Akai EWI 5000 improvements

[@sautsitumorangkpk]

creative..! awesome ..thanks mate

[@vlastastejskal5313]

Thanks. The EWI 5000 is a great musical instrument, but the power supply is not very well thought out. I also have an EWI 4000s and there the instrument is powered by four AA batteries. And that, I think, is a better solution. Vlasta.

[@sautsitumorangkpk]

@@vlastastejskal5313 keep Blowing mate .., I play with EWI 5000, problem with the silicon pipe for water/wind inside the EWI 5000, i fix it and done ..

[@bonanote]

Thanks , I was not aware of the drain issue. In my EWI5000 it is very low , but it still drains . When leave it without charge for 30 days and it goes from 99 to 80, which is not that critical. I thought it was a normal behaviour of the battery. However now that you mentioned that it is the device´s hardware which is draining the battery, when I am off for a month or two I will just open the battery compartment and disconnect the plug. Thanks

[@vlastastejskal5313]

It is certainly possible to remove the battery and disconnect it. But I was tired of disconnecting the battery or risking it running out. The small battery connector is difficult to disconnect, so I solved it with a switch and I do not regret it. Have a great time and enjoy playing the ewi 5000.

[@JoseVGavila]

Thanks for the video!. I am working on mine, which besides the battery problem, already fixed, has a bad MicroSD card. Do you happen to have done a backup for it?. It would be great to get back my EWI5000. Please, let me know if you can help. Thanks!

[@vlastastejskal5313]

I look forward to your video. I did not backup the MicroSD card. It would be nice if Akai had the SD content on their site in case it gets corrupted. I'm thinking of opening the EWI5000 and copying the MicroSD. I'll send you a copy when I do. But it won't be before the end of the summer. Have a nice day.

[@JoseVGavila]

@@vlastastejskal5313 OK, thanks!

[@gerykis]

Nice hack !

[@vlastastejskal5313]

Thank you. I now put my EWI 5000 away without fear of a dead battery.

[@gerykis]

​@@vlastastejskal5313 Do you use with computer Midi ? I'm trying to find how to setup "Kontakt VST " with my Akai EWI 5000

[@vlastastejskal5313]

@@gerykis In the band I play without MIDI only on the internal sounds of the EWI5000. But at home on the PC I try various VST plugins via MIDI. I'm learning NI Contact right now. I initially had a problem connecting the EWI5000 via the MIDI/USB cable, but I changed the Breath settings a bit and now it's fine. I am sending you the Breath settings in the EWI5000 Editor. Breath ----------- Breath (br) High Resolution (Hr) Volume (vo) Off (OF) Aftertouch (AF) on Lock Velocity (Lv) on 50 Constant Output (CS) off 0 Expression (EP) Off (OF) CC Send Enable on CC Number 2 No Breath (nb) 0 Breath (br) 25

[@gerykis]

Thank you very much for sending the settings !