I think that would be a great idea, Don, I often have the poor sax player doing circular breathing.

I think, however we might have the same deal as with DNC Real Violin, that is, if the bow direction time is fixed?

Depending on how slowly you draw the bow across the strings, the need to change direction will vary (my 2nd adopted Mum was a jazz violinist-I still have her fiddle)...I am fairly familiar with how to play it, although not as well as I'd like.

The Sax would present a similar problem, in that the harder you blow and the time between breaths (and the depth of the draw), will also affect the note length, so a fixed time wouldn't be all that helpful, in my opinion anyway.

I think the solution, at least for the wind instruments, would be a Breath Controller, such as that found on some Yamaha DX and VL synthesizers.

Fran mentioned one (MIDI Solutions?) that could control via MIDI, but, I not sure what parameters you would need to set in the sound to affect a realistic change.

I get around some issues by using a volume pedal for RH sounds only, but I still would like to have more control (there's never enough).

Do you still have your Audya?

Ian