Akai Ewi4000s manual Fingering Modes

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FINGERING MODES

The EWI4000s offers several different fingering modes to accommodate different styles of playing. The following steps explain how to set or change the fingering mode of the EWI4000s to suit your needs.

1.Press and hold the SETUP BUTTON.

2.Press the HOLD BUTTON or OCTAVE BUTTON to scroll through the options until “Fn” (Fingering) is shown in the PROGRAM DATA / DISPLAY.

3.Release the SETUP BUTTON. The PROGRAM / DATA DISPLAY will display the current mode. Use the HOLD BUTTON or OCTAVE BUTTON to select any of the following options:

a.“EI” (standard EWI fingering): This is the standard fingering system for the EWI4000s. This is based on the fingering of conventional woodwind instruments.

b.“SA” (Saxophone fingering): This fingering closely represents the fingerings of a standard saxophone. (In this mode, the EWI will ignore fingers that are two notes below the highest note.)

c.“FL” (Flute fingering): This fingering closely represents the fingerings of a standard C flute. There are, however, a couple new fingerings that flutists will have to familiarize themselves with to properly adapt their performance to the EWI4000s.

d.“Ob” (Oboe fingering): This fingering closely represents the fingerings of a standard oboe.

e.“Ev” (EVI fingering): “EVI” stands for “electric valve instrument.” This fingering may be useful to players who wish to use fingerings closer to those of a brass instrument.

f.“Er” (EVI fingering with reversed OCTAVE SHIFT ROLLERS): This fingering most closely duplicates the movement of the left wrist on an actual EVI. We recommend this mode for experienced EVI players.

4.Press the SETUP BUTTON. The EWI4000s will return to Play Mode.

Please refer to the FINGERING CHARTS section to see the differences between the various fingering modes.

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Contents Reference Manual Page Portable Cart Warning Important Safety InstructionsFCC Warning Table of Contents Introduction FeaturesTOP Panel Parts & FunctionsSide / Rear Panel „ Glide Plate Section „ Program / Data Display Section„ Cable Clutch Section „ Bend Plate Section„ Using Battery Power Power„ AC adapter Connections „ Grounding Plates Basic OperationBasic Operation „ Note Keys „ Octave Shift Rollers„ Pitch Bend Plates „ Mouthpiece„ Vibrato „ Tonguing„ Hold Button and Octave Button Adjusting the Sensitivity of the Sensors„ Adjusting the Pitch Bend Sensors „ Adjusting the Breath Sensor„ Adjusting the Glide Sensor „ Adjusting the Vibrato Sensor„ a Note About Adjusting Your Sensors „ Adjusting the Touch SensorsFingering Modes „ Assigning a Program Number to a Note Key Internal SoundProgram KEY Functions „ Selecting the Internal Sounds Program Key„ Recalling the Program Number Assigned to a Note Key „ Setting Program Change Preferences„ Program Down with the Octave Button „ Program Up with the Hold Button„ Adjusting the Reverb Volume Adjusting the Volumes„ Adjusting the Main Volume „ Adjusting the Volume of Each Program„ Adjusting the Delay Effect Volume of Each Program „ Adjusting the Reverb Effect Volume of Each Program„ Adjusting the Chorus Effect On/Off on Each Program „ Assigning Functions to the Octave Button Octave Button FunctionsHold Button Functions „ Assigning Functions to the Hold Button „ Assigning Functions to the Glide Plate Pitch Bend Plate FunctionsGlide Plate Functions „ Assigning Functions to the Pitch Bend Plates„ Setting the Glide Effect Time & Rate Adjusting the KEY DelayTranspose Function Trans Button TuningEditing the Internal Sound with Your Computer Transmitted Information from the EWI4000s Midi OUT About Midi„ Midi Program Change „ Changing the Breath Sensor Output „ Changing the Midi Channel„ Changing the Vibrato Sensor Output to Another Midi Event „ Setting the Midi Velocity Value„ Sending an All Notes Off Message „ Setting the Hold Function Hold Button on Midi Transmit„ Setting the Glide Plate Function on Midi Transmit „ Sending a Midi Panic Message to Reset All ControllersLevel master Level preset Reverb master Restoring the Factory Presets„ The Left Hand Miscellaneous NotesEVI Fingerings „ The Right Hand„ Basic EVI Fingerings Software UpdatingTroubleshooting Octave Shift Rollers Fingering ChartsEWI Fingerings Saxophone Fingerings Flute Fingerings Oboe Fingerings EVI Fingerings Transmit/Export Recognize/Import Remarks Midi Implementation ChartOctave Menu StructureGlide Parameter Range Defaults Update Control Protocol OFF Sound Module SpecificationsPage