[LAU] A little bit of EWI playing

[Joan Quintana]

I have a Yamaha WX5 (from 8 years ago) and an AKAI EWI USB (just from a 
month ago). Because I was not satisfied with the usability of the WX5 I 
want to change to the EWI. I think that I can improve my level of 
performance (after lots of hours of rehearsal, of course), and after 
stuying with detail the instrument: 'delay' parameter for avoiding 
glitches, alternate fingerings (I play with saxophone fingering)... at 
the moment I rid of pitch bend, because I found difficult to be in tune.
 Changing from a saxophone to the EWI is not immediate.

I'm developing a project and if
 all goes well I will play it on stage, so to have confidence with the 
instrument and to feel comfortable is the most. I will play the EWI USB 
and not the standard saxophone because a part of music, the project is 
about controlling visual effects and triggering sounds.

  

Joan Q

Yes, mine is the USB model, for controlling samplers and synths on my
computer. I have a similar device for bagpipes also called 'e-pipes'.
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