A lyrical melody played live on wind controller over four completely different AI arrangements. The contrast between the simple melody and what came back surprised me every time.
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.
Played clarinet and a bit of sax in high school and still remember how to play, so it shouldn't be too difficult to learn 😀 I got it yesterday morning!
I've been saving up some money and am looking into picking up a wind synth to spice up my local jam sessions and let me practice in my small apartment in the $500-750 price range. I've played sax for about 12 years, so it's not so much about learning to play as it is helping me practice more consistently (especially considering I play bari sax, that thing is LOUD). From what I've gathered, the Yamaha YDS-120 is my best bet for that translatability, while the Akai EWI Solo is more of its own instrument, and the Roland AE-50 fits somewhere in between. Reviews and product pages can only get me so far so I'm turning to the people who know these things best. Main features I'm looking for, in order of priority:
- Fingerings close enough to a real saxophone that I can use it for practice purposes
- Can plug into a sound system for jam sessions (side note: a friend of mine brings his wind synth to the jam sometimes and plugs it into a little wireless transmitter in a cardboard box for sound, willing to get one of those depending on the model)
- Good-sounding patches
- $500-750 range is ideal
Just looking for some testimonials about each of those products to help me in my research. Or if you know of any other products around that price range, recommend them please!
My iPhone app for this instrument freezes on the splash screen. Tried a few ways to try and get it running but nip.
Sent issue to Roland - let’s see.
Also I am trying to figure out what kind of USB socket that is