What is Akai Pro EWI5000?

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Published 2018-06-09
Check the EWI tutorial series:    • EWI 5000 Tutorial Series  

HOW TO SETUP EWI5000:    • Setting Up Your Akai Pro EWI 5000 - E...  
HOW TO PLUG IN EWI5000:    • 6 Ways To Plug In Your Akai Pro EWI 5...  
HOW TO PLAY EWI5000:    • How to play EWI 5000? Holding, hand p...  

I usually get asked about the EWI (aka "Space Flute") quite a lot, so I finally decided to make a video about the very basics of how it works.

I hope this helps you to understand how it functions!
You can see the sound bank sounds from this document: www.patchmanmusic.com/EWI5000ProgramListV100.pdf

I started a tutorial series on EWI 5000 that will go through all the things beginner might need to know.    • Setting Up Your Akai Pro EWI 5000 - E...  
Check my first EWI cover from here:    • Main Theme from "The Elder Scrolls II...  

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I forgot to switch the recording to 1080p, sorry about that!

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All Comments (21)
  • @HelineFay
    As this video is very general about the functions and I started getting basic questions about the functionality, I decided to start making tutorial series for this instrument. First part is out now, more to come! Feel free to check this out. https://youtu.be/iPbHxqLjlbo
  • @gruntrvn
    Thank you for this fascinating explanation of this very unusual instrument.
  • @newpursuit1
    Thanks for doing this and explaining it well. Even Akai's own videos don't explain this well for beginners.
  • @zaktaemurtablet5312
    Just bought one of these and your video is very easy to follow. Thanks for sharing
  • @a.nonnamuss21
    Thanks Heline! Love the viprato! Gotta get me one of these! I think you sold me on the 5000 vs. the new solo model! Fun video!
  • @Sebasel
    Very nice video but i have a small comment on how you do vibrato. Whilst changing the air pressure does something to the sound, the ewi has a built in sensor in the mouthpiece that detects biting and other things. So biting/ hardening/softering the grip your mouth has on the mouthpiece will make a much nicer vibrato
  • @wkyo88
    I LAST 2 YEARS I HAVE ORDER AKAI USB AND AKAI 4000S . SO I WAITING THE TEACHER UPLOAD THE VIDEO. HOPE CAN LEARNING WITH HIM. THANK YOU
  • @wkyo88
    THANKS SO MUCH UPLOADS AKAI EWI 5000. BUT LAST MONTHS ORDER NEW AKAI EWI SOLO 200 MIDI SONG. I HOPE I CAN LEARN WITH YOU. FIRST I WANT TO LEARN THR BASIC.
  • @lucifox
    Hi Heline, thanks for your video. I was wondering if the USB in the remote is just for powering the remote or if it actually conveys information and can connect directly to the computer to control my logic pro for example, like the USB in the main body of the instrument can?
  • @griptrip
    I have a problem with record music on EWI5000. When im turn on my AWI on Reaper for example, then EWI 5000 Editor.dll VST Plugin showing some strange windows with to Update your Service Pack 1 on your Windows(I have no windows XP so it's sounds like its not a point.) Why it's not working? Reaper see my EWI and is able to record someting, but without this plugin it's only piano sounds. You know how to fix it?
  • @zenarobinson3851
    i had to go part way thru' this to determine whether that was a real dog! now i'll be able to concentrate on the video!
  • @scifisurfer8879
    At 9:00 and after, those sounds could be found in old-school sci-fi shows (I'm thinking Buck Rogers) and various cartoons of the 70s and 80s. And the second set of effects around this point in the video sound like something out of Classic Dr. Who. So, that's pretty cool!
  • @nayanparmar3049
    To register at akaipro is for temporarily or permanent,or else there is only trail for registration and money should be paid to register again?
  • @pete5668
    I think the next addition to that wireless box would be a remote display that mirrors the display on the instrument so that during a performance you don't have to stop playing the instrument and move it away from your mouth in order to read the display to adjust the sound.
  • @tomyamartino
    It's pronounced "vibrato". So glad I could help.