Provides controls for all the hardwares parameters and allows for saving frequently used presets to disk. Building upon the legacy of the original electronic wind instrument, akai professional created ewi5000 with the same objective in mind deliver. Whether you get your tone from your amp and just need a few effects or get your tone from a single box the rp500 has the sounds and control over them that you need. Im mostly interested in ambient sound creation, but also for basic rhythm and lead patches. Users that have recently installed an aria engine product on a system where ewi usb 1. Unlike multieffects that take over your tone and limit your control, the rp500 is an effect switching system over internal stompboxes, effects, and amps. These are not installers, but only the patched files for standalone ewiusb application. The rp500 set is locked and loaded now with patch list. Discover the world of expression that only wind instruments can offer with ewi usb.
This rp500 was two thirds the price of a used boss frv1. In this article ill talk you through what i think are some really important first setup steps plus give you some techniques you. Ewi usb is the most flexible ewi because it harnesses your computer to generate its sounds. Free sounds volume 1 is a sound pack made with the help of partners and friends. But like most electronic gear, there are a few essential tweaks needed to get the most out of it.
Ibanez rg350dx jackson guitar center limited edition rhoads guitar effector. Akai professional ewi usb electronic wind instrument. Digitech rp500 first impressions with a gilmour twist. Advance publicity for the 5000 promised several key upgrades over the previous model the ewi 4000s. Ive been using chriss sounds for my virtual ewi rig for pretty much as long as ive been using a virtual rig. Akai ewi 5000 electronic wind instrument at gear4music. I decided to make reason the main engine for my virtual rig in no small part because of chriss patches and wonderful website. Suonopuro ewi presets is a collection of patches for the akai ewi 4000s that reproduce the sound of 24. Heres an example of what i eventually could achieve with the reaper tremelo plugin together with the soprano sax sound that came with the garritan sound pack that came with the ewi usb. Get started with these famous tones by connecting your gsp or rp unit to your mac or pc. Ive mentioned chris vollstadt and ewi reason sounds before. As the name says, this is an ewi style wind controller that outputs via usb directly to a computer such as a laptop.
This makes switching between presets and adjusting the components to your sound much easier during a gig. The digitech rp500, when set up correctly, can be used effectively in a live setting. I dusted off my old rp500 about a week or so ago, and finally decided to actually download and transfer patches from digitechs sound community website. Visit our software page if you dont have the sound librarian installed yet. Oct 16, 2015 our first update to the huntersounds patch set for digitech rp500 was shipped to all our rp500 licensees today 16 october 2015.
Ewi patch exchange was an attempt to create a marketplacefor ewi players wishing to exchange for free. My beef with the 5000 is that it just doesnt sound like an ewi. It has amp modelling, but you can turn that off and then the rp500 become quasim like. Jan 12, 2009 s tom luer demos akais new ewi usb wind controller akai professionals ewi usb is a wind controller that features a plugandplay usb interface for use with the included aria software with garritan and akai professional samples as a sound source. This way you can keep multiple settings for different setups. The digitech rp line seems to almost directly compete with the zoom g units, but with some interesting features for live use and control.
Ewi 5000 comes loaded with more than 3gb of topquality sounds, including traditional horn, brass, woodwind, and string sounds, plus progressive synths, leads, and other nontraditional sounds. Digitech rp500 first impressions with a gilmour twist posted on february 21, 2010 september 11, 2012 by ben. Its usb interface means that all you need is nearly any mac or pc and the included ewi usb software, and youre ready to practice, perform, create, and record with a full collection of wind instrument sounds. Suonopuro ewi presets is a collection of patches for the akai ewi 4000s that reproduce the sound of 24 legendary synthesizer solos drawn from songs that have shaped the history of rock, pop and fusion. My effects patches lately, ive been creating effects patches for my digitech rp 500 multieffects pedal.
The digitech rp500 guitar multieffect processor gives you the ability to control program changes, complete signal chains and allows you to turn all amplifier and cabinet sounds off in the exclusive pedalboard mode. Leichtgewichtiges elektronisches usb wind instrument mit garritan sound library. Digitech rp500 firmware update full guides for download. Imagine having a full orchestra at your fingertips. The rp500 features a pedalboard mode that allows you to turn on and off individual stompboxes and effects by pushing buttons 15. The rp500 guitar multieffect processor gives you the ability to control program changes, complete signal chains and allows you to turn all amplifier and cabinet sounds off in the exclusive pedalboard mode. To avoid interfering with this process and causing it to play out of tune, hold the ewi usb only by its plastic casing near the top while plugging it in. A brief manual that will enable you uploading new superior sounds into your ewi4000s in a few easy steps. I just wish i had realized it before i recorded journey to the stars, lol. Akai ewi 4000s 100 patches new internal sound library youtube. Occasionally i take existing patches and tweak them a bit for wind jammers. You can read lots about the ewi on the patchman site, it is a great bit of kit but i just dont have the time to use it as well as practice my sax. The patch consists of all the settings that make up that sound, like a saved file. Ewitool includes a fully graphical sound patch editor and patch library management.
Jun 16, 20 ive completed the patch design, programming, and setup for the first rp500 huntersounds patch set. This update contains 23 patches, all designed to make full use of the rp500s array of footswitches to enable a player to easily add or subtract multiple fx from the mix in real time. Hear our latest digitech rp250 255350355 500 patches. View all results for digitech rp500 at sweetwater the worlds leading music technology and instrument retailer. I like the pricing on the rp units as compared to boss, line6, tc, and zoom. The v1415 patch sets will be replaced by the v16 set for purchases after feb. Sometimes it can be equally hard just to get a specific sound or expression the way you want it. You need to plug your ewi into the computer so that it can transmit midi data. Akais excellent direct to computer softsynth is the ewi usb. The tough build quality, range of sounds and flexibility of use are very impressive at this price. How to make your home studio sound amazing with a low budget duration. Michael brecker, world renown saxophonist and ewi virtuoso hey matt, i loaded your patches via sysex and they sound great. Concerning good ios sounds for the ewi, here is a free pack of magellan patches and a demo by the guy who made them that i found on the internet.
Dec 03, 2012 5% donation if sale is made through the forum, but it will be going on ebay at the weekend where the last one i saw went for. The sound library in the ewi 5000 are multisampled stereo patches. C uploading the soundbank with the use of akai ewi4000s vyzex editor and the vpowerleadsbank. Akai ewi4000s using the preset editor the akai ewi4000s is a fantastically versatile instrument that contains many builtin sounds, allowing for easy portability without the need for bulky computers and connection cables. Ewi 5000 includes 12 touchsensitive metal keys on its top and an eightwheel thumb controlled octave roller on. The ewi has a convenient headphone jack for practicing without disturbing others. When you want to buy the patches that make digitech rps make these sounds, check out our store. This video captures a video song style performance by synthesist steven morris, with soundole peter anthony smith on ewi. The rp500 doesnt sound too bad here, with a hint of eq, delay, reverb and stereo chorus to taste, although i wish the compression had a slightly moresquished attack. The rp350 355 sets includes 35 original patches, and the rp250 255 sets include 30 original patches, again laid out twice to make navigation and experimentation easier.
The rp500 takes the complexity of an effect switching system and combines it with the simplicity of stompboxes. Once a loop is recorded, you can also add more guitar parts to the recorded loop overdub. Get the best of both worlds with the digitech rp500 guitar multi effects pedal. Akai ewi 4000s wind controller with patchman sounds, gig bag.
Our website and phones are open, but shipping may take a few extra days, for the safety of our team. You get the expressiveness of stompboxes and you can change them from preset to preset. How many user presets are available for use in the ewi5000. Ewi presets patches sounds bank suonopuro soundbank. Since the ewi is an electronic, not an acoustic, instrument it requires amplification and transducers speakers or headphones to produce sound. Some of those new patches, like a set i created with a tweed deluxe amp modelmy favorite clean amp modeland a range of modulation fx, will be available as addon packs for the other rp series devices soon.
Number name number name 00 alto sax 1 50 b3 organ thin. Unfortunately this attempt should be considered as a failure. Mar 28, 2012 just a little test of the rp500 using dual patches if you are thinking of buying it, its worth it if you have it and want the patches, pm me with your email and ill send you the patches pros and. You get all of the benefits of the smaller units with additional sounds and heavyduty pedals. The cyclone refill requires reason 4 or above and a midi wind controller such as the akai ewiusb, ewi4000s or yamaha wx5. Akai ewi 4000s 100 patches new internal sound library. Here are some tips and tricks that can help you use your ewi usb to go from writers block to realizing your artistic vision in just a few minutes. This demo samples all 100 stock sounds on the akai ewi 5000. These sounds are more than 3gb of multisampled patches created by sonivox, including synth sounds as well as acoustic sampled sounds. Basically, its the v16 set for rp355 with 15 new patches. I have this oboe patch with dynamic filtering on it that is so responsive, and theres so much else i can do. This new internal vpowerleads sound bank for the akai ewi 4000s will add expressiveness to your performance and will become for you a new source of inspiration. Using the rp500s looper the rp500 now includes a dedicated looper phrase sampler that lets you record up to 20 seconds of your guitar playing and play it back as an endless loop so you can solo over it. Its an original symphonic electronica composition, analogous structures.
The ewi, particularly the latest 5000 model is an amazing piece of kit. I dont use the internal sounds of the ewi5000 at all so i dont need to edit them either. Its not a bad idea to start with the sounds that came with your ewi to see how they were put together. How do you want to patch a uillean pipe sound if there are no samples. How to download and update firmware digitech rp500 firmware update download digital photo cameras firmware. Ewi5000, the latest addition to the ewi series, combines innovative instrument design, wireless connectivity, and a 100 patch sound library by sonivox to create the most expressive and versatile wind instrument available to todays musicians. They also contain other six patches specifically designed to cover the most common needs of an ewi player. Akai ewi4000s using the preset editor akai professional.
Ewi usb breaks the price barrier, bringing professional quality, expressive control, and a studioready sound library to a price the professionalwindinstrument world has never seen. As soon as i plug in my rp500 via usb and click on the sound community website, it is entirely offline. Hi matt, the ewi4000s sounds are excellent and a great addition to the ewi libraries these will certainly come in handy. All sounds were recorded direct with no post processing. I really like the clean sounds on the rp500 and i have tried a lot of different preamps and emulators since i recorded this with the gfx1 this is the first unit that has gotten the sound right for me. Ewi reason sounds is a small sound design studio that makes sounds and tools specially crafted for wind controller and ewi players. Akais ewi 5000 was announced as a new model at namm in january 2014, and finally became available for purchase in late august 2014.
This patch makes a good foundation for adding distortion. Hear our latest digitech rp250255350355500 patches. Akai ewi ewi5000 midi wind controller at patchman music. How to make your home studio sound amazing with a low budget.
There are 100 user presets for the ewi 5000, numbered 00 through 99. Quick search for magellan ewi patches will take you to free patches. Dont have thor but would just like to add magellan, poison 202 and korg im1 to great synths for ewi. Ewi patch exchange was an attempt to create a marketplace for ewi players wishing to exchange for free. Richard hunters huntersounds patch sets for the digitech rp series devices turn your digitech rp 150, 155, 200200a, 250, 255, 350, 355, 500, or 360 into an incredibly powerful harmonica setup. As the phasing changes, dif ferent frequencies get canceled resulting in a warm sort of twisting sound. Yamaha wx5 wind controller soundbanks and patches at patchman. There are 100 user presets in the ewi 5000, numbered 00 through 99. While i love my ewi 4000s, with its great analog synth engine, the ewi 5000 offers a number of interesting improvements wireless, rechargeable battery, etc. By building on the legacy of previous models, the akai ewi 5000 electronic wind instrument is now one of the most expressive wind instruments available today. Akai ewi 5000 electronic wind instrument experience the versatility of the ewi.
The digitech rp500 delivers easy control over your tone on stage. It includes 11 instruments from garritan, 14 instruments from digital sound factory, cr909 electronic drum machine from analog industries and various instruments from patch arena, plogue and more. Sadly though, there is not a macintosh build for this. If youre a player who takes command of their tone by turning individual pedals on and off, enable the pedalboard mode button and instantly use the 5 footswitches to turn the rp500 s stompboxes and effects on and off within a program. Akai ewi usb control can be chained between the controller hardware and a. When in pedalboard mode the rp500 acts like 5 separate. Yes, the ewi5000 has a usb port as well as a midi out port. These sounds are more than 3gb of multisampled patches created by sonivox, including synth sounds as well as acoustic sampled sounds from traditional wind instruments. Akai ewi 5000 sound samples all 100 patches youtube. And thanks to the included receiver, you can now perform without being tied to any cables. All current license holders will be shipped a copy of the v16 patch set on that date.
I played these pieces with a hohner marine band deluxe in a, into an audix fireball v mic, into a digitech rp255, into a peavey kb2 keyboard amp. If you tend to think of inexpensive, floormounted multieffects units as starter kits, the rp500 from digitech might just change your mind. Akai professional ewm1 mundstuck fur ewi usb, ewi4000s. Ive had the unit for a while now, but recently the expression pedal that controls the wah, whammy, and volume effects is unresponsive. The patches for the v16 huntersounds digitech rp patchset update are all ready, so its time to hear the samples. Utility software for the wind controller hardware ewi usb from akai professional. Plugging in the ewi usb automatically recalibrates its keys, rollers, and plates. I dusted off my old rp500 about a week or so ago, and finally decided to actually download and transfer patches from digitechs sound community. The sound is chopped, almost as if the samples were struggling. The ewi usb comes with a companion software synthesizer softsynth and is the perfect entry level instrument. Ive completed the patch design, programming, and setup for the first rp500 huntersounds patch set. Ewitool is an open source controller for the popular akai ewi4000s wind synthesizer.
The rp500 s default status is pedalboard mode, whereby the updown switches are used to navigate linearly through the patches, and the five main footswitches are used as virtual stompboxes, allowing you to add or remove effects within a patch. Fortunately, the ewi usb comes with aria, a powerful tool for tweaking instrument sounds. From the description on the patchman site it seems that youve got 3 gigs of sounds on it that can be modified by the sound editing software you load on to the computer. Our latest rp500, rp, and rp360 360xp patch sets include 50 great patches. Richard hunters huntersounds patch for digitech rp. Microprocessors are controlled by firmware that enables the device to do the job it was purchased for. I ask because some may well have a lot more options and methods to send cc messages. Rp500 patches from now offline digitech sound community. Our goal is to inspire you with new tools, sounds and effects, to help you make more music and have more fun doing it.
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