Glad it was helpful!

Many thanks again Dan for your support.

Hope you enjoy it!

Thanks for watching and you’re obviously into the Aerophone. Some folks are getting the AE-20 as a back up for their AE-30! Wow.

Glad it was helpful!

Many thanks for your comment. I’ve been a full time teacher of music for more than 40 years. My mother and father were also music teachers so you might say I was born into it. 😊

Glad you like it!

Welcome aboard!

Thanks for your kind comment. 😊

You are welcome.

Great to hear!

Thank you.

Thanks again!

Ha ha. Thanks. Took me ages to make that 10 second clip.

Patchman already has them. I just got mine.

Thank you very much for taking the time to watch and comment.

Ha ha. Many thanks. Yes, it took a while to do that first 10 seconds.

@@isax.academy It was worth it!

Thanks for watching David.

Good choice!

Glad it helped!

Thanks so much for watching

Thanks for watching.

You’re welcome 😊

I hope you enjoy it.

You're welcome!

Thanks Chris. You can adjust the response of the Aerophone so you don’t have to blow very hard at all to get the full volume. So the answer is no, you don’t need as much air as a saxophone.

Hi. I’m pretty sure the only difference is a few differently programmed sounds. These could easily be transferred from an AE-20SC to an AE20 or AE-30. I think Roland just wanted to make a slight change to suit the tastes of that area.

Many thanks!

Thanks for watching Jim.

Yes it is. The sounds are completely in a new level now.

Honestly, if you only play those instrumental sounds and you’re happy with the control of the AE-10 I’d stick with it. For me the synth engine and the much improved bite and breath sensor of the AE-20 is a huge step forward.

Thanks very much for this. I'm glad you're getting into it. Right, duets, thats a challenge.

Glad I could help!

Yes there are piano sounds onboard. Of course the piano is not really a sound that works well with a wind synth so its not something I would use really.

I’m sorry, I’ve never played a YDS.

Thanks for this. You're absolutely right of course. Good idea.

My Question. Can you play polyphonic piano with it? How many keys of polyphony can you get?

If you mean trying to send audio via Bluetooth to a looper this is not possible and wouldn’t work well anyway because there would be a delay with the sound over Bluetooth. I use a looper with the Aerophone often and it works great when connected by an audio cable.

Many thanks to you. 🙏

Glad you liked it!

Yes indeed.

Hi. Thanks for watching and commenting. I'd say the AE-30 is different to both Akai's. Neither of them had the ability to add extra waves. The 4000 is certainly the better of the two. The sounds can be edited of course but the editing and expansion on the Aerophone is a completely different world. Having said that most people will be completely satisfied with the AE-20 AND save some cash!

@@isax.academy Thanks!

Yes it can. Either with the lip or the pitch bend wheel.

The brass fingering is much easier as it uses far fewer keys than sax fingering. Neither fingering system gives “better control” than the other.

@@alphabeets I'd have to disagree. Their are a couple of pieces I play with parts that I found quite difficult in Trumpet Mode that where easier in Sax mode because their seems to be more options for achieving the same note. I also suspect that learning the Trumpet fingering system would not be useful for other instruments where clearly learning Sax Fingering would be.

It’s great to have those options.

Hi. If you have a look in the manual it tells you there. Hold the down arrow key and turn the category nob. Then you’ll be selecting the User tones.

Hi. Hopefully you can hear this in this video?

Hi. Yes both compatible with AEZ sound packs. The have the same range. AE-30 is also known as Aerophone Pro.

Hi. The Aerophone can be used in exactly that way if you like. The bite sensor can detect micro changes of lip pressure and adjust the pitch up or down. It’s all in the menu settings.

Thanks.

I’ve not heard of this happening. Maybe you should contact Roland?

Personally I’d say no. The AE-20 is just perfect for someone like you. I have both but I hardly ever use the motion controller.

@@isax.academy i went ahead and bought the ae-20. It's fantastic. Thank you for the video and for the response.

I think you either go via a computer or there is a USB MIDI host adapter by Kenton. I have never used it myself so please look into it carefully but I understand that’s a possibility.

Thank you 🤗

Hi There My guess is it's possibly to do with compatibility with the Roland Cloud and the whole ZEN-Core ecosystem. Its not something I have had any issues with or heard anyone else raise as an issue at all.

@@isax.academy I find it most noticeable on the lighter breath control settings - but it is present in all of them, as far as I have found. Essentially, it results in subtle volume stepping when sustaining a note and very subtly crescendo/diminuendoing. I'm reaching out to you because you're quite knowledgeable about this kind of thing - and because Roland support has ignored by request for assistance. I had hoped to hear back before I made a follow up review. The same effect is quite noticeable on a patch like Jupiter AP, where breath is opening the filter. I am guessing that it's far more noticeable there because, I believe, the parameter in the mod matrix is bi-directional. It all sounds very much, to me, like everything is limited to normal, 7 bit midi resolution. The breath sensor is very responsive (as you know) I'm just disappointed that it doesn't FEEL more organic. I would like to see something like the higher resolution filter knob on the Fantom. Or perhaps my unit it just defective! I don't know how the breath sensor is activated, but I'm guessing that it starts off as an analog signal that is then interpreted digitally. Essentially, if that's the case, I wonder if this is something that can be improved in software. I appreciate any help you're willing to offer.

Can I ask, what breath setting are you using?

@@isax.academy I prefer the H2 (I find it to be the most natural, comparing it to other wind instruments). As I said, it is less noticeable on the harder settings but it is still present - and it's a shame that it makes (to me) anything lighter (from H1, to M, to all of the L settings) unusable. (There are times where I'd LOVE to use the lighter settings - to be able to just practically exhale.) Even though it is different (breath controlling the filter, not velocity), Jupiter AP is one of my favorite sounds - and the setting makes it a lot less usable. I feel like there should be something done to smooth out those changes.

There are 36 memory location for your own fingerings so I think you could set that fingering as you like. I haven’t tried that one specifically but I see no reason why it wouldn’t work. Of course there’s no need to do that on Aerophone as the C# will be in tune without venting but I can see you might be used to using that fingering.

@@isax.academy Yes , thank you! And just one more question - how well does the mouthpiece/reed respond to pitch bends using normal sax technique?

Once you get the settings worked out to your liking, very well indeed in my opinion. I feel the vibrato and lip bend feels very comfortable.

Thank you so much. I greatly appreciate your expertise and the personal interaction you have with your subscribers!

The Aerophone will work as a MIDI controller with just about any other MIDI gear. However, the sounds within an external piece of equipment could have limited control because the Aerophone sends out continuous breath and other controllers to shape the sound. The sounds usually have to be tweaked to allow the Aerophone to get a full range of dynamic control.

Hi. Theres have got it working very well. I remember someone doing it on my iSax Facebook page.

AGREE!!!! I have been banging on about this feature since I got my '10' 4yrs ago. Surely, in this era of doing micro heart repairs through keyhole surgery it isn't rocket science to put micro rollers between the pinky keys!!!! 🤬😡🤬😡🤬

Personally I'm not a big fan of rollers. Remember that rather than using the pinky keys you can easily just change octaves. Also theres the user fingerings you can programme in. No real need to even use the pinky keys.

@@isax.academy I respect your opinion but I would like it to feel and play more like a real sax. I know that it is something different and I absolutely love what it is but I would like something more like a good old analogue sax.

@@MarkALong64 you could get a Softwind Synthophone for $3800+ and also a MIDI sound module. 4 to 5 times the cost, though.

I think this is possible. Something like the Kenton adapter you mean?

@@isax.academy Thanks for responding. I was thinking about the Yamaha MD-BT01 connected to a synth.

Not something I’ve tried I’m afraid so wouldn’t know for sure.

Did you check out the Key delay setting?

@@isax.academy Yes, i set delay with 5...

Yes indeed. The Aerophone recognises altissimo fingerings.

Hi. Can you tell me a little more detail? The Aerophone cannot be used to send its sound directly to a Bluetooth speaker. It can receive audio from your phone to play backing tracks and it can send and receive MIDI.

@@isax.academy Hi thanks for your reply Alistair, Im trying to hear music from my phone through the AE-20s headphone output using my headphones. Even though the AE-20 connects it's not active in my list of Bluetooth devices, it's simply paired, but no audio is coming through. Perhaps it needs a firmware update to resolve it do you reckon ? Thanks

Do you know there are 2 different connections that will show up under Bluetooth? The MIDI Bluetooth connection will not connect audio. You should see Bluetooth ‘audio’ in your list of Bluetooth connections on your lest in settings on the phone. Can’t remember if you have to turn that on first on the Aerophone itself.