I'd like to hear your opinions about these mouthpieces. I know I've done this before, but this time I have a sequence I can play almost the same each time. If you want to do a blind test, you'll need to listen to "MPTest5" which has the recordings one after the other.
A few caveats about this whole idea:
I didn't want to spend the entire morning on this so it is limited to the song which does NOT use anything low or high going from low (concert) A to a octave key D. There are bigger difference in the bell tone and highs between mouthpieces. I'm more interested in these more common notes.
The order played was random. I probably should have played closed to open. I had to go back and remove all compression and reverb. EQ is flat now except when I'm looking for a particular sound. IOW, the recordings were made with everything set the same, same mic, same distance and position, same reed. All effects and EQ are off.
So, the files are:
MPTest5 is one after the other, starting with all five at once!
all5 is all of the recordings played at once, which is kind of funny.
The rest are the five names abbreviated, Syos blue, Syos pink, Vandoren V16 reworked, PPT and Yamaha2C. 4C (thx @CliveMA)
As much as I tried to play them the same, I am far from a classical player, and even in the jazz context, I can't stop myself from expressing, so there are small difference (besides a few finger flaps or forgotten notes.
A few caveats about this whole idea:
I didn't want to spend the entire morning on this so it is limited to the song which does NOT use anything low or high going from low (concert) A to a octave key D. There are bigger difference in the bell tone and highs between mouthpieces. I'm more interested in these more common notes.
The order played was random. I probably should have played closed to open. I had to go back and remove all compression and reverb. EQ is flat now except when I'm looking for a particular sound. IOW, the recordings were made with everything set the same, same mic, same distance and position, same reed. All effects and EQ are off.
So, the files are:
MPTest5 is one after the other, starting with all five at once!
all5 is all of the recordings played at once, which is kind of funny.
The rest are the five names abbreviated, Syos blue, Syos pink, Vandoren V16 reworked, PPT and Yamaha
As much as I tried to play them the same, I am far from a classical player, and even in the jazz context, I can't stop myself from expressing, so there are small difference (besides a few finger flaps or forgotten notes.
MPCTest5 – Google Drive
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