While a breathcontroller is a verry intuitive way to controll
In the end all it does is send a vallue of 0 to 127<midi>
So it can be replaced by any other controler that does so..
Mod wheel, pedal, joystick, x/y pad, and more...
An instrument like montage with 2 pedal foot comtroller a touchstrip and a modwheel
And programmable knobs and slider can archieve quite good results witouth the intuitivity of thebc..