Roland Ae-20 Aerophone Digital Wind Instrument

Purchased to maintain practice through headphones when not appropriate to have my real saxophone due to size and noise. Doesn't assist with embouchure but adds a huge range of electronic effects and accompaniments that spins off into a whole new adjacency - wind synthesiser and electronic music.AE20 seems to have most of the benefits of the AE30 for a smaller outlay. It's a big leap in expertise before I have any need or desire to upgrade.

Outstanding - seller was prompt with providing information and shipping the item out. The mount is high quality and fits the AE-20 perfectly, with an instrument cable plugged in or not. If you're on the fence, I suggest purchasing. My AE-20 is now out and available for use at any time. I bought a Hercules DS543BB stand and it works perfectly!

A great instrument

As a Sax player I bought the AE20 to enable me to practice & play silently, especially in the heat with the windows open! And it does this very well.The key set up , though buttons, duplicates Sax fingering, making for an easy transition.On the one hand it is very simple - just pick up and play. But I’m now delving deeper into the whole world of tones that can be adapted etc. Being able to play up to 4 sounds at once, on different instruments is amazing!It’s true - some of the sounds are awful (sadly the Sax ones especially!), but others are good.My one negative point is that it cannot transmit via Bluetooth. So I can’t play it through my Bluetooth speakers. Shame.

AWESOME!

It is awesome It is really a huge step forward from AE-10. Much more programmable and playable, with much more features I would like to say something that is not so satisfying: I bought this partially because I want to use clarinet fingering mode which I am more familiar with. It does have clarinet fingering, but that does require you to have a BIG hand, this is because the Aerophone is designed physically based on saxophone, not clarinet, So I have a hard time pressing the octave-up key with my left thumb while pressing the C5. I am not blaming this or any complaining, however, this problem exists. Plus my hand is not very big, so I sometimes unconsciously mis-press the left-side keys. But as I'm getting more used to this, I can avoid most mis-touches Even though I ... MoreIt is awesome It is really a huge step forward from AE-10. Much more programmable and playable, with much more features I would like to say something that is not so satisfying: I bought this partially because I want to use clarinet fingering mode which I am more familiar with. It does have clarinet fingering, but that does require you to have a BIG hand, this is because the Aerophone is designed physically based on saxophone, not clarinet, So I have a hard time pressing the octave-up key with my left thumb while pressing the C5. I am not blaming this or any complaining, however, this problem exists. Plus my hand is not very big, so I sometimes unconsciously mis-press the left-side keys. But as I'm getting more used to this, I can avoid most mis-touches Even though I did talked a lot about the down side, I STILL GIVE THIS AE-20 [ 99/100 ]

Didnt,t fit my needs. Others might find it does appeal to them.

The trumpets, violins, strings, and sounds were excellent. The saxes and clarinets sounded nothing like the real instruments. I really wanted those instruments,

Fantastic instrument

A fantastic item and just what I was looking for as an amateur musician who doesn't het to practice enough to maintain tone on my aging clarinet. Fast and intuitive to learn and very expressive and responsive to breath control. Also several hundred dollars cheaper than the same item elsewhere (the only downside is that the default language is Japanese, but once you reset to English it's all good - hint: keep scrolling right in the settings menu to find this!) Highly recommended.

Feels great and was easily

Feels great and was easily adjustable to my real saxophone style/feel. Surprisingly good for a wind controller. The amount of reverb in the factory presets is terrible though, wonder why they programmed it like that. But that also is easily changed and you just do your own sounds

Probably My Forever-Love Favorite-Instrument Now

I have too much to say with a chrctr limit, so doing great disservice by summarizing:AKAI Ewi fun, but synthetic sounds. This? Isn't syntheticReally great sounds, variety,Digital MIDI connection with pan flute, trumpet, etc!!No reed. I. Hate. Reeds. Finally life without reeds!!

Quiet Practice

Purchased to try and learn saxophone fingerings quietly (the saxophone breathing will be different). As long as you go into using this knowing that the sax sounds are not great (especially with the built in speaker... better use headphones) then its a great instrument. Its really a Rowland keyboard in the form of a keyboard.

Sound powerhouse in your hands

I can't put this down! I love my new AE-20 and the purchse went smooth as the jazz that's coming from this powerhouse of sound. I like the range of voices that are the same as Roland's higher end instruments. This provides a mind boggling array and options for creating truly unique music whether for online content or your band. Fingering is adjustabl3 so if you are used to using a different fingering there is the option to change. (I want to go back and see if I can remember my trumpet fingering.) What don't I like about the new ae-20? Can't tell yet. I haven't found anything that annoys me to the point where I out it down.