Kawai

Sunday Synth Jam: Retrosound created this ambient soundscape, Sound Clouds, to showcase the Kawai K5000R.

The track transcends the goal of being a demo of the Kawai K5000R, though, to be a lovely ambient soundscape synth jam. Read more…

A holiday synth jam from Muzik 4 Machines.

• Korg ESX1: All Sequences/Drums
• Yamaha TX81z: Reverby/Pumpy Sawtooth Bass (chain:TX81z-Akai MFC42-Alesis Nanoverb-DBX266 ch1 (pump)-ch2 (Compression)-Mixer)
• Roland MKS50: Hoover/Saw/Lead/Pumpy Synth (Chain MKS50-Boss SL20-DBX266-Zoom RFX2200-Mixer)
• Redsound SoundBite Pro: Vocals/looping
• Korg Kaoss pad 2: Tempo Delay
• Korg Kaoss Pad 3: Loops, Looper(snare rolls), Grainshifter
• Korg Kaossilator: Noise Sweeps (path: K01-Mini KP(Delay)-Mixer)
• Korg ER1: Beatbox AND sidechain signal (Chain: left out-ProCo Turbo Rat-Boss V-Wha-Mixer)
• DX200: Fm E-piano, pads, 303-esque sequences, etc (Chain: Left Out-Boss DD5 delay-Mixer)
• Motu Midi Mixer 7s: My mixer, controlled by the BCF2000)
• Kawai Midi Patchbay:Guess 
• DBX MC 6: Output Compressor

NOT used: 
a computer, besides recording it; no edition, no mastering, What you hear is what I send out of the main outs

This is a demo, by RetroSound, of the Kawai K5000 Advanced Additive Synthesizer.

The Kawai K5000 = Additive Synthesis + special PCM samples; the demo shows some typical K5000 sounds.

Kawai K5000R Specs:

• Polyphony: 32 voices
• Oscillators: Digital Additive Synthesis plus PCM samples; Harmonics: 64 per source;
• Effects: 4 effects algorithms with 32 different effects
• Filter: 128-band formant filter, 24dB/oct low-pass and high-pass; LFO : 2 (one for formant filter, one can be freely routed to other destinations); 1 ASDR per part, with key scale and velocity; Arpeggiator: 40 patterns, 8 user;
• Memory: 200 patches, 64 performances ;
• Date: 1996