acoustic guitar instrumentalists

acoustic guitar instrumentalists

Music, MIDI and Sax

Here we are in the next millennium! The music industry continues to evolve and offer more opportunities for musicians to create music.

What is certainly here to stay, is the union of traditional acoustic music and computers. Whether you play music with a combination of acoustic instruments and electronic instruments (such as samplers and sequencers), exclusively electronic, or simply use the computer to write their scores of acoustic music, MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface for those who have already fled e) continues play a key role in all this.

In the electronic point of view, as the pianos are synthesizers, electronic instruments are wind instruments wind. Over the years there have been many tools that have emerged to meet the challenge with varying degrees of success. From cheap "toys" Casio MIDI as the saxophone, the most professional models like the Akai EWI, Yamaha WX7, WX5 and WX11, and rarely used or heard of saxophonist specialist Swiss Synthophone Martin Hurni computer.

We have come a long way since the first electronically amplified using a saxophone pedal wah-wah and other effects to fully electronic instruments and the use of saxophone-fingering (EWI and models such as WX-) real saxophone Full electronics, such as Synthophone.

Saxophonist Many have tried to meet this new challenge in different ways. Greg Osby and Gary Thomas electronically amplified and used horns Pitch to MIDI converters synths and sequencers on several recordings with the group of Jack DeJohnette on "Special Edition" and his own recordings.

Michael and Randy Brecker uses a wah-wah on previous records from "Brecker Brothers", and later, Mike took the EWI with "Steps Ahead" and his own recordings. Concert saxophonist John Samper has used the WX-7 in the works, specially hired for the instrument. The saxophonist Chico Freeman uses a Synthophone in a live recording during a tour Germany. Steve Coleman has also used the Synthophone but only in his home studio for sequencing purposes. I even heard that Branford Marsalis experienced with her.

If you plan to use on stage, studio or just for fun, there are challenges associated with these instruments, but may be worth investigating.

The Yamaha and Akai models are what I call "the new animals." Its purpose is to use fingers saxophone, sax, but not in any way. What can you please in the way you are treated as a tool new and unknown. It may not bother because you have to learn to play another instrument and do not let me go and played like a saxophone.

The saxophone is a reality Synthophone stuffed with electronics, but look, do not generate acoustic sound at all like the other instruments. There is possible because the learning curve is much smaller. Again, that may tip the existence of this sax, because in reality, does not like a saxophone saxophone does. In short, it is a matter of personal preference wind instrument-mail may be worth your time and money. They can be expensive.

If you use music software such as Cubase, Final Elogic or CODA, can connect your "e-sax" to your computer to write notes on their notes in the same way you would with a MIDI keyboard. Instead of struggling to play a piano solo for sequencing project, perhaps you want to play with their "e-sax" in place.

I personally experienced in this direction. I used a Roland VP-70 Digital Voice Processor (with Pitch-to-MIDI) with Korg Poly 800 (Mono / analog sound) and Yamaha TX81-Z (polyphonic / FM-Snythesis) synthesizers with contact microphone on my sax bell.

This has very clearly in the study, but it was a disaster on stage. The problem was not Pitch to MIDI converter that can handle one note at a time. This was well in the cabin of an isolated recording studio. But on stage, you get "extended" the guitar, drums, bass, etc. – too many signs – the vice president has just closed. I had to change program to get them to move again. If used a microphone, but I really did not want a hole in the neck and I really did not want to change the neck middle of the concert.

Anyway, while using an "e-sax" Many things must be learned and taken into consideration. sounds are the biggest problem in my opinion. I heard many attempts at it. The most common rookie mistake is to use sounds synth are really a keyboard instrument in mind. If you try to play sound like a wind instrument that sounds really terrible. Must really look for sounds that are more suitable technical wind instrumentalist.

Evan Tate is a faculty member at the University Music and Performing Arts in Munich, an endorser Keilwerth saxophones Julius and podcaster author of the book "250 Jazz Patterns" and more. You can contact Mr. Tate http://www.evantatemusic.com/ .

About the Author

Evan Tate is a Faculty member at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich, a Julius Keilwerth saxophones endorser, podcaster and author of the book “250 Jazz Patterns” and more. You can contact Mr. Tate at http://www.evantatemusic.com/.

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