Collection: AP500 PRO

When I couldn't buy the Greaten AP300 in the European Amazon store anymore, Greaten offered to send it from China. I took them up on the offer and the communication from Greaten was good and clear all the way. Paying on the website was easy. Delivery by Fedex only took a few weeks and I was kept updated by Greaten and Fedex. The AP300 came well-packed. I am very happy with the product and with the company. Highly recommended.

I play several different instruments like guitar, button accordion and tin whistle and this is my first ever electronic wind instrument. Communication with Greaten Music during the buying process was very helpful and clear. Paying was easy. The instrument was sent to me from China and it came well-packed inside of a handy travel bag which was inside of the official box, packed into a strong outer box. It only took a few weeks to arrive. The instrument itself is well-made and feels solid. It came with the battery charged and played right out of the box. It also came with an extra mouth piece and a neck strap, a little screwdriver and a USB cable. A lot of the inbuilt sounds are very good. There is a bit of a learning curve with the octave rollers but that just takes practice like with every instrument. I haven't used it as a midi controller yet because I'm having too much fun using it with my headphones. All in all, so far I can say that the Greaten AP300 is a high quality, well-built instrument for a very good price. There are plenty of resources on electronic wind instruments to be found online but the manual also comes with a fingering chart and Greaten Music has a few beginners videos on YouTube to help you on your way. I certainly recommend this company and the Greaten AP300 to anyone looking for a high quality electronic wind instrument.

After playing an EWI 5000 for over 10 years and loving it, I liked the sounds and reviews I saw on YouTube und bought an AP500. After using it for only a few weeks I haven't fully fine-tuned it, but I am very impressed. My band went so far to tell me that I sound better on the AP500 than on the EWI 5000...

The saxes I was never too happy with on the EWI definitely are superior, and the violins are most welcome. Ideal for tunes like 'Angel of Montgomery' etc, the saxes used with the growl function are very impressive when soloing on 'Walk on the Wild Side', Total Control', 'Spooky', 'Echo Beach' etc.

The EWI fingering made it a zero learning curve, and settings are easy to manage. As usual, some of the many sounds are of less use. But all in all, a winner!

VERY EASY TO ORDER AND TRACKING WAS GREAT

SOUNDS GREAT, WILL NEED MORE PRACTISE, LOVE IT!

I had a recharging problem with the ewi after it arrived.Customer service responded to an email within hours offering advice.When this failed they sent a replacment that arrived within days.I was truly impressed with the way they handled this.Full marks to them.

A fascinating instrument.There is quite a learning curve to make full use of its complexity and I am only at the beginning,but loving the challenge.Love the expressiveness that breath control allows.I practice several hours a day and a big help has been systematically going through the studies in Evan Tates "The book of Ewi".Which is also good for alternative fingering.Not cheap on Amazon but has made a big difference,particularly in mastering the octave rollers.I would have like a bit more content in the manual,but found quite a bit more that is relevant in downloading the manual for the Akai Ewi 5000.It will probably be about 6 months before I can really give a considered opinion,but so far I am very happy I purchased it.

Greaten staff have been very helpful throughout the purchase of my AP300pro, especially providing assistance on package tracking. Would like to thank Vivian who has been assisting on the delivery all the while. Great work!

I just received the AP300pro for a few days. I feel it is lighter than EWI5000 which I also have. Going from from one voice to another and also from one setting to a different one is easier and faster with the stated voice name on the screen. Practice is a breeze with built-in speakers and bluetooth available on the AP300pro. In terms of onboard voices, there are some in my opinion that are much better than the EWI5000 and some which I feel can still be improved. Overall I am satisfied with the AP300pro. It just takes a little time for me to get used to it.

Hello everyone!
I am so happy with my purchase, everything you have described about this product, True. it is easy to handle the product with the large screen. everything works as it should and more is available than AP-300 pro. and fast delivery. Thank you

Best regards
Sami Khosnaw

So much to like about the AP500 Pro. Smaller octave rollers than my AKAI EWI Solo make a huge difference in difficult spots. Playing into headphones with an accompaniment program coming into the instrument live via Bluetooth is great and smooth, easy to mix. The 118 sounds (drum patches not included) that you can mix to play two instruments in unison, combined with a 1-10 mixer on the second instrument, makes over a quarter MILLION possible timbres possible. AP 500 players will have great fun combining Western and Asian instruments, or even plucked or synth sounds, to find unique and exciting new sounds. Delivery to the Vancouver area was about ten days over the Christmas week, with a bit of an importing fee, but still overall the least expensive wind-synth in my collection.

The customization possibilities are well-presented on screen and easy to navigate. I used to hate neck-straps but the one that comes with this is both comfortable and good-looking. And hardly necessary, the machine is wonderfully light.

The touch keys take some getting used to, but the ease of playing makes up for it. There are enough options for up and down semitones among keys that can be combined, that any difficult passage will probably have a surprisingly easy solution. Remember that the fingering chart that comes with the instrument is just a starting point, and adding keys to any fingering has a definite effect without ever losing sound quality, as an acoustic instrument often does with alternate fingerings.

A less rubbery mouthpiece option would be good for long sessions where I get lazy and bend it too far, blocking the airflow. Perhaps separate options in reverb and chorus for headphones and speakers might be a good improvement: I find I want less with headphones and more when using the on-board speaker. Maybe an option to change the font in the display to something more modern might be a good idea; SimSun is rather dated. I\'m a bit terrified that if I ever play live and someone sees which model this is they will shout out the name of an instrument and the voice control will make the change immediately! But these are very small critiques; overall, the AP 500 Pro is a first-rate wind-synth, fun to play, lots of features and options, looks great and feels comfortable. It has earned a new box-top stand beside my workstation so I can play a few notes whenever I want to take a break from other work. Bravo, Greaten!

Getting used to the instrument, the octave wheels need some time. Overall it is great, the sound is good, the connection to an amp nice, and I am trying to get wireless. I like the price too.

Ich bin vom AP 300 pro schon sehr begeistert und würde gerne auch den AP 500 pro erwerben.
Ich hoffe, dass ist in Deutschland möglich :)

Everything about this new instrument is great, except for one thing. The Bluetooth feature should include sending audio, either to a dedicated receiver, as the AKAI 5000 does, or to any Bluetooth enabled amplifier.

A very good experience with shopping from Greaten-Music. Questions were answered promptly and the instrument and accessories were even better than I expected.