As far as I'm concerned, samplers and ROMplers do not do the sax justice.

Physical modeling synthesis is the only way to go. While samplers may capture sax sound better than PM, PM allows the player to recreate the nuances of sax playing, breath, growl, and a tone that changes with volume (without using telltale crossfades).

I am a professional sax player and I've been involved in synthesis since the 1980s. I've tried just about everything, and the only synth sax I have ever been happy with are the PM sax sounds in my physical modeling synth.

Here are a couple of samples of me playing a WX5 wind MIDI controller through a Physical Modeling synthesizer - Yamaha VL70m with aftermarket turbo chip. Keep in mind that the mp3 files are compressed and at a low bitrate and therefore sound much better life.

http://www.nortonmusic.com/clips.html

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