Eric that why I like the Yammy Growl Sax also...you can lay into it or hold back depending on your style of play or feeling.....some other Kb's I've used are terrible in that regard. I'm sure the Tyros is the same....
Thanx for the listen....

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www.donnypesce.com

I listened to it, waiting for the sax to start. Until I realized it already did. Honestly. Is this a sax? Did you feed it lots of chorus? Is there a dual-sound stacked on top of it? Seriously, I sometimes even think I hear an accordion, but no sax here...


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Roland EXR-5 user - http://www.exr5.tk

Ok, I fed the MIDI file that was posted here into the EXR-5, hit START and recorded the thing. This is what the EXR-5 makes of Tenor Madness:
http://www.dittissum.nl/Tenor_Madness_EXR-5_mp3

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Roland EXR-5 user - http://www.exr5.tk

[This message has been edited by Burkels (edited 03-06-2004).]

It's called "Breathy". What you hear is the "breath" in the Sax. Not all Keyboards have that "breathy" sound in their Saxes apparently, which is fine and dandy with me. Some of the Saxes on the Tyros don't have the breathy sound either but the Sweet! Tenor Sax does. Btw, the EXR-5 Tenor Sax sounds pretty good too. No "breathy" sound but it was pretty good nonetheless. Although I noticed that on the higher notes being played the EXR-5 had a hard time maintaining consistency when playing different high notes. By that I mean there were fluctuations in the sound resonance and because of it, it sounded like it was squawking a little almost as if it were changing from a Tenor Sax to an Alto Sax and back. Which tends to make me think the Sample although consistent in the lower ranges is flawed (less than stellar) not being able to maintain consistency in the Sample at the higher registers (higher notes). Thanks for posting the EXR-5 .mp3 Burkels. I would love to hear other Keyboards join in the fray too.

Best regards,
Mike

Here you go Burkels. Here is another song using the Tyros' Sweet! Tenor Sax with the effects toned down. On one other Track in the song I used the Tyros' Live! Sax Section but the volume is low and it won't distract from the Sweet! Tenor Sax and is only used sparingly.

Get On Board

Get On Board mp3PRO Version

Best regards,
Mike

PS: Another competition of Growl Saxes, Alto Saxes and even Soprano Saxes would be interesting too.

Thanks for posting! This indeed sounds more like a sax ;-) The EXR-5 has this kind of sound too, along with an even more breathy sax. Send me the Midi for Get on board by mail if you like, I'll feed it to the EXR-5 :-)

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Roland EXR-5 user - http://www.exr5.tk

Next up to the plate is the Tyros' Alto Sax. This time I used the Sweet! Alto Sax. The Sweet! Alto Sax is a little tricky to obtain a good sound when you play it as a stand alone Voice by the Keys IMO. Must be velocity switching or something - (on a Sax?). But within the context of a Midi the Tyros' Sweet! Alto Sax shines very easily IMO. Here is:

Breakout

Breakout mp3PRO version

PS: You'll Dig the Bass too. In the Groove!

If nothing else just sit back and enjoy the song!! And then after that you can lay into me with your stinging criticism.

Best regards,
Mike

[This message has been edited by keybplayer (edited 03-07-2004).]

Here is the Tyros' Sweet! Soprano Sax. The only one left besides this is the Baritone Sax. I'll probably give an example of that sometime too. Anyway; this demo of the Sweet! Soprano Sax is played by me. I used an internal Style "Live8Beat" and on the left hand I added a "Mmm" Choir voice to go along with the melody. Here is:

Tyros Sweet! Soprano Sax

Best regards,
Mike