GeoTenorSax for GeoShred Studio

Growl, Subtone, And The Tenor's Full Tonal Range In Real Time

Every instrument tells a story. GeoShred Studio's continuous pitch surface puts tenor saxophone embouchure, breath character, growl, subtone, and vibrato under direct gestural control in real time. From the warm, dark low register to a penetrating altissimo, every shade of tone responds continuously to your pressure and gesture on the grid.

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.

GeoTenorSax runs inside GeoShred Studio, putting the tenor saxophone's full expressive vocabulary on GeoShred's multi-row continuous pitch surface. Slide across the grid to move through the instrument's registers; press into the surface to shape embouchure dynamics, growl intensity, and vibrato depth in real time. GeoShred's pressure-sensitive layout lets you control the warm, dark low register, the fuller middle range, and the penetrating altissimo as a continuous performance without mode switches or articulation presets. The SWAM engine models the underlying acoustic behavior; GeoShred's integrated FX rack adds reverb, echo, and amp modeling as part of the signal chain throughout.

What's Inside GeoTenorSax:

• Continuous pitch surface across the tenor sax's range with natural chromatic access, portamento, and glide without key switching or articulation mode changes.
• Embouchure dynamics, growl character, subtone, vibrato, and the full tonal spectrum from soft to full-force modeled continuously from performance gesture and pressure.
• Integrated GeoShred FX rack including EchoMT, Reverb, AmpCab, and more for both clean and processed saxophone textures.
• MPE controller, wind and breath controller, and GeoShred Control companion app support.
• SWAM physical modeling: conical bore acoustics, single-reed behavior, and the tenor saxophone's characteristic warm-to-bright tonal range simulated as a continuous physical event.

The Tenor Saxophone's Acoustic Identity

The tenor saxophone is a conical-bore, single-reed instrument made of brass, pitched in Bb, whose warm low register, projecting middle range, and raw altissimo top made it the defining solo voice of jazz. Growl, vibrato, and subtone are not discrete playing modes but continuous variations of the same acoustic mechanism, shaped by simultaneous humming, jaw movement, and breath control. In GeoShred Studio, all three respond to continuous pressure and gesture input across the full tonal range.

GeoShred Studio and GeoShred Control

GeoShred Studio is moForte's professional desktop instrument platform, running as a VST3, AU, or AUv3 plugin inside your DAW or as a standalone application. The multi-row isomorphic surface maps naturally to the saxophone's continuous, breath-driven character: chromatic runs fall under the fingers without awkward position shifts, and the pressure response translates directly to the breath dynamics that define saxophone phrasing. Wind and breath controllers connect directly, and MPE hardware integrates natively.

GeoShred Control pairs with GeoShred Studio over USB, delivering a free multi-touch iOS surface for live performance alongside hardware controllers.

GeoShred Studio Required. Running GeoTenorSax requires GeoShred Studio ($50), a separate required purchase.

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