Mike Phillips Demonstrates the Akai Professional EWI 5000

Mike Phillips Demonstrates the Akai EWI 5000 at the Akai Professional Booth at Winter NAMM 2014.

The EWI 5000 features over 3 GB of on-board sounds, built-in 2.4 GHz wireless audio, and a built-in MIDI to USB interface.

From the Akai Professional Press Release:

"EWI 5000 comes loaded with more than 3 GB of top-quality sounds, including traditional horn, brass, woodwind, and string sounds, plus progressive synths, leads, and other non-traditional sounds. EWI 5000 includes 12 touch-sensitive metal keys on its top and an eight-wheel thumb controlled octave roller on the bottom. An EVI (Electronic Valve Instrument) Mode is included for brass players, and EWI 5000 also includes eight control knobs for tweaking Filter, Reverb, Chorus, LFO, Breath Amount, Bite Amount, Semitone Tuning, and Fine Tuning. Both USB MIDI and 5-pin MIDI are onboard for controlling software synths or traditional MIDI modules. A 1/4-inch output to connect to an amplifier or PA and an 1/8-inch headphone output for silent practice are included. EWI 5000 charges via USB or wall power and also includes a USB cable, wall adapter, wireless receiver, and a neck strap."

"Calibration is automatic and setup is easy. EWI 5000 is a smart instrument. It automatically adjusts to your playing style and offers authentic sounds, wireless convenience, rechargeability, and the expressive freedom EWI is known for."


For more information about the Akai Professional EWI5000, visit http://www.akaipro.com/