Naada Baritone Sax for GeoShred Studio

THE SAXOPHONE SECTION'S HARMONIC FOUNDATION, NOW POLYPHONIC AND EXPRESSIVE

Now you can feel every note you play. Naada Baritone Sax brings a physically modeled baritone saxophone into GeoShred Studio, where the instrument's full, dark low register and its wide dynamic range respond directly to pressure and gesture on the playing surface. The instrument is fully polyphonic, supporting chords and layered baritone sax voices simultaneously.

Works with MPE controllers, wind and breath controllers, and GeoShred Control, a free iPhone and iPad companion app that delivers a multi-touch expressive surface for live performance.

Naada Baritone Sax runs inside GeoShred Studio, placing the baritone saxophone's powerful low-end voice on GeoShred's multi-row continuous pitch surface. Slide across the grid to move from the gruff, dark lowest tones up through the instrument's brightening upper register as a continuous gesture; press into the surface to shape breath dynamics, embouchure intensity, and tonal weight in real time. Because the instrument is polyphonic, you can anchor bass lines while voicing harmonic pads above, stack baritone sax chords, or layer independent melodic phrases across the range. GeoShred's integrated FX rack adds EchoMT, Reverb, and AmpCab processing directly in the signal chain.

What's Inside Naada Baritone Sax:

• GeoShred's continuous pitch surface with fretless glide, portamento, and chromatic access across the baritone sax's full range including the low A extension.
• Polyphonic performance: anchor bass lines under harmonic pads, voice chords, or layer independent phrases simultaneously.
• Direct access to baritone sax model parameters including breath dynamics, embouchure control, and tonal shaping.
• Integrated FX rack with EchoMT, Reverb, and AmpCab available as part of the performance signal chain.
• Full controller support: MPE controllers, wind and breath controllers, GeoShred Control companion app.
• AccelMatrix Naada physical modeling engine generating each note as a continuous acoustic simulation.

Deep Brass, Dark Authority

The baritone saxophone is the largest saxophone in common use, pitched in Eb and sounding an octave and a major sixth below the soprano. Its conical brass bore, curved neck, U-bend body, and upward-facing bell produce a tone that is full, dark, and somewhat gruff in the lower register, brightening considerably as it moves upward. A low A extension key on most modern instruments reaches below the standard low Bb. In jazz, Harry Carney anchored the Duke Ellington Orchestra's reed section for nearly half a century, while Gerry Mulligan and Pepper Adams demonstrated the baritone's capacity as a lyrical and technically agile solo voice. The instrument provides the harmonic foundation for saxophone sections in big bands and concert ensembles alike.

GeoShred Studio and GeoShred Control

GeoShred Studio operates as a VST3, AU, or AUv3 plugin inside major DAWs, or as a standalone application. Its isomorphic surface is tuned in perfect fourths, providing a layout where melodic intervals repeat consistently across rows. Pressure and gesture are mapped continuously to instrument parameters, making the surface a direct conduit for expression rather than a series of on/off triggers.

GeoShred Control is a free companion app for iPhone and iPad that connects via USB, adding a second multi-touch expressive surface for live performance. MPE hardware controllers and wind or breath controllers connect directly to GeoShred Studio as well.

GeoShred Studio Required. Running Naada Baritone Sax requires GeoShred Studio ($50), a separate required purchase.

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