i9 Electric Saxophone, Digital Wind Instrument Synthesizer & EWI with 99 Tones, 2 Mouthpieces, 12 Keys, Dual Built-in Speakers, Headphone Jack, Ideal Gift for Adults - Black

I have only had this device for a few days, but it is a WHOLE lot of fun! Is it perfect? No, but it is really close. Here are some of the pros I have found so far with this instrument: 1) It's fairly easy to use and learn. There is a tiny bit of a learning curve. Being a flute player (the American flute, - side to side so the 'flute' fingering does not coincide with the fingering patterns on this instrument, and in fact, the 'flute' fingering is called Ditzi fingering, I believe that is a form of flute. Even though I am a flute player, I found the sax fingering much closer to what I'm used to, and only had to adjust to a few different note patterns. 2) It feels well-built and solid. 3) It is attractive and not too small or too big. 4) It has a very nice tone quality in most of the available sounds. Some of the sound choices are a little strange, but I can see where they'd be fun for a composer or for special effects. Some of them are also instruments I am not familiar with so can't tell if the sound is right or not. 5) all of the pads work well, and respond quickly to the lightest of pressure Cons: 1) For some reason the battery level indicator is always "full" it was full when I got the instrument, although when charging the light was red, but did eventually turn green to indicate a full charge. Even when using it for many hours, the battery indicator bar was still "full". 2) The rollers in the back of the unit where the octaves are changed take some time to get used to. The lowest register at the bottom for mine also does not seem to work, although all the rest do. 3) There is a "sharp" key but according to multiple tuners (all accurate on other notes) the sharp key products flats, which is fine, but there's no sharp key (or even a 'flat' key by their standards). I have not reported anything to the seller because on the whole, I am just loving this instrument, and after only a couple days of practice have found it easy to maneuver and play well enough to enjoy. I am not a pro musician, or even someone who plays locally. I only play for my own enjoyment and this device gives me that enjoyment hand's down. I am even considering possibly upgrading to the i-9, in the near enough future.

No instruction manual. Can't find any info on internet or youtube on how to use it. Looks like good solid instrument but without instruction it's useless. I really want to like it but will be sending it back. Update- Decided to keep it. Seller sent PDF instructions. Now with more info I can understand it better. If you're a wind instrument user this should be similar. If you're a newbie like me there's more to learn but that applies to any new unfamiliar instrument. The sound and scale is phenomenon. there's so many different tones (instruments) to play with. Blowing into it is much easier than blowing into a real reed instrument. There are also many settings. In time I think I will enjoy this instrument.

I love this thing. It has a real DIN (MIDI) output that is fun to plug into other MIDI instruments like a keyboard. Also has the 1/4" and mini headphones outputs. Easy to figure out how to play.

This i8-Pro would be “fun to play,” except that I haven’t been able to disable the reverb which makes it useless to me; and the sadly weak “loudness” (or volume) cannot be relied upon to be controllable most of the time. There are reverb steps from 0 to 10, but none of those settings do anything. Reverb remains on FULL every time my hopes for this instrument are rekindled and I try again. Reverb is ridiculous for many of the provided instrument sounds, but sadly it invades them all. Possibly I’m missing something in the woefully inadequate “manual” (a folded slip of paper), but it’s too cryptic for me. On the plus side, the build quality is good, and that remains the sole reason I don’t try to return it, ever the optimist, hoping that some day its comprehension may be deciphered for us ordinary folk.

I took a chance on this EWI as I wasn't about to spend thousands on a Roland or other hugely expensive item. I absolutely love it. It takes a bit of getting used to, as the fingering is a bit different, but I find it very intuitive. I honestly don't know why some reviewers on here can't figure out how to "translate" to English the obvious. Obviously it's translated from Chinese, and when they say "hairdryer" or hair blower pipe, it's not a hairdryer. If someone can't even figure that out, they aren't going to be able to play this wonderful instrument. Their loss. A great purchase, and I'm completely happy with it.

This was a Christmas gift. I just recently found out that it does not work. The instructIons sent with the EWI were for a hair dryer. Very disappointed, especially for the price paid(!) & looking for return options.

This instrument has a note on off flaw. Something is wrong with the breath control mechanism. When you blow in and play a note that note continues to sound for a period of time afterwards. I thought maybe it was due to the effects but turning off all the effects and adjusting the volume did not correct this. If when you blow in and then attempt to reverse that action that note will then shut off. Of if you tap the side of the instrument near the mouthpiece gently the note will shut off. If you gently shake this instrument you may at times cause sound to come from the speaker. I returned this to the seller with no problem. In conversation with the seller I was told that this product was being discontinued by them but not give a reason why. Further research of this product from other sources revealed this same flaw, I do not recommend purchasing this product at any price

Bought this thinking I could use it to help with inputting midi horn parts into my DAW. After reading a lot of mixed reviews and very few about the midi capabilities of this instrument, I was very pleasantly surprised when I connected it to my recording system, via wireless midi no less, that the tracking is excellent. I find NO perceptible lag or latency, even though I know that will change under load. One thing someone else mentioned that’s kind of annoying is that you can’t mute the onboard speaker while using a virtual instrument. I may open it up and disconnect it as my only intended use is with a daw. The onboard sounds are kinda meh. Ok if you just want a portable solution and the sounds aren’t being used for recording. Kinda cheapish, but that’s not what I bought it for. Also, the sensitivity to velocity is a little lacking. Almost like it was preset from the factory to work at a lower velocity scale. Instead of 0-127, it’s like it’s set from say, 60-100. Also not a deal breaker as I can compensate for that in my daw. All in all, if you are a midi musician who either plays a wind instrument (trumpet in my case) or someone who would like yo try alternate ways of inputting midi dat, take this for a drive. It’s fun, usable, in my case anyway, and best of all CHEAP! If you know your way around midi, need something like this for less than your right arm, get it. Glad I did. $90 is crazy.😮