synthetic reeds

So, I’m experimenting with Legeres right now. I ordered a strength 3.5 Legere Signature alto saxophone reed online. When it arrived, I experimented with it for a few days, and came to the conclusion that it was too soft for me. It had a lot of buzz, and was very free-blowing. I was about to...

I've been playing for about 4 years now but I just got my first synthetic reed and its taking a lot more air to make a nice sound than normal. Am I doing something wrong? It looks fine on the mouthpiece and it's a 3. I used to play on 2 1/2s so this is my first 3 but it's abnormally difficult. I...

I don't know if it's just something I'm not used to or if I just haven't found a good reed for me, but I've tried well over a dozen synthetic reeds from Legere, Bari, Fibracell, D'addario and quite a few others. I have NEVER been able to get my sound to sound like I want it to on them, and some...

Anyone tried these $39 synthetic reeds yet? They sound interesting. Thanks!

The future of synthetic reeds This poll is intended to accompany the discussion in this thread: https://forum.saxontheweb.net/showthread.php?292146-Why-are-Vandoren-and-D-Addario-being-so-short-sighted-about-synthetic-reeds. By "introduce," I don't necessarily mean for your favorite horn. They...

Hi guys, well I've done it again! Always looking for the perfect synthetic reed, I tried Luis Gasparotto's G-reeds from Argentina. A clear plastic similar to the look of Legere, I have two new ones for anyone who'd like to try them and is willing to pay domestic US postage. Both are 'Model 3'...