Kawai Synthesizers

Hi,

I like making any sounds with all kawai synths. Not only they have interesting 
synthetic functions but also they sound fat.
But I especially like making pads with kawai's ring modulators (K1, K4, 
XD-5 and Gmega). Additive waves and K3's real VCF is also great for pads 
and bleeps.

I like K5 demo on Chromal's page. I have a K5m, but I too, am wondering 
how to synthesize with it. Maybe most users are still on the way to find 
how it should be used....
And there's a small module called XS-1. It has no surprising features, 
but it can produce some funny digital pads with distortion. I uploaded 
XS-1 sounds on my site.

Best,
Sealed
http://homepage.mac.com/synth_seal/html/index.html


> --- In kawaisynths@yahoogroups.com, "senatoradam" <senatoradam@y...>
> wrote:
> > Hey, i was just wondering.  What type of sounds do you use you kawai 
> > synth for?  I have a kawai K3m and mainly use it for wierd pads.
> 
> I'm still discovering new ways to use my K-series synths, but let's 
see..
> 
> I like using the K1rII for gritty digital pads, but it shines for a
> few other things. It makes a nice unfiltered analog sawtooth lead
> sound and a passable nice 88 800 000 registration Hammond organ.
> 
> The K3 has some nice epiano sounds, a killer mono sine lead, and some
> other pretty cool keyboard sounds. I just read a Sound on Sound
> magazine article that suggests it's a really good Hammond tonewheel
> organ sound generator, too. I like it for pads, but...
> 
> It's my K4r that I consider the killer pad machine. Sweepy skwonky
> resonant pads. Oh, and a half-decent quirky edrum set, too. The K4r
> does some fun leads, if you're looking for something different than
> the analog monosynth sound.
> 
> I'm still figuring out what my K5m is good for. Abstract light
> electronic sequenced arpeggiation, maybe? Complex sine pads? I haven't
> been able to see what other people are doing with theirs because I
> haven't found any user patches that Kawai themselves didn't put out..
.
> 
> Ben