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20 November 2005 1 of 44 UniQuest for EWI 4000s Quick Start Thank you and congratulations on your choice of the Akai Professional EWI 4000s Electric Wind Instrument. While the EWI 4000s is equipped with a sophisticated on-board Analog Modeling Syn...

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Getting Ready: Instructions 2 of 44 UniQuest for EWI 4000s Your computer requires one free MIDI In port and one free MIDI Out port to run UniQuest. Please ensure that your MIDI interface is installed correctly and that all filtering options (especi...

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Getting Ready: Instructions UniQuest for EWI 4000s 3 of 44 You may have noticed that some of UniQuest for EWI 4000s’ dialogs, menu bars and icons have the words ‘Midi Quest’ in them. This is to be expected, since UniQuest for EWI 4000s is bui...

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Getting Ready: Instructions 4 of 44 UniQuest for EWI 4000s UniQuest will now open. On Windows XP you will see an Application window that contains the Studio Window: On Mac OS X you will see the Application menu and the Studio Window: The studio wi...

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Getting Ready: Instructions UniQuest for EWI 4000s 5 of 44 The Instrument Module (Mac OS X) We’ll now explore the main controls of the instrument module. • The Instrument Graphic: More than just a pretty picture, this graphic of the EWI 4000s ca...

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Getting Ready: Instructions 6 of 44 UniQuest for EWI 4000s The AutoSense dialog is shown here: If the AutoSense procedure cannot detect your instrument’s settings, you will need to make sure your Midi Interface drivers are installed correctly and...

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Getting Ready: Instructions UniQuest for EWI 4000s 7 of 44 This will open the default Settings Dialog for the EWI 4000s instrument module : The Port and SysX (Comm) Channel settings will already have been set in this dia- log by the AutoSense procedu...

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Getting Ready: Instructions 8 of 44 UniQuest for EWI 4000s Now you will find out if UniQuest is correctly configured by uploading (or getting) the Internal Preset Bank from your EWI 4000s. This test is also an essential opera- tion since you’ll ne...

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Getting Ready: Instructions UniQuest for EWI 4000s 9 of 44 3. The Preset Bank uploads from your EWI 4000s in about 12 seconds. 4. The Uploaded Data Opens As A Bank Editor Window (Windows XP) Congratulations! You have just successfully installed Uni...

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Getting Ready: Instructions 10 of 44 UniQuest for EWI 4000s 1.1 Exploring the Bank Editor Window You can now explore each of the sounds you have uploaded by clicking on an entry in the bank window. When you do this, the sound data will be downloaded...

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Getting Ready: Instructions UniQuest for EWI 4000s 11 of 44 Selecting a preset by clicking on it loads the Editor into the right side of the split: You are free to experiment as much as you like - Just remember to save the changed bank file under a ...

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A Quick Tour of UniQuest For EWI 4000s 12 of 44 UniQuest for EWI 4000s 2.0 A Quick Tour of UniQuest For EWI 4000s Getting the most from UniQuest requires a few adjustments in how you relate to your hardware instrument. In the past you have no doubt ...

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A Quick Tour of UniQuest For EWI 4000s UniQuest for EWI 4000s 13 of 44 With UniQuest, you upload your EWI4000s preset bank to your computer, where it can be safely backed up to your hard drive. Then you are free to edit, audition, step between soun...

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A Quick Tour of UniQuest For EWI 4000s 14 of 44 UniQuest for EWI 4000s 2.1 Working with Single Presets If you only want to edit a single preset, UniQuest for EWI4000s has two compo- nents designed for this task: Preset and Preset Edit Buffer: When ei...

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A Quick Tour of UniQuest For EWI 4000s UniQuest for EWI 4000s 15 of 44 2.2.1 Preset Editor Overview There are 9 sections that make up the EWI 4000s Preset Editor : In the illustration above, the sections have been separated from their normal layout ...

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A Quick Tour of UniQuest For EWI 4000s 16 of 44 UniQuest for EWI 4000s 2.2.3 OSC 1 & 2 SECTION The EWI4000s has two analog modeled oscillators, which are editable independent of each other. Each oscillator outputs Sawtooth, Triangle and Pulse wa...

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A Quick Tour of UniQuest For EWI 4000s UniQuest for EWI 4000s 17 of 44 The following parameters are common to each oscillator: Oscillator Tuning Parameters OCTAVE • Range is -2 to +2 octaves. SEMITONE • Range is -12 to +12 semitones. FINE • Ra...

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A Quick Tour of UniQuest For EWI 4000s 18 of 44 UniQuest for EWI 4000s Oscillator Pitch & Volume Envelope Parameters SWEEP TIME • Range is 0 to 100%. Unlike a keyboard controlled synthesizer, the EWI 4000s does not use a standard envelope gene...

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A Quick Tour of UniQuest For EWI 4000s UniQuest for EWI 4000s 19 of 44 BREATH THRESH • Range is 0 to 100%. This is the threshold level above which the Oscillator will begin sounding. BREATH CURVE • Range is -50% to +50%. This parameter sets the ...

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A Quick Tour of UniQuest For EWI 4000s 20 of 44 UniQuest for EWI 4000s 2.2.4 OSC FILTER SECTION SELECT • Choices are 1, 2 or LINK. When 1 is selected, the block of controls in this section govern the settings of OSC FILTER 1. When 2 is selected, t...

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A Quick Tour of UniQuest For EWI 4000s UniQuest for EWI 4000s 21 of 44 Q-FACTOR • Range is 0.5 to 12.7. This control sets the Quality Factor of the OSC FILTER, and is analogous to the RESONANCE control found in typical analog synthe- sizer filter ...

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A Quick Tour of UniQuest For EWI 4000s 22 of 44 UniQuest for EWI 4000s BREATH MOD • Range is 0 to 100%. This control allows you to change the filter cutoff frequency with your breath pressure. Higher values apply more modulation to the cutoff fre...

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A Quick Tour of UniQuest For EWI 4000s UniQuest for EWI 4000s 23 of 44 LFO THRESHOLD • Range is 0 to 100%. This control sets a point in the breath pressure range that acts as a trigger for LFO Modulation to begin or end: When used in conjunction w...

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A Quick Tour of UniQuest For EWI 4000s 24 of 44 UniQuest for EWI 4000s 2.2.5 FORMANT FILTER SECTION FILTER • The Formant Filter applies the formant characteristics of two physical classes of instrument: String or Wood Wind. 2.2.6 NOISE GENERATOR ...

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A Quick Tour of UniQuest For EWI 4000s UniQuest for EWI 4000s 25 of 44 2.2.7 NOISE FILTER SECTION The NOISE FILTER’s operation is identical to the OSC FILTER, with the exception that it filters the output of the NOISE GEN instead of the OSC SECTIO...

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A Quick Tour of UniQuest For EWI 4000s 26 of 44 UniQuest for EWI 4000s 2.2.9 EFFECTS SECTION The EFFECTS SECTION consists of high quality chorus, delay, and reverb effects connected in serial: Each digital effect will now be examined in the order of...

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A Quick Tour of UniQuest For EWI 4000s UniQuest for EWI 4000s 27 of 44 OFF / ON • These buttons disable and enable the chorus effect. When the chorus effect is off, the incoming signal is passed through unaffected. FEEDBACK • Range is -50% to +5...

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A Quick Tour of UniQuest For EWI 4000s 28 of 44 UniQuest for EWI 4000s Delay Effect Parameters The delay effect consists of a long delay line coupled with a lowpass filter for tonal control over the delayed signal. Useful for simulating echoes and o...

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A Quick Tour of UniQuest For EWI 4000s UniQuest for EWI 4000s 29 of 44 2.2.10 COMMON SECTION The common section contains a number of miscellaneous parameters that control the EWI 4000s’ general behavior when the preset is loaded. KEY TRIGGER • ...

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A Quick Tour of UniQuest For EWI 4000s 30 of 44 UniQuest for EWI 4000s 2.3 The Editor Controls in Closer Detail Each of the Preset editor sections is made up of various controls such as toggle switches, knobs and sliders. These are now explored in g...

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A Quick Tour of UniQuest For EWI 4000s UniQuest for EWI 4000s 31 of 44 On the Mac platform, Direct Mode entry operates as follows: Instead of a multi-column pop-up menu, the direct mode menu is a single scrolling column, and the previous control sel...

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A Quick Tour of UniQuest For EWI 4000s 32 of 44 UniQuest for EWI 4000s 2.4 The Preset Bank Windows Whenever you get, open or create a new Patch Bank in UniQuest, a Bank Window will open. The entire memory space of an EWI 4000s Preset Bank is repres...

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A Quick Tour of UniQuest For EWI 4000s UniQuest for EWI 4000s 33 of 44 2.4.1 Exporting Bank Windows to Text Although UniQuest for EWI 4000s does not operate as a plug-in for Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) software, it features very powerful preset ...

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A Quick Tour of UniQuest For EWI 4000s 34 of 44 UniQuest for EWI 4000s 2.5 Automatic Patch Generation Tools UniQuest also features four very powerful tools for creating new EWI 4000s presets automatically. Simply select 2 or more existing presets in...

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A Quick Tour of UniQuest For EWI 4000s UniQuest for EWI 4000s 35 of 44 2.6 The Set Window Components like Presets, Edit Buffers and Preset Banks do not have to be edited in separate windows: UniQuest also lets you upload, open or create a combined d...

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A Quick Tour of UniQuest For EWI 4000s 36 of 44 UniQuest for EWI 4000s 2.7 The Collection Window The Collection window is used to create and edit unstructured groupings of what- ever EWI 4000s components you like. Just like the Set and Bank windows,...

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A Quick Tour of UniQuest For EWI 4000s UniQuest for EWI 4000s 37 of 44 2.8 The Library Window Since the Bank window is never larger than the maximum size of the your EWI- 4000s’ internal memory, UniQuest is equipped with a virtually unlimited type ...

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A Quick Tour of UniQuest For EWI 4000s 38 of 44 UniQuest for EWI 4000s The result of this Query is now shown: You will see that there seem to be duplicate results in this query. A new Query can be run on the results, set to remove these duplicates....

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A Quick Tour of UniQuest For EWI 4000s UniQuest for EWI 4000s 39 of 44 2.9 Transferring Presets Between Windows It is easy to transfer presets between any open editor window in UniQuest. In most cases where the source is a bank window, you need only...

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A Quick Tour of UniQuest For EWI 4000s 40 of 44 UniQuest for EWI 4000s 2.11 The ‘MIDI Thru’ Feature By default, UniQuest’s MIDI Thru feature is turned off. If you wish to create EWI sounds for layering with external synthesizers and samplers, ...

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A Quick Tour of UniQuest For EWI 4000s UniQuest for EWI 4000s 41 of 44 Next, open the UniQuest Preferences dialog (UniQuest for Akai EWI4000s- >Preferences on Mac, or Options->Preferences on Windows). Now select the MIDI Tab of the dialog: Tur...

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A Quick Tour of UniQuest For EWI 4000s 42 of 44 UniQuest for EWI 4000s 2.12 Transferring Data Files Between Different Computers There are a few facts to keep in mind when transporting Preset, Bank and Set data created by UniQuest between different c...

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A Quick Tour of UniQuest For EWI 4000s UniQuest for EWI 4000s 43 of 44 Mac OSX’s Automator utility can be applied to the task of converting UniQuest files from the PC version relatively easily. You will need: • Mac OSX Tiger (which includes Auto...

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Conclusion 44 of 44 UniQuest for EWI 4000s In the illustration above, there are three bank files that already have the correct file type and creator attributes set (which is why they show the bank icon). The top two bank files (which are selected i...