Kawai Synthesizers

Beleieve it or not, I use my K4 for piano, Strings and Organ, I have 
found some really good patches and I disagree with the critics who 
says the K4 doesn't do authentic sounds very well.

--- In kawaisynths@yahoogroups.com, sealed <sealed@m...> wrote:
> 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