Kawai Synthesizers

I think if there's anywhere on the net to get answers about these 
Synths it's this group.

Alright, I just picked up this Synth off a friend (K4), it was dusty 
and looked as if it hadn't been used in decades. I went to a music 
store and bought a computer midi cable so I could hook it into my PC. 
At first I pluged it into an amp and try it out, I could only get it to 
produce just one tone. There's no card for it either. I thought there 
were onboard samples but I guess not, unless I have everything all 
twisted. 

Anyways, I want to try and use this Synth as a midi controler keyboard 
for controlling music software, like Reason or FruityLoops. Is this 
possible? Do I need to have the keyboard on a certain setting to output 
midi keys? 

Any help would be greatly appreciated, I think I'm asking the right 
people. Thanks

Mike.

--- In kawaisynths@yahoogroups.com, "mikebreault85"
<mikebreault85@y...> wrote:
> Alright, I just picked up this Synth off a friend (K4) ...
> At first I pluged it into an amp and try it out, I could only get it 
> to produce just one tone.

Yeah, that's odd. Could it be that the battery has died and the
internal patch bank has been cleared to the 'initial' patch?  


> Anyways, I want to try and use this Synth as a midi controler keyboard 
> for controlling music software, like Reason or FruityLoops. Is this 
> possible? Do I need to have the keyboard on a certain setting to output 
> midi keys? 

Yes, it's possible to use the K4 as a MIDI controller keyboard. I
believe its default settings will transmit MIDI, possibly on midi
channel #1. I believe it IS possible to disable MIDI transmission on
the K4 through its configuration menus, so if you have problems, you
may need to check that the prior owner didn't disable MIDI messages
there (this is unlikely).


Good luck!
Ben