Wichita Lineman/Alistair Parnell
Some excellent playing here. Check out Alistair’s site as well.
Launch Equity Acquires MakeMusic
Launch Equity Acquires MakeMusic: Today, MakeMusic announced that Launch Equity will purchase the company. You can read MakeMusic’s press release here. Launch Equity proposed the buyout last July (July 15, 2012), with the intent of taking the company private and then investing money into the company for a new CEO as well as updating software…
EWITool for Mac OS X
If you use an EWI 4000S and HATE the seemly abandoned Vyzex editor for it? Fear NOT fellow EWI players, Joseph Sheedy has come to the rescue. He has successfully compiled and released a build of the EWITool for OS X. And it works….though it is a little wonky. The interface is a little weird,…
Getting Missing Parts For An EWI
Somewhere, I lost the middle piece in the picture. The clip in part where you put the batteries into. I’ve contacted Akai once or twice, and they will send the clip in part, but not the metal connector part. Seems like that is a separate part that screws into it. Anyone have any ideas on…
Jeff Kashiwa + EWI4000S + iPhone
The Woodwind and the Brasswind has a little subsection on their site that they call “What The Pros Play”. And they have an article with multi-instrumentalist Jeff Kashiwa (of the Rippingtons). It starts with what he plays on and subsequent links to those instruments on the wwbw.com site. Towards the end, there are some fabulous…
Will We Ever Run Out Of New Music?
Food for thought.
EWItool
The Vyzex Editor for the EWI4000s seems to be pretty much dead. Ok, well, the program seems to work alright, but that is about it. It has not had any changes in about 5 years. In the computer world, that is pretty much dead. So what alternatives are there? There is EWItool. “EWItool is an…
Song For Barry
I still think this is perhaps the best EWI playing ever.
Introduction
I came to the realization that there is a HUGE void of EWI specific sites now. One of my favorite sites, ewi-evi.com has been down for several years. It had a wealth of EWI information. The goal here is to share tips, patches, setups, or whatever for EWI players.