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by ruleforty 1302 days ago
Before I’d do any of that would be vibrato. Without it it is a emotionless keyboard with a blowtube.
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If I had the knowledge/ability/skills to build an “emotionless keyboard with a blow tube” I’d be pretty damn happy. I don’t think a lack of vibrato diminishes what is going on here.

Am open sourced wind synth made with a custom keyboard? Pretty sick IMO

I don't know. Looks kinda easy to do vibrato through your blowtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtsZZKZcNC4
It's tremolo, vibrato would be oscillating pitch. Real woodwinds can do both. And yes, Fender got them the wrong way.
Pretty challenging to do vibrato w/ momentary switches (discrete). For vibrato you need something like flexforce pressure sensors[1].

[1] https://www.tekscan.com/flexiforce-load-force-sensors-and-sy...