"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. They also contain other six patches specifically designed to cover the most common needs of an EWI player.

This is the presets list:

(you can listen an MP3 comparing the original track with the patch)

TITLE	ARTIST	YEAR	SYNTH	NOTES	DEMO MP3
Pop-Corn	Gershon Kingsley	1969	Moog Modular		Presets 07-10.mp3
Lucky Man	Keith Emerson	1970	Moog Modular	Play using glide
Chameleon	Herbie Hancock	1973	ARP Odyssey
Shine on you crazy diamond	Pink Floyd	1975	MiniMoog
Oxygene Part IV	Jean Michel Jarre	1976	EMS VCS 3		Presets 11-14.mp3
A remark you made	Joe Zawinul	1977	Arp2600
Birdland	Joe Zawinul	1977	MiniMoog
Hot stuff	Donna Summer	1979		Play with octaver
Are you going with me?	Pat Metheny	1981	Roland GR 300s	2 Patches	Presets 15-19.mp3
Chariots of fire	Vangelis	1981	Yamaha CS-80
Sweet Dreams	Eurythmics	1982	Juno-6	2 Patches
Rockit	Herbie Hancock	1983			Presets 20-22.mp3
Claire's song	The JellowJackets	1983	Lyricon
Pass it on	The JellowJackets	1983	Lyricon
Jump	Van Halen	1984	Oberheim OB-Xa	Demo mp3 multitrack recorded	Presets 23-26.mp3
The final countdown	Europe	1986	Roland JX-8P
Truth	T-Square	1987	Akai Ewi
Kingston Town	UB40	1990	Yamaha Wx7
Facing West	Lyle Mays/Pat Metheny	1992	Kurzweil K2000		Presets 27-30.mp3
Boheme	Deep Forest	1995
Melody	Lydia Kavina	97-29	Theremin	Play using glide
Paradise	Coldplay	2011		Just the bass
PRESETS 1-6 (generics)
Suonopuro EWI	Super versatile				Presets 01-06.mp3
Suonopuro Dolce	For ballads
Suonopuro Triangle	For arrangements
Suonopuro Wha-Wha	Funky
Suonopuro Archi	Synth Strings
Suonopuro Ottoni	Synth Brass
PRESETS 50-80 are the same as above but without effects, so you can use with your pedalboard or your FX rack. WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 1.4 - More leveled volume between the patches - Effects more balanced - Two new patches from songs by Lucio Battisti: Amarsi un po' and Sì viaggiare - Three variations of previous patches, less similar to the original ones but more versatile - Four sounds specifically designed to be used with an external distortion pedal

Suonopuro EWI Presets on action

Even the great EWI player Bernie Kenerson "Bernzilla" likes and uses the Suonopuro EWI Presets:

https://soundcloud.com/jazzewi/2-by-6-bernzilla-mix

Bernie Kenerson reviews the Suonopuro EWI Presets

Alistair Parnell, composer and sax player, said about Suonopuro EWI Presets: "Very impressive!"

Nick Batzdorf, Editor/publisher of VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS MAGAZINE: "Great job of programming" 

Marian Jaslovsky, Slovak saxophone/flute/EWI player: "I have an EWI for more than 5 years and my 4000s plays an important role in my live performances and studio recordings. Native EWI sounds are a little bit problematic so I bought the famous bank from Patchman. But something was missing there for me. I love funk and fusion and I discovered cool sounds in the Suonopuro EWI Presets by Mr. Gino Chimenti. This bank sounds damn good!" 

Marian Jaslovsky plays the EWI with Suonopuro patch n° 12 in a song by the band AMO: Spoločná Reč.

Gaetano Tucci, great saxophonist and EWI player: "An outstanding job, and I like all the sounds. In terms of playability on the ewi, they are all perfect (you can see that have been designed by someone who plays a wind instrument). The ones I like more are those of Metheny, spectacular, it seem to hear him, the number 6 (brass), and of course those two concerning the Yellow Jackets. Even Suonopuro n. 2 Ewi particularly struck me. Definitely a job well done!!!"

Listen a little demo made by Gaetano Tucci with patch n. 16: Song for Bilbao

Philippe Gobinet, saxophonist, flutist, EWI player, composer, arranger and jazzist who payed in orchestras and TV shows, recorded some songs with Suonopuro EWI Presets.
Here you can listen a piece called "La Javanaise", a classic French song played using the patch n.2 (Dolce).

In this video Lino De Carolis, saxophonist, flautist and EWI player from Torino, tries some "Suonopuro EWI Presets"

 

How to obtain "Suonopuro EWI Presets"

Take advantage of great promotional discount of 40%

Suonopuro EWI Presets is a private collection that I'm going to give to everyone who supports my site www.suonopuro.net with a donation of at least € 49,00 instead of € 80,00 (save 40%).

To upload the patches on your Akai EWI 4000s you need to connect the instrument to the computer (PC or MAC) via a midi cable.

 

Instructions:

1. Make a donation of at least 49,00 euros using Paypal (payment is automatically converted to your desired currency):
   
   
   

2. Send an E-MAIL with your name, your e-mail and details of the payment made, to:

            

Within 24 hours you will receive an email notification, containing the files and instructions for the upload of the patches to your EWI4000s.

How to use

Download the instruction manual

 

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