Godin Multiac Concert Grand SA and breath controller

[henryque]

I think this is great. Anybody else using breath controllers and guitars?

 

http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2018/06/24/this-guitar-performance-will-freak-out-people-that-dont-play-synthesizers/

 

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[Bluesape]

COOL!

 

[Larryz]

Cool idea...I wouldn't be needing to sound like a flute or other wind instrument, so I probably would pass on a breath controller. I do like the guys guitar playing in the video, as I can tell that he's very talented. Summertime is a favorite of mine too.

[desertbluesman]

I used to do a lot of synth guitar back when that concept first came out and became readily available in the late 80's, and they had a breath controller back then. Like now, I liked the concept when others played it, but was not into playing anything but guitar that sounded like a guitar for myself. So I slowly sold off my synth gear little by little until it was all gone. But that guy above sure did a bang up job with his version of Summertime.

 

We used to do a version of Summertime when I was the baritone in an a-Capella group called the Soundmasters back on the New Jersey Shore.

[Winston Psmith]

Love the idea, not sure you couldn't get at least some of the same dynamics with Velocity scaling on your MIDI module, or a CC driven by an Expression pedal? I know, that's taking us away from the Guitar, and into the murky depths of digital programming, but once you get into using Synths, the programming becomes a large factor in how expressive your sound is.

[nordstrom]

Love the idea, not sure you couldn't get at least some of the same dynamics with Velocity scaling on your MIDI module, or a CC driven by an Expression pedal? I know, that's taking us away from the Guitar, and into the murky depths of digital programming, but once you get into using Synths, the programming becomes a large factor in how expressive your sound is.

 

My experience with a breath controller is that it is a lot faster and more intuitive than an expression pedal. With an expression pedal I always ended up having to edit CC signals by hand after recording. With a breath controller I never need to do this and with a bit of practice (and of course good libraries) the result is realistic straight away.

[Winston Psmith]

Love the idea, not sure you couldn't get at least some of the same dynamics with Velocity scaling on your MIDI module, or a CC driven by an Expression pedal? I know, that's taking us away from the Guitar, and into the murky depths of digital programming, but once you get into using Synths, the programming becomes a large factor in how expressive your sound is.

 

My experience with a breath controller is that it is a lot faster and more intuitive than an expression pedal. With an expression pedal I always ended up having to edit CC signals by hand after recording. With a breath controller I never need to do this and with a bit of practice (and of course good libraries) the result is realistic straight away.

 

Thank you for that response, good to know.

[d halfnote]

I gotta get back into tech but I think the options here go far beyond the more obvious (sounding like wind insts, etc).

Thanks for the idea(s),

 

[Winston Psmith]

I gotta get back into tech but I think the options here go far beyond the more obvious (sounding like wind insts, etc).

Thanks for the idea(s),

 

@d - I'm with you, man. Imagining BC driving a String patch, or something slightly more obvious, like a Voice/Choir patch. Maybe adding 'naturalistic' textures to pure Electronic sounds.