Controller for sax, traditional EWI, flute, oboe, and EVI brass

The Akai EWI USB is an electronic wind instrument for musicians looking for an easy-to-play, easy-to-use controller. Akai Professional’s decades of experience in wind and electronic music instruments are rolled into Akai's most user friendly and most affordable EWI ever.

Akai EWI USB Features and Specification:

• Electronic wind instrument controller
• Easy to play, easy to use, and easy to own
• Powerful, flexible, and reliable
• Plug-and-play USB connection to Mac or PC
• Custom Garritan Aria Player software, contains wind instrument sounds
• Multiple fingering modes: sax, traditional EWI, flute, oboe, and EVI brass
• Expandable sound palette
• Removable, dishwasher-safe mouthpiece
• Includes: EWI USB wind instrument, Neck strap, Cleaning cloth, USB cable, Software DVD, Quick start guide, Safety instructions
• Mouthpiece: air-pressure level sensor & bite sensor
• Note Keys: 13 touch sensors
• Octave Rollers: 2 mobile, 2 fixed touch sensors (5-octave range)
• Bend Plates: 2 touch sensors
• Ground Plates: 2 touch sensors
• Class-compliant, plug-and-play USB device MIDI Output Channels Over USB: 1
• Mac and PC compatible
• For a MIDI Implementation Chart, please refer to the EWI USB Quickstart Manual under the “Docs & Downloads” tab
• Dimensions: 23 1/8" x 2 3/4" x 2 3/4"
• Weight: 1.3 lbs
• Power: ~100mA, 5V via USB
• Terminals: 1 slave connector (MIDI over USB)
• Minimum system requirements
• Mac: OSX
• PC: Windows XP or Vista
• USB port