Some vaguely Wind Instrument related notes:
The newly added Vitalium (open src Vital) plugin synth has lots of CC routing possibilities.
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For wind instrument rookies:
Programming a Synth for Wind Control Part1 . . . Part2
A video tutorial site has a compilation of production tutorials loosely associated with “breath controller”.
The Swedish breath controller maker TEControl BBC lists 10 packages they are compatible with, all high end modeling, orchestration software that produces remarkably authentic sounding instruments. (Violin demo)
Their default CC outputs:
- Breath Control CC2
- Bite Control CC1
- Nod Control CC12
- Tilt Control CC3
(A cheap usb orientation sensor could be hung on a instrument to give big band choreography purpose.)
An interesting research area:
Countless lab studies of vocal tract modulation of various wind instruments have been made, using specialized measurement instruments, including electrodes on the tongue. Clarinet References:
1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . . 5
It would be a fun breakthrough if the throat intonation could be detected in a Wind Synth. perhaps spectrum analysis of white noise shot down the throat or swept ultrasonic looking for harmonics of the musical scale.
(Too bad the throat is not part of a tuned acoustic system like the real deal)
I have an Akai 6 channel keybrd/wind synth. (need to replace dim EL backlight) a very tiny niche product would be a USB to 13 pin instrument adapter so such a museum piece could be used.