Turn your smartphone into a playable wind instrument with this USB-C mouthpiece

An Italian startup called Artinoise has created an antithetic USB-C accessory for mobile devices that turns them into playable philharmonic instruments. The Zefiro looks similar a flash thrust oregon a tiny vape, but by mildly blowing into 1 end, it tin beryllium utilized to play simulated instruments with adjacent little accomplishment than what was needed to play those integrative recorders successful people school.

The Zefiro is being made disposable done a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign looking to rise conscionable implicit $5,300 to money production. According to the company, “We person been processing and manufacturing philharmonic instruments for years; present we conscionable request to cod pre-orders for our latest instauration and footwear disconnected manufacturing!”

Those backing the run aboriginal tin preorder a Zefiro for €22 (about $24), portion afloat retail pricing is expected to beryllium €42 (around $45), with shipping estimated to commencement successful February 2025. There’s besides a €39 (around $42) Pro mentation of the Zefiro with an added accelerometer for much expressive performances.

The Zefiro isn’t Artinoise’s archetypal product. The institution already sells a digital soprano recorder with features similar touch-sensitive buttons and wireless connectivity. The Zefiro is simply a overmuch smaller and simplified mentation of Artinoise’s Re.corder instrument. It strips distant features similar buttons truthful it’s tiny capable to transportation connected a keychain, but keeps the articulator and aerial unit sensors indispensable to play.

A performer’s “breath power” is translated to an accompanying Zefiro mobile app that tin simulate the sounds of assorted instruments, not conscionable upwind instruments similar flutes oregon clarinets. The mobile app is disposable for iOS and Android devices and allows you to customize the presumption and responsiveness of on-screen buttons utilized to play notes. It besides features optional inheritance tracks to play on with, arsenic good arsenic signaling and sharing capabilities for erstwhile you privation to amusement disconnected a peculiarly large performance.

The institution adjacent sells an add-on “headset holder” for the Zefiro that looks akin to the contraptions utilized to clasp harmonicas. When connected to a instrumentality with a USB-C hold cable, it allows hands-free Zefiro usage truthful a performer tin play different instrument, similar a guitar oregon piano, astatine the aforesaid time.