AKAI created a new EWI. It’s cheap ($300) and it has multiple finger settings so brass players and flute players can join in. As the name sugests, it is USB only. So no need for batteries but there’s no internal synth either. You’ll have to bring your laptop. I guess this thing will be very hackable on the USB end of it. We just have to find out the protocol. I hope a MIDI-, onboard sound-, batterypack- and wireless-hack are not far away.
The AKAI EWI USB comes with a softsynth. You can hear it being played by berniesax56 on YouTube:
Fantastisch!
Als ik al niet zoveel andere apparatuur recentelijk gekocht zou hebben en daardoor min of meer blut ben (Apogee Duet, Axiom 61, MacPro 2×2.8) zou ik deze er onmiddelijk bijkopen!
gr.Maarten