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  • Saxophones Demo wrong

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    The Charlie Parker tune is not Parker's Mood...that is a much different tune.


    This would be accurately titled "Blues For Alice" by Charlie Parker.

    The second half of the demo is Parker's Mood.

    Both are so incredibly square and incorrectly articulated though...I think Parker would be offended...Parker's Mood would not be pleasant for sure.
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    Just to point out that the idea was to show the possibilities of the VSL saxophone lib and NOT equal the amazing Charlie Parker's performance which not even a real sax player can dare to match.

    As for the titles I am aware of them, I took it directly from a Charlie Parker transcription book, note for note, but that's the way it was presented by herb and I don't think anybody really cared how accurate the title was.....
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    IT'S WRONG - ALL WRONG!!! WRONG, WRONG, WRONG! [:D]

    Speaking of wrong... its does in fact bug me everytime I see Ralph Vaughan spelled Ralf... [:'(]
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    Hey Mr. Saxophone 4

    Thanks for channeling Charlie Parker's reactions for us. I didn't realize we had psychics here as well as musicians. [:D]
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    I wish I got the saxes just to see how they play with my EWI. (I am a sax player)
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    Wow. Burn!
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    @Sonrise said:

    I wish I got the saxes just to see how they play with my EWI. (I am a sax player)


    What's EWI?
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    It's an electronic wind instrument. I use it primarly on all my VSL mixes (still mixing one to show off).

    It's basically another way to input MIDI other than a MIDI keyboard controller. It has touch sensitive pads, and a breath sensor, as well as pitch control.

    I use it on all single line instruments (strings, winds, brass, etc)

    It makes the expressive quality of VSL even better imo, but takes getting use to play each type of instrument realistically. Since I am primarily a wind player, it also improves my writing and ideas a great deal.
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    @Sonrise said:


    It makes the expressive quality of VSL even better imo,


    Yes, I can certainly believe that. What's imo? Just kidding, I know.

    But why did you wish you had the sax lib to try with your EWI if you already play the sax and can recorded live? Is using the sample sax with an electronic sax more efficient than recording a real sax? Just curious.
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    Speaking of wrong, and Charlie Parker, did anyone see the Charlie Parker movie produced by Clint Eastwood? There's a scene in that movie where he's fooling around with one of those big, conical, colorful sax swabs. That was WRONG! They didn't have those back in his day. I'll bet the VSL folks were behind that, too.
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    Yes, and if you look carefully in Ben Hur's epic chariot race you can see someone driving a Volkswagen Beetle alongside the chariots. Completely ruins the scene. The driver was a member of VSL staff.
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    @Conquer said:

    Yes, and if you look carefully in Ben Hur's epic chariot race you can see someone driving a Volkswagen Beetle alongside the chariots. Completely ruins the scene. The driver was a member of VSL staff.


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    Haha!

    This thread has become quite entertaining!

    [:D]