Specification Sheet

CHANNELS OVERVIEW

1. Channel: Click here to select either -OMNI- or the number for the corresponding channel.

 Channel Number (CHN:01, CHN:02, CHN:03, or CHN:04): You can have up to four instruments loaded in the window

and play only one at a time with the EWI USB. To do this:

1) Load an instrument into the channel, then click on the Channel field and select its number.

2) Go to the Tools menu, then EWI Configuration, then Performance Controls.

3) Click on the MIDI Channel field and select the same number as the Channel you want to hear.

For instance, if you have the third channel set to its number (CHN:03), you must set the MIDI Channel to “3” in order to

hear that it. (See Performance Controls above for more information.)

 OMNI: All channels with -OMNI- selected will sound on all MIDI channels. You can load instruments into multiple

channels with -OMNI- selected to hear them sound simultaneously when you play the EWI USB.

2. Instrument: Click here to assign an instrument to the corresponding channel. The instruments will be grouped by “family”

(Woodwinds, Brass, Strings, etc.) in submenus. Choosing “Empty” will remove an assigned instrument from that channel.

Choosing “Import” will allow you to load an .sfz file (a sample) to use as an instrument sound. Choosing “Reload” will

restore the default parameter settings for that instrument (see the PARAMETER WINDOWS section below).

3. Channel Selector: Click on the gray circle to the right of the Instrument field to select that channel. If an instrument is

assigned that channel, you should see its pitch range represented on the virtual Keyboard at the bottom of the window, and

any applicable parameters will shown will be shown in the right half of the window.

4. Parameters: This area has four different tabs (MIX, CONTROLS, REVERB, and ABOUT) that contain the various

parameters (volume, panning, reverb, etc.) that you can adjust. See the PARAMETER WINDOWS section below for more

information.

5. Keyboard: The bottom of the window features a virtual Keyboard. When a channel with an instrument assigned to it is

selected, a section of the keyboard will be highlighted (the rest will be tinted) to indicate the range of notes that can be

played on that instrument setting. Notes that are sounding will be tinted within the highlighted section.

6. Pedals: To the right of the Keyboard are its pedals. These pedals serve the same function as those on an acoustic piano

(from left to right):

 The soft or una corda pedal: Softens the notes being played when pressed.

 The sostenuto pedal: Sustains only the notes that are being played when the pedal is pressed.

 The damper pedal: When pressed, this is the equivalent of a piano’s damper pedal, which sustains any notes being

played and raises the dampers on all the piano’s strings, allowing all other notes to resonate sympathetically with the

note(s) being played.

7. Audio Recorder: These controls allow you to record your performance on the EWI USB and save it as an audio file on

your computer (.WAV for PC users, .AIFF for Mac users). See the AUDIO RECORDER section below for more

information.

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