Have just traded up to one of these wonderful instruments (the AE20) from an AE10 (and before that the AE01), and I'm absolutely loving it! The vast menu options can seem a little daunting and so these splendid little tutorials are a Godsend, Alistair! Have signed up and printed off the PDFs and am eagerly looking forward to more in the series! Thank you, sir!!! 👍
Dear Alistair, I have followed your site since my AE 01 led to an AE 10 then to AE 20. You are by far the best source of knowledge for all things Aerophone. The value of it is great. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Just wondering how many players out here do NOT play a real sax ? I am a guitarist and I don't have the opportunity to play a real sax (living on appartement...) but wanted to expand my horizon. Now learning with a sax book. These are great instruments. I love my ae 10 in combination with my yamaha vl 70 m with patchman chip. I might buy an ae 20 or 30 also in the future. Of course I will explore the non-sax sounds of these instruments also. This last thing being said a lesson series about what to do to succesfully emulate a clarinet, flute, trumpet ,... would also be interesting for a lot of us I think ( articulations, playing techniques, ...). It is not just a matter of changing the sound but your playing should also adapt with/to each sound. Some in more detailed lessons about that would be very interesting. Just an idea. Thanks for al your videos already !
Dear Alistair, thank you so much for another enlightening AE-20 video. I really appreciate your videos since there is a very little support from Roland. I've being searching for DAW information with no luck. Would you happen to know if the AE-20 can receive more than one midi channel? So that it can be used for sequencing using different sounds of the AE-20. I read in the manual about different parts but I don't think that they can be assigned to different midi channels. I think that the AE-20 is terrific but very few video tutorials except for yours.
Good question. I’m afraid I’ve never fraud it so I don’t know. It is certainly a multi-timbral instrument but I don’t recall seeing any way to set a different midi channel for each tone. I guess you could layer each sound one at a time by recording the audio output of each track into your DAW ?
@@isax.academy Thank you so much, Alistair, for answering my question I really appreciate your time and expertise. It would be great to be able to have the midi parts in the DAW, to be able to make edits, using the AE-20 multi-timbral engine.
Hi Alistair. Thanks for the great tutorial but I’m finding it really hard just to use the AE20 menu to get anywhere at all! Two of us trying for hours! Also the pitch isn’t seeming to be in the same place as the AE10 alto! Maybe we’ve pressed the wrong buttons but so far it doesn’t seem very user friendly which is disappointing!😔 So frustrating! We’ve just done the factory reset with great difficulty! Have u got a class showing further details with the menu maybe? Was ok with the AE10…Thank you..
Hi Alistair, thanks so much for these videos. On the topic of the breath sensor, I am wondering whether you have experienced a situation where the Pro is not responsive when played or stuck playing notes without breathing into it. It is an intermittent issue for me and one that causes me to take the mouthpiece off, ensure the sensors are clear and then restart the unit? This is frustrating when performing live. Hoping for a tip here!
Hi Alistair, enjoy your video, I just wondering if there is a video from your list that explains how to articulate on aerophones? I have no experience on previous wind instrument, so I guess I might need some saxophone skills to apply on aerophone in order to improve. Can you suggest the key skills to articulate on ae-20 and there are key parameters I need to aware of? I heard alot about tonguing in Sax and I m not too sure how to apply that on the aerophone. Thanks a ton
A good question. I’ve not tried it but I think the Zenology Pro software allows for that. I assume that could be transferred to the Aerophone. I will try to investigate.
Hi. So it's air speed at the attack stage that will achieve the different sounds in the challenge. A combination of tongue and breath. How are you getting g on?
I did change breath curve to M/L1/L2，and breath adjust number to be 5 - 10，but still have problem to get a stable 3rd sound , 2nd sound is about 70% control.
Try breath curve set to H1 or H2 😊 The lower settings make it much harder because there’s a smaller amount of difference between 0 breath and full breath response.
I've recentry bought a Go aerophone...the pressure required is harder than on a normal alto and also soprano sax - is there any way to reduce it a little? BTW - there is a hidden plastic screw on the back just below the mouthpiece (one has to pry out a tiny plastic cove to access it) - I'm very tempted to give it a little adjustment and see what happens - the positioning suggest it might be something to do with the mouthpiece - maybe pressure? or release of vapour/saliva? Or something else? I'm not prepared to start hacking my brand new instrument (not yet) anyone out there?
Hi. Do you know how to set the breath sensor? Connect to the app and select Control. Then under breath curve try L1 or L2. Perhaps you are used to a fairly soft resistance on alto sax?
@@isax.academy Thanks for the quick reply....I know how to set the breath's sensor curve (I'm using Medium) but I don't think that setting has any effect on the back pressure coming from the instrument. For what I've understood the breath control affects how quickly the volume goes from low to high. I believe in order to lessen the pressure we'd need to e.g. making a few small holes in the mouthpiece or similar to allow more air to escape freely and still allowing some control on the volume/velocity. My soprano is easier and less tiring to blow than this Roland Go - and my Alto is easier than the Soprano... Have you ever experimented with the plastic screw on top the Go (near the mouthpiece)? Any idea what is it for? To me it looks it has some functionality other than holding the instrument together...
@@isax.academy more about the resistance we feel when we blow into the instrument - in fact, what I've just found out - this can change...sometimes it feels harder and sometimes easier - probably some vapour is condensing inside the tube/channel? And as the flow is restricted we feel more resistance? Fact is I don't get this fluctuations when playing a sax....more likely I get tired after a few hours playing but with the Roland Go this feels kind of random and in general is harder than my soprano (which I find harder than both Alto and Tenor). I did venture and trying to turn that white plastic screw inside that deep hole and didn't make any difference - but probably it needs a few extra turns or maybe it's got some other functions (but I'm convinced is not to hold the parts together as there are other metallic screws for that.)
I'm hoping someone knowledgeable can help me with this. I tried doing a Google search but nothing came up. I'm trying to practice my Aerophone Pro AE-30, and then suddenly it will just stop playing. Many notes won't sound at all, and other notes will sound, do a quick glissando downward, then will stop playing. This is a brand new instrument; I just got it a few weeks ago. Does anyone know what causes this and how to avoid it?
Always worth doing a factory reset to see if it’s a software glitch. Also make sure you’re not connected to anything else by USB or Bluetooth that could cause a problem. Turn Bluetooth off on the Aerophone. Check power, use the AC adapter. Have you tried different headphones or the internal speakers?
@@isax.academy Thanks for your reply. I can try those things. I've tried playing it both through the internal speakers, as well as through a pair of headphones and connected to our band's mixer board. It's happened when I played through the speakers and just today it happened while playing through headphones.
Thanks!
Thank you very much indeed. 😊
Cheers. 🍷
Have just traded up to one of these wonderful instruments (the AE20) from an AE10 (and before that the AE01), and I'm absolutely loving it! The vast menu options can seem a little daunting and so these splendid little tutorials are a Godsend, Alistair! Have signed up and printed off the PDFs and am eagerly looking forward to more in the series! Thank you, sir!!! 👍
Thanks for watching!
Dear Alistair, I have followed your site since my AE 01 led to an AE 10 then to AE 20. You are by far the best source of knowledge for all things Aerophone. The value of it is great. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Wow, thanks!
ANOTHER VIDEO FROM OUR BELOVED ALISTAIR !!!! I am excited !!!
Hope you enjoyed it!
It is very informative. Thanks much.
Thanks for watching. 😊
Very helpful as usual Alistair. Thank you. I'll be digging into those menus in the morning!
Thanks for watching Derek.
Wow, that is so incredibly informative and helpful. Just terrifically HELPFUL. Thanks a lot !
Many thanks as always Dan.
This is a great series of instrument. I have a ae 10 but maybe i'll upgrade in the future.
Just wondering how many players out here do NOT play a real sax ? I am a guitarist and I don't have the opportunity to play a real sax (living on appartement...) but wanted to expand my horizon. Now learning with a sax book. These are great instruments. I love my ae 10 in combination with my yamaha vl 70 m with patchman chip. I might buy an ae 20 or 30 also in the future. Of course I will explore the non-sax sounds of these instruments also.
This last thing being said a lesson series about what to do to succesfully emulate a clarinet, flute, trumpet ,... would also be interesting for a lot of us I think ( articulations, playing techniques, ...). It is not just a matter of changing the sound but your playing should also adapt with/to each sound. Some in more detailed lessons about that would be very interesting. Just an idea. Thanks for al your videos already !
Super thanks
Than you so much!!!
Thanks for watching. 🙏
Dear Alistair, thank you so much for another enlightening AE-20 video. I really appreciate your videos since there is a very little support from Roland.
I've being searching for DAW information with no luck. Would you happen to know if the AE-20 can receive more than one midi channel? So that it can be used for sequencing using different sounds of the AE-20. I read in the manual about different parts but I don't think that they can be assigned to different midi channels.
I think that the AE-20 is terrific but very few video tutorials except for yours.
Good question. I’m afraid I’ve never fraud it so I don’t know. It is certainly a multi-timbral instrument but I don’t recall seeing any way to set a different midi channel for each tone.
I guess you could layer each sound one at a time by recording the audio output of each track into your DAW ?
@@isax.academy Thank you so much, Alistair, for answering my question I really appreciate your time and expertise. It would be great to be able to have the midi parts in the DAW, to be able to make edits, using the AE-20 multi-timbral engine.
Hi Alistair. Thanks for the great tutorial but I’m finding it really hard just to use the AE20 menu to get anywhere at all! Two of us trying for hours! Also the pitch isn’t seeming to be in the same place as the AE10 alto! Maybe we’ve pressed the wrong buttons but so far it doesn’t seem very user friendly which is disappointing!😔 So frustrating! We’ve just done the factory reset with great difficulty! Have u got a class showing further details with the menu maybe? Was ok with the AE10…Thank you..
Have you done the update on the Aerophone?
Are you a saxophone/wind player?
Hi Alistair, thanks so much for these videos. On the topic of the breath sensor, I am wondering whether you have experienced a situation where the Pro is not responsive when played or stuck playing notes without breathing into it. It is an intermittent issue for me and one that causes me to take the mouthpiece off, ensure the sensors are clear and then restart the unit? This is frustrating when performing live. Hoping for a tip here!
Hi Alistair, enjoy your video, I just wondering if there is a video from your list that explains how to articulate on aerophones? I have no experience on previous wind instrument, so I guess I might need some saxophone skills to apply on aerophone in order to improve. Can you suggest the key skills to articulate on ae-20 and there are key parameters I need to aware of? I heard alot about tonguing in Sax and I m not too sure how to apply that on the aerophone. Thanks a ton
Is it possible to play quarter-notes on the aerophone? Can we make a customized scale?
A good question. I’ve not tried it but I think the Zenology Pro software allows for that. I assume that could be transferred to the Aerophone. I will try to investigate.
Cómo puedo cambiar el bemol como el saxofón yas26 ?
In the menu you can set the transposition to any key. So if you want to make the same sounding pitch as the YAS26 set the transposition to Eb.
when i have Aerophone ae20, i can use sound modules XV2020 than sound better ....????
Yes, but I’d say the sounds onboard the AE-20 are far superior to the XV sounds.
Is it possible to talk box or voc with ae 20?
Yea indeed.
Do you use tongue to control the breath speed in the challenge ?
Hi. So it's air speed at the attack stage that will achieve the different sounds in the challenge. A combination of tongue and breath. How are you getting g on?
I can play the first and 4th sound, but can't stably play the 2nd and 3rd sound, the successful rate of 3rd sound is the least.
@@Captainian-sz1jf It is very tricky. Did you try a different breath setting?
I did change breath curve to M/L1/L2，and breath adjust number to be 5 - 10，but still have problem to get a stable 3rd sound , 2nd sound is about 70% control.
Try breath curve set to H1 or H2 😊
The lower settings make it much harder because there’s a smaller amount of difference between 0 breath and full breath response.
Hi what stand are you using for the behringer x touch?
Hi. It’s just a regular laptop desk stand. It clamps to the side of the desk and you can move it freely into different positions.
@@isax.academy can you please post a link?
something like this www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09HHBQWS5/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I've recentry bought a Go aerophone...the pressure required is harder than on a normal alto and also soprano sax - is there any way to reduce it a little? BTW - there is a hidden plastic screw on the back just below the mouthpiece (one has to pry out a tiny plastic cove to access it) - I'm very tempted to give it a little adjustment and see what happens - the positioning suggest it might be something to do with the mouthpiece - maybe pressure? or release of vapour/saliva? Or something else? I'm not prepared to start hacking my brand new instrument (not yet) anyone out there?
Hi. Do you know how to set the breath sensor? Connect to the app and select Control. Then under breath curve try L1 or L2. Perhaps you are used to a fairly soft resistance on alto sax?
@@isax.academy
Thanks for the quick reply....I know how to set the breath's sensor curve (I'm using Medium) but I don't think that setting has any effect on the back pressure coming from the instrument. For what I've understood the breath control affects how quickly the volume goes from low to high. I believe in order to lessen the pressure we'd need to e.g. making a few small holes in the mouthpiece or similar to allow more air to escape freely and still allowing some control on the volume/velocity.
My soprano is easier and less tiring to blow than this Roland Go - and my Alto is easier than the Soprano...
Have you ever experimented with the plastic screw on top the Go (near the mouthpiece)? Any idea what is it for? To me it looks it has some functionality other than holding the instrument together...
Never tried it but I don’t think it has any affect.
So you’re talking about the amount of air passing through the instrument?
@@isax.academy more about the resistance we feel when we blow into the instrument - in fact, what I've just found out - this can change...sometimes it feels harder and sometimes easier - probably some vapour is condensing inside the tube/channel? And as the flow is restricted we feel more resistance? Fact is I don't get this fluctuations when playing a sax....more likely I get tired after a few hours playing but with the Roland Go this feels kind of random and in general is harder than my soprano (which I find harder than both Alto and Tenor). I did venture and trying to turn that white plastic screw inside that deep hole and didn't make any difference - but probably it needs a few extra turns or maybe it's got some other functions (but I'm convinced is not to hold the parts together as there are other metallic screws for that.)
I'm hoping someone knowledgeable can help me with this. I tried doing a Google search but nothing came up. I'm trying to practice my Aerophone Pro AE-30, and then suddenly it will just stop playing. Many notes won't sound at all, and other notes will sound, do a quick glissando downward, then will stop playing. This is a brand new instrument; I just got it a few weeks ago. Does anyone know what causes this and how to avoid it?
Always worth doing a factory reset to see if it’s a software glitch.
Also make sure you’re not connected to anything else by USB or Bluetooth that could cause a problem. Turn Bluetooth off on the Aerophone.
Check power, use the AC adapter.
Have you tried different headphones or the internal speakers?
@@isax.academy Thanks for your reply. I can try those things. I've tried playing it both through the internal speakers, as well as through a pair of headphones and connected to our band's mixer board. It's happened when I played through the speakers and just today it happened while playing through headphones.
Good video 👍. Although I've always been happy with the settings "out of the box" you've inspired me to experiment and try those challenges.
Thanks for watching. 👍
If you buy them from Ammerican Music Supply and it’s defective you can’t send it back.