Also, my sax is in a different country now, so I don’t have a possibility to compare. It's funny, because I've read later, that Yamaha wanted to bite off a part of Roland's market, but, ironically, because of their supply problems I made a research again and actually bought a product of Yamaha’s competitor.ĭISCLAIMER: I haven't played acoustic sax for ~9 years, so if I compare an Aerophone to a sax, you should read it as: comparison of an Aerophone to how I remember playing sax 9 years ago. However, the supply kept being postponed in all the EU shops I checked, so I did a research again, and Roland Aerophone AE10 caught my attention. Initially, I wanted to buy Yamaha YDS 150 and spent long months waiting for it. That is why I was looking for an instrument, that would be very close to a saxophone, but I could play it in my headphones.
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My neighbors wouldn't appreciate if I started blowing an acoustic horn, also, I mainly have free time in the evenings, when my family sleeps. The sound is vastly improved by use of heaphones or an external speaker.Īs COVID-19 started with all the limitations, I decided to get back to my hobby from the past - saxophone. Pro - It is a useful practise intstrument for when playing a Saxophone is impractical.Ĭon - The standalone sound quality from the intstrument is tolerable but its not wonderful. I've only had the Aerophone for 3 days and so far have only scraped the surface of what it can do beyond being like a sax but I can see that there are plenty of features to explore that will keep me experimenting for some time to come. The only real negative so far is that the sound quality from the instrument itself is less than wonderful (classic British understatement), but when played through a decent set of headphones or a separate speaker the sound quality is vastly improved, to the point of being enjoyable and beyond. I'm experimenting with the breath and bite controls to see what can be achieved and, while it is not a saxophone, even out of the box its close enough for my purposes. Playing the Aerophone is not the same as playing a saxophone with a vibrating reed and column of air to control and manipulate. My early impressions are that the Aerophone can be set up to provide a useful practise instrument. I expect to use it extensively when I'm on trips away in my motorhome but after only 3 days I have already found it useful when practising late in the evening at home, where the alternatives are "don't practise", or irate neighbours and potential divorce. I bought an Aerophone to use for practising when it would be antisocial to use my Alto or Tenor Sax.