Akai EWI Solo, Day One Impressions from an oboist

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  • Опубліковано 20 січ 2025

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  • @williamsrdan
    @williamsrdan 6 днів тому +1

    I used to have the 5000, stupidly sold it for way too little to afford travel for a thanksgiving, about the time the Solo came out. Haven't gotten around to replacing it properly. I got a cheap one from Temu, and it's not bad for ten sounds, but it's not like the Akai. I was expecting a Solo 2 by now, but alas.......
    A compliment: you look like an oboe player....lol! In the summer between 8th and 9th grade, I tried to do Oboe, but was sharing the instrument, and ended up switching to English Horn. Unfortunately didn't get good enough over the summer to keep going for school year band. I stuck with the clarinet through 9th grade, but switched to tenor sax for the rest of high school.
    I would love to watch you play Peter And The Wolf on oboe.....

    • @PensacolaOboist
      @PensacolaOboist  6 днів тому

      Thanks very much! I think it's really cool that you got to play English horn right out of the gate! Lots of schools don't have one so I'd say you were among the lucky few even if it was only for a short time! I'll see if I can whip up a little short of me playing some Duck excerpts! 😀

  • @SatnamSingh-pd3yh
    @SatnamSingh-pd3yh 3 роки тому +7

    I am a saxophone player and I just bought an ewi solo, but I still found this video very helpful, thanks a lot man

    • @PensacolaOboist
      @PensacolaOboist  3 роки тому +1

      Awesome! I'm so glad you got something out of it! :-) Enjoy playing around with your new EWI!

  • @Also_Ran
    @Also_Ran Рік тому +1

    Trying to decide between 5000 and Solo, great review and very helpful!

  • @basementmidi
    @basementmidi 3 роки тому +7

    Great video especially from the viewpoint of a woodwind player. I just got my ewi and as a flautist, I really struggle with the left thumb rollers. The plus is that I don’t need to purchase an oboe or bassoon, the two woodwinds that I feel are the most expressive.

    • @MiraDaWulf
      @MiraDaWulf 2 роки тому +1

      I'd love to hear about your experience with the EWI, as a flutist myself lol

    • @basementmidi
      @basementmidi 2 роки тому +2

      @@MiraDaWulf Hi Mira, I have a hard time developing the muscle memory using my middle finger instead of my index to finger C. Also using the left thumb rollers to switch octaves is difficult. Additionally, I have a bad habit of using my left thumb key to finger Bb, No way to do that on the EWI. You need to be very precise. The sounds however, are fairly good and quite useable. If you are willing to spend the time to develop the new muscle memory, I would say; go for it!

  • @Poogs
    @Poogs 3 роки тому +1

    Great video thank you. Out of stock until June in Scotland, waiting eagerly to play!

  • @MiraDaWulf
    @MiraDaWulf 2 роки тому +2

    I love your responses to people hating on this first impressions video

    • @PensacolaOboist
      @PensacolaOboist  2 роки тому +2

      Thanks. It's really kinda amazing that some folks feel the need to be like that. I can't help but wonder if some of them get some kind of paycheck for expending that level of energy. I mean, it costs fewer calories to just scroll away and grumble... but to go through the effort of typing paragraphs like that? Seems an awful waste... unless they really were getting something out of it in the end.

  • @fragglekat
    @fragglekat 11 місяців тому +1

    Thanks for sharing this! I recently picked up an EWI 5000 as a way to play at home on headphones without disturbing neighbors, after years away from music; I'd played oboe in grade school, longer ago than i care to admit.
    Have you changed your embouchure for the EWI? I've heard advice to hold the mouthpiece lightly with the teeth, i suppose to make use of the bite sensor, but i haven't been able to bring myself to do that. I'm also curious if you've had any trouble accidentally hitting the glide plate. Myself, I'm not used to having a neck strap for support.
    Thanks again! I hope you've had fun playing with your EWI some more.

  • @DrDaab
    @DrDaab 3 роки тому +4

    You can get really good virtual instrument sounds from samplemodeling and audiomodeling.

  • @DigitalWindInstrument
    @DigitalWindInstrument Рік тому

    Cool❤

  • @Godwinsname
    @Godwinsname 3 роки тому +2

    Whoa! But... I think wood sounds better in the end.

    • @PensacolaOboist
      @PensacolaOboist  3 роки тому +1

      Well, of course. I don't plan to play this thing as a way to replace my oboe or any live woodwind. My plan is to create hybrid synth sounds and have those original timbres played with this instrument.

    • @Godwinsname
      @Godwinsname 3 роки тому +1

      @@PensacolaOboist Yes it looks to be a very interesting instrument to get whole new ranges of sound. Cool man, good luck :)

  • @babycmamasavant
    @babycmamasavant 2 роки тому

    Do you use the Mouthpiece cap ?

    • @PensacolaOboist
      @PensacolaOboist  2 роки тому

      To protect it, yes.

    • @babycmamasavant
      @babycmamasavant 2 роки тому

      @@PensacolaOboist but I mean 'while you are playing it' ? (in your video, you are blowing directly into the mouthpiece, not into the cover

    • @PensacolaOboist
      @PensacolaOboist  2 роки тому

      @@babycmamasavant correct. I take the cover off when playing.

    • @babycmamasavant
      @babycmamasavant 2 роки тому

      @@PensacolaOboist OK, but here is my confusion: The Akai tech told me to use it 'while playing' because this reduces the moisture impact. The info sheet 'removing the mouthpiece' I find incomprehensible for a couple of reasons. Do you have any thoughts?

    • @PensacolaOboist
      @PensacolaOboist  2 роки тому

      @@babycmamasavant hmmm... give me a bit to consider (This shall be a placeholder)

  • @suonatoreincognito1057
    @suonatoreincognito1057 3 роки тому +3

    👍🎷

  • @alphabeets
    @alphabeets 3 роки тому +1

    A more accurate and useful review might be given after you have had time to learn the instruments. I never understood the purpose of these first impression videos. It’s like, let’s give a 5th grader a trumpet for the first time and get his first impression review of his new Bundy trumpet. Not of much use.

    • @PensacolaOboist
      @PensacolaOboist  3 роки тому +8

      Apparently this offended you so much you needed to go out of your way to tell me, at length, what I should do on my channel. Interesting. Have you taken this tack with others who post such videos or was this the one that finally made you snap?

  • @alphabeets
    @alphabeets 3 роки тому +1

    You shouldn’t have to tongue any differently playing the EWI. Learn how to let air flow from the corners of the mouth as you blow as it was designed to be played. Learn how to play it and get familiar with the EWI THEN post a review.

    • @PensacolaOboist
      @PensacolaOboist  3 роки тому +20

      I have over 35 years experience as a woodwind player and, yeah, the EWI is quite different.
      Also, I do what I want on my page.