AKAI EWI USB Wind controller

 

EWI USB is an electronic wind instrument for musicians looking for an easy-to-play, easy-to-use controller. Akai Professional’s decades of experience in wind and electronic music instruments are rolled into our most user friendly — and most affordable — EWI ever.

 

•Electronic wind instrument controller

•Easy to play, easy to use, and easy to own

•Powerful, flexible, and reliable

•Plug-and-play USB connection to Mac or PC

•Custom Garritan Aria Player software, contains wind instrument sounds

•Multiple fingering modes: sax, traditional EWI, flute, oboe, and EVI brass

•Expandable sound palette

•Removable, dishwasher-safe mouthpiece

 

Sensors

 

•Mouthpiece: air-pressure level sensor & bite sensor

•Note Keys: 13 touch sensors

•Octave Rollers: 2 mobile, 2 fixed touch sensors (5-octave range)

•Bend Plates: 2 touch sensors

•Ground Plates: 2 touch sensors

 

General

 

•Class-compliant, plug-and-play USB device

•MIDI Output Channels Over USB: 1

•Mac and PC compatible

•For a MIDI Implementation Chart, please refer to the EWI USB Quickstart Manual under the “Docs & Downloads” tab.

Hardware

 

•Dimensions: 23 1/8” x 2 3/4” x 2 3/4"

•Weight: 1.3 lbs

•Power: ~100mA, 5V via USB

•Terminals: 1 slave connector (MIDI over USB)

Minimum system requirements

Mac: OSX

PC: Windows XP or Vista

USB port

 

Includes:

 

•EWI USB wind instrument

•Neck strap

•Cleaning cloth

•USB cable

•Software DVD

•Quick start guide

•Safety instructions