hello again on my channel
today I'm continuing topic from last episode
I'm testin fully synthetic reeds
for alto sax
so sit back and enjoy next episode
so as I mentioned at the beginning
I'm testing fully synthetic reeds
I got 4 different brands
1st Legere, most expensive one
2nd is Fiberreed
then goes Bari, completely transparent
and Hahn, german made one
THE BENCH
Hello again on my bench
where we will look thoroughly
at 4 today's episode examples
Now is the apropriate time, to look at the Web
new about these reeds
1st one is LEGERE SIGNATURE
I've received 2 pcs of those
one is #2.1/4 and
2nd is stickerless, but it is #2.5
as you can see they are built
from kind of milky plastic
as far as a bottom side,
it is a little bit rough
maybe to not stick to the mouthpiece too often
reeds are cut in unfilled way
this american cut
upper part is slippery
it disturbs me a little bit
during playing my lip moves forward too deeply
it would fit better for me to be a little bit more rough
now information about this reed from Legere Website
They devided into 2 groups
Classic and Signature
mine is Singrature
it is more expensive
so I've decided to test the most expensive one
there is also classic & studio cut
for jazz use
maybe later I'll do the same test with there 2 others
There are informations from Legere Website
I translate into Polish text which is displayed
I dont't understand the sentence: "Exchange of strenth policy"
if you know what they mean, please write in the comments section
2nd on for testing is Hahn
I bought it many years ago,
at that time I've been listening a lot
saxophonist Adam Pierończyk
but these reeds did not meet my expectations
I got couple of them
I've chosen #3
is most suitable to Vandoren #2.5
which I use for daily use
as you can see, this mate as structure plastic
canes of fiberglass
it is very thin at end
with no structure
bottom part is a little bit slippery
it may stick to mouthpiece
upper part is also slippery
because i got couple of them
they are built with a special gum
I needed to remove it
so my ligature can handle this reed
Saxas Ligature
what producer says about there reeds
next one is fiberreed
they are similary made as Hahn
the same fabrics and materials
slippery at the bottom
the same as upper part
cut unfilled, as previous ones
what producer writes about these products
the informations are the same as at previous ones
made in three models, as seen
and the last one is Bari
this company is well known from making mouthpieces
Branford Marsalis plays on Bari Mouthpiece
I didn't know, that this company from this sight
that they produce reeds
bottom is fully transparent, and fully slippery
like a glass structure
front part which goes to the mouth is a little bit rough
rest is fully transparent
mine is MH, means medium hard
informations from Bari Website
there is nothing mentioned about the material which this reed is made from
they are made in two versions
mine is original
so let's play on those reeds
how they sound, how they react
and change in various octaves of the saxophone
1st is Legere
this part is attack
I'm a surprised in positive way
it sound similary as my daily use one
Vandoren ZZ
attack is quick, responsive
there is no hiss, which all synthetic reeds usually produce
so far so good
2nd one is Hahn
as mentioned played by Adam Pieronczyk
gum is removed, so it can be attached to my mouthpiece
I hope it won't make the sound worse
last I've used this reed 10 years ago
so for me there is too much high frequencies
and as you you can hear at the beggining
I struggled with reaching the low notes
this #3 but it is similar to Legere #2.5
but sound too sharp, too rough, too edgy
and there are lot's of intonations problems
I did not correct this recording, so you can hear it thoroughly
with the same embouchure
I would have to get use to play on this reed
for a long time I guess
if you want to have the sound with lot's of high freqs
this reed would fit for you
but the intonation is not "out of the box"
3rd one is Fiberreed
this reeds is not for me
I struggle with everything as You've heard a while ago
intonation problems, hiss
does not fit to my mouthpiece and saxophone
4rd one is BariReed
I also struggle with attaching the ligature
there is a notch on this reed
so I won't be abble to fit it in a straight way. Need to set this up somehow, even in a twisted way
so let's check the sound
as previous one
it does not fit for me at all
to many hiss, the "goat" sound
lot's of attack problem, and reaching low notes
maybe beacuse of this crooked way of attaching the reed to ligature and mouthpiece
so this reed is not for me
and finally my daily use: Vandoren ZZ #2.5 reed
and in comparision to the sythetic ones
check the description of this movie
I will write down the starting point times of each reed comparisions
so you can compare 5 reeds in a fast way
this classical cane reed Vandoren #2.5 ZZ
and sound like this
my conclussion
legere in my opinion is the best
I've heard that there reeds are premium
so if I was forced to switch to synthetic reed
my choice would be of course Legere Reeds
it response almost as good as traditional cane reed
the rest is much, much, much worse
Hahn maybe would be good
after long practicing and getting use to
Bari and Fiberreed totally disaster for me
lot's of struggle with almost everything: intonation, attack, response, reaching low and high note
please write the comments bellow, what you think about synthetic reeds
I'd rather still play on my cane Vandoren ZZ reeds
but in case of emergency, I would play legere reeds
lot's of sunny or humidity
Maybe in couple months from now
I'll do the test of Forestone Hinoki & Black Bamboo I've tested in previous episode
as well as this legere reed
because synthetic reeds are advertised as most durable ones
for many months
so I'll do the durability test after couple months of use each of them
this is it in this episode
this was my honest test of four different synthetic reeds
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