Bagpipe lung may be an issue with that last. I could see where the bellows design should at least mitigate the risk, though.
Good point! I wouldn’t expect this to be a problem with a bellows instrument, though, since that doesn’t involve sending humid lung-air into the bag? Probably also doesn’t explain why it wasn’t invented centuries ago?
Off the top of my head the EWI uses breath to operate an electronic instrument. Unfortunately, I don’t know any EWI players so I couldn’t tell you how much control it allows.
Generally they have two mouth sensors: breath pressure and bite pressure. This is quite a bit less information than, say, a sax/clarinet gets from the player’s mouth. From an input perspective they’re essentially keyboard+breath+bite with much more limiting fingering.
Good point! I wouldn’t expect this to be a problem with a bellows instrument, though, since that doesn’t involve sending humid lung-air into the bag? Probably also doesn’t explain why it wasn’t invented centuries ago?
Generally they have two mouth sensors: breath pressure and bite pressure. This is quite a bit less information than, say, a sax/clarinet gets from the player’s mouth. From an input perspective they’re essentially keyboard+breath+bite with much more limiting fingering.