Akai Ewi4000s manual Octave Button Functions, Assigning Functions to the Octave Button

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OCTAVE BUTTON FUNCTIONS

By assigning the Octave function to the OCTAVE BUTTON and pressing it, you will add a note one octave lower the one you are currently playing.

Assigning Functions to the Octave Button

1.Press and hold the SETUP BUTTON.

2.Press the HOLD BUTTON or OCTAVE BUTTON to scroll through the options until “Oc” 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.“OF” (Off): The OCTAVE BUTTON will have no affect if you press it while you are playing.

b.“oc” (Octave): Pressing the OCTAVE BUTTON will play a second note an octave below the note you are playing.

c.“In” (Interval): Pressing the OCTAVE BUTTON will play a second note at the specified interval from the note you are currently playing. To assign this note (1) play a note and hold it, (2) press the OCTAVE BUTTON, and (3) play another note. The interval between the two notes will be the interval used for the second voice when you press the OCTAVE BUTTON.

d.“dn” (Down): The OCTAVE BUTTON will function as a “Preset Down” button.

e.“CC” (Continuous Controller): The OCTAVE BUTTON will transmit MIDI Continuous Controller

(CC)data. You can set the CC number, the value it will transmit, and whether the OCTAVE BUTTON will function as a toggle or momentary button. (See the “Setting the OCTAVE BUTTON’s Continuous Controller Preferences” section.)

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

5.Press the OCTAVE BUTTON. The assigned function is on when the OCTAVE LED is lit. Press the OCTAVE BUTTON again. The assigned function is off when the OCTAVE LED is unlit.

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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 Basic Operation Basic Operation„ Note Keys „ Octave Shift Rollers „ Grounding Plates„ Vibrato „ Mouthpiece„ Tonguing „ Pitch Bend Plates„ 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 Program KEY Functions Internal Sound„ Selecting the Internal Sounds Program Key „ Assigning a Program Number to a Note 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 Main Volume Adjusting the Volumes„ Adjusting the Volume of Each Program „ Adjusting the Reverb Volume„ 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 Glide Plate Functions Pitch Bend Plate Functions„ Assigning Functions to the Pitch Bend Plates „ Assigning Functions to the Glide Plate„ 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„ Setting the Glide Plate Function on Midi Transmit „ Setting the Hold Function Hold Button on Midi Transmit„ Sending a Midi Panic Message to Reset All Controllers „ Sending an All Notes Off MessageLevel master Level preset Reverb master Restoring the Factory PresetsEVI Fingerings Miscellaneous Notes„ The Right Hand „ The Left 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