Here is a diagram of the EWI
conversion to EVI fingerings. Key 7 or 11 can be used for a 1/2 step trill.
Gingers 4 or 8 can be used for a whole step trill. 4 works on some and 8 on
works on others. Any note that is fingered with 8 down can be trilled by lifting
8 up and down. There are other trill schemes that can be dreamed up by the
player. The main point is that with the two jumpers as shown one can play the
EWI with EVI fingerings. Vibrato still has to be done by biting instead of by
using the thumb. If one is desperate, the converted EWI works. I feel that I
could get up on stage and perform using a converted EWI if I had to. I don't
play woodwinds at all.
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With
this conversion, the instrument plays one step lower (in Bb) and
will have to be transposed up one step to play in concert
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I find velocity almost useless
for wind-type sounds. Since wind sounds are basically of a "control during
sustain" nature, they don't work well with velocity which is an
"attack only" type of control. I do, however, find velocity very
useful for piano and percussion type sounds.
When I tried the new EWI, I
noticed that AKAI had not put in a software algorithm that makes going over the
octave break smoother. This was incorporated in the 2000 but not in the 3000.
They told me that they had not put it in and it didn't sound like they were
going to. I got my 3000 quite awhile ago, so I'm not sure at this moment if they
have put this in yet. If they haven't, I can supply an update ROM that will make
the octave break easier.
I am looking into the
possibilities of building some more EVIs and incorporating some newer
microprocessor features that I have been developing during the past two or three
years. Price and availability are difficult to judge at this time. Another
possibility is making EVIs from EWI insides.
Also, I could probably modify
EWIs to EVI fingering as above using a switch. By flipping the switch one could
have EVI or EWI fingering on the same instrument.
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