Originally Posted By: MarioD
Originally Posted By: raymb1
I listened to Mike Phillips on you tube doing the demos. Not too bad. Hopefully Patchman Music will post samples soon of all the sounds. What appeals to me right now is the wireless capability. Wonder if Patchman will come out with a set of his sounds for the 5000. Later, Ray


Apparently the wireless pertains only to the internal sounds. If you want to wirelessly control external sounds you will need to add another $450 USB for a MIDI wireless system, see here: http://www.patchmanmusic.com/ewi5000.html

Scroll down to the bottom of the page.



At first I thought that your interpretation was incorrect.
I had assumed that the wireless receiver was used to transmit either audio or the MIDI output to the wireless receiver which had a USB port in the back (never shown in any photos).

However a closer reading on the Sweetwater Specs says:

"Wireless audio for on-stage freedom (includes receiver)"

So, I'm afraid you are correct, and I am incredibly disappointed.
What an incredible shortsighted stupid decision on Akai's part. It would not have been much more trouble to allow wireless MIDI transmission in addition to audio, along with sticking a USB port on the receiver.

Thanks for pointing this out Mario!


Last edited by Dan Tong; 02/09/14 01:41 AM.
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