For the, Akai has. EWI 5000 comes loaded with more than 3GB of top-quality sounds, including traditional horn, brass, woodwind, and string sounds, plus progressive synths, leads, and other non-traditional sounds. EWI 5000 includes 12 touch-sensitive metal keys on its top and an eight-wheel thumb- controlled octave roller on the bottom.

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An EVI (Electronic Valve Instrument) Mode is included for brass players, and EWI 5000 also includes eight control knobs for tweaking Filter, Reverb, Chorus, LFO, Breath Amount, Bite Amount, Semitone Tuning, and Fine Tuning. Both USB MIDI and 5-pin MIDI are onboard for controlling software synths or traditional MIDI modules. A 1/4- inch output to connect to an amplifier or PA and an 1/8-inch headphone output for silent practice are included. EWI 5000 charges via USB or wall power and also includes a USB cable, wall adapter, wireless receiver, and a neck strap. So, basically, an Akai 4000s with USB, a built in rechargeable battery, and some sounds. We live in an awesome age. We have that are.

Now, there is this very interesting instrument, an.: Is it a guitar? Is it a piano? Nope, it is a crazy iPhone-powered combination of both. Plus it has a built in bass, violin and drum machine to boot. The Artiphon Instrument 1 looks something like a medieval lute, but with a smart phone jammed into its belly. In 2008 the Margaret Guthman Musical Instrument Competition was established to showcase and recognize the invention of new musical instruments.

Commenting on the Artiphon Instrument 1, Gil Weinberg, organizer of the competition and director of the Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology, said: “In general, I’m a big believer in using the capabilities of smart phones to power novel hardware. The ‘brain’ of such devices is already in your pocket, so why not use it? Which got me to thinking.is it possible to take what I think is a severally crippled Akai USB EWI, and use an iPhone as the synth/controller?

Once Upon A Time.there was a great site called. There was a wealth of information on wind controllers and stuff. That site now seems dead. In fact, there seems little movement right now in the whole EWI sphere.

Seems to have stopped with the software updates (not that it needs it) but things like the Vyzex Editor seem to work OK on the latest version of OS X, but the software itself has not had an update in 5 years.yikes! There is a project called which looks very nice, but it only works on Windows and Linux.no Mac.

It seems to be a better editor than Vyzex is/wasand at least it is getting updated more frequently. Some other sites that are EWI related or focused: Saxophonist has a site called which is an excellent source of using Logic and an Akai EWI together. Some amazing environments (think Michael Brecker’s Logic setup), tutorials and more. HIGHLY recommend you check it out. The other site to check out is which Chris Vollstadt has put together. Simply put.it is amazing.

If you play EWI (USB or the 4000S) you will want to buy Reason to use with it. He has tons of patches he has made, tutorials, tips, tricksbasically everything. Hands down, it is probably the best EWI related site I have seen. Sadly though, that is about it. If anyone knows of some other resources for EWIs please feel free to post about it. UPDATE: Oh, seems I missed a couple. Thanks to for the heads up.

Check out his for some additional ones. I have had an for a while now (5 years?

More?) I should probably at some point do a review of it and why you should get the 4000S instead of the crippled USB only version (or maybe that is the review?). But what I can say is that I saw on Amazon the case that I totally love for it, which I had a HELL of a time getting from (backorder hell basically). The Ritter Soprano Saxophone case works great for an EWI. It’s stylish, has enough compartments for your iRig, 1/4″ cable, and power supply. The current cases have a large RITTER logo on them (mine is several years old and doesn’t have that), but the basic design is the same.

Check it out. Side note.if anyone has a line on where to get the clip in battery thing for an EWI 4000S.I need one. Mine is lost. Oh come on, a stand created by K&M? It’s a Bass Clarinet/Bassoon Stand guy. Been around forever.

And they include a BACKPACK!?!? Wow, I’m sold. Seriously though, why?

You need to take the “backpack”, the stand, a real laptop, and then the actual Eigenharp to a gig. Oh, plus an amp. Sowhy didn’t they include a cart? Or a small truck for it? Well, the guy seems happy.I guess that is all that matters. When they come out with one that doesn’t need all that crap with it, and costs about 1/2 as much, call me.

I’m not really sure what to make of this. “A professional level instrument which allows the musician to play and improvise using a limitless range of sounds with virtuoso skill.

The unique design of the keys makes this the most expressive electronic musical instrument ever made. The Alpha can play and record loops, change scale and key, transpose, alter tempo, program beats, create arrangements, switch and layer multiple sounds, all while the musician is performing live on stage.

Available in a variety of finishes, it has 120 highly sensitive keys, 12 percussion keys, 2 strip controllers, a breath pipe and numerous pedal inputs. This gives almost endless possibilities for flexible keyboard layouts, fast instrument switching and expressive musical control. The comprehensive software system provides a wealth of musical performance features, including playback of its own native instruments, many common software plugins, soundfonts or midi instruments. If you go to their, they have some sort of private demo.

On the one hand, it looks kinda cool with the sliding and stuff. But why add a breath thing to it? Why not just make the touch surface sensitive to how you touch it?

And do we really want lame-o drum and bass lines like that? For 4K pounds ($7,000 US?) I’d expect something a little more cooler in the sounds department. It seems like this is a swiss-army knife of musical instruments. I mean, in the private demo, they had someone play GUITAR with them. You mean this thing can’t do strumming like a guitar?

Interesting idea, but doomed to failure. They also have plans for a smaller version. Create Digital Music has a link and for more information. Suppose you want to play EWI. But you don’t want to play the. And you don’t particularly need nor want to visit the 70s and early 80s with the Analogue synth found in the.

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Fear not, Akai has. ” Akai Professional, the name synonymous with music production, announces EWI USB, its latest wind controller, is now shipping. EWI USB enables anyone, regardless of wind instrument-playing experience, to perform with the expressive capabilities of the wind instrument of their choice. The wind controller features a plug-and-play USB interface for use with the included Aria software with Garritan and Akai Professional samples as a sound source. EWI USB is Mac and PC compatible.” They also have more detailed information on their website now. People who want to pretend they play Cello, or Oboe, or whatever will be delighted with the Garritan Aria player that comes with the EWI USB.

List price is $299. Not a bad deal. I somehow think Akai has good humor in announcing this on Halloween.

I’ve been doing some research for an upcoming article on the Akai EWI, and I’ve been researching. This is the guy, I believe, who played the famous Cowboy Bebop Tank! Alto Saxophone solo. He is also a master of the EWI, frequently playing it with the group T-Square. Anyhow, I came across this video of him playing four recorders with T-Square. Amazing stuff. I think the most ingenious thing was the “stand” he had them on, and using a vocal microphone to amplify them.

Oh, and running them through an effects processor towards the end. UPDATE: 1/6/08: BTW, if anyone knows exactly what Masato Honda’s EWI setup is/was, that would be great to know. It looks like a 3020, but most of the youtube clips I’ve seen he has his EWI colored, so. Posts navigation. Recent Comments. Gregory Haller on.

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