# ToFF's music rig with Zinthian - changies in time

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**Post date:** [March 30, 2021, 6:35pm UTC](https://discourse.zynthian.org/t/toffs-music-rig-with-zinthian-changies-in-time/5130/4 "2021-03-30T18:35:19Z")

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Some vaguely Wind Instrument related notes:  
The newly added Vitalium (open src Vital) plugin synth has lots of CC routing possibilities.  
[jofemodo endorsement](https://discourse.zynthian.org/t/vital-synth-by-matt-tytel/4974/54)

For wind instrument rookies:  
Programming a Synth for Wind Control [Part1](http://www.windworksdesign.com/blog/programming-a-synth-for-wind-control-part-1-of-2/) . . . [Part2](http://www.windworksdesign.com/blog/programming-a-synth-for-wind-control-part-2-of-2/)

A video tutorial site has a compilation of [production tutorials](https://macprovideo.com/tutorials/breath-controller) loosely associated with _“breath controller”._

The Swedish breath controller maker [TEControl BBC](https://www.tecontrol.se/products/usb-midi-breath-bite-controller-2) lists 10 packages they are compatible with, all high end modeling, orchestration software that produces remarkably authentic sounding instruments. ([Violin demo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDm7LqbV5No))  
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](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/280047224_Investigations_of_the_acoustics_of_the_vocal_tract_and_vocal_folds_in_vivo_ex_vivo_and_in_vitro) . . . [2](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0255761416689840?journalCode=ijma) . . . [3](https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09298215.2019.1708412) . . . [4](https://clarinet.org/articulation-types-for-clarinet-kornel-wolak/) . . . [5](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19739764/)

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.

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