All-new digital wind instrument with traditional sax fingering and flexible onboard sounds
In the studio and on stage, your trusty acoustic sax is always by your side. But if you work across a range of musical genres, imagine how useful it would be to own a single wind instrument that delivers every sound that’s required. The Roland Aerophone AE-10 is a trailblazing digital wind instrument that fuses traditional sax fingering with the flexible onboard tones you need. Seasoned players will feel instantly at home with the familiar saxophone fingering system, responsive SuperNATURAL sounds, and a breath sensor that reacts like your favorite acoustic horn. The large sound selection faithfully recreates saxophone models from soprano to baritone, plus wind instruments like clarinet and trumpet, string instruments, and even synths. With built-in speakers, battery power capability, and DAW connectivity, the Roland Aerophone AE-10 is the versatile, play-anywhere choice that supports you in every musical scenario.
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All the saxophone sounds you need in one instrument
Nothing beats the sound of your favorite acoustic sax, but sometimes its tone might not be quite right for the job at hand. Whatever scenario you’re playing in, the Roland Aerophone AE-10 has the onboard digital sax sounds you need. Choose from alto, tenor, soprano, and baritone sax types that all respond just like their acoustic counterparts to your playing dynamics and articulation, thanks to Roland’s advanced SuperNATURAL modeling technology. Alongside individual sounds, you can pull off a seamless performance with the Full Range feature, automatically switching between sax types by key range.
A variety of realistic acoustic instruments and Roland’s award-winning synths
There’s nothing worse than a studio session grinding to a halt because you need an instrument that you haven’t brought along. That won’t happen with the Roland Aerophone AE-10, which gives you a variety of additional acoustic instrument sounds like clarinet, flute, oboe, trumpet, violin, and more, all powered by Roland’s SuperNATURAL technology to faithfully match the behavior of the originals. Even ethnic instruments like shakuhachi and erhu are on hand, offering authentic pitch and tonal fluctuations that echo their acoustic counterparts. Once you’ve tried the individual sounds, you can create one-man ensembles by layering multiple wind instrument sounds with the Brass Section setting. The AE-10 is also packed with a selection of the latest synth sounds that are specially tailored for wind instrument performance with fully optimized breath control.
Start playing immediately with traditional sax fingering and a responsive breath sensor
You’ve worked hard to nail your sax technique, but most digital horns make you master a new fingering system, which can be a major setback. With the Roland Aerophone AE-10, it’s a smooth transition, thanks to a layout that’s similar to your favorite acoustic sax—right down to the left-hand octave key. Plus, the AE-10 has a sensitive mouthpiece-mounted breath sensor that also functions as a bite sensor, allowing expressive techniques like vibrato and pitch. Even beginners will be able to enjoy playing the various onboard sounds straight away.
Play anytime and anywhere with onboard speakers, battery power, and headphones
Wherever and whenever you play, the portable and lightweight Roland Aerophone AE-10 is ready. Six AA batteries provide mobile power, and onboard monitor speakers deliver comfortable sound for intimate performing situations. You also have the ability to directly connect to a PA or amp for broader coverage, eliminating the need to use a mic. When you need to cover large instruments like tuba and bassoon, the battery-powered Roland CUBE Street EX is a great companion, giving you big sound in a portable package. Playing sessions are even more fun when you connect to your smartphone via the Aerophone AE-10’s stereo mini jack and jam along with favorite songs. And thanks to the headphones option, you can play around the clock without disturbing family members and neighbors.
Jam with favorite tunes on your smartphone
Playing sessions are even more fun when you connect a smartphone or music player to jam along with favorite songs. Your device connects to the stereo mini-jack input on the Aerophone AE-10, and plays through the onboard monitor speakers or connected headphones.
Breath control brings unique expressive possibilities to your music productions
While the Roland Aerophone AE-10 is a powerful standalone instrument, it also lets you get creative with external gear. You can connect to your computer via USB to play soft synths and external MIDI sound modules through your DAW, with breath control providing a world of unique expression not possible with keyboard synthesizers.
Customize your Aerophone for maximum expression
The Aerophone Editor is a free iOS app for the Aerophone AE-10 that lets you adjust tones, set various playing parameters, and organize tone lists. You’re able to deeply customize sounds and functions with parameters only available in the app, and easily create tone lists for different performance and practice situations. Via a convenient interface, you have access to four tone layers, various controller assignments, effects settings, and more. The Aerophone Editor is a must-have tool to perfectly tailor your Aerophone AE-10 for your own personal playing style.
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New Aerophone
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Digital Wind Instrument
The acoustic sax graces a variety of music genres, from jazz, classical, pop, and more. Roland’s Aerophone AE-10 is a totally new type of digital wind instrument that offers acoustic sax players an exciting and expressive range of creative options. Now available in a rich GRAPHITE BLCAK finish, this latest Aerophone provides a deep, dark metallic color choice to match your personality.
The Aerophone is based on the fingering system found on a traditional acoustic sax. This means you can play the sounds of different saxophones – including soprano, alto, tenor and baritone – along with other wind instruments such as clarinet, flute and trumpet. But you can go further still, playing violin and other stringed instruments as well as powerful synth leads.
Along with the volume, the color of the sound can be dramatically controlled by the force of your breath, while the mouthpiece detects the strength of your bite for a natural, expressive sound. You can play wherever and whenever you like too, without disturbing others, thanks to onboard speakers, battery power, and headphones. However you play, the Roland AE-10 Aerophone will spark your imagination and enrich your musical life.
Practice any time day or night, using acoustic saxophone fingering techniques
With the same layout as an acoustic sax, Aerophone’s key positions and fingering were developed by referencing world-famous saxophones. The high-resolution mechanical buttons mean that the feel of the fingering is comparable to playing an acoustic saxophone.
Front Side
Although Aerophone’s key layout and fingering is clearly influenced by the acoustic sax, there are several subtle differences. Aerophone does not support a high F# key - instead, a Tf key is available, and its key stroke is slightly shallower than on an acoustic sax. Also, the distance between the left hand and right hand is similar to that of a soprano sax, which has a shorter distance compared with Alto/Tenor saxophones. This shorter distance may feel unfamiliar if you haven’t played a soprano sax before, although it soon becomes second nature.
Rear side
Aerophone’s key layout on the rear is also compatible with the acoustic sax. Aerophone has four rear-mounted octave keys that cover a wide range of pitches. For the sax sounds, the default octave key setting is +1-octave. For other sounds, the default four-key setting is +/-2. These key settings let you play across +1, +/-2 or +/-3 octaves for all sounds, including the sax sounds, to fit your playing style.
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