Re: hand held feedback synth now available...

[tEd ® KiLLiAn <tedkillian@charter.net>]

It's been a long time since I used them at all, let alone as a MIDI  
controller.

They work relatively well, but are monophonic and the breath pressure  
more or less equates to key velocity on a keyboard (loudness) not  
really quite the same as a true "breath controller".

And some of the portamento things they do do not transmit at all.

I used on in a concert many years ago to control a couple of keyboards  
I had off stage to the side and mixed some of the internal "Sax" sound  
in with it.

Didn't sound too bad.

Tracks well.

But it loses a lot of "personality".

The "breath controller" part of it (as it transmits to MIDI) is not  
all that sensitive to allow really nuanced playing.

Don't get me wrong, it can be fun to play around with.

But it's not at all like one of the more expensive wind controllers  
from Akai or Yamaha..

I bought 2 of my 3 at a Best Buy blowout price of $28.95 brand new in  
the early '90s.

The 3rd one was given me a few years ago by Rick Walker.

About having 3 and sacrificing one to the circuit bending gods . . . I  
may do it.

But there are so many project already begun and as yet unfinished.

Do I really need another right now?

On Sep 24, 2009, at 7:45 PM, michael noble wrote:

> Hi Ted,
>
> Have you used those horns as midi controllers at all? How do they  
> fare?
>
> Also, if you have 3, what do you have to lose in experimenting with  
> one of them?!
>
> -m