Amazing stuff on the EWI!! I just got mine yesterday and was wondering if maybe you had some tips or pointers that you could give me. I'm also using a MacBook with Garage Band, but I don't know where you found those sounds. . . . any help would be great! Thanks!
I don't have an EWI, but i do use garageband. Those sounds are available in GarageBand. Just add a New Track and choose Software Instrument and you'll be able to control the dozens if not hundreds of instruments in GarageBand using any MIDI controller, like an EWI. Or just a keyboard (even the Musical Typing keyboard in GarageBand works).
Dude...you make me wana get my EWI back out again...I haven't played it in months I have the same model...I want a program like garageband that's free though so I can hook it up, any recommendations?...nice vid by the way...:)...
Hi BenRodenburg! I read some stuff about EWI's synth and it has not original sounds like flute, piano etc, right? I think you must buy a 90US$ Midi Sounds Pack to can play this sounds, is that correct?
yeah! i have already seen his videos! he's great! I want to by a EWI but before that, i want to know more stuff about EWI, how it works etc. Where can i find this stuff? In english, spanish or portuguese... Thanks :)
Hey, nice demo. I just purchased one of these. I use soundfonts and soft synths, how can I get the breath control etc to work. Any good reading or suggestions. Thanks.
when i made this video i just got the ewi and a macbook. I allreay had a midi interface (m4u) and hoked my ewi via midi on my macbook. changed nothing about the configuration in garageband. made some configurations bout the sounds, but not much
The sounds are pretty hard to play sometimes, but it works ok i guess
That's what i'm talking bout man! That's sweet! I've watched heaps of dudes on Youtube using an EWI and some really put me off getting one but that really convinced me that you can make it sound awesome! How did you sustain the strings underneath the melody you played? Can you do all that in GarageBand? Also, does the delay, chorus and reverb effects from the inernal module of the EWI work if you use it as a MIDI controller like you're doing or do you have to put those effects on in GarageBand?
HEy, good vid man. Question, is it necessary to have a working knowledge of soprano sax in order to grasp the EWI, or is it possible you change the fingerings on the EWI. It would be great if you could let me know. I have actually seen or played the EWI, but I think I will soon. I have a brass background along with a few other instruments. PLEASE HELP! Thanks... good job too!
I have been looking into buying one of these, and I happened to read that you can use brass fingerings on this instrument. I think they call it EVI. Don't know anything about it, but there is a fingering chart in the users manual.
You can use brass fingerings if you want on the akai 4000s. I just got mine and its nothing like playing saxophone. It's really its own instrument, even if the fingerings are the same (or very similar).
I've never touched a sax but I love my EWI. If you've ever played a simple recorder, you'll have no trouble figuring the fingering on an EWI. Yes, it can also be played in "EVI" (Brass fingering) mode. Never tried that though.
Nice demo! I was wondering if you can share with your garageband settings or if did any special configurations or used special sound banks to record the song in garageband. I've used the generic garageband instruments with my EWI (stock configuration), but the sounds I get are somewhat stacatto and not very pleasant. I've since written off using garageband until I saw your video on youtube.
Great job Ben... I recently bought an iMac and will be using Garageband after hearing this... Nice demo
antofa123 1 year ago
quien me puede decir como configurar el ewi para poder vobrar y tener sencibilidad al tocar,lo ciento muy duro y no puedo vibrar..
Lunalorenzo1 2 years ago
Hey there!
Amazing stuff on the EWI!! I just got mine yesterday and was wondering if maybe you had some tips or pointers that you could give me. I'm also using a MacBook with Garage Band, but I don't know where you found those sounds. . . . any help would be great! Thanks!
hoopdancer923821 3 years ago
I don't have an EWI, but i do use garageband. Those sounds are available in GarageBand. Just add a New Track and choose Software Instrument and you'll be able to control the dozens if not hundreds of instruments in GarageBand using any MIDI controller, like an EWI. Or just a keyboard (even the Musical Typing keyboard in GarageBand works).
plazmatyk 2 years ago
Dude...you make me wana get my EWI back out again...I haven't played it in months I have the same model...I want a program like garageband that's free though so I can hook it up, any recommendations?...nice vid by the way...:)...
Jedum 3 years ago
MIDI cable? or what I need to buy to hook up to my pc?
Alruie 3 years ago
You gotta buy a midi interface, on the market for like 30 dollars
BenRodenburg 3 years ago
I have one now, but it Im not sure how to set it up.
Alruie 3 years ago
Hi BenRodenburg! I read some stuff about EWI's synth and it has not original sounds like flute, piano etc, right? I think you must buy a 90US$ Midi Sounds Pack to can play this sounds, is that correct?
Traficantes 3 years ago
I hooked up my EWI to my macbook. In the video i play sounds from the Garageband package wich come with the macbook as a standard software package.
macbook is like 1300 euros in my country
you can play other sounds with modules and stuff but they are more expensive than software
BenRodenburg 3 years ago
hhmm right... and where can i get that "Garageband package"? can you send that to me by e-mail or is that too big?
Traficantes 3 years ago
can you tell me how many instruments can we play with EWI? thanks
Traficantes 3 years ago
An Ewi work via Midi. With midi you can play any kind of instrument you want.
Piano, Organ, Flute, Violin, Guitar. Name it!
you should check out michael brecker on the ewi on youtube. Hes god to me!
BenRodenburg 3 years ago
yeah! i have already seen his videos! he's great! I want to by a EWI but before that, i want to know more stuff about EWI, how it works etc. Where can i find this stuff? In english, spanish or portuguese... Thanks :)
Traficantes 3 years ago
do you think it would be easy to learn if you play the clarinet?
prueunknownsoldier 3 years ago
It depends on how good you play the clarinet. I think if you play flute or clarinet it isnt very difficult to learn this instrument@
BenRodenburg 3 years ago
well i'm first chair in a seventh grade band but i expect to play way through high school.
prueunknownsoldier 3 years ago
Sounds great pice of kit.
tintin20001967 3 years ago
Say, are thay hard to play...how long and do u need a p.c and softwhere??
Thanks
tintin20001967 3 years ago
Vends mon ewi 4000s (neuf)
trestresbrel 3 years ago
Hey, nice demo. I just purchased one of these. I use soundfonts and soft synths, how can I get the breath control etc to work. Any good reading or suggestions. Thanks.
MarvsTracks 4 years ago
You have to set your soft synth up to respond to breath control (one of the MIDI continuous controllers).
UnTiedMusicStudio 4 years ago
Hey bro,
what are the fingerings? is it like a woodind?
winecoffin12 4 years ago
Its just like a normal saxophone in any key you want.
BenRodenburg 4 years ago
Hi Guys!
Thnx for the great comments!
Ill explain some things!
when i made this video i just got the ewi and a macbook. I allreay had a midi interface (m4u) and hoked my ewi via midi on my macbook. changed nothing about the configuration in garageband. made some configurations bout the sounds, but not much
The sounds are pretty hard to play sometimes, but it works ok i guess
BenRodenburg 4 years ago
That's what i'm talking bout man! That's sweet! I've watched heaps of dudes on Youtube using an EWI and some really put me off getting one but that really convinced me that you can make it sound awesome! How did you sustain the strings underneath the melody you played? Can you do all that in GarageBand? Also, does the delay, chorus and reverb effects from the inernal module of the EWI work if you use it as a MIDI controller like you're doing or do you have to put those effects on in GarageBand?
cloheb 4 years ago
that was fire!
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cthapimp 4 years ago
k pasada de instrumento!
kgf14 4 years ago
very nice sound
anko8aug 4 years ago
HEy, good vid man. Question, is it necessary to have a working knowledge of soprano sax in order to grasp the EWI, or is it possible you change the fingerings on the EWI. It would be great if you could let me know. I have actually seen or played the EWI, but I think I will soon. I have a brass background along with a few other instruments. PLEASE HELP! Thanks... good job too!
daproduca38128 5 years ago
I have been looking into buying one of these, and I happened to read that you can use brass fingerings on this instrument. I think they call it EVI. Don't know anything about it, but there is a fingering chart in the users manual.
dtbebout 5 years ago
You can use brass fingerings if you want on the akai 4000s. I just got mine and its nothing like playing saxophone. It's really its own instrument, even if the fingerings are the same (or very similar).
rambo1515 5 years ago
I've never touched a sax but I love my EWI. If you've ever played a simple recorder, you'll have no trouble figuring the fingering on an EWI. Yes, it can also be played in "EVI" (Brass fingering) mode. Never tried that though.
RoadRunnerLaser 4 years ago
What kind of soundmodule are you using? Except for the inbuild analoge-synth in the EWI :)
onkelbolle 5 years ago
Amazing!
moochin 5 years ago
Ziet er goed uit hoor.
Maar ik heb toch liever de akoustische saxofoon ;)
DaanMV 5 years ago
Nice demo! I was wondering if you can share with your garageband settings or if did any special configurations or used special sound banks to record the song in garageband. I've used the generic garageband instruments with my EWI (stock configuration), but the sounds I get are somewhat stacatto and not very pleasant. I've since written off using garageband until I saw your video on youtube.
travisterwilligar 5 years ago
made it myself
BenRodenburg 5 years ago
Hey what is the fingering for the EWI is it the same as the sax
Jazzman555 4 years ago
Where did you get that
ergudmun2 5 years ago