Kaboombachuck, yes, a WX-style Wind Controller is just about the best way to play a VL-capable device, if you or someone who will be working with you knows how to play a soprano sax, clarinet, or other instrument with similar keying button systems (the WX was specifically designed to be similar, as you well know). And, yes, a VL will sound much better than a NanoSynth or any other wavetable sampler or any other synthesis method that isn’t genuine physical modelling. Listen to the sample .ASF file I linked to in my above message for an example of what you could expect out of your WX if you hooked it to a VL-capable device!
Now consider that you can get VL for under $20 in the form of a YMF724-based sound card (or any of the YMF 7#4-series chips, though cards based on the 744 or 754 tend to cost more, up to twice as much [shyeah, roight! — like $40 is too much to spend to get real VL!] — check on PriceWatch and search for “YMF” to see some good prices on Acer/AOpen’s variants).
Alternatively, you can download the 90-day demo version of S-YXG100plus 1.0 for free, but the SoftPLG-VL portion will only install if you have a genuine Intel Pentium II, !!!, 4, or Celeron (have not tried it on an Athlon, but it will not install on an AMD K6 [any variant] nor a Pentium or Pentium MMX).
Either way, the VL you get will emulate nearly all of the sounds and most of the functionality of a genuine VL70m! Just hook your WX up to your PC using an ordinary Joystick-to-MIDI adapter cable, with the WX connected to the MIDI In!
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