Guitar Hero/Rock Band wind controller?

[Axaj]

I was wondering if it is feasible to create a wind controller for Guitar Hero/Rock Band.

[jjhammerstein]

I think that any song with fast strumming would only be possible if you were hyperventilating.

[Axaj]

I assume you don't know what tounging is?

[jjhammerstein]

Is that what kids are calling it these days?

[Axaj]

Lmao, but no. Tonguing is when you block the airflow through your mouth with you tongue, and then release it in a short burst. This creates a good enough amount of pressure to produce sound in a reed instrument, yet you can do it many times in succession.

[jjhammerstein]

Find a air/wind activated switch, replace strum bar with it. Relocate buttons, add whammy bar equivalent, case it up.

[Axaj]

Do you think I could get a air-activated switch from taking apart this?

[jjhammerstein]

No.

Uh, what about something as simple as a thin strip of springy metal that, when blown on, bent against a metal rod; thus completing the circuit?

[Axaj]

I was thinking of a mouse scroll wheel, but operable by air (paddlewheel boat style) so you could blow in a continuous stream.

[jjhammerstein]

You could do a continuous stream with my idea too, it would continue to hold the strip against the pole until you let up, and then it would spring back. The problem with a paddle wheel is that it holds momentum, so there would be a lag effect after you stopped blowing.

[Axaj]

No, it would be like a clickin' scroll wheel, so momentum wouldn't be a problem.

[Black Six]

No, it would be like a clickin' scroll wheel, so momentum wouldn't be a problem.

If you did that you would have to blow really hard in order for it to move. I think jjhammerstein's idea is probably more doable. You don't even need to make the entire thing you blow on metal, you could use a thin plastic and just put a metal contact with a wire connected to it at the end.

[Axaj]

I guess so. Should I make the air go out a hole near the front, or in the end?

[jjhammerstein]

I guess so. Should I make the air go out a hole near the front, or in the end?

Front, I would think.
Easier to work with.

[Axaj]

About how long should it be?

EDIT: Never mind, I'll just measure my oboe.