DigiBrass Tilt – MIDI Wind Controller

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Submitted By: DigiBrass

Elevator Pitch

DigiBrass Tilt – MIDI Wind Controller

The DigiBrass Tilt is the most natural translation of trumpet play into MIDI. Breath, fingerings, articulation, vibrato… all natural. Embouchure… smoothly replaced with gentle tilt.

Product Description

DigiBrass Tilt – MIDI Wind Controller

DigiBrass has long focused on bringing trumpet playing into digital music.
The Tilt looks, feels, and plays like a trumpet, with one exception: the embouchure. This most challenging part of trumpet playing is replaced with tilting left and right. With that, the world of MIDI play is at your fingertips.

How It’s Innovative

The Tilt stands alone in its familiarity to traditional trumpet players, with its look, positioning, and play.
It also stands alone in replacing embouchure with a smooth, continuous control, rather than a step-wise octave controller.

See MIDI Innovation In Action

Most Inspiring Use Cases

The expressive range is huge, invoking tears (a lyrical jazz standard played by a pro) to laughter (a player’s 3-year old son making fart sounds 2 octaves below the Tuba range).

Of course, MIDI is the magic… and the Tilt makes that magic available to trumpet players.

Expansion Plans

We believe in expanding play for brass players. There’s plenty of good work to do.

We’re on it with continued efforts to increase the number of players, and most importantly, the hours played by players – with a stream of product improvements, training, and feedback to players.

Commercialization

The Tilt went to market in June 2022.
Version 2 of the Tilt will be released in June 2024.

The Tilt is sold via E-commerce through DigiBrass.com.

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Entrant's name: DigiBrass
Email address: Dave@DigiBrass.com
25 word product pitch:
The DigiBrass Tilt is the most natural translation of trumpet play into MIDI.
Breath, fingerings, articulation, vibrato… all natural.
Embouchure… smoothly replaced with gentle tilt.
Provide a short description of your entry :
DigiBrass has long focused on bringing trumpet playing into digital music.
The Tilt looks, feels, and plays like a trumpet, with one exception: the embouchure. This most challenging part of trumpet playing is replaced with tilting left and right. With that, the world of MIDI play is at your fingertips.
Do you have a web page or URL describing the entry?: https://digibrass.com
Video URL (either Vimeo or YouTube): https://youtu.be/vaLD6KYxdwo?si=_ZP53jMOahzGcwI2
Describe how it is innovative:
The Tilt stands alone in its familiarity to traditional trumpet players, with its look, positioning, and play.
It also stands alone in replacing embouchure with a smooth, continuous control, rather than a step-wise octave controller.
What is the most inspiring use of your entry?:
The expressive range is huge, invoking tears (a lyrical jazz standard played by a pro) to laughter (a player's 3-year old son making fart sounds 2 octaves below the Tuba range).

Of course, MIDI is the magic... and the Tilt makes that magic available to trumpet players.
How does your entry connect with other MIDI devices or software:
The Tilt includes USB and BLE MIDI standard.
Commercialization plans:
The Tilt went to market in June 2022.
Version 2 of the Tilt will be released in June 2024.

The Tilt is sold via E-commerce through DigiBrass.com.
Expansion plans:
We believe in expanding play for brass players. There's plenty of good work to do.

We're on it with continued efforts to increase the number of players, and most importantly, the hours played by players - with a stream of product improvements, training, and feedback to players.