Pitchbend

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• spitfire31

  December 2008 edited 9:08PM

  Hi Tony,
  
  
  
  Did you read the pdf manual?
  
  
  
  There it's pointed out (twice, I think) that in keeping with the goal of realism, Mr. Sax, lika a real sax, will bend down but very little up.
  
  
  
  /Joey
• Stefano Lucato

  December 2008 edited 9:08PM

  Tony,
  
  
  
  The pitchbend works exactly as it should. Please cfr. http://www.geocities.com/sax411/sax/technique/bending.html :
  
  
  
  "What is note bending?
  
  Also called lip slurs, scoops, and "dwee notes", bended notes are notes that are purposely flattened in pitch and then brought up to the right pitch."
  
  
  
  And the sound does not "deteriorate", but follows the timbral changes which are characteristic of a saxophone pitchbend.
  
  
  
  Also, have a look at this brief lesson, focused on how to carry out a pitchbend with the sax:
  
  
  
  http://www.expertvillage.com/video/117075_how-bend-notes-saxophone.htm
  
  
  
  Best regards,
  
  
  
  Stefano Lucato
• tdavilio

  December 2008 edited 9:08PM

  Thanks Stefano,
  
  
  
  I have to say I've played with many wonderful sax players and I hear them bend the notes up, it sounds like their squeezing the reed. So then my controller is doing as it should by bending down and hardly at all up. That's all I needed to know.
  
  
  
  Thanks,
  
  
  
  Tony