The heart of the ewi4000s is its builtin sound module that lets musicians plug a wireless midi or audio set. I have an ewi for more than 5 years and my 4000s plays an important role in my live performances and studio recordings. Akai ewi 5000 sound samples all 100 patches youtube. If any 1 or more of the k7, k8, or k9 keys are pressed, the. Vg trumpet saxophone kontakt sounds wav ewi4000s patches. Akais ewi 5000 was announced as a new model at namm in january 2014, and finally became available for purchase in late august 2014. Easy to load in using the vysex ewi 4000s editor free from akai. Suonopuro ewi presets is a collection of patches for the akai ewi 4000s that. I have both yamahas and akai ewi 3020 no longer made and the new ewi4000s. Akai ewi 4000s wind controller with patchman sounds, gig bag. You could design your own patches using the akai editor. So, basically, an akai 4000s with usb, a built in rechargeable battery, and some sounds.
We have sought to make the most powerful and easytouse saxophone, trumpet, trombone, flute and brass section kontakt sound libraries available. My primary ewi for the last few years has been the 4000s but i didnt ever use any of the internal sounds except maybe at rehearsal when i was being lazy. Jul 24, 2010 note that the currentmodel ewi4000s, using version 2. In addition, we wanted electric wind instrument akai. The primary reason for this is the extra octaves available on the 4000s since i end up making a. The akai electric wind instrument ewi4000s scholarly repository. Bob mintzer world reknown recording artist, sax and ewi virtuoso. The akai ewi 4000s offers many ground breaking new features to the ewi such as battery power, midi in and midi out jacks directly on the instrument, octave and hold modes, and a builtin analog modeled synth with digital effects. This demo samples all 100 stock sounds on the akai ewi 5000. Yes, thats right you can now just plug in a pair of headphones and play anytime, anywhere. Akai professionals decades of experience in wind and electronic music instruments are rolled into our. The ewi 4000s this versatility is one of the instruments greatest strength, as it gives players access to a nearly unlimited selection sonic possibilities.
For instance, saxophone players could use it to replicate. Akai professional is the first name in electronic wind instruments. A question for those who own or have played the akai ewi. The pricing of the ewi usb makes it very interesting for many who have a limited budget. Careless whisper sax alto acapella ewi 4000s by sound r. This new internal vpowerleads soundbank for the akai ewi 4000s will add expressiveness to your performance and will become for you a new source of inspiration. Or you could grab some interesting patches with ewitool2s patch. Users who like careless whisper sax alto acapella ewi 4000s.
Bernzilla has taken every combinator and thor patch and reworked it for best. Akai professional ewi4000s electronic wind instrument. A 14 inch output to connect to an amplifier or pa and an 18inch headphone output for silent practice are included. If any 1 or more of the k7, k8, or k9 keys are pressed, the note should stay this is the only nonflute fingering that flute players will need to get used to. Ive recently purchased a akai professional ewi 4000s wind controller. First these ewi are more solidly made and feel more like a serious instrument than the.
The akai ewi 5000 is now the only similar instrument in their product line ewi is an acronym for either electronic wind instrument or electric wind instrument specifically, the akai ewi 4000s for the purposes of this page. The stock sounds are passable, but if you want to hear what the ewi4000s is really capable of, download this 4 minute mp3 audio demo 3. If you want to practice saxophone, an ewi is not a replacement, but. While the ewi4000s uses an analog modelling synth which can have or better does have an excellent. The ewi 5000 is a great step ahead, the instrument maintain the overall characteristics of playability and capacity of adjutment to personalize it. You can read lots about the ewi on the patchman site, it is a great bit of kit but i just dont have the time to use it as well as practice my sax. Click save to store this to your ewi and repeat with each patch in the library.
The ewi really is a totally different instrument and even using it to shed technical patterns and scales isnt 100% applicable to your real horn. Akai ewi4000s wind controller bret pimentel, woodwinds. Alas,i always failed at finding a decent implementation of a virtual sax. Ewi4000s volume 1 for the akai ewi4000s and ewi4000 sw contains 100 allnew, super expressive, superdynamic, breath controlled patches designed especially for the new akai ewi4000s wind controller. Ewi electronic wind instruments im thinking of getting one largely to have the ability to practice silently late at night wo disturbing my roommates this is especially true since im a beginner. The 5000 offers wireless connectivity, which is great for all musicians the mouthpiece is more sensitive, so it offers more the musician more. My expertise on the saxophone didnt translate that well to the wx11, though its the same fingerings and pretty much the same embouchure technique. Ewitool is an open source controller for the popular akai ewi4000s wind synthesizer. Ive been playing ewi and other wind synths for many years and i have done a lot of acoustic instrument emulations over the years but ive always preferred synth sounds for leads and solos because its really hard to be super creative and emulative at the same time. Home alt forums your video ewi 4000s this topic has 12 replies, 8 voices, and was last updated 2 years, 8 months ago by anonymous.
The heart of the ewi4000s is its first in the industry builtin sound module that lets musicians plug a wireless midi or audio set up into the base of the ewi, and move. Audiobus is an awardwinning music app for iphone and ipad which lets you use your other music apps together. Ive played ewis for years and this is a slightly stripped down version of the akai ewi 4000s. You can select the key size and colors,and you can save the image to your computer or your dropbox account.
Ewi4000s volume 1 includes tons of highly expressive synth leads, synth basses, exotic timbres, and emulations. The ewi usb has the same form factor and basic controls. Ewi4000s volume 1for the akai ewi4000s and ewi4000 sw contains 100allnew, super expressive, superdynamic, breath controlled patches designed especially for the new akai ewi4000s wind controller. Im using the ewi 4000s as my main controller even though my ewi usb is very capable and much lighter. The ewi also has additional fingering modes, including saxophone. Its similar but oviously not the same as there are. Ive had pretty much every model since the 30203030 came out. Here are some of its deficiencies, from the point of view of a serious amateur player. Saxophones electric vs traditional cafesaxophone forum. May 28, 2012 an akai ewi 4000s running through a marshall jcm 900 amp. An akai ewi 4000s running through a marshall jcm 900 amp.
While the ewi4000s uses an analog modelling synth which can have or better does have an excellent dynamic response the ewi5000 uses a sampling engine which emulates real instruments or synthesizers by using samples. Ewi a little different to the traditional saxophone. Patch editor for the akai ewi 4000s electronic wind instrument. Akai ewi 4000s new internal sound patch demo youtube.
Please refer to the fingering charts section for details. I recommend to use the user manual for reference here. The akai ewi wind controllers ewc strong advantage over the yamaha win controllers is the optional brasstrumpet fingerings offered by the ewiusb and the ewi4000s. In addition, we wanted electric wind instrument akai ewi and breath controller performers to be. First these ewi are more solidly made and feel more like a serious instrument than the lightweight plastic yamahas. Ewi 5000 charges via usb or wall power and also includes a usb cable, wall adapter, wireless receiver, and a neck strap. Ewi reason sounds is a small sound design studio that makes sounds and tools specially crafted for wind controller and ewi players. If you too forgot, refresh yourself here reference manual. Its not a saxophone although the fingerings are the same. The built in marshall overdrive has been turned on to add more depth to the. Dec 03, 2012 you can read lots about the ewi on the patchman site, it is a great bit of kit but i just dont have the time to use it as well as practice my sax. The built in marshall overdrive has been turned on to add more depth to the tone. Plenty of cool stuff in both cases but have yet to find a way to make a patch which works well as a wind controller sound, for me. Akai professionals decades of experience in wind and electronic music instruments are rolled into our most user friendly and most affordable ewi ever.
The akai ewi wind controllers ewc strong advantage over the yamaha win controllers is the optional brasstrumpet fingerings offered by the ewi usb and the ewi 4000s. Experiment yourself with this but i generally find setting it at 2. Believe me when i tell you that this is a seriously cool instrument. The fingering diagram builder,courtesy of bret pimentel,is an online tool that allows you to create a fingering chart for a variety of woodwinds,including saxophone,clarinet,flute,oboe,and recorder,plus the. To get the most out of your ewi its best to treat it like a separate instrument. The primary interface on the ewi 4000s is a 2digit, 7segment led display. Ewi usb is an electronic wind instrument for musicians looking for an easytoplay, easytouse controller. Ok, so i fear i have mislead you a bit with my original, hasty response. I teach all the learning curves of the ewi4000s and ewiusb.
Ewi usb ewi 4000s rpm 8 rpm 3 eie pro eie e2 head rush analog custom shop pedals mpx 8 mpc element max 25 impc pro app afx amx mpx 16 ewi 5000. The akai professional ewi4000s is a giant leap in the evolution of wind instruments. A brief manual that will enable you uploading new superior sounds into your ewi4000s in a few easy steps. But the fingerings are very flexible, with lots of possibilities for alternate or trill fingerings. Akai ewi ewi4000s midi wind controller at patchman music. The ewi4000s has several different fingerings available, including saxophone, flute, and oboe. For instance, saxophone players could use it to replicate the sounds of a trumpet, piano or any other instrument, using the devices breath control feature to mold those sounds however. Users who reposted careless whisper sax alto acapella ewi 4000s. The primary reason for this is the extra octaves available on the 4000s since i end up making a lot of splits assigning different patches to different ranges for quick transitions in songs or also useful for layering multiple sounds to play. Akai ewi 4000s 100 patches new internal sound library. The ewi 5000 isnt a horrible instrument, but it suffers greatly by comparison to what it could have been. Vl70m,and i find them quite expressive and playable with my akai ewi 4000s. Jan 23, 2017 home alt forums your video ewi 4000s this topic has 12 replies, 8 voices, and was last updated 2 years, 8 months ago by anonymous.
Would make a fantastic christmas present or just treat yourself. If you are an ewi 4000s owner, you probably have outgrown the factory presets. Someone asked me about this recently, and i honestly totally forgot that the akai ewi 4000s has different fingering modes. Akai ewi 4000s wind controller with patchman sounds, gig. For example,i really like some flute patches that come with the patchman turbo vl. First, the revision d manual i think has a misprint on the ewi fingerings. Ewi presets patches sounds bank suonopuro soundbank. The mode i am considering here is the ewi mode, as the flute, oboe, and saxophone modes sacrifice some flexibility for the sake of increased familiarity to traditional woodwind players. Michael brecker akai ewi 4000s patch demo duration. Marian jaslovsky, slovak saxophone flute ewi player. Ewi 5000 charges via usb or wall power and also includes a usb cable, wall adapter. All sounds were recorded direct with no post processing. Ewitool includes a fully graphical sound patch editor and patch library management. Ive been playing ewi and other wind synths for many years and i have done a lot of acoustic.
Native ewi sounds are a little bit problematic so i bought the famous bank from patchman. The akai ewi 4000s comes with 100 presets which,quite frankly,dont do justice to its internal synt. And perhaps you already own or know about patchmans great presets. Our goal is to inspire you with new tools, sounds and effects, to help you make more music and have more fun doing it. Ewi5000 user manual in order to change a program up or down. The ewi 4000 does offer an ewi fingerings mode, which looks pretty much identical to the saxophone fingering mode with a couple of differences. Learning ewiwhat fingering mode to use ewi musician. There are just a handful of patches that are really playable,and none of them vaguely resemble an acoustic.
The octave key rollers should have been setup to always be triggered in pairs. Ive mentioned before that ive been an ewi guy for many years probably more than 20. Sadly though, there is not a macintosh build for this. There are just a handful of patches that are really playable,and none of them vaguely resemble an acoustic instrument,including those that are relatively easy to reproduce with a synt e. Anyway, the 5000 is much more expressive connected to my yamaha plg150vl the 4000s i now hear the growl of saxes and i better check the breath on flutes. I have both yamahas and akai ewi 3020 no longer made and the new ewi 4000s. Havent tried the ewi itself but its fairly similar to my wx11, in these respects. There is a very basic fingering chart in the users manual, downloadable from akai, but it does not tell the whole story. The fingering diagram builder,courtesy of bret pimentel,is an online tool that allows you to create a fingering chart for a variety of woodwinds,including saxophone,clarinet,flute,oboe,and recorder,plus the akai ewi 4000s and yamaha wx5.
Akai ewi ewi4000s sounds programs soundbanks at patchman music. I have both yamahas and akaiewi 3020 no longer made and the new ewi4000s. The akai ewi 5000 is now the only similar instrument in their product line ewi is an acronym for either electronic wind. What is the difference between ewi4000s and ewi5000. Requires a wind controller such as the akai ewi4000s or ewi usb and reason version 6 or above.
Jun 24, 2010 the proprietary ewi fingering system is quite intuitive for a woodwind player, very saxophonelike. Ewi4000s volume 1 for the akai ewi4000s and ewi4000 sw contains 100 allnew, super expressive, superdynamic, breath controlled patches designed especially. Vpowerleadsbank patch list a brief manual that will enable you uploading new superior sounds into your ewi4000s in a few easy steps. Second, the ewi use touch capacitance i think sensing, so the keys do not move. In the meantime, maintained an interest in computerelectronic musicking, but didnt spend much time on it until ios came out. The fingerings are pretty much the same and the tongue technique is rather similar. The akai ewi4000s is the most recent model of the ewi electric wind instrument family. Akai professional ewi 5000 electronic wind instrument midi. The delay and reverb has been calibrated within the ewi.
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