Stef does some wild things on his YouTube channel. And now he’s come out some free patches for some free iOS synth apps. Very cool stuff. Check him out.
Category Archives: Akai EWI
EWI vs Guitar (T-Square)
Review – Koldot Digital Wind Instrument Holder
Having a stand for your EWI is a good thing. For a while, I had a modified guitar stand for my EWI4000s I was using. I even had a little basket thing I 3D printed for it affixed to the stand. It was hacky, and not very portable.
Fast forward to post COVID in California, and me having a Aerophone Pro AE-30 now as my primary controller. I need a stand for it if I’m going on a gig, or just playing it. So, I found this one on Amazon. Koldot Digital Wind Instrument Holder.
This stand works great. It’s small, folds out easily, and more importantly, FITS INSIDE THE AEROPHONE PRO CASE.
Win, win, and win. Oh, and it’s cheap. $30 on Amazon.
It also works with Akai EWIs and probably other Aerophones as well.
If you are looking for a stand, check this one out.
Petition To Akai to Re-Continue The EWI4000s
The Akai Professional EWI 4000s was discontinued in June of 2019, after 14 years of its release, but it is still in very high demand. Many consider the 4000s to be the best EWI (after 16 years of its release in 2005) for its sounds that are not compatible with newer EWI models. It is very hard to get a hold of one these days because of the discontinuation, because there are so many people looking to get this instrument, and almost every existing unit being sold out. It is unlikely that this petition will do anything, but it’s worth a shot to get this legendary instrument back into production.
Sometimes, you just need a good OLD fashioned petition to fix a problem.
the BEST EWI Youtube Channel?
If you were going to list the “who’s who” of EWI, names like Michael Brecker, and Masato Honda come to mind. Yet, there is a new name that should come up. Eddie EWI.
Seriously, this guy RIPS on EWI. His channel is a pure delight to watch/listen to. He has really mastered the Akai EWI, and sounds f-ing great on it. Check him out!
Two Masato Honda Videos About His EWI’s
The first video has rough translations available, the second does not (yet). Great to hear his array of instruments. He makes all of these sound great.
EWI5000 and Presonus One 5 Pro
Does anyone have experience setting up an EWI5000 in Presonus Studio One to work with Aria Player or any of the VST instrument group included with PS1? I have everything working with one exception… There is no ability to crescendo/decrescendo by blowing harder or softer into the EWI. There is the ability to create a louder or softer note based on the air pressure at the the attack of the note (like key velocity on a keyboard instrument, but once that musical dynamic is set it cannot be changed with the breath controller. I’m assuming this has something to do with midi “expression”(?) but am at a loss as to what to do. So far the support team at Presonus is “stumped”. To date, the folks at MakeMusic (the Aria Player and associated Garriton instruments are part of Finale) – have not replied to my inquiries.
Any suggestions are appreciated.
Schematics of the Akai EWV2000 Module scanned and available
Dear all
I recently bought the service manual with schematics of the Akai EWV2000 Module. I scanned it and are available at https://github.com/bhamadicharef/Akai-EWV2000-Schematics-Scans
Enjoy ! and stay safe !
Best regards
Brahim HAMADICHAREF
Singapore
EWI Tool Is BACK!
EWI Tool, and open source patch editor for the Akai EWI4000s was shutdown almost 2 years ago. And Akai has since discontinued making the EWI 4000s (stupid decision in my opinion).
Seems like if you are a macOS user, you were kinda screwed as if you went to 10.15 (Catalina), you basically couldn’t edit your patches anymore.
Fear not, it is now been resurrected here. I’m excited. During this COVID-19 thing, one of the things I really wanted to do (and of course did not) was to get back into the EWI. And learn Bass. And Harmonica (none of those things happened either).
This is a great example of the benefit of Open Source, and that the community of Akai EWI 4000s users is still going strong!
EWI Solo
How do you take the venerable Akai EWI, and make it total garbage? You strip away the wireless, make it longer, and give it a shitty speaker.
For your pleasure, the “geniuses” at Akai have brought forth…..the EWI Solo.