MembraneBreathCtrl

Features

• Breath controller
  • Send control change messages via Midi to DAW (CC2 breath control)
  • Fast and responsive (200 Hz CC2 update rate)
  • Easy to clean and easy to dry - pressure sensor can be opened via a slide
  • Based on a linear Hall-sensor and two magnets on a membrane cut out of a rubber glove
• X/Y Joystick
  • Sends 4 additional CCs
• Optical metronome
  • Uses internal RGB LED
  • Indicates Beat 1, 2, 3, 4 of optically (no annoying click-sound)
  • Easy to use with Ableton Live - just activate "Sync" on Midi-Out in Preferences
  • Alternative control of RGB via note velocity (send notes C, D, E to device, velocity = brightness)
• Full DIY
  • Based on Adafruit Trinket M0
  • All parts laser cut from 0.5 and 4mm acrylics
  • No hard-to-get special pressure sensor

Breath controller

Background

To play wind instruments more realistic if you are a keyboard player, a breath-controller is a good option: You select the notes to play with your keyboard, but the sound is triggered and articulated based on your breath.

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How it is build

Usually people (like me) use instructions like this only for own inspirations, so this is not meant to be a full "how-to-build" instruction, but it should give you enough insights to do so if you want. In the rare case you really build this and make it to work please drop us a mail :-)

All parts are laser-cut from a very thin (0.5mm) like acrylic sheet and a thicker (4mm) acrylic plate. The 0.5mm acrylic is more like a foil and much more flexible than the 4mm glass like sheets. These are the files with the laser cut parts made with Inkscape:

• Datei:MembranBreathConttrolThinPlexi.svg for thin (0.5mm) acrylic
• Datei:MembranBreathConttrolThickPlexi.svg for thick (4mm) acrylic

• MembraneBreathCtrl assembly
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