For Lee, DNJ, and the others who were wondering how the SX900 sax compares to the real thing, here is a small (non-scientific) example. Here's a video I did back in 2012 playing the tenor on "God Rest Ye Gents". To facilitate a comparison, I took the backing track for this video, and (starting at about 3:45 in the backing track), I recorded a similar solo line using the "Pop Tenor" on the SX900. So, what you have here is the original video with Tenor all the way through, and then you have the MP3 file - which is my backing track starting at 3:45 or so and featuring the SX900 "Pop Tenor" for the last 50 seconds of the song.

Hope you enjoy this "Tenor Madness". HA HA. I will do more comparisons in the future - but today I am too short on time to do much more with this fun project. Hopefully, this demo helps showcase the tenor sound on the SX900. Merry Xmas!

PS - Hope you enjoy my rendition of this cool song!



Here is the MP3 file - starting at 3:45 in the backing track with SX900 Pop Tenor playing a solo...

https://app.box.com/s/dpbzfbpoxnye7it06l1yokemi4i3grej

The keyboard sax sounds very good and realistic, but of course not so wonderful as the real thing. Both were great!

Thanks Don - have to admit, the SX900 tenor man sounded better than I actually expected him to! HA HA. Thanks for listening and the kind words!

SX900 Sax Sounds very good...Your Sax Awsome...Ever try using a Expression or Volume Pedal with Sax and organs? What I loved Playing (long ago) on the C3 was the Sw Pedal and Base pedals It would bring it to life so to speak!...My feet will not stop moving anyways! Harold

Randy, excellent job, my friend ... and the SX900 sounded pretty darn good also ...
Thank you

That was awesome randy so well played
and that deep low register
on the sax gave me chills...
spectacular through & through..

thanx for sharing.

Absolutely, positively, incredible, Randy.

WOW!

Gary

Tony, Donny and Gary - thanks so much! I was not really expecting the SX900 to sound so good... Sure is a great backing track for this song. It is always fun to play. Thanks for listening and the kind words on my playing this "old favorite"!

Randy you were incredible . The real sax was simply awesome . The keyboard sax was good but lacked the expressiveness of a real sax . However if I had only just heard the keyboard sax by itself , I would have been satisfied with that.

Perhaps you can help me. I have just decided at the age of 50 that I want to take up a new instrument and I’m really interested in the alto sax. I’ve come across this YouTube clip of a very cheap Chinese sax . Obviously I don’t want to spend a lot of money on something that I may have no real talent for. This clip is of a very cheap “$250“ sax against a $4500 sax .

As an absolute beginner learner, should I buy this cheap sax

https://youtu.be/dCCzmFh9Ayc

Hi Randy,
the sx just doesn’t quite have the depth of sound of the real sax , if it did, your keyboard playing skills are so good, I’d be hard pressed to tell which is sax and which is keyboard.