@wgturner said:
Just thought I'd pass on a little info I found out about last night at Paul's clinic in town here - there is a new midi breath controller available from these guys: http://www.tecontrol.se/index_files/USBMIDIBreathController.htm
Hey Greg, I was also at the clinic at Wetlake Audio in LA. Do you remember what the other breath controller was that Paul demoed? He said it was around 900 Euro. It's not the MRT, which is closer to the TEC in terms of price.
By the way, I just ordered the TEC with bite control. I have been using a BC-3 on my Yamaha Motif keyboard but it is showing signs of getting old. I use it for dynamic swells on woodwinds and brass. I can't imagine doing realistic long notes without it. I've also used it with some success on strings,
- Carlos
I was intrigued by your post so i googled on the subjet.
I think i've found it:
The HB1
http://www.hornberg-research.de/index.php/en/
Yes I saw this a while ago on another forum. In my opinion it looks nice but 900 euro is completely over the top. Had it cost less, I would have given it a shot. I can't understand why they chose to use rare and expensive materials like the "service tree" wood, whatever that is.
Functionally it seems to allow gain/offset sensitivity adjustments, rather than non linear sensitivity with bending.
Also why does it have a display? Maybe only useful if used stand alone on a keyboard. But for soft synts on computers, it just seems redundant and surely it adds to the cost.