As in Mr. Sax T, v. 1.02, the main panel allows for monitoring and inputting control data. It includes a drop down menu for Keyboard, Breathcontroller, Yamaha and Akai windcontroller input, symmetrical and asymmetrical pitchbend response, velocity or CC controlled portamento time, etc.
Automatic recognition of the audio card sample rate has been implemented, thus obviating the need of manually setting the corresponding value on the instrument GUI.
Channel aftertouch is now recognized and can be used to control several parameters, such as vibrato intensity or rate, subharmonic, growl or flutter intensity.  A user defined smoothing parameter helps reduce any sudden jump of the less-than-optimal aftertouch response of several keyboards.
In addition, MIDI remapping of incoming CCs is now possible, by a dedicated GUI (see below).

And Mr. Sax T?
Mr. Sax  T, vers. 1.51 has been reprogrammed in exactly the same way as the other Brothers

What is the Kontakt 3.5 Player?
The Sax Brothers are supplied with the 3.5 NI Kontakt Player, the latest version of Native Instruments flagship Sampler.  It involves  many new features and bugfixes, including 64 bit, extended memory  and multicore support, DFD optimisation, better compliance with some OS and hosts, aftertouch support etc. No additional sampler or player is therefore required.

On line activation?
Yes. Immediately after installation of the software, you need to activate it via Internet, using the enclosed Service Center utility. Without activation the instrument(s) will appear on a black background and will not work. The activation process is very easy, though, and is carried out in a few seconds.

How to play the Sax Brothers?
These instruments are working either standalone, or as a plugin (VST or RTAS for the PC, and VSR, RTAS or AU for Mac). They employ (and require) state-of-the-art technology.  They have been thoroughly tested on several computers, PC and Mac, and on several hosts and sequencers. More detailed information about tested systems can be found under benchmarks.  For further details about instrument technology, the overall philosophy behind these instruments, information on how to play, and nice keyboard demo performed by Stefano Lucato, please refer to the Mr. Sax T v1.02 page.

How the Sax Brothers will be supplied? How much will I pay? Any discount?
The Alto and Bari saxes were conceived to join the Tenor Sax, to complete the section.  They will therefore be available only as a bundle. You will get two new saxophones nearly at the price of one, i.e. Eur 149. Furthermore, all the customers of Mr. Sax T may take advantage of an additional discount of 10% on this bundle. This offer remains valid till August 31st. Please refer to our News page for details.

The complete Sax Brothers  (all three instruments, A,B,T, v1.51) will also be sold as a bundle at the exceptional price of EUR 239, i.e. three instruments at the price of two.

The new version 1.51 for Kontakt 3.5 of Mr. Sax T will be available to the new purchasers, at the same price of v1.02, Eur 119.

All registered Mr. Sax T users will be entitled to get the new version 1.51, including the new K3.5 Player, as a free upgrade.

Finally, for those interested in buying The Trumpet + The Sax Brothers as a bundle, we have a very special offer. Please have a look at the "buy" page.

Will Mr. Sax T v1.02 still get technical support?  
Yes, as long as Native Instruments will support Kontakt Player 2.

Are any demos available of these Sax Brothers?
Yes:

"Scrapple", featuring Mr. Sax A., by Roberto Soggetti:
Scrapple

"One happy Family", a short demo made by Dan Radlauer, showing 2 alto, 2 tenor, and 1 baritone sax in section:
One Happy Family

A demo showing the alto and baritone solo, but also the tenor and the trumpet in section, by Stephan Römer:
Demo MrSax A+B

"Bad Boy Bari" showing the baritone, by Dan Radlauer:
Bad Boy Bari

A video demo of Mr. Sax B. from Berniesax:
Song for my Father

Are these new products available for downloading, now?
Yes.  Please click on the “buy” link on top of the page.