Comments for Jazz-Sax.Com http://www.jazz-sax.com Jazz-Sax, all things Jazz and Sax Thu, 26 Aug 2010 23:50:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on I Heart Jazz – Allen Mezquida by roadrunner94 http://www.jazz-sax.com/2010/07/15/i-heart-jazz-allen-mezquida/comment-page-1/#comment-3267 roadrunner94 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 23:50:52 +0000 http://www.jazz-sax.com/?p=2056#comment-3267 video was stupid. solo was awesome though video was stupid. solo was awesome though

]]> Comment on Metallica-Enter Sandman (Smooth Jazz Version) by sml8060 http://www.jazz-sax.com/2010/03/31/metallica-enter-sandman-smooth-jazz-version/comment-page-1/#comment-3266 sml8060 Fri, 06 Aug 2010 12:58:34 +0000 http://www.jazz-sax.com/?p=1757#comment-3266 funnyyyyy...thanks for posting this. great funnyyyyy…thanks for posting this. great

]]> Comment on The Best Case For Saxes by axeissax http://www.jazz-sax.com/2002/04/06/the-best-case-for-saxes/comment-page-1/#comment-3265 axeissax Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:53:13 +0000 #comment-3265 The best sax case out there is the Battle case hands down. Made of an inject molded Pelican case, you can drive over it and it will not break. No other case can claim that. Check them out at www.Battlecases.com The best sax case out there is the Battle case hands down. Made of an inject molded Pelican case, you can drive over it and it will not break. No other case can claim that.
Check them out at http://www.Battlecases.com

]]> Comment on Wendy’s Kids Meals Toy – Saxazoo by ericdano http://www.jazz-sax.com/2010/07/28/wendys-kids-meals-toy-saxazoo/comment-page-1/#comment-3264 ericdano Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:21:20 +0000 http://www.jazz-sax.com/?p=2159#comment-3264 Really now......hmmm.......perhaps I need to go to Wendy's.....I haven't been there in........shit, 10+ years. I can't remember the last time I went to one. Really now……hmmm…….perhaps I need to go to Wendy’s…..I haven’t been there in……..shit, 10+ years. I can’t remember the last time I went to one.

]]> Comment on Akai USB EWI by ericdano http://www.jazz-sax.com/2008/10/31/akai-usb-ewi/comment-page-1/#comment-3263 ericdano Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:20:41 +0000 http://www.jazz-sax.com/?p=1106#comment-3263 Hmm, well, since that doesn't seem to be shipping yet......and has no price.....I dunno. I've used my 4000s with Reason, Logic, Digital performer using software synths. That is probably the way to go. What I think would be very very cool is if someone could come up with an iPod/iPad app that used the USB adapter that you could use with the EWI USB. That would be very hip. I'm currently thinking about getting the Amplitude App for iPad along with the adapter hardware to add Guitar amps and effects to my EWI. I really like using it with MainStage in Logic. But anyhow, I kinda think going with a software synth on a laptop or netbook would be a lot better, more expandable, and offer more choices (and maybe cheaper) than this vaporous piece of hardware. Hmm, well, since that doesn’t seem to be shipping yet……and has no price…..I dunno.

I’ve used my 4000s with Reason, Logic, Digital performer using software synths. That is probably the way to go.

What I think would be very very cool is if someone could come up with an iPod/iPad app that used the USB adapter that you could use with the EWI USB. That would be very hip. I’m currently thinking about getting the Amplitude App for iPad along with the adapter hardware to add Guitar amps and effects to my EWI. I really like using it with MainStage in Logic.

But anyhow, I kinda think going with a software synth on a laptop or netbook would be a lot better, more expandable, and offer more choices (and maybe cheaper) than this vaporous piece of hardware.

]]> Comment on Wendy’s Kids Meals Toy – Saxazoo by fozzie1410 http://www.jazz-sax.com/2010/07/28/wendys-kids-meals-toy-saxazoo/comment-page-1/#comment-3262 fozzie1410 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:57:14 +0000 http://www.jazz-sax.com/?p=2159#comment-3262 My 4 your old niece loves her Saxazoo from Wendy's. She could not wait to show me that she could play the same instrument as her uncle! My 4 your old niece loves her Saxazoo from Wendy’s. She could not wait to show me that she could play the same instrument as her uncle!

]]> Comment on Akai USB EWI by bass69 http://www.jazz-sax.com/2008/10/31/akai-usb-ewi/comment-page-1/#comment-3261 bass69 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:29:27 +0000 http://www.jazz-sax.com/?p=1106#comment-3261 Hi guys, I'm new to this forum and I just got a EWI USB recently. I am really not happy with the Aria Sounds. A friend of mine told me about XPression which is a harware instrument and is supposed to have great sampled wind instrument sounds. There are some awsome demos on the website. He said he tried it with the EWI USB and loved it. Check it out here: www.dynasample.com Has anyone else seen or played this module? bass69 Hi guys, I’m new to this forum and I just got a EWI USB recently. I am really not happy with the Aria Sounds. A friend of mine told me about XPression which is a harware instrument and is supposed to have great sampled wind instrument sounds. There are some awsome demos on the website. He said he tried it with the EWI USB and loved it. Check it out here:
http://www.dynasample.com
Has anyone else seen or played this module?

bass69

]]> Comment on Dood Blows $5760 on an Eigenharp by ericdano http://www.jazz-sax.com/2010/06/08/dood-blows-5760-on-an-eigenharp/comment-page-1/#comment-3255 ericdano Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:39:10 +0000 http://www.jazz-sax.com/?p=1834#comment-3255 Indeed. It seems that they took out the strings, kept the fret layout, and added touch squares that respond to pressure and stuff. But I think the real Achilles Heel is the requirement of having a laptop. It would have been a LOT smarter to perhaps have an embedded sound generation ability and maybe wireless connection to a laptop if needed/wanted. The Eigenharp NEEDS to be connected to a Mac to run it's sound generation, which just appears to be Soundfonts. They could have perhaps used a Linux based system which could generate sounds without the need of a dedicated laptop. I mean, there are itty bitty processors that run Linux and could most likely handle this. And there is PLENTY of room in the stick...or at least in the brainbox that you need for it. Plus, looking at the Eigenharp on the stand, it looks like it will <a href="http://www.eigenlabs.com/alpha/" rel="nofollow">kill the cables</a>. Indeed. It seems that they took out the strings, kept the fret layout, and added touch squares that respond to pressure and stuff.

But I think the real Achilles Heel is the requirement of having a laptop. It would have been a LOT smarter to perhaps have an embedded sound generation ability and maybe wireless connection to a laptop if needed/wanted. The Eigenharp NEEDS to be connected to a Mac to run it’s sound generation, which just appears to be Soundfonts. They could have perhaps used a Linux based system which could generate sounds without the need of a dedicated laptop. I mean, there are itty bitty processors that run Linux and could most likely handle this. And there is PLENTY of room in the stick…or at least in the brainbox that you need for it.

Plus, looking at the Eigenharp on the stand, it looks like it will kill the cables.

]]> Comment on Dood Blows $5760 on an Eigenharp by raketemensch http://www.jazz-sax.com/2010/06/08/dood-blows-5760-on-an-eigenharp/comment-page-1/#comment-3254 raketemensch Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:28:34 +0000 http://www.jazz-sax.com/?p=1834#comment-3254 It has a certain Chapman Stickness to it too. The way it's played totally looks like a Stick. It has a certain Chapman Stickness to it too. The way it’s played totally looks like a Stick.

]]> Comment on Dood Blows $5760 on an Eigenharp by ericdano http://www.jazz-sax.com/2010/06/08/dood-blows-5760-on-an-eigenharp/comment-page-1/#comment-3253 ericdano Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:53:33 +0000 http://www.jazz-sax.com/?p=1834#comment-3253 No, not bitter. It just seems like of stupid for a midi controller. At least if you shell out $10k for a violin or bassoon it will keep it's value. This? Probably the next version, if they make a next version, will be smaller, have more features (maybe it's own sound generation?) and cheaper like any piece of electronics..... It's interesting, sorta a strange breeding or a bassoon, guitar and piano..... No, not bitter. It just seems like of stupid for a midi controller.

At least if you shell out $10k for a violin or bassoon it will keep it’s value. This? Probably the next version, if they make a next version, will be smaller, have more features (maybe it’s own sound generation?) and cheaper like any piece of electronics…..

It’s interesting, sorta a strange breeding or a bassoon, guitar and piano…..

]]> Comment on Dood Blows $5760 on an Eigenharp by raketemensch http://www.jazz-sax.com/2010/06/08/dood-blows-5760-on-an-eigenharp/comment-page-1/#comment-3252 raketemensch Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:46:46 +0000 http://www.jazz-sax.com/?p=1834#comment-3252 You sound kinda bitter, TBH. Lots of us drag stands and laptops to gigs with our EWI/WX5/WX7/whatever, the only real difference here is that this guy has the cash to pick up the Eigenharp. Way too much money for me too, but people pay 5-10 times this amount for stringed instruments like violins, violas, cellos, etc. You sound kinda bitter, TBH. Lots of us drag stands and laptops to gigs with our EWI/WX5/WX7/whatever, the only real difference here is that this guy has the cash to pick up the Eigenharp.

Way too much money for me too, but people pay 5-10 times this amount for stringed instruments like violins, violas, cellos, etc.

]]> Comment on JAM for iPhone/iPod Touch by ericdano http://www.jazz-sax.com/2008/12/04/jam-for-iphoneipod-touch/comment-page-1/#comment-3251 ericdano Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:45:28 +0000 http://www.jazz-sax.com/?p=1304#comment-3251 I dunno what happened. Perhaps they had to resubmit it or something. I'd contact them at <a href="http://smudgeapps.com/" rel="nofollow">http://smudgeapps.com/</a> I dunno what happened. Perhaps they had to resubmit it or something. I’d contact them at http://smudgeapps.com/

]]> Comment on JAM for iPhone/iPod Touch by ricjazz http://www.jazz-sax.com/2008/12/04/jam-for-iphoneipod-touch/comment-page-1/#comment-3250 ricjazz Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:12:28 +0000 http://www.jazz-sax.com/?p=1304#comment-3250 I couldn't find jam on iTunes store, maybe changed the product name? I'd really appreciate it if you could tell me the name of the developers or exact product name. Cheers! I couldn’t find jam on iTunes store, maybe changed the product name? I’d really appreciate it if you could tell me the name of the developers or exact product name. Cheers!

]]> Comment on iBrecker is Back by johnson6708 http://www.jazz-sax.com/2010/05/26/ibrecker-is-back/comment-page-1/#comment-3249 johnson6708 Wed, 02 Jun 2010 20:13:11 +0000 http://www.jazz-sax.com/?p=1822#comment-3249 Great! ...... Kinda? I logged on and all the links seem to be broken? Is it really back? Or just a place holder? I sure hope so as it was my home page and favorite spot on the net! Paul... Please enable the links and transcriptions again! Jason Great! …… Kinda?

I logged on and all the links seem to be broken?

Is it really back? Or just a place holder? I sure hope so as it was my home page and favorite spot on the net! Paul… Please enable the links and transcriptions again!
Jason

]]> Comment on Rock Band Dumbing Down Music? by shikago http://www.jazz-sax.com/2009/12/20/rock-band-dumbing-down-music/comment-page-1/#comment-3248 shikago Fri, 21 May 2010 05:24:15 +0000 http://www.jazz-sax.com/?p=1636#comment-3248 I don't know if it's dumbing down music so much as introducing potentional musicians. I'd sooner accuse electronica and digitized music of that than a game that gets people that wouldn't touch a guitar to "pretend". I don’t know if it’s dumbing down music so much as introducing potentional musicians. I’d sooner accuse electronica and digitized music of that than a game that gets people that wouldn’t touch a guitar to “pretend”.

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