Kawai Synthesizers

I have an XD-5, i'm using a standard universal AC Adapter.  12v 1300mA.  
And it works fine.  And about the 303/808/909 thing.  No.  The closest 
you'll get to any of those is the 808,  and that's because it a few 
samples.  Though they call them BOB.  No 909 sounds, no 303 sounds.  And 
you probably won't get close to synthesizing them either. 

-Larry



narfman96 wrote:
> Wow Steve that's an amazing deal!!! 
> However the power supply deal sounds worse than "Flirting With 
> Disaster" by Molly Hatchet. There is a blocking diode in the K4r 
> power section and that's probably doing the half wave thing but the 
> power factor is way off. This can't be good for either module. The 
> only thing I could find on the XD5 was the same DC IN 12V that's 
> printed on my K4r is shown on page 5 of the PDF manual Kawai has on 
> their site. The power consumption isn't listed on the spec page but 
> it's the K4r's sister so it should be the same value. 
>
> According to the manual this (the only?) Kawai Percussion Synthesizer 
> has 256 waves and samples to play around with. 16 bit 44k technology 
> for the samples and the waves are the same as the K4(r). These sound 
> great in the K4 and I'm betting the XD5 can do the TB303, TR909 and 
> all these popular sought after sounds. There's even a gated mode and 
> 8 outputs. Neat! Tell us how it sounds when you get a chance....
>
> Narfman  
>
> --- In kawaisynths@yahoogroups.com, Steven Wright 
> <drivefastplayhard@...> wrote:
>   
>> hey, I just bought a used K4R and an X5D or whatever the K4R based 
>>     
> drum module is.  Only one PSU though and it's a 12 volt AC 350ma or 
> something like that (don't recall the current actually but it was 
> smallish).  the AC thing surprised me.  They work fine with the 12v 
> ac output adapter.  does it really need ac though or is it ignoring 
> half the waveform and only needs dc power?
>   
>> I need another psu for my second unit obviously which is why I ask.
>>
>> By the way, got a crazy deal on the gear.
>>
>> $280 canadian for:
>> K4R, X5D, Emu Orbit V2, behringer 16 channel level mixer (one rack 
>>     
> space), behringer t1954 enhancer (I'm trying to sell that but we'll 
> see, could be useful, looks cool anyway LoL), behringer tweakalizer, 
> and m-audio x-session.
>   
>> Scary deal huh?  Anyway, so I'm new to the K4R but it and the emu 
>>     
> orbit v2 both impress me a lot.  the orbit has portamento which I 
> love for leads, and it has nice filters, the k4r has one wicked 
> filter though.... fairly edgy analog sounding unit.
>   
>> Cheers
>>
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