sshorepunk Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 (edited) Meant to post this ages ago as I bought it for my mrs at xmas first up, she’s a bloody good clarinetist, grade 8 when we were at school, principal clarinet in local symphony orchestra etc also played bassoon! Shes very good, just doesn’t play often enough in my opinion, but she is a busy lady! bought her lots of odd musical instruments over the years, including a huge cowbell! I had been thinking of doing the midi wind controller for a while, so in December, chased a few akai EWI USB models (glad I didn’t get one now) Then a EWI 5000 came up on eBay, put a sensible bid in, but got outbid, at the time I was 6 pints into a Friday night, so wasn’t up for loosing it Fast forward to Xmas day, once she realised what ut was and what it did, it blew her mind and she is addicted She’s not had a huge amount of time with it, but she is well Up for learning whatever it takes also got a load of USB stuff to connect to iPad, but for now, the 100 external sounds are enough Edited January 30 by sshorepunk 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiram.k.hackenbacker Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Sax player in my 80’s band has one. Wicked piece of kit. So many sounds available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sshorepunk Posted January 30 Author Share Posted January 30 1 hour ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said: Sax player in my 80’s band has one. Wicked piece of kit. So many sounds available. That’s good to hear We have had some heavy discussions about which type of fingering she prefers, probably sounds wrong that 🤣 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 ... probably? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahpook Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Very interesting. Mrs. Pook used to play sax, still has one, but the noise factor in a terraced house can't be ignored. She's quite interested in a sax version, after me showing her this. Thanks for the tip 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 On 30/01/2024 at 19:40, sshorepunk said: That’s good to hear We have had some heavy discussions about which type of fingering she prefers, probably sounds wrong that 🤣 I think I understand, I bought Mrs Zero the Vangoa EWI which has sax and flute fingering. Presumably clarinet would be a bit different again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sshorepunk Posted February 1 Author Share Posted February 1 On 30/01/2024 at 20:25, ahpook said: Very interesting. Mrs. Pook used to play sax, still has one, but the noise factor in a terraced house can't be ignored. She's quite interested in a sax version, after me showing her this. Thanks for the tip 👍 ideal for silent practice, the 5000 is rechargeable as well, so she walks round with no wires connected i believe the Roland aerophone is good but was too much money for a surprise Xmas gift theres around six fingering options you can choose from, sax flute etc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sshorepunk Posted February 1 Author Share Posted February 1 5 hours ago, tauzero said: I think I understand, I bought Mrs Zero the Vangoa EWI which has sax and flute fingering. Presumably clarinet would be a bit different again. There’s six options for fingering, she’s still working out which one she prefers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sshorepunk Posted February 1 Author Share Posted February 1 Here’s a few videos we did a couple of days after she got it playing through the aux in put on a Bluetooth speaker, which turned out sounding ok she went fully wireless a few days later eight octave range on this! IMG_0821.mov IMG_0823.mov 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 6 hours ago, tauzero said: I think I understand, I bought Mrs Zero the Vangoa EWI which has sax and flute fingering. Presumably clarinet would be a bit different again. Thought one of the features of the woodwind family of instruments is that the fingering is the same on all of them, so players can switch between instruments. Also why they are transposing instruments on musical scores. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 12 minutes ago, BigRedX said: Thought one of the features of the woodwind family of instruments is that the fingering is the same on all of them, so players can switch between instruments. Also why they are transposing instruments on musical scores. The saxes are. The clarinet is weird. Unlike a Sax it doesn't have an octave key like a sax has, the register key jumps it an octave and a fifth - it's a 12th jump! I play sax, my daughter plays clarinet and the register key is damn confusing. Can't just hit it and get the next octave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sshorepunk Posted February 1 Author Share Posted February 1 @fretmeister are alto and tenor different? I always thought they where ? This is cool on the EWI, if she is playing something written for b flat clarinet, there’s a button to transpose a tone! Same with alto sax sheet music which is E flat (I think) you just adjust accordingly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sshorepunk Posted February 1 Author Share Posted February 1 I also got a powered USB hub so we can get midi into her iPad, which should be interesting playing some of the synth apps Not tried yet, I believe some don’t respond to dynamics, others do, I’m sure it will be interesting though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 (edited) 12 minutes ago, sshorepunk said: @fretmeister are alto and tenor different? I always thought they where ? This is cool on the EWI, if she is playing something written for b flat clarinet, there’s a button to transpose a tone! Same with alto sax sheet music which is E flat (I think) you just adjust accordingly I'm now doubting my memory. I have an alto and haven't played tenor for about 30 years! I'll have to check. The EWI looks so cool - I might have to put one on my GAS list. Both me and my daughter could use it. I'm trying to write tunes that are more 70s RnB and funk and they usually have lots of horns but when I use a VST and a mouse I just cannot get the feel right. Something like this might be better due to the breath control element that is so important. Edited February 1 by fretmeister Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahpook Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 2 hours ago, sshorepunk said: ideal for silent practice, the 5000 is rechargeable as well, so she walks round with no wires connected i believe the Roland aerophone is good but was too much money for a surprise Xmas gift theres around six fingering options you can choose from, sax flute etc That's good to know, thanks. I think we'll be doing some research over the weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sshorepunk Posted February 1 Author Share Posted February 1 @fretmeister they are worth a look, you will find the USB only model cheap, but knowing what I know now, I’m glad I didn’t get her one of those The 3000,4000 and 5000 all have built in sounds (I think) plus midi out The 5000 is totally wireless, which is nice I’ve had to turn pitch bend off for now as she kept bending notes unintentionally, it will go back on when she’s used to it tempted to learn some pentatonic scales in a few keys so I can use it myself! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sshorepunk Posted February 1 Author Share Posted February 1 @ahpook I watched loads of YouTube videos, there plenty of tutorials and also plenty with people playing some really cool stuff, there’s even a video of a guy playing the guitar solo from enter the sandman on an EWI! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahpook Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 (edited) 24 minutes ago, sshorepunk said: @ahpook I watched loads of YouTube videos, there plenty of tutorials and also plenty with people playing some really cool stuff, there’s even a video of a guy playing the guitar solo from enter the sandman on an EWI! Excellent - thanks, Mrs. Pook does seem quite excited by the idea of playing synths, etc. using this as an interface. I plumbed our electronic piano into a Mellotron VST for her a while back and she loved it Edited February 1 by ahpook Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sshorepunk Posted February 1 Author Share Posted February 1 @ahpook, I was surprised by my mrs’ reaction, she was totally blown away by it, she’s just been to busy to spend a good amount of time with it, that will change in next few weeks she put her clarinets away so she could focus on this 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bam Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 I had one of these years ago, loved it. Had to sell a few years back, but just bought another proper cheap one. They're amazing. I'm gonna upgrade again, and have set a challenge to be performing in a few months with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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