Akai Ships EWI USB Wind Controller

The EWI USB MIDI wind controller from Akai has begun to ship, enabling any Tom, Dick or Harry to create expressive wind instrument parts in their computer without breaking the bank. The EWI USB itself comes with fingering modes for the saxophone, flute and oboe instruments, while other essential features comprise of :-

• Five-octave range
• Breath modulation with adjustable threshold
• Pitch bend
• Adjustable vibrato
• Transposing
• Octave shifting

Included Garritan/Plogue Aria software holds more than 75 orchestral, band and synth sounds to help get you started, and both beginners and seasoned veterans alike will find this interesting and useful.