Originally Posted By: eddie1261
Originally Posted By: Notes Norton
When I started playing wind synthesizer, I sold my soprano. On the physical modeling Yamaha VL70m synth module, there is a very good soprano sax patch that is close to Kenny G's tone.


When you play that patch, does your hair suddenly grow long and curly?

I play only an alto, and I had a guy suggest I use tenor reeds, and the sound improved dramatically when I put a bigger piece of sugar cane on the mouthpiece. The bigger vibration surface made the tone much more muscular.

Hair? What's that? Oh, it's what grows all over my body except for the top of my head wink

The physical modeling Yamaha VL70m with Matt "Patchman" Traum's soprano patch sounds almost like Kenny G. (It sounds like a recording of Kenny G). The VL module is great at recreating a lot of saxophone nuances like tone/timbre changes in both volume and/or pitch (vibrato) changes, and it can replicate a lot of other nuances as well. It's the only sound module I've ever used to emulate a saxophone and be happy with the result.

But the chances of getting long curly hair are extremely slim unless I buy a Dolly Parton wig.

Notes ♫

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