The saxophone mouthpiece: Large or small chamber? - Syos
Gear

The saxophone mouthpiece: Large or small chamber?

What is the best internal diameter to find your perfect tone and ease of play? A complex question but quite easy to solve for Syos acousticians!
How to describe a tone - bright, dark, focus, round, warm ? - Syos
Acoustics

How to describe a tone - bright, dark, focus, round, warm ?

A historical overview of all the scientific and musical approaches to the words we use to describe tone properties since early 20th century
Acoustic input impedance - Syos
Acoustics

Acoustic input impedance

The impedance is THE most important physical indicator to understand woodwind instruments. Discover what this is, and how to measure it!
Syos jobs: computing engineer - Syos
Inside Syos

Syos jobs: computing engineer

Meet the expert of equations and numerical computing, the one who slices your saxophone mouthpiece to simulate the behaviour of the air flow inside it...
What is the acoustic role of saxophone pad resonators? - Syos
Acoustics

What is the acoustic role of saxophone pad resonators?

Pad resonators are very important pieces of the saxophone. Pauline published an acoustic study on those resonators, with the theory and measurements.
How is a custom saxophone mouthpiece even possible? - Syos
Acoustics

How is a custom saxophone mouthpiece even possible?

How can we make Syos mouthpieces custom according to your expectations? How does our process work?
The baffle: a true game changer - Syos
Gear

The baffle: a true game changer

It's the most important part of your mouthpiece, it is responsible for the whole soul of your sound. Step, straight or curved baffle... explanation by Syos.
Saxophone sound practice #3: 8ves and 5ths - Syos
Music

Saxophone sound practice #3: 8ves and 5ths

After the previous saxophone exercises on long tones and harmonics, here is the third exercice of the series Practice Your Own Sound by Sylvie: working on 5ths and 8ves. Get your sax!
3D printing: the future of the musical instrument? - Syos
Acoustics

3D printing: the future of the musical instrument?

Dive into 21st century technology, see how 3D printing works and how it can revolutionise musical instruments.