Kawai Synthesizers

Hiya,I have the original K1 and a K1m,when my K1m went screwy I just  
changed the battery,regarding the K1 ,the original patches are in rom  
so you won't lose those,I can't say I know much about the K1 II but it  
must be similar,my K1 was damaged in the post the right end was  
smashed to pieces and wasn't working at all so I took it all to bits  
and unplugged and reseated all the plugs and voila it worked they seem  
to be pretty bullet proof apart from the keyboard/case which I had to  
glue back together,the top 4 keys still don't work properly but it  
works.
Have you tried a more powerful PSU? A regulated 1amp PSU will cost you  
peanuts on ebay or similar for the K1II it will just draw what it needs.

J

On 14 Sep 2013, at 12:06, Tom Walker wrote:

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> Thanks for reply. The power supply is the original 12v 500mA. The  
> pitch and mod wheels work as they should as they affect the sound as  
> you would expect. I can out put Midi to another keyboard and it  
> works fine with all keys playing (sending data and velocity and  
> aftertouch working as they should) I will try the Local off  and use  
> another keyboard  and let you know.
> Tom
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> From: Gordon JC Pearce <gordon@...>
> To: kawaisynths@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, 14 September 2013 1:08 AM
> Subject: Re: [kawaisynths] RE: KI sound problems
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> On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 04:01:01AM -0700, Tom Walker wrote:
> > Thanks for that info. I just tried and it still kept all the  
> patches names intact but unfortunately made no difference to the  
> distorted types of sounds being produced. The patch names give an  
> idea of the type of sound which should play and it does make some of  
> those types of sound but it is all over the place pitch is up down  
> loud soft sustained modulated by LFO random. And is the same results  
> for each patch but changes the sounds to something similar to the  
> patch name but totally unusable.
> > Thanks for the advice. Tom
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> Could the mod and pitch bend wheels be misbehaving?  What happens if  
> you set Local Off and play it over MIDI?  If you examine the MIDI  
> output what does it have to say for itself?
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> Are you using the correct power supply?  What is it rated for?
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> Gordonjcp MM0YEQ
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