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Re: new owner

2004-07-03 by phonophobie

hmm ok... i was told that it is possible to modulate the frequncy of
individual harmonics on k5. so this was a disinformation then. however
i think the k5 is nice addition to my k5000 since it has it´s own
charachter. i will print me the manual now and will dig the k5 now ;)


--- In k5synth@yahoogroups.com, "jbrave" <onephatcat@e...> wrote:
> We have pretty much all the known K5 editors in the library. (well,
I think
> there might be one rare one we don't have. Very few K5's have working
> backlights. None of mine do. In many ways, the K5 is a great synth,
although
> it is more cerebral than the K5000s, which gives you that gut-level knob
> tweaking experience.  The layering ability of the K5 is superior to the
> K5000s IMHO, as it produces some really rich sounds, I don't think heavy
> layering really produces great sounds on the K5000.
> 
> As far as the modulation of the harmonics & odd harmonics, you can
AM four
> different groups of harmonics, but not LFO them, however, you can pitch
> modulate one oscillator and not modulate the other, or use the loop
function
> in the pitch envelope to modulate each oscillator however you want.
Another
> interesting thing is to use full mode instead of twin, and tune the
second
> osc down a few octaves, that will get you some interesting  noise
sounds.
> You can get some pretty cool sounds. Check out my small library I
uploaded
> recently & of course, download Les's new K5 resynthesis program, that is
> quite a powerful and interesting tool.
> 
> Joel
> 
> 
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