How are others setting up the OCT and HOLD buttons on their EWI4000s?
We like to turn off the “dP” parameter and prefer to touch the Program Change sensor and use the two side keys to scroll through patches. We also like to set the “Ho” parameter to “LE” and the “Oc” parameter to “ln”. This allows you to play two notes and change the interval then, while blowing, lock in the interval and play it in parallel. This is great fun! You can do this in realtime while playing. This technique was used a bit in the EWI4000s soundbank demo here. It’s even more fun when you have an EWI4000s patch that has the two oscillators already set to an interval, then you add the second note and you can create four note chords. The possibilities are staggering just using the EWI4000s internal synth in this way.
We like to turn off the “dP” parameter and prefer to touch the Program Change sensor and use the two side keys to scroll through patches. We also like to set the “Ho” parameter to “LE” and the “Oc” parameter to “ln”. This allows you to play two notes and change the interval then, while blowing, lock in the interval and play it in parallel. This is great fun! You can do this in real time while playing. This technique was used a bit in the EWI4000s soundbank demo here. It’s even more fun when you have an EWI4000s patch that has the two oscillators already set to an interval, then you add the second note and you can create four note chords. The possibilities are staggering just using the EWI4000s internal synth in this way.
