Re: Breath controller?

[Paolo Valladolid <pvallado@waynesworld.ucsd.edu>]

> >I use a Yamaha BC-1 breath controller plugged into an Anatek "Wind
> >Machine". This unit converts the output from the breath controller into
> >a midi control message that then can then be fed to any of my midi
> >intelligent rack goodies. Having the ability to route this modulation
> >source to any parameter destination has really increased my weirdness.
> >Try it !!!!   
> 
> Is this the old "sax synthesizer" controller that Yamaha marketed in the 
> late '80s? 
> 
> Travis

No, the BC-1 is a mouthpiece that translates either your lip pressure
or how hard you blow (not sure which, but I think it is the latter)
into MIDI Breath Controller information.  The Anatek box, I believe,
lets you remap the data coming from the BC-1 into just about any other
type of MIDI realtime controller type: MIDI Volume, MIDI Pitchbend, etc.
It has a switch that lets you select which controller information 
you like.

 
Paolo Valladolid
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