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Re: Searching for specialized EWIs

Author: smokindok
Date: 2017-06-28 05:22

I use a Yamaha WX5, which has 4 fingering settings, three of which are "sax" style and one is "flute" style. The Akai instruments are similar in having multiple fingering options, but all of them are based on acoustic wind instruments that overblow an octave.

The WX5 uses a system of 4 octave keys, two above the thumb rest and two below. Pressing them singly or together gives you a three octave up and a three octave down range from your middle octave. Creating an EWI that moves 12ths instead of octaves would either really limit the range, or get very complicated. I doubt that there would be much of a commercial market for a "clarinet fingered" EWI, so unless someone has done a one-off creation, I doubt it exists.

They are a lot of fun and the WX5, with a Yamaha VL70m and Patchman's Turbo VL upgrade chip, gives you loads of great sound options.

John

Edited to add:
And you will find that playing an EWI has a technique of its own. A familiar fingering system is convenient for getting started quickly, but there is a limit to how much acoustic wind instrument technique really transfers to the EWI.

Post Edited (2017-06-28 05:26)

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