Akai Ewi4000s - Manual (Page 6)

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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
We greatly appreciate your purchase of the Akai Professional Electric Wind Instrument EWI4000s. The
EWI4000s is an electric wind controller-equipped sound module. This manual includes detailed explanations
of its functions, features, and operations and will show you how to use them to their fullest extent.
FEATURES
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Plays the same way as a woodwind instrument such as a saxophone
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Sensors detect breath intensity and mouthpiece pressure for responsive control of the pitch, tone, and
volume
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Touch plates easily control Pitch Bend or Glide easily while Octave Shift rollers enable you to shift over
an eight-octave range
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Analog-modeling synthesizer with 2 VCOs and 2 VCFs inside
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Equipped with an internal sound module and internal effects such as Reverb, Delay, and Chorus
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1/4” line output or headphone jack, without need for an external sound/FX module
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Can be powered with 4 AA batteries
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User-changeable preset sound, output level, and effect level
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Can be used to trigger an external MIDI sound module via MIDI connections
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Free downloadable sound editing software from http://www.akaipro.com, allowing you to edit the
internal preset sounds and effects parameters