Card Board Wind Instrument

I must admit, the first time I unboxed the instrument, I was amazed at the build quality. It has some heft, the keys are properly and ergonomically placed and you know Akai really took their time to perfect this wind controller. But as a long time saxophone player, the first time I actually played some scales, I was quite disappointed - it didn't feel like a saxophone. I was beginning to regret my purchase and thought about exchanging it for the WX5. So I gave it a few more days. Days turned to weeks, and I am beginning to appreciate this instrument. Keep practicing those scales, breathing with the mouthpiece and you realize how this is such an amazing wind controller. I made a mistake thinking that this is a replacement for a saxophone in an apartment situation. In reality, you should think about how this instrument can be an extension to your musical endeavors. The possibilities you can do with the sounds and playability are endless. There are a few usable synths prebuilt, but I suggest using the Akai EWI 5000 Editor to really play and edit your sounds then save it to the user bank. Also there are synths out there that can be used if you plug the EWI as just a midi wind controller; unfortunately you can't upload other synth sounds into the controller. Definitely give it some time to get used to the instrument especially moving from one octave to another. Keep practicing and you'll appreciate that there's hardly any moving parts here. I was opposed at it first since horns have that tactile and key feedback. But with the touch sensitivity, it really felt I was playing an instrument from the future. Again, you just have to get used to it - think about when mobile phones shift from physical keyboards to the modern phones we have today. And here I am today still keeping my purchase and writing a review. I thank Akai for making a top-notch wind controller and continuing the support for the modern electronic wind musician.

I'm running my pedal board, instrument boost, and vocal mics to a single xlr output. Mormics lets me balance the the three inputs to a single output to the mixing board. Sound is clean with plenty of range. Great little sub-mixer. B&H service is fast and never misses.

We use the Mini sun-bounce when a shiny board can't be easily taken to locations. The Micro Mini performs very well in the wind where flexible discs blow around. The Micro mini is an even better option than the Mini when you need to pack for a flight, it breaks down to a very small, short lightweight package.

Great board, could have done without the built in video because i use a better card, but for the price it's great!

This CPU is running quite smoothly and the on board graphics are fairly good for a non dedicated graphics card.

Can’t beat this little instrument for the money!

Fine instrument, does what it should do and more. I recommend it.

Great quality for a B-series board. I don't plan to overclock but got a K series CPU for the higher productivity/performance than non-K. Ordered used, and board came brand new in box with everything. Just missing adobe 3-month promo card but I already am an adobe subscriber so no problem. Main reason I chose this board is for its robust cooling design and 3 m.2 included heatsinks. I considered the B660 pro art but there seem to be complaints about flashing bios for 13th gen cpus, so I opted for the latest for better stability. Some nice haves: - Huge VRM good quality fins and 12+1 power phase easily cooled my stock i7 12700k running max load. - Has two M.2 slots running at full speed, and a third option for future expansions. Heatsinks even included with new thermal padding. - Beautiful VRM design and chipset. I like the power your imagination decal and the cool chipset design with pro art written on arcylic glass over a metal matte finish. - None of that crazy RGB - 2 LAN ports on I/O and lots of USB gen 3 options - Has a 2230 e-key slot where I installed Intel's AX211NGW card with BT 5.3 into it, worked perfectly. - ThunderboltEX4 header for future one cable video solution for my GPU - A reinforced PCIE 5.0 slot, future proofing - ProCool II power connectors further improving cooling solutions Great value for my workstation doing heavy tasks

If you want to make the best out of this card, better get an AMD board. It works quite well with all the games, I tried streaming with it (dual monitors) and it works quite well as well. I suggest to get the XT version if you really want to get something near RTX 3060 level. The performance switch thing near the power input of the graphics card, make sure to switch to the left to make the best of the card. It does get a bit louder but it's definitely worth it.

There've been no issues with the board. Windows O.S. setup was really easy as the board provided the needed network drivers to get started. The armored PCI slot feels much more solid than the non-armored ones used. Using a card bracket and this board the giant 4070TI card feels rock solid in place. Would recommend to anyone looking for an Intel board.