Kawai Synthesizers

I am new to MIDI (guitarist) and trying to set up a K1 for someone. I 
have the Kawai K1 with MIDI In and MIDI out connected, these run to 
the breakout box of my TerraTec DMX 6Fire 24/96 (with In to Out and 
Out to In). I am using CuBase 3.0.2.

When I press any key on the K1 there is a response within the mixer 
but I hear nothing. The audio is working (MusicMatch and other tools, 
including CuBase's opening music all play fine) but nothing from the 
keyboard. I note I am meant to add my device but cannot find out if 
the K1 is GM or GX. Any and all help would be gratefully received.

I used 
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1994_articles/jan94/kawaik1sequencing
.html to set up my MULTI A1 for sequencing. I presume I have to have 
this pressed to allow my system to communicate?

I have the MIDI leads set so that the IN of the K1 connects to the 
OUT of my breakout box, and vice versa with the K1 OUT/Breakout IN.

I had the signal permanently high this morning and then, when 
leaning on the lead, the signal returned to normal. Still no sound 
though. So, this could be a faulty lead?

I'd like to confirm something (because I am now beginning to doubt 
everything); I should be able to plug a MIDI device into my breakout 
box, load up CuBase and, with the headphones plugged into the 
breakout box, hear the sound relating to the key pressed (depending 
on the sound defined within CuBase - which is another thing I have 
no idea about). There really shouldn't be a lot of setting up to 
make the simple task of communication happen surely? Or am I very 
wrong?

--- In kawaisynths@yahoogroups.com, Marc Ellis <louparte@...> wrote:
>
> It could be any number of things. 
>    
>   How are your audio cables connected? 
>    
>   I don't have my K-1 with me. I wish I did. 
>    
>   But on the K-1 you have a MIDI Transmit channel & a 
>   MIDI Receive channel. As I recall, it's in the 
>   edit section for singles and you go Multi/Edit
>   A-B-C-D for multi patches. 
> 
>   have fun. I wish I had my K-1 with me. 
>   I miss the greatest digital string pad sound 
>   ever made - S-1-A-3
>    
>   m.e.
> kawaisynths@yahoogroups.com wrote:
> 
> There is 1 message in this issue.
> 
> Topics in this digest:
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> 1. K1 and MIDI 
> From: "gazzanewpy" gazzanewpy@...
> 
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> Message 1 
> From: "gazzanewpy" gazzanewpy@...
> Date: Fri May 19, 2006 0:59pm(PDT) 
> Subject: K1 and MIDI
> 
> I am new to MIDI (guitarist) and trying to set up a K1 for 
someone. I 
> have the Kawai K1 with MIDI In and MIDI out connected, these run 
to 
> the breakout box of my TerraTec DMX 6Fire 24/96 (with In to Out 
and 
> Out to In). I am using CuBase 3.0.2.
> 
> When I press any key on the K1 there is a response within the 
mixer 
> but I hear nothing. The audio is working (MusicMatch and other 
tools, 
> including CuBase's opening music all play fine) but nothing from 
the 
> keyboard. I note I am meant to add my device but cannot find out 
if 
> the K1 is GM or GX. Any and all help would be gratefully received.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Okay, a little closer!

I have downloaded a small test utility called MIDIOX and sure enough 
I can press a key on the K1 and hear the assigned instrument out of 
th headphones attached to the PC. So, all the hardware is working.

The fault must lie in how I have my sequencer software configured. I 
have been told that the DMX 6Fire wavetable is only useable if I 
hvae the extension board attached (and I don't); otherwise I will 
hear nothing (which I am).

I therefore need to assign the MS Wavetable but how? How do I tell 
CuBase to use the MS Wavetable?

Equally, how do I then assign a particular instrument from that 
wavetable onto the mixer channel I wish to record on?

--- In kawaisynths@yahoogroups.com, "gazzanewpy" <gazzanewpy@...> 
wrote:
>
> I used 
> 
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1994_articles/jan94/kawaik1sequencing
> .html to set up my MULTI A1 for sequencing. I presume I have to 
have 
> this pressed to allow my system to communicate?
> 
> I have the MIDI leads set so that the IN of the K1 connects to the 
> OUT of my breakout box, and vice versa with the K1 OUT/Breakout IN.
> 
> I had the signal permanently high this morning and then, when 
> leaning on the lead, the signal returned to normal. Still no sound 
> though. So, this could be a faulty lead?
> 
> I'd like to confirm something (because I am now beginning to doubt 
> everything); I should be able to plug a MIDI device into my 
breakout 
> box, load up CuBase and, with the headphones plugged into the 
> breakout box, hear the sound relating to the key pressed 
(depending 
> on the sound defined within CuBase - which is another thing I have 
> no idea about). There really shouldn't be a lot of setting up to 
> make the simple task of communication happen surely? Or am I very 
> wrong?
> 
> --- In kawaisynths@yahoogroups.com, Marc Ellis <louparte@> wrote:
> >
> > It could be any number of things. 
> >    
> >   How are your audio cables connected? 
> >    
> >   I don't have my K-1 with me. I wish I did. 
> >    
> >   But on the K-1 you have a MIDI Transmit channel & a 
> >   MIDI Receive channel. As I recall, it's in the 
> >   edit section for singles and you go Multi/Edit
> >   A-B-C-D for multi patches. 
> > 
> >   have fun. I wish I had my K-1 with me. 
> >   I miss the greatest digital string pad sound 
> >   ever made - S-1-A-3
> >    
> >   m.e.
> > kawaisynths@yahoogroups.com wrote:
> > 
> > There is 1 message in this issue.
> > 
> > Topics in this digest:
> > 
> > 1. K1 and MIDI 
> > From: "gazzanewpy" gazzanewpy@
> > 
> > 
> 
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> > Message 1 
> > From: "gazzanewpy" gazzanewpy@
> > Date: Fri May 19, 2006 0:59pm(PDT) 
> > Subject: K1 and MIDI
> > 
> > I am new to MIDI (guitarist) and trying to set up a K1 for 
> someone. I 
> > have the Kawai K1 with MIDI In and MIDI out connected, these run 
> to 
> > the breakout box of my TerraTec DMX 6Fire 24/96 (with In to Out 
> and 
> > Out to In). I am using CuBase 3.0.2.
> > 
> > When I press any key on the K1 there is a response within the 
> mixer 
> > but I hear nothing. The audio is working (MusicMatch and other 
> tools, 
> > including CuBase's opening music all play fine) but nothing from 
> the 
> > keyboard. I note I am meant to add my device but cannot find out 
> if 
> > the K1 is GM or GX. Any and all help would be gratefully 
received.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
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> 
_____________________________________________________________________
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> > 
> > 
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> > Yahoo! Groups Links
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> > 
> > 
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If your midi or audio is intermittent at the connection to the synth 
it could be a bad solder connection at the synth's rear jacks. If the 
cables got yanked or stepped on it usually creates a bad connection 
on the circuit board where the jack is connected. Look at this too...
Narfman

--- In kawaisynths@yahoogroups.com, "gazzanewpy" <gazzanewpy@...> 
wrote:
>
> Okay, a little closer!
> 
> I have downloaded a small test utility called MIDIOX and sure 
enough 
> I can press a key on the K1 and hear the assigned instrument out of 
> th headphones attached to the PC. So, all the hardware is working.
> 
> The fault must lie in how I have my sequencer software configured. 
I 
> have been told that the DMX 6Fire wavetable is only useable if I 
> hvae the extension board attached (and I don't); otherwise I will 
> hear nothing (which I am).
> 
> I therefore need to assign the MS Wavetable but how? How do I tell 
> CuBase to use the MS Wavetable?
> 
> Equally, how do I then assign a particular instrument from that 
> wavetable onto the mixer channel I wish to record on?
> 
> --- In kawaisynths@yahoogroups.com, "gazzanewpy" <gazzanewpy@> 
> wrote:
> >
> > I used 
> > 
> 
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1994_articles/jan94/kawaik1sequencing
> > .html to set up my MULTI A1 for sequencing. I presume I have to 
> have 
> > this pressed to allow my system to communicate?
> > 
> > I have the MIDI leads set so that the IN of the K1 connects to 
the 
> > OUT of my breakout box, and vice versa with the K1 OUT/Breakout 
IN.
> > 
> > I had the signal permanently high this morning and then, when 
> > leaning on the lead, the signal returned to normal. Still no 
sound 
> > though. So, this could be a faulty lead?
> > 
> > I'd like to confirm something (because I am now beginning to 
doubt 
> > everything); I should be able to plug a MIDI device into my 
> breakout 
> > box, load up CuBase and, with the headphones plugged into the 
> > breakout box, hear the sound relating to the key pressed 
> (depending 
> > on the sound defined within CuBase - which is another thing I 
have 
> > no idea about). There really shouldn't be a lot of setting up to 
> > make the simple task of communication happen surely? Or am I very 
> > wrong?
> > 
> > --- In kawaisynths@yahoogroups.com, Marc Ellis <louparte@> wrote:
> > >
> > > It could be any number of things. 
> > >    
> > >   How are your audio cables connected? 
> > >    
> > >   I don't have my K-1 with me. I wish I did. 
> > >    
> > >   But on the K-1 you have a MIDI Transmit channel & a 
> > >   MIDI Receive channel. As I recall, it's in the 
> > >   edit section for singles and you go Multi/Edit
> > >   A-B-C-D for multi patches. 
> > > 
> > >   have fun. I wish I had my K-1 with me. 
> > >   I miss the greatest digital string pad sound 
> > >   ever made - S-1-A-3
> > >    
> > >   m.e.
> > > kawaisynths@yahoogroups.com wrote:
> > > 
> > > There is 1 message in this issue.
> > > 
> > > Topics in this digest:
> > > 
> > > 1. K1 and MIDI 
> > > From: "gazzanewpy" gazzanewpy@
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> 
_____________________________________________________________________
> > ___
> > > 
> > 
> 
_____________________________________________________________________
> > ___
> > > 
> > > Message 1 
> > > From: "gazzanewpy" gazzanewpy@
> > > Date: Fri May 19, 2006 0:59pm(PDT) 
> > > Subject: K1 and MIDI
> > > 
> > > I am new to MIDI (guitarist) and trying to set up a K1 for 
> > someone. I 
> > > have the Kawai K1 with MIDI In and MIDI out connected, these 
run 
> > to 
> > > the breakout box of my TerraTec DMX 6Fire 24/96 (with In to Out 
> > and 
> > > Out to In). I am using CuBase 3.0.2.
> > > 
> > > When I press any key on the K1 there is a response within the 
> > mixer 
> > > but I hear nothing. The audio is working (MusicMatch and other 
> > tools, 
> > > including CuBase's opening music all play fine) but nothing 
from 
> > the 
> > > keyboard. I note I am meant to add my device but cannot find 
out 
> > if 
> > > the K1 is GM or GX. Any and all help would be gratefully 
> received.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> 
_____________________________________________________________________
> > ___
> > > 
> > 
> 
_____________________________________________________________________
> > ___
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------
-
> --
> > -----
> > > Yahoo! Groups Links
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------
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> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 		
> > > ---------------------------------
> > > Love cheap thrills? Enjoy PC-to-Phone  calls to 30+ countries 
> for 
> > just 2¢/min with Yahoo! Messenger with Voice.
> > >
> >
>