We designed ewi usb to give wind players the expressive musical. Can you send me a screen cap of the mr sax t config. Changing fingering system for ewi usb akai professional. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading playing the akai ewi usb electronic wind instrument 20151016. Im a long time jazz sax player, playing pro gigs in this area.
Now im stuck with oboe fingerings, the slowest key response and the. Our goal is to inspire you with new tools, sounds and effects, to help you make more music and have more fun doing it. Akai ewi usb not working on new windows 10 computer. Ewi usb is an electronic wind instrument for musicians looking for an easytoplay, easytouse controller. Unfortunately ewi usb does not send control information to select voices directly. Ewi usb fingering doesn t seem to match anything i can find online.
Jammin on electric wind instruments since april 1978. Ewi usb offers multiple fingering modes including sax, traditional ewi, flute, oboe, and evi brass, so whether youre just starting out as a woodwind student or an old pro wind player, youll find ewi usb easy to play. Ewi usb offers multiple fingering modes including sax, traditional ewi, recorder, and evi, so whether youre just starting out as a woodwind student or an old pro wind player, youll find ewi usb easy to play. Utility software for the wind controller hardware ewi usb from akai professional. This unique twist on the classic ewi makes the ewi usb powerful, expressive, flexible, and surprisingly affordable.
Place it around your neck and hold the ewi usb the same way you would hold a saxophone or clarinet with the instrument vertically right in front of you and with your mouth on the mouthpiece. Ewi usb is designed for you to spend your time playing music. This needs practicing the ewi seriously in order to have a control that is similar to the control that you can get on a real sax. There are two ground plates on the back of the ewi usb one for each hand. None of the configuration settings from breath sensitivity to fingering system to transpositions work anymore. Studying the art of playing saxophone, clarinet, oboe, bassoon and other traditional wind instruments for over twenty years, akai has incorporated the same expressive controls in the ewi usb. Ewi a little different to the traditional saxophone. They worked fine for the first five days as i switched things back and forth many times. The ewi, particularly the latest 5000 model is an amazing piece of kit. But like most electronic gear, there are a few essential tweaks needed to get the most out of it.
It will provide a budget of 149 extra to buy the good mister t sax was developed specifically for the akai ewi. The latest version of the program can be downloaded for pcs running windows xp7vista810, both 32 and 64bit. For over 20 years, akai professional has studied the art of playing saxophone, clarinet. A host of music software is compatable with the ewi since it is for all intents and purposes a midi device. Akai ewi ewi5000 midi wind controller at patchman music. This book is for the amateur musicians who are interested in making the akai ewi usb sound like a saxophone. Playing the akai ewi usb electronic wind instrument 201510. We can also put together a complete wind controller, windcontroller, or windsynth system for you. Im able to load aria into reaper as a vsti and configure the ewi as a. Combining multiple fingering modes including sax, traditional ewi, flute, oboe, and evi brass, a raft of performance friendly touch sensitive controls and ultraresponsive mouthpiece sensors, ewi usb ensures to readily adapt to your needs whilst ensuring every subtlety and nuance of your performance is faithfully recreated. Suonopuro ewi presets is a collection of patches for the akai ewi 4000s that reproduce the sound of 24 legendary synthesizer solos drawn from songs that have shaped the history of rock, pop and fusion. The status led on the ewi usb should light up, indicating the computer recognizes it.
Ewi 5000 charges via usb or wall power and also includes a usb cable, wall adapter, wireless receiver, and a neck strap. Also the octave rollers not a saxophone style octave switch but something. Akai professionals decades of experience in wind and electronic music instruments are rolled into our most user friendly and most affordable ewi ever. The ewi usb is just a controller and doesn t produce sounds by itself.
Sax t that i recorded with my ewiusb while i was trying the vst out at my friends place backing track an aebersold recording. Plugging in the ewi usb automatically recalibrates its keys, rollers, and plates. Ewi 4000s5000 can select 100 voices from the first bank,but will not change banks or go beyond voices 099. This way you can keep multiple settings for different setups. Essentially an electronic saxophone, allowing a player to control an onboard or independent synthesizer as if it were a real wind. Ewi usb is the first instrument to offer professional quality at such an affordable price. I certainly wouldn t mind an akai ewi if i can find one at a reasonable price. Theres a little semicircle under the b key on the ewi 4000. I run mine through my keyboard controller maudio axiom 61 or my drum machine native instruments maschine. In addition to the classic ewi fingering and sax fingerings on the ewi usb, the akai ewi usb also includes flute and oboe fingering. Akai professional is the first name in electronic wind instruments. May 19, 2018 ive used my ewiusb with them, as well as a tec breath controller and midi keyboard and foot pedal. I just received it today and wanted to get a demo posted right away. They also contain other six patches specifically designed to cover the most common needs of an ewi player.
Sax t using the chord changes to jerome kerns all the things you are. Uno straordianario lavoro dei ragazzi della samplemodeling. Giorgio tommasini, of the stradivari violin and the gofriller cello. I haven t been able to find anything on other forums and r. The ewi is self powered via usb from the host device e. I may be able to download the patches, then open them with a program such as logic, ableton, cakewalk, etc none of which i have and then run my ewi usb through that program and play the patches that way, but i have no idea as to whether or not this would.
A couple obvious advantages to the ewi usb one can hook it directly to the computer via usb, whereas the wx5 would need a midi interface in between. The akai vstis are better but the sax is not credible vsti it may be theres settings to do. Akai professional ewi usb lightweight electronic wind. Playing the akai ewi usb electronic wind instrument 20151016 kindle edition by zwa, amen. Jul 24, 2010 the sax mode on ewi lets me get away with this, and behaves like a sax, whereas the ewi mode does not. In swam saxophones, it is possible to control independently the main expressive parameters continuously and in real time. I started with a yamaha wx11 and yamaha vl70m with the patchman chip a little more than a year ago. Akai ewi usb control can be chained between the controller hardware and a. Plug the midi cable into the out jack on the ewi, and the in jack on whatever is going into your computer. The ewi does not do any kind of musical inflections on its own. It explains the functions of the ewis various sensors, its hardware settings, the saxophones software synthesiser settings, and external connections. Mr sax t vsti, so im guessing its not an issue restricted to aria and. Keep in mind that this and the other samplemodeling examples were the result of a combination of ewi playing followed by editing of the midi data with biab backing. If you have ewi 4000s, get some kind of midi to usb converter.
There is no way to be wireless with the ewi usb at this time. In comparison, the ewi usb is intended as a student instrument, although it certainly can be used professionally and often is. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. It should be fairly simple to add such function to ewitool or create separate program,including creation of libraries grouped by the type of voices,now. The ewi usb also cannot send program changes from the controller and it has less pitch range. This mac application was originally developed by akai professional, lp. The android ndk is a companion tool to the android sdk that lets android application developers build portions of their apps in native code. The electronic wind instrument, also known as the ewi, is a musical midi wind controller.
I do see a green light on the undersurface of the instrument. To avoid interfering with this process and causing it to play out of tune, hold the ewi usb only by its plastic casing near the top while plugging it in. Paying over r20390 for the plastic roland ae10 really doesn t compare to a silver yas280 imho. The tenor saxophone is expressive, enjoyable, and intuitively playable simply a real sample. With ewi usb, we are exposing the world of windinstrument expression to a whole new world of players, states gregg stein, director of marketing, akai professional. Zwa has had the foresight to enlighten us all in the many aspects of the ewi world. If you don t have the dvd i would assume that you don t have the aria software installed either. Below i will be placing a quick overview of various softwares that may be of use to ewi owners. Akai ewi usb ewiusb midi wind controller at patchman music. Patchman music, llc online the wind controller specialists.
Users that have recently installed an aria engine product on a system where ewi usb 1. In this article ill talk you through what i think are some really important first setup steps plus. The ewi usb is a dumb controller all it does is send midi out over usb doesn t even do 5 pin midi. In addition i will from time to time be writing articles about modifying existing software and posting them in the sidebar here. I recommend you download the free digital audio workstation audacity.
The akai ewi usb features several fingering systems including sax, traditional ewi, flute, oboe, brass evi fingering mode designed for brass and evi players by matt traum. I wish someone would write a good reference for the ewi usb for garageband. The following example is of the swam soprano saxophone. Will offer you the ability to call into native code from your android applications the android ndk provides tools that allow android application developers to embed components that make use of native code in their android applications. Patch editor for the akai ewi 4000s electronic wind instrument. But this book is not a detailed techniques book for the ewi usb. Is there any way to make it work like a bis bb on sax. The usb, on the other hand, connects directly to the users computer through the usb port and. None of the patches they offer are compatible with ewi usb. Patchman music specializes in everything relating to midi wind controllers and breath controllers including the roland ae10g, ae05, and ae01 aerophones, akai ewi5000, akai ewi usb, akai ewi4000s, yamaha wx5 and vl70m, and wireless midi systems. After installation of the software, you will need to. The wind controller features a plugandplay usb interface for use with the included aria software with garritan and akai professional samples as a sound source. Akai ewi5000 and the akai ewi usb these feature the evi. Its purely a controller so you can plug it in to a computer and fire up garage band.
And it describes the similarities and the differences between the ewi and the saxophone. Both usb midi and 5pin midi are onboard for controlling software synths or traditional midi modules. The akai ewi usb features several fingering systems including sax, traditional ewi, flute, oboe, and brass evi fingering mode designed for brass and evi players by matt traum. The present users guide applies therefore to either mr. This is an illustration of their tenor saxophone mr. Sadly for me i want to get it working in the new garageband for osx10. Also, the ewi usb is powered by that usb connection, whereas the wx5 needs batteries or ac. Find the software titled akai ewi usb in the appropriate location. Where can i download the manual and latest os for my wind controller gear. Of all the software synthesizers to come along the past thirty years, these are the first to truly blow me away.
Here is an alternative software by cognitone that allows editing the ewi usb settings including fingering settings. This was a very entertaining read and had what sounds like very useful advice about using the ewi usb to emulate a sax with the swam sound program. More info and a fingering chart are in the ewi usb manual available from akais website here. Akai professional has made a wind instrument for everyone with the advent of the ewi usb wind instrument. However, to preserve optimal sound quality which is at 88. So i got my akai ewi usb this weekend and now i wanna know some things about it.
Don t use any sound modules or software synths that were made for. Playing the akai ewi usb electronic wind instrument 2015. By purchasing additional sound libraries, you can easily make your ewi usb can sound like a hammond b3 organ, a steinway grand piano, vintage synthesizers, a complete sax quartet, whatever you like. Since the ewi usb is a class compliant midi device, you don t need specific drivers for it. Our new desktop experience was built to be your music destination. In addition to the standard ewi woodwind fingering system, the ewi5000, ewi4000s, and ewi usb also feature sax, oboe, flute, and the innovative new evi electronic valve instrument brassstyle fingering mode. For example, a sax player can use a wind controller to double on clarinet, trumpet, guitar. You need to use a digital instrument or a software library and to control it via midi usb input.
Using a combination of software settings and your expressive playing can give you incredibly realistic orchestral sounds and the ability to make. Buy making the ewi usb sound like a saxophone 20151016. Ewi reason sounds is a small sound design studio that makes sounds and tools specially crafted for wind controller and ewi players. There are many extra features in the ewi 4000s compared to the usb but one of the most obvious is the builtin synthesizer.
First, secure the neckstrap to the neckstrap mount on the ewi usb. Also, the ewi usb comes with the garritan aria sound bank. A 14 inch output to connect to an amplifier or pa and an 18inch headphone output for silent practice are included. Provides controls for all the hardwares parameters and allows for saving frequently used presets to disk. These are not installers, but only the patched files for standalone ewiusb application. Also, the ewi usb is powered by that usb connection. Sax t virtual instrument created by giorgio tommasini and peter siedlaczek. Dec 28, 2016 im really looking for a pro alto, if i buy another sax. I was doing a research and may have found a solution.
Ewi usb enables anyone, regardless of wind instrumentplaying experience, to perform with the expressive capabilities of the wind instrument of their choice. Even setting it for sax fingering doesn t change anything. The tenor saxophone is expressive, enjoyable, and intuitively playable simply a real samplemodelled instrument. Akai do not make a bag but we have an optional soprano sax bag that fits well or for a hard case the protec pb310 is an almost perfect fit. A question for those familiar with both instruments for a sax player, wanting to try an electronic midi wind controller, which of the two would be easier to learn. Connect the ewi usb to your computer using a standard usb cable included. Ewi usb aria compatibility archive cockos incorporated forums. The ewi series from akai professional brings the most dynamic and versatile wind instrument technology to the stage. Like you say, the increased flexibility might make the transition worth it. Ewi usb is now shipping to musical instrument and pro audio retailers.
While there are several similar such devices available, an ewi generally refers to a wind controller produced by akai. Now more than ever, woodwind and brass instrumentalists can play the same instrument simply by selecting the appropriate fingering system. Ewi presets patches sounds bank suonopuro soundbank. Amount of pitch modulation on variations of dynamics controlled by cc8. My akai ewi usb thinks its an oboe sax on the web forum. For more information on fingering options, download the pdf manual on this page that.