SOFTWIND INSTRUMENTS

A midi wind instrument, the Synthophone is billed as "the first midi saxophone". The appearance is identical to an acoustic sax, but has no sound of it's own. Features include

• full 128 patch change capabilites thru fingerings
• pitch bend
• aftertouch
• viraoto
• breath and dynamics
• 5 octave transposition

A feature called 'Dynamic Harmony' lets the user play two to five part harmonies to melodic lines in real time. Wind and lip pressure control the resulting voicings in their dissonnance qualities and inversions.

The Synthophone uses a standard reed, and the mouthpiece is removable. 2 midi outputs, and a panic button for all notes off messages.

The body is of a Yamaha YAS-23 alto sax.

SYNTHOPHONE - $3450

 

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