I’ve never heard of Papritech and their UK company records don’t inspire confidence.[...] Taken together, these are significant red flags, and I would advise caution before dealing with them.
I ordered one of their devices 1-2 years ago - it arrived and it does what it advertises.
But beware, if you live outside the UK, probably because of brexit, you pay an absurdly high import tax to customs (at least I had to)
making what at first looked like an affordable option an expensive gadget.
Please share your own experience with those devices or other ones !
]]>Despite having a website that appears to date back to 2021 — suggesting early trials or sales — their UK financial filings show no turnover, no assets, and no evidence of trading. Their website lists a Manchester address, yet the directors live elsewhere and the registered office is in Oldham, with the business seemingly run off a mobile number.
None of this reflects the transparency I expect from a legitimate manufacturer. Added to that, their product looks heavily derivative of TEControl’s long‑established breath and motion‑sensing controllers. Taken together, these are significant red flags, and I would advise caution before dealing with them.
]]>Dear Jmanrique,
In general, breath and wind controllers come with a possibility to finely tune the response of the device to your own movements (either a standalone app, a phone app, or hard tunings directly on the device). In general, the user can adjust the input and output range, and the response curve. I experienced that after these adjustments, head movements and breath/bite control were very expressive and accurate, for most devices that I had the opportunity to test. Anyway in Airteq each midi message can be mapped to a desired Airteq internal Action, or disabled, so one can learn to master one head movement before adding other expressive gestures.
I hope this helps !
Juliette
The most important thing, in any case, is what you’re telling me about the build quality, on a gadget you bite, drool on, blow on, etc., that’s important, haha.
I was also considering the Papritek model with Bluetooth (one less cable!!), but the fact that it’s outside the EU kind of puts me off…
Thanks!
jmanrique wrote:isn’t controlling the sound with head movements a bit too crazy, and won’t we end up disabling two sensors just to keep from going nuts and/or ending up with a stiff neck?
You don't have to use all the sensors that the device provides. I consider having them to be just a nice bonus.
jmanrique wrote:is it a reliable, stable, and durable device?
I use it just as a breath controller. To my experience, it is indeed reliable and durable. The cable is pretty thin. For a wireless device you can consider Papritech AirMotion controllers.
In general, breath and wind controllers come with a possibility to finely tune the response of the device to your own movements (either a standalone app, a phone app, or hard tunings directly on the device). In general, the user can adjust the input and output range, and the response curve. I experienced that after these adjustments, head movements and breath/bite control were very expressive and accurate, for most devices that I had the opportunity to test. Anyway in Airteq each midi message can be mapped to a desired Airteq internal Action, or disabled, so one can learn to master one head movement before adding other expressive gestures.
I hope this helps !
Juliette
]]>isn’t controlling the sound with head movements a bit too crazy, and won’t we end up disabling two sensors just to keep from going nuts and/or ending up with a stiff neck?
You don't have to use all the sensors that the device provides. I consider having them to be just a nice bonus.
is it a reliable, stable, and durable device?
I use it just as a breath controller. To my experience, it is indeed reliable and durable. The cable is pretty thin. For a wireless device you can consider Papritech AirMotion controllers.
]]>Airteq is launching today, and I just saw a video where someone from the team was demonstrating how to use a TEControl USB MIDI Breath & Bite Control with Airteq. I’d had it on my radar as a possible replacement for my old BC2, but I have some doubts—especially after my recent experience with Osmose, which I’ll talk about another time, or in another post, or on another forum.
The questions are:
isn’t controlling the sound with head movements a bit too crazy, and won’t we end up disabling two sensors just to keep from going nuts and/or ending up with a stiff neck?
is it a reliable, stable, and durable device?
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