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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
We greatly appreciate your purchase of the Akai Professional Electric Wind Instrument EWI4000s. The
EWI4000s is an electric wind controller-equipped sound module. This manual includes detailed explanations
of its functions, features, and operations and will show you how to use them to their fullest extent.
FEATURES
y Plays the same way as a woodwind instrument such as a saxophone
y Sensors detect breath intensity and mouthpiece pressure for responsive control of the pitch, tone, and
volume
y Touch plates easily control Pitch Bend or Glide easily while Octave Shift rollers enable you to shift over
an eight-octave range
y Analog-modeling synthesizer with 2 VCOs and 2 VCFs inside
y Equipped with an internal sound module and internal effects such as Reverb, Delay, and Chorus
y 1/4” line output or headphone jack, without need for an external sound/FX module
y Can be powered with 4 AA batteries
y User-changeable preset sound, output level, and effect level
y Can be used to trigger an external MIDI sound module via MIDI connections
y Free downloadable sound editing software from http://www.akaipro.com, allowing you to edit the
internal preset sounds and effects parameters
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