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--- In atari-midi-archives@yahoogroups.com, "somethingkillingyou" 
<somethingkillingyou@...> wrote:
>Hi Fabio,
     I owned a K3, K1 and K5 .  The K3 is good for learning the 
parameters of what a synthesizer does.  There is a button for every 
function.  Beyond that softsynths take its place.  I gave mine away 
to someone with small kids, because it great for learning about 
syntesizer sound making.  It is not multi-timberal.  Has small number 
of routings.  Very fixed routings and Crow Music has created an 
instrument sounding exactly like what its gifts were called the Blue 
crow.;that is virtual.  So I can use several different sounding K3.  
If you know how to think like a programmer, Why keep it?  It's 
outdated.  The additive synthesis is explained by using Reaktor.  
Samplers have developed so far.  The help and tutorials to learn 
things are cheap.  I am subscribing to VTC.com for $250 a year and I 
have access to about 35 different online Audio classes, in addition 
photoshop, illustrator that it is cheap to become an expert in 
anything now.  So unless you are a newbie or have kids the K3 is not 
that hot.

Leighton

> 
> 
> Hi there
> 
> I'm new here, so here's my first question :)
> 
> I got a Kawai K3; you know this old synth has an additive user wave
> that you can determine by setting 32 harmonic partials 'non zero
> value' (1-31) choosable between the first 128 harmonic partials (the
> other 96 harmonics, unused, are 0 value by default)...
> 
> of course, I'm using Dr.T's K3edit to have a quick access to it 
(thank
> you!)...
> 
> I'd like to use it correctly but I've no idea what I'm doing: the
> problem is that you cannot "see" the shape of the waveform with the
> program...
> 
> is there an application that could help on this. i.e. a software 
that
> lets you tweak at least 32 partials out of 128 (the more the better)
> showing you the wave-shape so that you know what you're doing?
> 
> also, starting from some samples and isolating a single complete
> oscillation of the waveform you wanna reproduce (more or less
> complex), is it possible to know which harmonic partials have been
> used and their (approssimative) value?
> 
> I have a pc, but I'm using STeem, so softwares of both platforms are
> welcome...
> 
> 
> greetings
> 
> Fabio
>