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"We've certainly seen no shortage USB-friendly MIDI devices lately, whether they be instruments or hacks, but it's been a long, long time since one caught our eye that brought your breath into the equation. Akai's latest, the EWI (that's \"eee-whee\" if you can dig it) USB is now shipping for $499, enabling you to simulate anything from a flute to a trumpet at a price about $200 less than the company's other electronic wind instruments. It even comes with a complete software recording suite, meaning getting this EWI installed should be easier than playing a chromatic scale on a slide flute. Mastering the sweet, soulful strains of \"Silhouette,\" however, might be a little more complicated. Update: Rollins wrote in to let us know these things are going for just $299 online. Those \"Sentimental\" fantasies just got that much more accessible![Via musicradar.com]"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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