User Manual

14. Grounding Plates: Always touch these plates while playing.

15. Octave Rollers: Move your thumb up or down over these rollers to shift the

note keys' range. You can shift them up to four octaves higher or up to two

octaves lower. Always touch these octave rollers while playing. When the

rollers are not touched, EWI Solo will play the lowest octave.

16. Glide Plate: Touch this plate while playing a note to produce a "glide" effect,

which smoothly and continuously slides the pitch up or down—a technique

known as portamento. This can also be used to send custom MIDI CC

messages.

17. Neck Strap Clip: Connect the included neck strap here.

18. Pitch-Bend Plate: Touch this plate while playing a note to raise or lower its

pitch, depending on the Pitch Bend Plate setting in the Global Menu. You

can adjust the position of this plate by loosening the screw.

19. Power: Press and hold this button for a full second when EWI Solo is not

connected to USB to power it on or off. A message will appear on the display

to indicate the unit is powering off.

20. Aux Input: Use a 1/8" (3.5 mm) TRS cable to connect this input to the output

of an audio device. The signal will be routed to the phones, line out, or

speaker, depending on which output is being used.

21. Phones: Connect headphones (optional, sold separately) here with a stereo

1/8" (3.5 mm) cable.

22. Line Output: Use a 1/4" (6.35 mm) TS or TRS cable to connect this mono

output to the input of a keyboard amplifier, audio interface, speaker system,

etc.

23. USB Port: Use a standard USB cable to connect this port to an available USB

port on your computer. This connection will power the EWI Solo and charge

its battery as well as send MIDI messages to your computer.

24. Battery Compartment: Use a standard Phillips-head screwdriver (not

included) to remove the battery compartment cover, install the battery, and re-

secure the cover.

25. Drain Valve: This valve is used to drain built-up moisture from playing.

26. Speaker: This built-in speaker will play the current audio from EWI Solo. Use

the encoder while no mode is selected to adjust the volume. To turn the

speaker off, use the Global Menu.