Kawai Synthesizers

Hey Seq,

  Kawai US will give you the latest firmware for your K4 synth. All 
you need to do is contact them. They ask for a payment then they will 
hold the payment until you return the old eprom. When they get the 
old eprom back they refund your payment. This way they don't have 
their firmware floating around the web. They also have the Service 
Manual for $35US. 

  I'm not sure what revision the K4 keyboard is up to currently. The 
K4r module has V1.4. I updated my K4r from V1.3 and didn't notice any 
changes in the unit. Of course it didn't have any prolems to begin 
with that I knew of. I've never heard of the K4 firmware fixing a 
click or attack transient but hey who knows.

  About the clicking... I have on occasion found some K4 patches that 
sounded like this. After auditioning these in headphones I could hear 
a fast attack transient that was actually programmed into the patch. 
Through my studio monitors all I heard was a click because I didn't 
have the volume cranked enough to hear the subtle details. Is this 
what's going on? If you think this is not the case and you have a 
malfunction you could send the patches to one of us so we can listen 
for this click. I have a huge library of K4 patches and probably have 
these patches. So you could just tell me what the patches are and 
what bank they are from. Are these multis or singles? 

  I'll help out if I can, Narfman
  

--- In kawaisynths@yahoogroups.com, "sequins_studio" <sequins@...> 
wrote:
>
> Hello,
> 
> I recently bought a K4, I've been playing around with it and 
everything 
> seems OK. 
> 
> Except the very loud filter clicks on some patches... they truly 
bother 
> me.
> 
> Can anything be done about that? I've heard that a firmware upgrade 
> might do the trick, is that true?
> 
> The K4 I have has V1.0
> 
> I've seen v1.4 is the latest, does anybody have the binary code so 
I 
> can program a new EPROM?
> 
> Regards,
> SEq. Studio.
>