Naughty saxophones go into the Shame Egg.

That urinal sounds fantastic!

So, in order to mute my sax i have to turn it into an egg?

Well my neighbours can't hear me playing, but they think I am kissing a penguin for hours.

Funny story, a friend of mine gave me a straight soprano sax (a Lade in I think it’s either copper or rose gold) and it came with a *_trumpet_* mute.

I like how the Egg sounds like if you're sitting in study hall and someone is playing sax for the teacher in the next room

i dont even play sax. Why am i watching this

Okay wtf We went from 3 pieces of foam to fucking alien space ship cartridges.

So basically your saying theres still no good sax mute out there....

Bottom line is, if your neighbors are a pain, just head to a local park and practice there and save yourself 500 dollars! lolololol.

If you freeze mayonnaise into the shape of a saxophone, is it an instrument?

Came here for the saxophones, stayed because of the 1440p clarity. This is one of the first videos I'm watching with this resolution, and it's just crazy how much clearer it is compared to 1080p.

Got the tenor e-Sax 2 years ago, without it I would never have been able to practice in my apartment. I just rest it on a cardboard box laid on my bed so I don't have to bear its weight. It's true it's hard to get the lowest notes, but it was that or no practice at all. Now I can play whenever I want, even at night :)

I have two problems. Firstly, my neighbors are very close and are kept awake by the volume of my playing, and secondly, I am a novice, and play very badly, which makes that volume even more offensive. My solution is simply to wear a large poncho I made from lightweight fleece. It tempers the sound sufficiently to allow me to play into the wee hours without disturbing anyone but myself. My solution for when I play at my apartment is that I created a portable set of sound dampening panels which I hang on the wall with those removable hooks. I have eight 2 x 2 panels with foam eggcrate type material which I put in the corner of the room. When I practice I simply stand facing the corner. I have free movement, and the modular foam panels disburse and absorb enough of my sound that it is not that annoying to anyone but the dog.

It seems the sax mute one is actually better than the more expensive alternative. The only benefit of the last one is having the line in/out of which I certainly don't require

When I was learning the saxophone in the 80s-90s these mutes would have been great. My mum used to yell at me to play quietly which I could never do. I don't play saxophone now. Moved on to Guitar, bass, ukulele and other instruments now.

It would be helpful to use a decibel meter and tell us the measurements.

At 6:45. I bet even Houdini couldn't have got out of that saxophone straitjacket.

It would be a hugely useful comparison of mutes, if, besides “playing unmuted” / “playing with mute”, there was also a reference piece of Mike Brown speaking in his normal voice, but having the recording mic volume set at the same level, as used later for sax recording. Then we would be able to compare not just “sax unmuted”/“sax muted”, but put it in comparison with the regular voice level.

So how do i mute my bari?

The mute made it heavily flat.

You really have to label no mute WE CAN TELL WHEN THE EGG IS ON

It looks like you`re blowing a star wars trooper. lol!!!

Thanks for sharing! I had complaints about playing instruments before. So I had tried making a compromises etc. I'm considering getting an alto sax eventually but because it's a loud instrument I need to find a way to reduce/quiet the noise when around people/neighbors. This is awesome!

Very nice video. I didn't know there exists sax mutes at all (I have to admit, I didn't even try to search for it, so this random youtube suggestion was actually the best one in a long time) Thank you for showing and testing multiple mutes for us.

Mike is such a great presenter. Well done.

Cannot stop laughing these.mutes are ridiculous think I will continue to piss the neighbours off lol

The last one is great😀 you can record yourself or play on backing tracks, or simply listen correctly to your improvement👍 the line out seems to be very effective

7:32 Friend: what instrument do you play? Me: egg

Thank you for this helpful review! You're very good at it.

Wish I knew about these 4 years ago and I wouldn't have had to give up the sax after 7 years of playing! Well I'm finally moving to somewhere where I can play again but I might invest in one of these just incase

Excellent devices I never knew existed. PERFECT for people living in condo's with super thin walls/ceilings. Where sounds easily bleed through the windows and out into the shared hall. Handy for a loud instrument like the horns where you can't simply plug it into an amp/headphones like you can with an electric guitar/electric acoustic guitar. And for people who can't afford to build a acoustically treated/sound suppressing room (as in a recording studio).

Much better was the Sonny Rollins approach..."In 1959, feeling pressured by the unexpected swiftness of his rise to fame, Rollins took a three-year hiatus to focus on perfecting his craft. A resident of the Lower East Side of Manhattan with no private space to practice, he took his saxophone up to the Williamsburg Bridge to practice alone: "I would be up there 15 or 16 hours at a time spring, summer, fall and winter". (From Wikipedia)

so you're saying i need to put my saxophone in an iron lung?

I’m buying the E-Sax Whisper Mute tomorrow. Being stuck in an apartment for two months with no way to play. I’m a beginner and being Locked Down in my apartment for so long, I need an outlet. And the E-Sax Mute is the way to go for me. Thanks for the video. After years of playing the guitar, I’m picking up the alto saxophone and my brother, being from the Beatles Era, wants to play the guitar. He’s an educator, but I’ll be mentoring him instead. Once he gets his feet wet, I’ll turn him loose on the world. 🥴

I´ll stay in my 1.5 squaremetres broom chamber. It´s cosy there and the spiders are the best audience. They can clap with eight legs.

This was very informative. Thank you for this video!

Cherokee in Eb?? Tenor player BS-ing on alto LOL. I'm guilty as well

This was so helpful. Thank you!

Some sax players I know have been getting into effects lately. They told me they have to fight feedback by using midi. As a guitar player, I'm trying to think of ways to get an analog signal into the effects/amp chain. My idea was to put some sort of mic in a sax mute. Then I remembered that many guitar players hate to even leave headstock tuners on their guitars? I imagine that idea of using this thing, live, for a sax player is out the window lol.

Thanks for very nice and really helpful video. Just one question - when you play with your headphones on, is there 0 sound on the outside? THANKS

What if you use a rolled thick foam to cover the top of the bell (without blocking the bass notes keys) and let a small mic goes through the roll inside the bell? So you can connect the mic in to a recorder (for example) and connect earphones so you can hear the sound inside the bell before is muted by the foam? I will try this once I got my sax.

I used a trombone plunger mute with a baritone saxophone and it kinda worked, but made low notes a half step lower

cloning the mmd sax mute: cut up some sponges.

Does it work for bass clarinet and oboe and bassoon

Because of the blowing into the sax, is there a moisture problem in the last to enclosed mutes?

with the e-sax line out it seems you miss a lot of the surround echo or presence that can give the sax a nice tone - sounds thinner. I suppose it might be OK for practice, but I still like to hear my tone interact with the room - which can make practice a bit more fun.

Loved that Isfahan solo!

Is the padding in the e-sax mute loose and supposed to come off

Another slightly less portable option, but one that is less awkward, might be to build a small well-insulated sauna for your home (or perhaps use the one at your community pool). Playing in a confined space can damage your ears so if you choose this solution be sure to wear ear protection.

This white box makes it look like saxophone prison's handcuffs

Anyone realize that on the egg mute he goes from a selmer (without the mute) to a yanagisawa (with mute)

It's like your sax has Ebola or something....

That mute reminds me of the series Get Smart's "Cone Of Silence".

Thanks a lot for the helpful info!

Does the company also make these for tenor,bari, or soprano?

Wish I would have had one of these back when I was on the road...

Well i watched this and now i have this knowledge. Time to learn how to play a sax.

Does anyone else think his voice sounds like Eric Idle from Monty Python? Not that there's a problem, I love his accent.

Nice playing of Isfahan 👌🏻

How about the mouth piece Silencer from Jazz Lab? It muffles the sound from the sound source without messing with low or high end.

I think there’s something wrong with his reed or mouthpiece cause there’s always this wet noise with air whenever he plays. But I play trombone so what do I know?

I wish I could have one of your saxophones on Christmas Eve nights.

I really want to see how quiet it gets with the first and second or third one together

Is this an alto sax cuse i don't know much of it ?

So do you have to embalm your sax, or is that optional?

Awesome english accent. Very easy to understand for a French guy like me. 😊

It'd be great if with the line out they could include a 3 band graphic eq, and maybe a bit of reverb (concert hall) effect just to add a bit of color if needed.

Could you guys do a version of this video with a decibel meter? That would be really helpful!

the second option is cool for a DIY project

Is it bad I really like the first one?

Hi, where are you guys if you could tell me

Do these work for baritone saxes?

The saxmute one is fantastic, recommend it for apartments

Cuanto es el precio de ello y si pueden acer envios a peru

How does one acquire that SHIRT

Hi thanks but where can i order thanks

Do you have one for a curved soprano saxophone too????

I like the second one. Looks alien but stylish

is that good for tenor sax also?

what if I use both at the same time

Basically if you've been trying to master the tone of Stan Getz, purchase the first mute in this video...

Do these work for tenors?

Where can I find that shirt?

Very useful video 👌

It's the best thing which i have bought!!! 😁

I really hope there is a mute for the Yamaha Venova but I knwo it seems not possible.

what mouth piece is he using

I never noticed this, in the intro, when the S glows, it makes a noise? Somehow that completely went over my head until I accidentally played the intro over and over again.

And the war between musicians and hognorant neighbours continues

What Piece is he playing at 11:06?

Is it Isfahan played at 7:11 ?

On which saxophone are u playing? It sounds really cool!

I am A trumpet player , and I would have never thought you could mute a sax

Hmmm... wonder if you can EQ that line out? The way it is it sounds like a soprano sax slowed down.

Whats the song called on 7:11

What does the bari egg look like?

Even playing for a good few years on many instruments including alto sax never seen a sax matte before...

After using my Saxmute, my neighbors thought I was kissing a penguin!

The way he was holding it in the beginning had me shook