Kawai Synthesizers

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.

--- 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

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

As far as Kawai synths go I have curently a K1r, K3m and a K5000s. I 
have also owned in the past a K1, a K3 (sold these two and replaced 
them with the rackmounts to save space) and a G-MEGA. As I layer 
synths alot I don't really use any one of these for any specific 
purpose though I do tend to lean towards the k5ks for leads due to 
it's relentlessly edgy tone. I tend to couple the k5ks with a 
Redsound darkstar alot as I feel they compliment one another well. I 
use the k3 with a Korg ex-8000 alot for tones and my k1 gets grouped 
along with my yamaha tx81z and a waldorf xtk. The most used vote 
goes out to the k1 and k5ks.


--- 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.

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