I could have brought in a real guy and he would have played it in one take for $20 but on this project I was absolutely damn set it was gonna be 100% solo, and sax was on the whole thing and I really wanted to see how far I could push programming it. Typically I'd say Fiverr is your friend though. Fake sax is rarely worth the effort when there's a thousand guys out there on the net that will record your stuff practically for free.

 

Love Sax. Love SWAM.
Sampling-wise; some nice sounding Kontakt Brass - especially colossus:
https://www.straightaheadsamples.com/

Peace

 

Sorry, I meant that it seemed like a true malware detection. I've never seen Windows Defender go that hysterical, and the reaction wasn't just to executable files, like an installer or a keygen, but to every single VST file. I remember reading that that release had an unusual packaging, which made it 'opaque', and this could be the cause of the supposed false positive. On the other hand, several users who faced the danger reported that this enclosing also made the release bloated and slower than a proper, lean release would.

Anyway, I vouch for their products not only because I tested (most of) them, but also because there are incredible demos of people really pushing it to the next level. I'd say the same about 8Dio's Fire Sax. If you want to use these instruments on a thick horn arrangement (like a brass section), you'll most likely get away with a lot. Unaccompanied solos, let's be honest, are way trickier.

 

Very good editing! Loving them chord changes

 

Thank you! The basic take went down pretty quick but I probably spent two weeks just getting away from it for a day or 2 and then listening to it and trying to tweak out little things that were annoying... it's not perfect and it never will be but I'm pretty happy with it!
(ironically I feel like this is maybe a low point of the entire album but hopefully that speaks well for the rest of the album!)

 

I am surprised no-one mentioned the Kenny G VST plugin or the Kontakt version from https://musicworkcenter.com. They probably switched to the plugin version due to Kontakt libraries getting shared so often....