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> >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 --------------------------------------------------------------- |Moderator of Digital Guitar Digest, an Internet mailing list |\ |for Music Technology and Stringed Instruments | \ ---------------------------------------------------------------- | \ finger pvallado@waynesworld.ucsd.edu for more info \ | \ http://waynesworld.ucsd.edu/DigitalGuitar/home.html \| -----------------------------------------------------------------