005 Members Share Posted November 28, 2005 How about the Donkey Breath controller 2000? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members donaldcrunk Posted November 28, 2005 Members Share Posted November 28, 2005 Originally posted by Sleepin' Deeper How about the Donkey Breath controller 2000? dB 2000? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members erlic Posted December 1, 2005 Author Members Share Posted December 1, 2005 Thanks to all that replied regarding the breath controller. All I have to do now is make a decision, buy it, and learn how to work it Thanks all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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