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<blockquote data-quote="Veggie Dave" data-source="post: 628022" data-attributes="member: 4016">You probably won&#039;t be surprised to hear that the difference in volume is not within the dynamic range of a saxophone. I can, and do in this particular show, play very loud. I can also play so quietly that my breath is as loud as the note. However, in a live situation, that whisper is still loud through a PA (especially if there&#039;s some compression in the FX chain for some reason), plus that breath is a very high frequency and it can and will cut through the mix.I don&#039;t want a breathy sound, I need a full sax but at a really, really low volume in the mix - I&#039;m trying to replicate a studio mix not something that could happen naturally in a rehearsal room or on a stage. Obviously, there&#039;s then the stage bleed to consider but that&#039;s a different issue. At the moment I just don&#039;t play at all in the sections I&#039;m trying to fix because it sounds better with nothing rather than something way too loud.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Veggie Dave, post: 628022, member: 4016"] You probably won't be surprised to hear that the difference in volume is not within the dynamic range of a saxophone. I can, and do in this particular show, play very loud. I can also play so quietly that my breath is as loud as the note. However, in a live situation, that whisper is still loud through a PA (especially if there's some compression in the FX chain for some reason), plus that breath is a very high frequency and it can and will cut through the mix. I don't want a breathy sound, I need a full sax but at a really, really low volume in the mix - I'm trying to replicate a studio mix not something that could happen naturally in a rehearsal room or on a stage. Obviously, there's then the stage bleed to consider but that's a different issue. At the moment I just don't play at all in the sections I'm trying to fix because it sounds better with nothing rather than something way too loud. [/QUOTE]

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