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Re: Replacement output stage

2006-08-23 by antdes45

Any features you d like to have? Is anyone interested? I think I found a solution to have some external controls which wouldn t require modifications of the

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Re: Hi Everyone

2006-08-23 by antdes45

Sorry for the very late reply, looks like this mail didn t make it to my e-mail account. About the schematic, well, some people here scanned some parts for me.

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Re: Any Midiquest users?

2006-08-18 by Marcus Claudius

Hi , I use midiquest and it s a great app, but not unexpensive, normally midiquest should load sysex without problems if you have the correct setup for your K5

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Any Midiquest users?

2006-08-18 by Dan

Hello all, I was wondering if anyone here uses Midiquest, and if so, could tell me how to convert Sysex files to Midiquest. I have tried to use the file

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Replacement output stage

2006-08-12 by Antoine Deschênes

Hi everyone, I told a while ago that I would make (or at least try to make) a new output stage for the K5 (To have less background noise) so I think it should

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Re: [k5synth] Human-buttons

2006-07-20 by Antoine Deschênes

Sorry for this mail! (Probably scammers that want your money using this event.) I found suspicious that the person in question had no comment for

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Re: [k5synth] Re: K5

2006-07-18 by Antoine Deschênes

They sent me an HEX file (Also posted in the files section before) with v1.3 that I will burn using a new Flash ROM with my programmer/burner. I don t have an

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Re: [k5synth] Re: K5

2006-07-18 by Simon Kunath

On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 14:24:49 -0400, Antoine Desch?nes ... Hi Antoine, thanks for the fast response, would you mind telling me the email address or the Kawai

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Re: [k5synth] Re: K5

2006-07-18 by Antoine Deschênes

I already e-mailed Kawai UK and got an answer, they sent me the K5 v1.3 ROM file in my e-mail. Strangely, Kawai US thinks that the latest ROM is v1.2 If I

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Re: [k5synth] Re: K5

2006-07-18 by Simon Kunath

Hi all, Does anyone know where to get the latest K5 rom in the UK? I emailed Kawai but have had no reply. Great synth, I need to spend more time with my

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Re: [k5synth] Re: K5

2006-07-18 by Antoine Deschênes

The upgrade was probably not done, about the only way to knowhow to do it is by suscribing here or visiting kfuenf.org. 1.You have to tell Kawai US, open the

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Re: RE : [k5synth] Re: K5

2006-07-18 by Dale Lindsay

Really? I was under the impression that it had to be sent back to Kawai for the OS to be upgraded. Could you tell me more? Thanks, D Antoine Deschênes

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Re: [k5synth] Re: K5

2006-07-18 by Carol and Bill Dykes

Thanks for the reply. I ll call my Dad tonight and see which version he has. He sent me a color copy of the the brochure on it. I don t think he has ever

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RE : [k5synth] Re: K5

2006-07-18 by Antoine Deschênes

About the OS version, you can upgrade it quite easily. resonantorder a écrit : The K5 seems to be one of those love/hate syndrome of

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Re: K5

2006-07-18 by resonantorder

The K5 seems to be one of those love/hate syndrome of synths. A full keyboard usually goes for 100.00 to 150.00 on ebay. I ve seen them sit for weeks, and I ve

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K5

2006-07-17 by Carol

Hi, I m new to this group and I was wondering how much demand there is for a Kawai K5. My father has one and is wanting to part with it. He has not ever used

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Re: K5 weight

2006-06-09 by mogutumail

module:10.6 lbs (4.8kg) keyboard: 28.2 lbs (12.8 kg) Check out the owner manual (pg 51)!!

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K5 weight

2006-06-09 by Antoine Deschênes

I m getting an other K5 and would like to know if someone knows how much it weights to know the shipping costs.

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New poll for k5synth

2006-06-06 by k5synth@yahoogroups.com

Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the k5synth group: The choice that best represents my opinion of the Kawai K5 is: o It is a great

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Polls feature enabled now

2006-06-04 by onephatcat@earthlink.net

ok, I was able (sitting in my car using my Palm .Treo 650) to change the poll setting so that any registered user may create a poll. Joel ... From:

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Re: [k5synth] Digest Number 187

2006-06-04 by onephatcat@earthlink.net

ok will fix that... Joel ... From: k5synth@yahoogroups.com Subj: [k5synth] Digest Number 187 Date: Sat Jun 3, 2006 4:53 am Size: 6K To:

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Re: Interesting stuff on eBay

2006-05-30 by metaphor20032003

... Hello Antoine: I did look up the item you mentioned and it does appear to be a window s based editor and as the vendor says approximately 3500 sounds at ~

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Re: [k5synth] Overtone

2006-05-09 by Antoine Deschênes

Great, you got it going! My new computer can t handle it anymore. It s running WinXP and has no ISA slots... Gotta try my MusicQuest in my Pentium III 800 to

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Overtone

2006-05-09 by metaphor20032003

Hello to all: Because I thought it could maybe be beneficial to anyone trying to get goin with Overtone, I wanted to report how I finally got it to work again.

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Re: Hi Everyone

2006-05-02 by synthmusicianmark

Thanks for the reply, Do you have a schematic of the output section? Metal film resistors will help with some noise and tantilum caps with a little too. I had

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Re: [k5synth] Hi Everyone

2006-05-01 by Antoine Deschênes

Wow! You found a brand new unit! There are some patches in the files section, but I don t know if it s a better idea to just put a link here. I don t know if

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Hi Everyone

2006-05-01 by synthmusicianmark

Well I m glad to have found this group, I ve just recently purchased another K5m to replace the one I sold a few years ago. I hope I can be of some help here

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Re: [k5synth] Overtone

2006-04-22 by Antoine Deschênes

But I saw that you can at least load it in Windows XP s cmd.exe. Maybe VDMSound would work?

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Re: [k5synth] Overtone

2006-04-22 by Antoine Deschênes

Unfortunately, it can t be used ... Instructions for MIDI out : 1. Start DOSbox 2. Type mixer /listmidi 3. Get the number corresponding to the device you want

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Overtone

2006-04-22 by metaphor20032003

Hello: Okay, okay and okay again. Now, we all in theory know thanks to Antoine that DosBox exits, but would any of you who have now figured it out care to

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Using Overtone

2006-04-22 by Antoine Deschênes

A few instructions if you re lost : To select a file, or one of the functions on the bottom of the screen, it s the mouse wheel you have to click (Or the

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DosBox

2006-04-22 by Joel Braverman

Wow, what a find! I spent a good amount of time trying to get Overtone to run under XP s command shell, with not much luck! Thanks Antoine! Joel

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Re: [k5synth] Overtone Again...

2006-04-20 by Antoine Deschênes

Oh, and when I told that DOSbox was MPU-401 compatible, I meant to say that it can emulate it and redirect it to any MIDI device the OS supports.

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Re: [k5synth] Hello - a NKOTB!

2006-04-20 by Antoine Deschênes

What are you planning to do for the ROM upgrade? There are a lot of solutions possible : - Send the ROM to Kawai and they send you an other, - Bring the ROM

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Hello - a NKOTB!

2006-04-20 by yahdaws

I m new to this group and just wanted to make a post and say hello. Haven t used my K5 (and k5m) since the atari days and know that i ve fixed the EL s and

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Re: [k5synth] Overtone Again...

2006-04-20 by Antoine Deschênes

Hi metaphor, ... Yes, I get more new member authorization requests than posts... ... Maybe he could be in kawaisynths , since there are more than one models.

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Overtone Again...

2006-04-20 by metaphor20032003

Hello to All: I have noticed that the group had been somewhat dormant for awhile so I decided to post this message to awake you all, at least the moderators :)

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Re: [k5synth] Re: full of K5 sounds!

2006-02-23 by Antoine Deschênes

... There was one I didn t listen to also. I got a warning telling that you passed over the bandwidth limit and that it would take an hour before I could

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Re: full of K5 sounds!

2006-02-23 by mogutumail

Thanks for listening and advise! By the way the recordings you heard were made live in the studio and after work (my voice is a little less uglier, believe

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Re: [k5synth] Re: full of K5 sounds!

2006-02-23 by Antoine Deschênes

Apart from that the tunes are good. If you can, or if you want, you could put a reverb after the K5. It s sound improves a lot this way.

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