Akai AW10 Service Manual

FEATURES
MOUTHPIECE –
Place your mouth around this piece and blow to play
NOTE KEYS –
Touch different combinations of these 13 keys while
blowing on the mouthpiece to produce different notes. You can
adjust the position of the longer keys by loosening their screws.
OCTAVE ROLLERS –
Roll these to shift the basic range played by the NOTE
KEYS over three octaves. Always touch these rollers while
playing.
GROUND PLATES –
Always touch these plates while playing. Removing your
thumbs from them while playing may reduce the functionality of
the EWI USB.
NECKSTRAP MOUNT –
Hang the EWI USB from your neck with a neckstrap.
PITCH BEND PLATES –
Touch these plates to raise or lower the pitch of the note you
are playing. Touch the upper plate to raise the pitch or the lower
plate
to lower it. You can adjust the position of these plates by
loosening their screws and sliding them up or down. Do not
over-tighten them.
RESET BUTTON –
Press this button if the EWIUSB is playing out of tune or if
you encounter a stuck note or problem with the sound module.
This button will reset the EWI USB's pitch and tell the software
to turn "all notes off" and "reset controllers." Holding it down
will recalibrate the EWI USB's keys and sensors. Hold the EWI
USB only by its plastic casing when you press this button.
STATUS LED –
This light illuminates when the EWI USB is connected to
your computer.
SERVICE MANUAL
SPECIFICATIONS
USB CONNECTION –
Plug a standard USB cable into this jack and into the USB
port of your computer. This connection is used to send and receive
MIDI data to and from your computer. The computer's.USB port
will also provide power to the EWI USB
USB CABLE CLIP –
After plugging your USB cable into the USB CONNECTION,
clip the cable here so it stays secure while you are playing.
MOISTURE RELEASE VALVE –
Moisture gathered from blowing into the EWI USB empties
out of this hole at the bottom of the instrument. Be careful of where
this end of the EWI USB is while playing.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONSICAL
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Dimensions (W x D x H):23 1/8" x 2 ¾" x 2 ¾"
Weight :1.3 lbs
Power :~100mA, 5V via USB
MIDI output channels over USB :1
Note keys:13
Octave rollers :2 mobile, 2 fixed; 5-octave range Plates 2 ground, 2
bend
Terminals: Slave connector x 1 (MIDI over USB)
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MODEL: AW10