Not all that impressed with the sounds. The big question is can you make your own from these or not?
Instruments and Technology
Found this via CreateDigitalMusic.com: Very insightful.
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?
2CELLOS – Thunderstruck
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…
REVIEW: iRig and iRig HD
For a while now, I’ve been using an iRig with my EWI. It works rather well considering the price. It allows me to hook up my EWI to an iPad/iPhone/iPod and use programs like Garageband to add effects. You can also even get Looping apps so you can layer sonic creations on you iOS device….
REVIEW: EWI Case
I first published this in 2012 on Jazz-Sax.com. I have had an Akai EWI4000S 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…
Learning EWI…..What Fingering Mode To Use
Someone asked me about this recently, and I honestly totally forgot that the Akai EWI 4000S has different fingering modes. If you too forgot, refresh yourself here (reference manual). I suppose if you are coming from another instrument, say Oboe, flute, clarinet, saxophone, or trumpet, switching the EWI into a mode that emulates the fingerings…
Electric Colorful
Ok, I just gotta wonder how big these ladies are. I mean, the EWI looks HUGE on them.