User Manual

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Fingering
The EWI Solo lets you select from different fingering modes to accommodate different styles of playing.
• Standard EWI: This mode is the standard fingering for the EWI Solo, based on the fingering of conventional
woodwind instruments.
• Saxophone: This mode closely represents the fingerings of a standard saxophone. In this mode, EWI Solo
will ignore fingers that are two notes below the highest note.
• Flute: This mode closely represents the fingerings of a standard C flute, though flutists will have to familiarize
themselves with a few new fingerings to properly adapt their performance to the EWI Solo.
• Oboe: This mode resembles that of a standard oboe, though oboists will have to familiarize themselves with
a few new fingerings to properly adapt their performance to the EWI Solo.
• EVI: EVI stands for electronic valve instrument. This mode may be useful to players who wish to use
fingerings closer to those of a brass instrument.
• Reverse EVI: This mode most closely resembles the movement of the left wrist on an actual EVI
(recommended mostly for experienced EVI players).
Please refer to Appendix > Fingering Charts to see the differences between the various fingering modes.
Glide Plate
The EWI Solo's glide plate lets you use a glide effect called portamento to move between notes for greater
expressiveness in your performance. Alternatively, you can set the glide plate to send messages for other individual
MIDI Continuous Controllers (CCs).
Important:
Make sure Portamento is selected as the Glide Plate mode if you want to use the portamento effect. The EWI Solo's
synth needs this setting to be enabled in order for portamento to work properly.
Some sound modules may not handle portamento messages well, which could generate some undesirable sounds. If
this is the case, make sure Portamento is not selected as the Glide Plate mode.
• Portamento: In this mode, the glide plate sends messages using CC#5 for Portamento.
o Time CC Enable: This determines whether CC#5 output is enabled (On) or disabled (Off).
o Time CC Data-Up: This determines the CC number that is sent when you are not touching the plate (0–127).
o Time CC Data-Press: This determines the value that is sent with the CC number when you are touching the
glide plate (0–127).
o Switch Enable When enabled, the glide plate will send its messages using CC#65 (Off, On).
• Legato Time: In this mode, the glide plate sends legato time messages using CC#104. This is the time between
when a note ends as a new note begins. Short times will result in more abrupt changes between notes, while
longer times will result in more fluid changes that sound almost slurred.
o Data-Up: This determines the CC number that will be sent when you are not touching the plate (0–127).
o Data-Press: This determines the value that will be sent with the CC number when you are touching the plate
(0–127).
• Custom CC: In this mode, the Glide Plate sends a custom MIDI Continuous Controller (CC) message.
o Controller Number: This determines the controller number for the Glide plate (0–127).
Important: We recommend not touching the Glide Plate while changing this parameter to prevent
accidentally muting the EWI Solo's output while moving through CC#7 (Volume).
o Data-Up: This determines the CC number that will be sent when you are not touching the plate (0–127).
o Data-Press: This determines the value that will be sent with the CC number when you are touching the plate
(0–127).