u/Beargoomy15

Hello,

I recently acquired an EWI 4000s and discovered that this thing has a glide plate (by which I mean the metal strip(s) to the side of the octave rollers just to clarify.)

This got me thinking if my EWI USB might also have something like this, which I have been using for a year without knowing about such a feature. I took a look at the bottom of it, and there is one strip on the left side of the octave roller (it is on both sides like the 4000s), but it does not seem to do anything when touched.I also do not see any settings on the Akai EWI USB Control app concerning this feature.

Therefore, I assume it does not exist and this one strip serves some other purpose that I am not aware of. However, I have seen some conflicting reports as to whether or not the EWI USB actually has this feature or not, so I figured asking here would be best. It would be nice if it did, since even with a 4000s, I do think there are situations where I still want to use my USB for convenience and stuff like that.

Thank you for your time.

Hello,

I recently discovered that one can link a tracks volume and pan controls to send (cc7 - volume) and (cc (forgot the number) - pan) midi data to one's midi channel of choice. This is very useful if I have a bunch of midi channels and only one audio channel, as I can then still mix volume levels despite only having one channel producing audio. This is especially useful when working with mid files that were designed to be played through a general midi synthesizer like a sound canvas module.

However, I noticed that Reaper seems to automatically set 0 on the volume fader to equal the value 127 for CC7 Volume, which is the maximum value. I would prefer if the maximum value of the fader equaled 127, as otherwise moving the fader becomes a bit tight, with most meaningful volume change happening only in a small area right before 0.

I realize I am explaining myself quite poorly (am quite tired as of writing this) , so hopefully the images show what I mean.

https://preview.redd.it/zspzo5weml1h1.png?width=686&format=png&auto=webp&s=9e50d3387ad8d96117edf1f1855cd2786439da9f

https://preview.redd.it/oe44gb3lml1h1.png?width=685&format=png&auto=webp&s=71cf4452be88c7cd411b38bded58266168d4b68b

The second image here shows what I mean about the fader being too tight as a result of the maximum value being 127. I have barely moved the fader down from 127, yet im already at midi volume over 30 lower.

https://preview.redd.it/mpwhclotml1h1.png?width=687&format=png&auto=webp&s=5e520794d5aa43461c08162417cef106ae366882

Then again... a large chunk of the low part of the fader is just 0 for some reason, with this image showing where 1 begins (over tenth up the fader), so perhaps it is not actually because 127 is in the middle that it is so cramped, but because of an uneven layout of the numbers on the fader. Regardless, I do not know how fix either scenario, so help would be very much appreciated, thank you for your time.