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Hey Everyone, some news about the Kawai K5!

Hey Everyone, some news about the Kawai K5!

2007-03-27 by antdes45

Hi everyone,

The group is pretty inactive... Sounds like no one has trouble with
their K5! 

First, it's K5's 20th anniversary! (Thanks to Klaus Tzieply for
letting me know)

Talking about Klaus, (Thank you for kfuenf.org by the way, that's how
I discovered this group,) he was supposed to update his librarian with
sound editing, but he has no time to work on it because of his job. 

I don't know if some of you remember, two years ago, some of us had
discussions about the K5's internal preamp, but I have the complete
schematic now and can start working on some modifications like I said
2 years ago... I guess it's time to work on it on the machine's 20th!
I got the essential parts to experiment a bit recently, I'm going to
share the modifications with you.


Anyways, I had an idea last week for those of you that wished to
upgrade your K5 to version 1.3, that's why I send this message to
every members. I have a ROM programmer sitting in a corner and I could
easily buy some flash ROMs and ship them programmed to you. (Version
1.3 for K5 and 1.2 for K5m)

Going with flash ROMs would be the ideal solution in my opinion, since
there are no UV rays involved, they're cheap, you don't have to ship
them to me(Unlike with Kawai US), you have your old UV-erasable EPROM
as a backup if something screws up(Unlike about every other current
solutions), and they're easy to erase.

Waiting to hear from you,
Antoine - Moderator

P.S. I could be looking into inverter + backlight kits as well.

Re: Hey Everyone, some news about the Kawai K5!

2007-03-27 by kjtkfuenf

Hi Antoine,

so it's time even to talk again.

Yeah, 20 Years of K5 i own my oldest since 1992.

Yes, there will be an primitive editor, this year.

There is only 5% work to be done to get it into alpha testing
status, but as Antoine says, no time at the moment.

And there are more news, after finishing the editor
the whole thing will go open source, as soon as i have time
for code beautifying ;)

Klaus




--- In k5synth@yahoogroups.com, "antdes45" <antdes45@...> wrote:
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>
> Hi everyone,
> 
> The group is pretty inactive... Sounds like no one has trouble with
> their K5! 
> 
> First, it's K5's 20th anniversary! (Thanks to Klaus Tzieply for
> letting me know)
> 
> Talking about Klaus, (Thank you for kfuenf.org by the way, that's how
> I discovered this group,) he was supposed to update his librarian with
> sound editing, but he has no time to work on it because of his job. 
> 
> I don't know if some of you remember, two years ago, some of us had
> discussions about the K5's internal preamp, but I have the complete
> schematic now and can start working on some modifications like I said
> 2 years ago... I guess it's time to work on it on the machine's 20th!
> I got the essential parts to experiment a bit recently, I'm going to
> share the modifications with you.
> 
> 
> Anyways, I had an idea last week for those of you that wished to
> upgrade your K5 to version 1.3, that's why I send this message to
> every members. I have a ROM programmer sitting in a corner and I could
> easily buy some flash ROMs and ship them programmed to you. (Version
> 1.3 for K5 and 1.2 for K5m)
> 
> Going with flash ROMs would be the ideal solution in my opinion, since
> there are no UV rays involved, they're cheap, you don't have to ship
> them to me(Unlike with Kawai US), you have your old UV-erasable EPROM
> as a backup if something screws up(Unlike about every other current
> solutions), and they're easy to erase.
> 
> Waiting to hear from you,
> Antoine - Moderator
> 
> P.S. I could be looking into inverter + backlight kits as well.
>

Re:Hey Everyone, some news about the Kawai K5!

2007-03-28 by Robert Gage-Smith

Hi Antoine, I'd love to update the ROM on my K5m (it's
running OS 1 at present). What do you think it would
cost? Kind regards, Rob.




		
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Re: Hey Everyone, some news about the Kawai K5!

2007-03-28 by Jeff B

If the K5 came out in '87, and the K5000 came out in '97, shouldn't Kawai be releasing a K5000000 sometime soon?  ;-)

Jeff
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----- Original Message ----
From: antdes45 <antdes45@...>
To: k5synth@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 5:38:11 PM
Subject: [k5synth] Hey Everyone, some news about the Kawai K5!









  


    
            Hi everyone,



The group is pretty inactive... Sounds like no one has trouble with

their K5! 



First, it's K5's 20th anniversary! (Thanks to Klaus Tzieply for

letting me know)



Talking about Klaus, (Thank you for kfuenf.org by the way, that's how

I discovered this group,) he was supposed to update his librarian with

sound editing, but he has no time to work on it because of his job. 



I don't know if some of you remember, two years ago, some of us had

discussions about the K5's internal preamp, but I have the complete

schematic now and can start working on some modifications like I said

2 years ago... I guess it's time to work on it on the machine's 20th!

I got the essential parts to experiment a bit recently, I'm going to

share the modifications with you.



Anyways, I had an idea last week for those of you that wished to

upgrade your K5 to version 1.3, that's why I send this message to

every members. I have a ROM programmer sitting in a corner and I could

easily buy some flash ROMs and ship them programmed to you. (Version

1.3 for K5 and 1.2 for K5m)



Going with flash ROMs would be the ideal solution in my opinion, since

there are no UV rays involved, they're cheap, you don't have to ship

them to me(Unlike with Kawai US), you have your old UV-erasable EPROM

as a backup if something screws up(Unlike about every other current

solutions), and they're easy to erase.



Waiting to hear from you,

Antoine - Moderator



P.S. I could be looking into inverter + backlight kits as well. 





    
  

    
    




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Re: [k5synth] Re: Hey Everyone, some news about the Kawai K5!

2007-03-28 by Antoine DeschĂȘnes

Maybe if they still made synths...

Jeff B a \ufffdcrit :
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> If the K5 came out in '87, and the K5000 came out in '97, shouldn't 
> Kawai be releasing a K5000000 sometime soon?  ;-)
>
> Jeff
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: antdes45 <antdes45@...>
> To: k5synth@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 5:38:11 PM
> Subject: [k5synth] Hey Everyone, some news about the Kawai K5!
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> The group is pretty inactive... Sounds like no one has trouble with
> their K5!
>
> First, it's K5's 20th anniversary! (Thanks to Klaus Tzieply for
> letting me know)
>
> Talking about Klaus, (Thank you for kfuenf.org by the way, that's how
> I discovered this group,) he was supposed to update his librarian with
> sound editing, but he has no time to work on it because of his job.
>
> I don't know if some of you remember, two years ago, some of us had
> discussions about the K5's internal preamp, but I have the complete
> schematic now and can start working on some modifications like I said
> 2 years ago... I guess it's time to work on it on the machine's 20th!
> I got the essential parts to experiment a bit recently, I'm going to
> share the modifications with you.
>
> Anyways, I had an idea last week for those of you that wished to
> upgrade your K5 to version 1.3, that's why I send this message to
> every members. I have a ROM programmer sitting in a corner and I could
> easily buy some flash ROMs and ship them programmed to you. (Version
> 1.3 for K5 and 1.2 for K5m)
>
> Going with flash ROMs would be the ideal solution in my opinion, since
> there are no UV rays involved, they're cheap, you don't have to ship
> them to me(Unlike with Kawai US), you have your old UV-erasable EPROM
> as a backup if something screws up(Unlike about every other current
> solutions), and they're easy to erase.
>
> Waiting to hear from you,
> Antoine - Moderator
>
> P.S. I could be looking into inverter + backlight kits as well.
>

Re: [k5synth] Re: Hey Everyone, some news about the Kawai K5!

2007-03-28 by Antoine DeschĂȘnes

Maybe if they still made synths...

Jeff B a \ufffdcrit :
Show quoted textHide quoted text
> If the K5 came out in '87, and the K5000 came out in '97, shouldn't 
> Kawai be releasing a K5000000 sometime soon?  ;-)
>
> Jeff
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: antdes45 <antdes45@...>
> To: k5synth@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 5:38:11 PM
> Subject: [k5synth] Hey Everyone, some news about the Kawai K5!
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> The group is pretty inactive... Sounds like no one has trouble with
> their K5!
>
> First, it's K5's 20th anniversary! (Thanks to Klaus Tzieply for
> letting me know)
>
> Talking about Klaus, (Thank you for kfuenf.org by the way, that's how
> I discovered this group,) he was supposed to update his librarian with
> sound editing, but he has no time to work on it because of his job.
>
> I don't know if some of you remember, two years ago, some of us had
> discussions about the K5's internal preamp, but I have the complete
> schematic now and can start working on some modifications like I said
> 2 years ago... I guess it's time to work on it on the machine's 20th!
> I got the essential parts to experiment a bit recently, I'm going to
> share the modifications with you.
>
> Anyways, I had an idea last week for those of you that wished to
> upgrade your K5 to version 1.3, that's why I send this message to
> every members. I have a ROM programmer sitting in a corner and I could
> easily buy some flash ROMs and ship them programmed to you. (Version
> 1.3 for K5 and 1.2 for K5m)
>
> Going with flash ROMs would be the ideal solution in my opinion, since
> there are no UV rays involved, they're cheap, you don't have to ship
> them to me(Unlike with Kawai US), you have your old UV-erasable EPROM
> as a backup if something screws up(Unlike about every other current
> solutions), and they're easy to erase.
>
> Waiting to hear from you,
> Antoine - Moderator
>
> P.S. I could be looking into inverter + backlight kits as well.
>

Re: [k5synth] Re: Hey Everyone, some news about the Kawai K5!

2007-03-28 by Antoine DeschĂȘnes

Maybe if they still made synths...

Jeff B a \ufffdcrit :
Show quoted textHide quoted text
> If the K5 came out in '87, and the K5000 came out in '97, shouldn't 
> Kawai be releasing a K5000000 sometime soon?  ;-)
>
> Jeff
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: antdes45 <antdes45@...>
> To: k5synth@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 5:38:11 PM
> Subject: [k5synth] Hey Everyone, some news about the Kawai K5!
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> The group is pretty inactive... Sounds like no one has trouble with
> their K5!
>
> First, it's K5's 20th anniversary! (Thanks to Klaus Tzieply for
> letting me know)
>
> Talking about Klaus, (Thank you for kfuenf.org by the way, that's how
> I discovered this group,) he was supposed to update his librarian with
> sound editing, but he has no time to work on it because of his job.
>
> I don't know if some of you remember, two years ago, some of us had
> discussions about the K5's internal preamp, but I have the complete
> schematic now and can start working on some modifications like I said
> 2 years ago... I guess it's time to work on it on the machine's 20th!
> I got the essential parts to experiment a bit recently, I'm going to
> share the modifications with you.
>
> Anyways, I had an idea last week for those of you that wished to
> upgrade your K5 to version 1.3, that's why I send this message to
> every members. I have a ROM programmer sitting in a corner and I could
> easily buy some flash ROMs and ship them programmed to you. (Version
> 1.3 for K5 and 1.2 for K5m)
>
> Going with flash ROMs would be the ideal solution in my opinion, since
> there are no UV rays involved, they're cheap, you don't have to ship
> them to me(Unlike with Kawai US), you have your old UV-erasable EPROM
> as a backup if something screws up(Unlike about every other current
> solutions), and they're easy to erase.
>
> Waiting to hear from you,
> Antoine - Moderator
>
> P.S. I could be looking into inverter + backlight kits as well.
>

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