Akai EWI4000S Service Manual

MANUAL ADDENDUM v2.3

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About This Addendum

The EWI4000s operating system is upgradeable and allows us to add new features and make
changes to existing features after it has left the factory floor. Because we’re continuously striving
to make your EWI4000s better, the Reference Manual may not be completely up to date with the
latest features.

All changes affecting the user-interface (i.e., anything the user will see) are listed in this
addendum. Internal optimizations, bug fixes, and other changes that are transparent to the user
are not included in this document.

This addendum covers all changes that have been made since the publishing of the
Reference Manual and covers all changes up to: Version 2.3.

Version 2.0 adds many new features to the EWI4000s. These new features vastly enhance the
performance and MIDI control functions of the EWI. Some of these features change how the
menus and other functions work.

Many of the features in Version 2.0 expand on the Menus of the EWI. All of the new Menu items
are accessible via the [SETUP] button. In order to be able to navigate through these features
better, we have also changed how the Menus work. In previous versions, when you pressed
[MENU] you would start off on the “Ad” adjustment menu. The new software now remembers
the last Menu item that you were editing, so you can navigate and change parameters quickly.
Now, when you press [MENU] you will immediately go to the last item you were editing.

In Version 2.3, we have also added a fourth fingering mode for saxophone players who are
shifting from saxophone to EWI. The Saxophone fingering mode is explained in the Fingering
Modes section of this addendum.

Please read over this manual carefully and refer to it often while you are experimenting with the
added flexibility of the EWI4000s Version 2.3 software.

New Global Commands

All Notes Off - Pressing [SETUP] button at any time now transmits an All Notes Off

message, which will stop any note output from the EWI4000s – you can
use the All Notes Off message to recover from stuck notes.

MIDI Panic - Pressing [FX] and [LEVEL] buttons at the same time now transmits a full

MIDI Panic Message which will reset all controllers and send an All
Notes Off message for each MIDI note (0-127) on the current MIDI channel.

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Menu Structure

Below are the new menu structure, parameter ranges and defaults in Version 2.0.

Menu items are marked as
Submenu items are marked as
Submenu options are marked as

Please study this structure and refer back to it often while you are going through this
addendum to help you better understand the changes and new features in Version 2.0.

PARAMETER RANGE DEFAULT

ADJUST

KEY DELAY 0-15 7

MIDI CHANNEL 1-16 1

TUNING 16-65 40

BREATH SEND

VOLUME

AFTERTOUCH ENABLED

BREATH ENABLED

EXPRESSION

VELOCITY ENABLED

BITE SENSOR

BREATH

PITCH BEND ENABLED

VELOCITY - STATIC 1-127 120

PORTAMENTO

PEDAL SWITCH 0-99 OFF, CONTROLLER #65

CONTINUOUS CONTROLLER 0-99 CONTROLLER #5

OCTAVE

OFF

OCTAVE DEFAULT

INTERVAL

PRESET DOWN/DECREMENT

CONTINUOUS CONTROLLER CC#69

CONTROLLER NUMBER 0-99

MIDI VALUE 0-127

LATCHING ON/OFF ON

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PARAMETER RANGE DEFAULTS

HOLD

OFF

LEGATO DEFAULT

NON-LEGATO

SUSTAIN

PRESET UP/INCREMENT

CONTINUOUS CONTROLLER CC#64

CONTROLLER NUMBER 0-99

MIDI VALUE 0-127

LATCHING ON/OFF OFF

GLIDE

RATE DEFAULT

TIME

PITCH BEND UP

PITCH BEND ENABLE ON/OFF ON

CONTINUOUS CONTROLLER 0-99 CC#48, DISABLED

PITCH BEND DOWN

PITCH BEND ENABLE ON/OFF ON

CONTINUOUS CONTROLLER 0-99 CC #49, DISABLED

KEY PROGRAM

OFF

OCTAVE DEFAULT

ALL

FINGERING

EWI DEFAULT

SAXOPHONE

EVI

EVI REVERSED

UPDATE

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Octave Mode

New functionality in Octave Mode now allows you to use the [OCT] button to add a note
at a specified parallel interval, as well as use the [OCT] button to transmit MIDI
Continuous Controller (CC) information.

SETTING OCTAVE MODE:

OCTAVE MENU OPTIONS NOW INCLUDE:

Press the [SETUP] button.

Use the [HOLD] and [OCT] buttons to select “Oc” (Octave) menu shown on the
program/data display.

After selecting “Oc”, release the [SETUP] button.
You can now scroll through and select different Octave Mode options to edit using the
[HOLD] and [OCT] buttons to move through the menu.

OF – (off)

Select ‘OF’ to disable the [OCT] button. If it is disabled, the [OCT] button
will have no effect if you press it while you are playing.

Oc – (octave) – default

Select ‘Oc’ for regular Octave Mode operation. This is the default setting.
Now when you press the [OCT] button while playing, the EWI4000s will
play a second voice down an octave from the note you are currently playing.

In – (interval)

Select ‘In’ for Octave Mode (interval). If the Octave Mode is set to ‘In’,
pressing the [OCT] button while playing will cause the EWI4000s to play a
second voice at the specified interval from the note that you are currently
playing.

USING INTERVAL OPTION:

1. Play a note and hold it.

2. While the note is playing, press the [OCT] button.

3. Play another note. The interval between the two notes will be the

interval at which the second voice will sound when you play subsequent
notes.