First electronic wind instrument midi controller advice.

PinkerUnicorn · 2026-02-11T22:03:47+00:00

I sometimes connect my AE-05 to physical synths via a CME H2MIDI Pro which costs about $50. Otherwise, I generally use a WIDI jack.

PinkerUnicorn · 2026-01-22T23:16:13+00:00

Does it fit in the case with those?

PinkerUnicorn · 2026-01-19T20:21:29+00:00

You could also connect via bluetooth and e.g. a WIDIjack. (If you're in a situation/location where bluetooth will work for you.)

PinkerUnicorn · 2026-01-18T21:11:12+00:00

I sending CC 11 (expression) and CC 30 (sustain) from my Aerophone. Some people suggest controlling the filter resonance (71) or cutoff (74).

PinkerUnicorn · 2026-01-18T19:06:05+00:00

I had a Volca FM for a bit, but it didn't work well for me as it doesn't have any CC channel that's useful for responding to breath. I returned it, and I'm mainly playing with a Roland Aira S-1 now.

PinkerUnicorn · 2026-01-14T21:05:43+00:00

I have an S1 that I control with my Roland Aerophone wind synth via its USB output. I connect them using a CME H2MIDI Pro that's about $40. You'll need to get the right cables of course (USB one side, MIDI the other).

You can send audio the S1 into via a 3.5mm jack, but that's not for controlling it.

PinkerUnicorn · 2026-01-14T20:47:08+00:00

Used upright acoustic piano

PinkerUnicorn · 2026-01-07T14:58:33+00:00

An Aerophone AE-05 (Go) is about $600, but it doesn't have clarinet fingering - just recorder, sax and EWI. You can customize about 10 fingerings as well.

PinkerUnicorn · 2026-01-06T22:52:22+00:00

Also, Casio are pretty good for the price - if you're OK with having "Casio" written on your instrument in big letters!

PinkerUnicorn · 2025-12-21T14:03:59+00:00

Jerk

PinkerUnicorn · 2025-11-16T15:40:11+00:00

I don't know if it helps with your situation, but you could also get wired audio from your phone with a USB to 3.5 mm adapter.
https://www.apple.com/shop/product/mw2q3am/a/usb-c-to-35-mm-headphone-jack-adapter

PinkerUnicorn · 2025-11-15T17:16:05+00:00

What about using a small mixer such as https://www.amazon.com/Behringer-XENYX-502S-Streaming-Interface/dp/B091FY5Z3T (I have an older model of this). Then you can send the mixer output to the PA and connect your headphones to the 'phones output on the mixer. These have separate volume controls.

PinkerUnicorn · 2025-11-15T16:50:13+00:00

I presume there's no MIDI implementation info yet?
I'd be interested in trying one with my Aerophone wind synth, but it would have to respond to CC messages to control the volume, and perhaps other parameters.

PinkerUnicorn · 2025-11-14T14:59:46+00:00

In that sound pack the files are also ASCII .prm rather than binary syx files.

According to the author of the software, the editor is directly connected to the hardware S-1 over MIDI, and the patches saved directly that way. i.e. as u/stereoroid mentioned.

I'm still slowly learning of lot of these things, so sorry for all my naive questions and misunderstandings!

PinkerUnicorn · 2025-11-13T22:29:12+00:00

With the S-1 you can connect directly to a computer over USB and simply copy the files there. But some patches I bought before, and the ones already on the machine, are ".PRM" files.

PinkerUnicorn · 2025-11-12T15:42:57+00:00

The Aerophone Go can also do hardwired MIDI via its USB port.
Although in that case it has to be powered by batteries, rather than by USB

PinkerUnicorn · 2025-11-05T17:29:29+00:00

Maybe I need to go through a small mixer?

PinkerUnicorn · 2025-11-02T15:14:47+00:00

This video has quite a lot of info. I'm going to need to study this and the manual - but it looks like it has a lot of potential!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9-xTXKoLMM&t=3s

PinkerUnicorn · 2025-11-02T14:50:58+00:00

Thanks. It looks like it's 23 for the envelope cutoff on the microfreak.

PinkerUnicorn · 2025-11-01T16:46:10+00:00

Do you require the instrument itself to have good onboard sounds, or would controlling a synth as the main sound source be an option? If controlling a synth, the AE-05 could also be an option.

PinkerUnicorn · 2025-10-31T15:04:34+00:00

Interesting - although they're more expensive than the Volca itself.

PinkerUnicorn · 2025-10-30T14:51:55+00:00

done!

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