Légère French Cut: Unboxing and Reaction

For something light-hearted and fun, here's another unboxing video (yeah, lame). Anyway, Légère teased me with their latest Légère French Cut reed because the stated characteristics appeared similar to my go-to Vandoren V12. I use the European Cut for home practise, so I had to give their newest release a go.
Sure, I go on and on, but hey, it's a reaction video, so you've got to do the video in one hit, right?

0:00 Intro - my Vandoren V12 vs European Cut experience
2:55 The unboxing
3:59 Dimension comparisons
4:21 First play
4:59 First reactions
6:33 The stated characteristics
7:13 Darkness?
7:32 A good reed is more for the player than the listener
8:20 Seeking one's "own" sound.
9:36 Playing high notes quietly
10:31 Projection - yes
10:58 Make sure these reeds are perfectly positioned
12:31 Brightness - unfortunately too much for me
13:16 Synthetic reeds are great for a muggy day
13:48 Final thoughts
15:13 Me just mucking around

The two pieces I was playing during the video were
Ländler by Carl Baermann - 50 Classical Studies for Clarinet edited by Pamela Weston
The Latin Funk styled piece in A minor on pg 4 of 24 Jazz Etudes for Clarinet by Bill Holcombe

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