Interesting!What exactly was working better? Interesting!What exactly was working better? HiAll this started to happened after I installed the latest firmware. The first thing I noticed was that the EWI would revert to sound 0 on its own.
I've played the EWI 4000S during almost five years. The EWI 5000 is a great step ahead, the instrument maintain the overall characteristics of playability and capacity of adjutment to personalize it. The sounds are clearly better, also the selection of instruments, mainly wood wind and some brass, I agree to the discard of the string sounds.
I read up and turned off the internal feature that was available to do that. I first reinstalled the firmware. I have done that a few times as well as resetting the EWI and calibrating the EWI. It doesn't do it as often now, but it still does it. I notice that the breath control isn't consistent either, it will start fading out in volume and then come back in. Sometimes I have to blow harder to get a sound. I wonder if I have something lodged in the mouthpiece preventing proper air flow.
I don't have these problems with my 4000 or USB. I thought I could play a note without the right thumb being on the plate, but that doesn't work any more either. I think it use to. That could be part of the problem too maybe. Any help is appreciated. HiAll this started to happened after I installed the latest firmware.
The first thing I noticed was that the EWI would revert to sound 0 on its own. I read up and turned off the internal feature that was available to do that. I first reinstalled the firmware. I have done that a few times as well as resetting the EWI and calibrating the EWI. It doesn't do it as often now, but it still does it. I notice that the breath control isn't consistent either, it will start fading out in volume and then come back in.
Sometimes I have to blow harder to get a sound. I wonder if I have something lodged in the mouthpiece preventing proper air flow. I don't have these problems with my 4000 or USB. I thought I could play a note without the right thumb being on the plate, but that doesn't work any more either. I think it use to.
That could be part of the problem too maybe. Any help is appreciated. Mmmmhh,most of it sounds lik a calibration problem. Except for the volume fading fading out and coming back.
Mmmmhh,most of it sounds lik a calibration problem. Except for the volume fading fading out and coming back. Ingo,Thanks for the info. I don't remember running the 'auto tune' button. But I did that and changed the dP to zero. After doing this, I was able to play without the right thumb being on the sensor plate. I don't play it like that, I sometimes blow into it with my right hand on a mouse, so I am checking pitches.
I am sorry about being a dunce with this, I have never had to dig into the settings this much and there are a lot. I think you are correct with the layered samples.
I can still replicate the volume issue, but not on all the patches. Is there a list of the non-layered patches. I have a VL70m, but I like that the 5000 has sounds that I am able to use without it.
I use this mainly to transcribe with. I still have a few glitches, but I haven't had any program changes while using it now. Finding the sweet spot for the breath sensor has been a little tricky. Thanks again. Ingo,Thanks for the info.
I don't remember running the 'auto tune' button. But I did that and changed the dP to zero.
After doing this, I was able to play without the right thumb being on the sensor plate. I don't play it like that, I sometimes blow into it with my right hand on a mouse, so I am checking pitches. I am sorry about being a dunce with this, I have never had to dig into the settings this much and there are a lot. I think you are correct with the layered samples.
I can still replicate the volume issue, but not on all the patches. Is there a list of the non-layered patches. I have a VL70m, but I like that the 5000 has sounds that I am able to use without it. I use this mainly to transcribe with. I still have a few glitches, but I haven't had any program changes while using it now. Finding the sweet spot for the breath sensor has been a little tricky.
Thanks again. Hi Curtis,good to see things improve!I do have a guide for setting up the EWI5000 for the use as a MIDI controller which should give you a starting point for getting your breath calibration up to a usable level. You can simply ignore the parts about the XPression.
As long as you are using it exclusively with the internal sounds you can even ignore the point about High Resolution / Low Resolution.You can download it somwhere near the bottom of this wesite and is called 'EWI5000 setup for use with the XPression.pdf':The default settings of the EWI5000 are not usable at all as a MIDI controller. With the internal sounds they kind of work but are not the best.In your case I would mainly recommend to take a look at 4a) and 4b).IngoDynaSample 'XPression' & 'XPression LE' MIDI/USB sound module - the ultimate sample based acoustic modeling instrument! Hi Curtis,good to see things improve!I do have a guide for setting up the EWI5000 for the use as a MIDI controller which should give you a starting point for getting your breath calibration up to a usable level.
You can simply ignore the parts about the XPression. As long as you are using it exclusively with the internal sounds you can even ignore the point about High Resolution / Low Resolution.You can download it somwhere near the bottom of this wesite and is called 'EWI5000 setup for use with the XPression.pdf':default settings of the EWI5000 are not usable at all as a MIDI controller.
With the internal sounds they kind of work but are not the best.In your case I would mainly recommend to take a look at 4a) and 4b).IngoDynaSample 'XPression' & 'XPression LE' MIDI/USB sound module - the ultimate sample based acoustic modeling instrument! Thank you so much. I really like the info on this. It is already responding a lot better. Do you know of other sites that explain the 5000 settings? Switching the Volume to off and enabling the CC send under the breath setting seems to help a lot.
I took the advice on the bite setting too. I don't need the expression, since I mainly use it to play notes to match pitches.
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The EWI are a great tool, Thank you so much for your help. I was really discouraged thinking I might have a bad unit.
I am going to put it through it paces now, but I have noticed that the trumpet sound responds a whole lot better.Ingo, you rock!!! Thank you so much. I really like the info on this.
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It is already responding a lot better. Do you know of other sites that explain the 5000 settings? Switching the Volume to off and enabling the CC send under the breath setting seems to help a lot. I took the advice on the bite setting too. I don't need the expression, since I mainly use it to play notes to match pitches.
The EWI are a great tool, Thank you so much for your help. I was really discouraged thinking I might have a bad unit.
I am going to put it through it paces now, but I have noticed that the trumpet sound responds a whole lot better.Ingo, you rock!!!
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