What is the EWI series?
Like the Yamaha WX’s, the Akai EWIs (Electronic Wind Instruments) are based on the saxophone. These have touch sensitive keys which take some getting used to, since just touching a key produces a note. ie. you can’t rest your fingers on the keys like on a real woodwind instrument, although to counter this you can buy an EWI-FR finger rest. The Akai wind controller is pretty versatile. When using an external sound module, you can program up to 4 note chords. Each note of the chromatic scale can be set to a (1), 2, 3, or 4 note chord. (It has nothing to do with which fingering you use to play the note.) When setting up your chords, you just pick which notes will actually sound when you play a particular fingering on the controller. It takes some advance planning for a piece, but can be well worth it. Also, you can get control over dynamics on a sound module by using a line in jack on the Akai. This loops the module back through the Akai before going to the mixer. When doing this you can
