EWI and breath control

If you’re lucky enough to be able to play a sax or woodwind instrument, you could consider using some form of wind controller to play V Horns. The Electronic Wind Instrument (EWI) was originally developed by Akai back in the 80s, and has now developed into a relatively cost-effective device, equipped with USB and MIDI. There are now other versions of the EWI, from other companies, like the Aerophone from Roland, although the Akai model allows for fingering to correspond with existing wind and sax instruments. Also consider using a MIDI breath controller, although using this alongside a keyboard takes practice. These scenarios offer the ability to play the samples as a brass player might, and ultimately create a better perspective on programming. All that said, very respectable results are obtainable, via a keyboard and set of MIDI faders. This is by far the most common practice these days, and works for many existing keyboard players.