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Topic: Sax Simulator |
Steven Cabral
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 24 Jul 2018 8:03 am |
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| Has anyone found a pedal or device that gives a good sax sound to your steel ? 50's 60's oldies style sax is what I'm looking for . Thanks Steve |
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Jim Cohen
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Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 24 Jul 2018 8:21 am
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Years ago, Peewee Charles did a demonstration of the IVL Pitchrider of him playing a very credible saxophone sound on Steel, using MIDI plus a mouth tube, I believe, to add the wind phrasing to the sound. I was very impressed at the time. But I'm not aware of any single effect box that you can just plug into and get a credible sax sound.
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Dennis Wallis
From:
Arkansas
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Posted 24 Jul 2018 11:38 am
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| I would think you would need a midi pickup on your steel and a tone generator for the sound . I use a Casio Midi lead guitar and the sax sounds very good . |
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Robert Parent
From:
Gillette, WY
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Posted 25 Jul 2018 3:42 am
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Years ago Korg had a synth box that did pretty well on horn type effects. It did not require a MIDI pickup/setup.
I have read about this but have not had an opportunity to give it a try:
https://www.boss.info/us/products/sy-300/
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Michael Hartz
From:
Decorah, Iowa, USA
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Posted 25 Jul 2018 5:09 am Sax sound
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| You can use a Sonuus G2M midi converter. It uses your regular pickup and then you use any midi sound generator and it sounds amazing. It’s monophonic ( one note at a time ) but the tracking I guess is teally good. Check out the youtube videos on it. There’s a video of Robert Randolf at NAAM trying one on a lap steel. |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 25 Jul 2018 7:04 am
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I played with a guitar player that had a floor unit that did synth sounds (strings, horns, organ, etc...) fairly decently. I think it was made by Roland. I would think that similar units are still available.
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Jim Sliff
From:
Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 25 Jul 2018 7:16 am
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I ued to play saz and have tried all sorts of effects, synths etc.
The only ones that work decently IMO are ones that use a specific synth pickup, either MIDI or the old hex system, with an outboard synth module. I have a Fender/Roland Strat with an outboard synth that I use to play sax lines and it sound *exactly* like a sax.
The kicker is that once you find a unit you need to understand sax phrasing, which is very tricky on a string instrument. If you play it like a steel guitar it'll sound like a steel guitar with a fuzzbox attached.
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 25 Jul 2018 8:45 am
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| Jim Sliff wrote: |
| ...I have a Fender/Roland Strat with an outboard synth that I use to play sax lines and it sound *exactly* like a sax... |
Jim, any chance you could post a clip to demonstrate that?
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David Hodan
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Denton, Texas; USA
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