Site dedicated to EWI (Akai, Roland, Yamaha and others)
Ok, I have had the Aerophone Pro for about two months now. And there are some things it does well, and some……..that need work. Let’s start with the stuff it does well. First, I really like the mouthpiece/reed thing. It feels more “sax like”. Pitch bending, while it can be done with this weird little…
Ok, so I bought a late Christmas present for myself. An Aerophone AE-30. Finally received it this week. So, first impressions. Good things first. I LOVE that they included a case. As a Akai EWI 4000 owner, it was a PAIN IN THE ASS to find a case for it. I did find a case…
The Akai Professional EWI 4000s was discontinued in June of 2019, after 14 years of its release, but it is still in very high demand. Many consider the 4000s to be the best EWI (after 16 years of its release in 2005) for its sounds that are not compatible with newer EWI models. It is…
If you were going to list the “who’s who” of EWI, names like Michael Brecker, and Masato Honda come to mind. Yet, there is a new name that should come up. Eddie EWI. Seriously, this guy RIPS on EWI. His channel is a pure delight to watch/listen to. He has really mastered the Akai EWI,…
The first video has rough translations available, the second does not (yet). Great to hear his array of instruments. He makes all of these sound great.
Legend Tom Scott has a YouTube channel, and it’s criminally under viewed. It’s a great channel with Tom telling stories like how he was in the Blues Brothers band, or playing a great little rendition of Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (where he does a little bit on the new Roland Aerophone AE30). I…
Roland has released another in their line of Aerophone Digital Wind Instruments. You have the Aerophone AE-10, the Aerophone GO, the Aerophone mini, and now the Aerophone Pro (AE-30). Retailing for a whopping $1500, it does have a lot of things going for it. It seems to really embrace the synth part more than it’s…
So I guess these are out in the wild now?
I found this interesting….
Listen up Akai, Yamaha, and you others. This is what we want. Not some new EWI that can pretend to be a flute, sax or whatever.