VBC

Virtual Breath Controller

For guitarists who want their playing to breathe.
A single gesture drives any DAW parameter, any plugin, any hardware on your MIDI out — wah, drive, whammy, filter, all moving at once.

MacOS & Windows / VST3 & AUv2 / 64-bit

The Problem

Your ampsim sits still.
Your playing doesn't.

Modern guitar software sounds frozen — knobs that don't move while you play. The legends of expressive guitar fixed it with hardware that cost more than the amps. We thought you deserved a faster path.

2 Modulation Lanes

2 Breath Modes

∞ MIDI CC Targets

0 Hardware Required

1 Gesture

What's Inside

One gesture.
A rig that breathes.

Two Lanes, One Gesture

The X/Y pad fires two independent MIDI CC streams — and any number of parameters can listen. Sweep wah, drive, filter, whammy, delay mix, all from a single gesture.

Bounce Mode

Release the gesture and watch the value spring back like the mouthpiece of a real breath controller. Natural, musical, alive.

Static Mode

Hold the value where you let go. Perfect for parked wahs, fixed pitch bends, locked-in textures.

Release Time

From a snap to a slow exhale — dial how long the breath takes to return.

Preset Banks

Save full mappings per song, per pedalboard, per mood. Recall in one click.

Any DAW, Any Plugin

VST3 and AUv2. Maps to any MIDI CC. Drives ampsims, synths, sends — anything that listens.

Expression, in software.

VBC is a virtual breath controller built for guitarists. No mouthpiece, no MIDI cable, no thousand-dollar hardware shelf — just a gesture, two streams of motion, and an entire rig that finally responds.

MacOS Windows

Lineage

The expressive few.

Pitch That Breathes

Fredrik Thordendal famously routed a hardware breath controller into his rig so a single note could whammy and morph like a vocal phrase. VBC ports that gesture to anyone — no mouthpiece required.

Wah That Speaks

From the wah-pedal greats to today's hybrid players, expression has always lived in the feet, the breath, the wrist. VBC moves it to your fingertip — and drives every effect that's listening, all at once.

Texture in Real Time

Filter sweeps. Drive pushes. Delay-mix swells. The modulations that make ampsims feel alive instead of frozen. VBC moves all of them at once — on one gesture.

The Pad

One Move. Every Effect.

Two streams of motion. Unlimited subscribers. Map X to a wah, a drive and a filter at once; map Y to a whammy, a delay mix and a reverb size at the same time. A single sweep moves your entire rig, all at once.

Two Physics

Bounce or Static.

Bounce returns to center like the mouthpiece of a real breath controller springing back when you let go — natural release, musical decay, the way a sprung expression pedal feels under your foot. Static freezes the value where you released — for parked wahs, locked filters, sustained drives. Two physics, two musical decisions, one click apart.

The Lungs

Release & Strength.

The Release knob sets the mouthpiece spring — a tight 50 ms snap for staccato stabs, or a full 1000 ms slow return for cinematic swells. The Strength meter shows how hard you're pushing in real time. You feel it before you hear it.

Three Routes. One Gesture.

Any DAW. Any Plugin. Any Hardware.

VBC works three ways — in your DAW, in any plugin that speaks MIDI, and out to the real-world rig on your desk.
Inside or outside the computer, if it can be modulated, VBC drives it.

In the DAW

Drop VBC on a MIDI track and link X and Y to any parameter in your project — no MIDI mapping needed. Your DAW's native parameter system does the work.

In Any Plugin

Ampsims, soft-synths, multi-FX, sends — anything that listens to MIDI CC, VBC drives it. Map once, save the bank, recall forever.

Out to Hardware

VBC sends MIDI out. Drive your real-world rig — synths, pedals, MIDI-enabled amps — with the same gesture that's moving your software.

Specs

System Requirements

VBC is a 64-bit VST3 (Win/Mac) and AUv2 (Mac) plugin
Latest OS compatibility for Windows & Mac, including Native Apple Silicon
Sends MIDI CC — no audio I/O required
Internet connection required to activate the plugin
For more info, check our FAQ

What Changes

Solos that breathe.
Rigs that respond. Tracks that move.

Leads that phrase like a voice

A single sustained note no longer sits flat. Wah opens, drive pushes, filter sweeps — all under your fingertip, all at once.

Any FX, fully alive

Reverb, delay, drive, filter, modulation — pick any parameter from any plugin and VBC drives it in real time. Static dials become live controls.

Automation that sounds played

Recorded VBC moves read like a performance, not a drawn lane. Your tracks stop sounding programmed.

Listen

Sounds

Pricing

Lifetime updates included

VBC

$19⁹⁹

If you want your guitar to sound alive, VBC is the right move.
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VBC

Your ampsim sits still.Your playing doesn't.

One gesture.A rig that breathes.