Re: Wind Controllers.(posted 7745 days ago)I've played saxophones for >30 years, and a WX-7 for >10 years.
The WX-series from Yamaha are excellent, professional-grade tools. Function is outstanding, with lip-pressure sending "after-touch", a pitch-bend-toggle, 7-0ctave range, sustain button, and good (though a bit slow) breath-to-volume function. The only problems seem to be reliability, since a lot of surface-mounted pressure-sensors and flexible-circuit-boards adds up to inherent problems over years of use. Since the action is quite different from an acoustic instrument, it takes a while to "get the feel of it", but I've never seen a better MIDI wind-controller and it's lots of fun to work with.
The Casio things were complete failures on all levels: ugly, non-functional, cheap feeling, etc. The most absurd aspect is that they work on _pressure_ not on _flow_, so you don't blow through them like a wind instrument, you force pressure into their sealed insides; this means you to have to exhale inbetween notes and makes these stupid things almost totally unplayable.
The Yamaha's are flawed but very functional musical instruments, while the Casio's are cheap stupid toys.