Not all that impressed with the sounds. The big question is can you make your own from these or not?
Category: Akai EWI
Akai EWI 5000…..MIA
About 6 months ago, Akai announced a revision of it’s EWI instrument, the EWI 5000. No real word on when it was shipping, but places like Sweetwater have it listed as coming in Spring 2014. Well, Spring ends June 20th, a week from today. Is this perhaps a vaporware product?
The Never Ending Quest for an EWI4000s Battery Clip-in
So, I don’t know exactly how to tell the Akai parts people what I need. Basically, I lost the clip in battery holder thing for my EWI4000s. So the first time I called to get the part, they sent me the clip in part…..without the metal connectors. Which is completely useless. This week, I called…
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EWI 5000
For the Winter 2014 NAMM show, Akai has announced a new EWI. 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…