JiveTurkey
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If you think for a second that I haven't already pondered this years ago; you must not know me



I get your point. A closer comparison would 100% be a keyboard and piano. If this thing is analyzing the flow of air, and allowing you to manipulate sounds through that processing, I don’t see how it should be knocked when an electric keyboard has no issue being part of the music we love. Maybe I’m missing why y’all are trashing on this idk lol
There are also much more portable breath controllers that are used in conjunction with "conventional" guitar synthesizers to control ADSR. I've been tempted by these many times, but it's one more thing to spend forever optimizing, just to have it go belly up in front of an audience...Ideally; it would a digital kazoo with pitch correction and instrument modeling would be the solution for this problem.
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As a trumpet player, they definitely don't replace the real thing though.There two main camps for wind synths. Those who buy one for silent practice and those who buy one as a substitute for a real wind instrument. Then, there are a few nuts like me who use them for playing new synth sounds.
They're instruments just like any other that require a new approach and practice to play well.
As a trumpet player, they definitely don't replace the real thing though.
Agreed (as a sax player). There's no substitute for the interaction you have with the real thing. I never tried to make a substitute, unlike the other camps I mentioned.
Additionally; I’m offended there’s not a trumpet form factor![]()
Actually there's the NuEVI. Pretty much the ultimate in 3 finger wind synths and pricey too.
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NuEVI (trumpet, horn, tuba fingering instrument) – Berglund Instruments
berglundinstruments.com
Especially at golf clubs.Digital wind is easier to mix in a live setting...