Akai EWI5000 manual Calibrating Sensors, Key Delay Note Keys and Program Button

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Calibrating Sensors

The EWI5000's sensors can be adjusted and assigned as described in the Adjusting Sensors chapter, but we recommend calibrating them, as well. Calibrating the sensors ensures their sensitivity and response fits your performance style the best.

You can calibrate the following sensors:

Key Delay (Note Keys) and Program Button

Breath Sensor

Glide Plate

Pitch-Bend Plates

Important: The glide plate and pitch-bend plates are all partially associated, so their sensitivities may need to be adjusted relative to each other. For example, while calibrating the glide plate, you may want to touch each of the pitch-bend plates to ensure the latter are not triggering the former.

Tip: It may be useful to test the sensitivity of any of the sensors with a constant breath output. You can set the EWI5000 to do this at any time during calibration by setting the Breath Parameter Knob to a high setting so that a dot appears in the display.

For reference, you can see an overview of the entire menu structure of Setup Mode in Appendix > Menu Structure > Setup Mode.

Key Delay (Note Keys) and Program Button

To calibrate the note keys and Program Button:

1.Press and hold the Setup Button to enter Setup Mode.

2.Press the Hold Button or Interval Button to scroll through the options until CL (Calibration) appears in the display.

3.Release the Setup Button. The display will show the current sensor. Use the Hold Button or Interval Button to dL (Key Delay).

4.Turn the Chorus Parameter Knob to adjust the note keys' sensitivity. 00 is the lowest sensitivity, while 99 is the highest.

You can touch the note keys or Program Button to test the setting. The Setup Button LED will light up when the EWI5000 detects that you are touching a note key. The Trans Button LED will light up when the EWI5000 detects that you are touching the Program Button.

5.To return to Performance Mode, press the Setup Button until the display is blank.

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Contents User Guide Table of Contents EWI About the EWI5000 SupportPower the EWI5000 Hold the EWI5000 ProperlyTo play EWI5000s audio wirelessly ConnectTo play EWI5000s audio through headphones To play EWI5000 as a wired Midi controllerTips PlayGlide Plate Standard Pitch Pitch-Bend Up Pitch-Bend Down Features Page Page Breath Adjusting Sound ParametersFilter BiteReverb FineChorus Adjusting Sensors To adjust the Note DelayTo adjust the breath sensor Breath SensorPage To adjust the bite sensor Bite SensorPage To adjust the pitch-bend plates Pitch-Bend PlatesGlide Plate To set the function of the glide platePage Calibrating Sensors Key Delay Note Keys and Program ButtonTo calibrate the note keys and Program Button To calibrate the breath sensor To calibrate the glide plate To calibrate the pitch-bend plates Midi Channel Assigning ControlsTo set the Midi Channel Hold Button Off The Hold Button will be disabledTo set the function of the Hold Button Page Interval Button To set the function of the Interval ButtonPage Managing Programs Using the Program ButtonSelecting Programs Using the Note Keys Using the Hold Button and/or Interval ButtonRelease the Program Button Saving Programs An External Midi Sound Module or SoftwareTo save a Program Reverb Using Effects FXTo edit the Reverb effect Chorus DelayTo edit the Delay effect To edit the Chorus effectTo select a fingering mode Fingering ModesTo update the EWI5000s software Restoring Default SettingsUpdating the Firmware Fingering Charts K1 K2 K3 K4 K5 K6 K10 K11 K12EWI Saxophone Flute Oboe EVI EVI ReversedSetup Mode Menu StructuresMenus Values Menus Values FX Effects Technical Specifications Trademarks and LicensesAkaipro.com
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