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Yamaha WX5 Overview
A concise overview of the discontinued Yamaha WX5 wind MIDI controller.
Yamaha WX5 Overview
The Yamaha WX5 is a wind controller, an electronic wind instrument that translates a player's breath and finger technique into MIDI data rather than producing sound on its own. Blown and fingered much like a saxophone, it drives an external tone generator or software instrument, letting wind players bring saxophone-style phrasing and dynamics to a huge palette of synthesized and sampled sounds.
It responds to breath pressure for volume and articulation and includes a lip (bite) sensor for added expression such as vibrato and pitch shading. The WX5 offers selectable fingering modes, including saxophone and recorder layouts, and interchangeable mouthpieces to suit different players. Now discontinued, it was commonly paired with Yamaha tone generators and remains a sought-after controller among electronic wind players.
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Yamaha WX5
Electronic wind instrument · Japan
A Yamaha wind MIDI controller with breath and lip sensing, selectable wind-instrument fingering modes, and MIDI/WX connections for external tone generators.