Yamaha DX7 Breath Controller BC1

Yamaha DX7 Breath Controller BC1

NOTE: YouTube video is not this specific item and the seller is not associated with the party who posted it. It is attached here simply as an example of the BC-1s capability.

This is a Yamaha 80s Breath Controller that would have been manufactured during the heyday of the original Yamaha DX-7, from 1983 to 1989. It works out of the box with DX7, DX11, CS01, DX100.

Judging from the condition here is little if any evidence that this BC-1 was ever used and purchase includes the original box' However; it is missing the small soft carrying case that Yamaha originally provided and has been priced accordingly.

This is copied from Wikipedia:

The Yamaha DX7 came with a mini-jack connection for an optional breath controller which sensed the air pressure inside the player's mouth and sent an analog output voltage to the DX7. The Yamaha BC1 breath controller, first developed for the analog synth but released in 1983 alongside the DX7, was gripped by the teeth of the player while the later BC2 and BC3 were supported at mouth level by a headset. With one of these, the player could use breath pressure to modulate , , , harmonic "brilliance" or any other programmable value in the DX7. The breath controller allowed the DX7 to be used to produce sounds similar to a but with a piano keyboard for note selection. Many of the preset Yamaha voices allowed for breath-controlled modulation, and such modulation could be programmed into any other voice. However, pop musicians performing on stage did not usually want to put a breath controller in their mouth, for visual reasons. Yamaha also produced the WX series of dedicated which emulated familiar wind instruments.

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