Canadian composer & synthesist Sarah Belle Reid shared this video overview and demo of the Black Corporation Kijimi Mk2.
The Kijimi is an 8-voice analog polyphonic synthesizer with polyphonic aftertouch and MPE capability.
Here’s what Reid has to say about the video:
“In this video, we’ll take a look at everything that’s inside Kijimi and how it all works, and I’ll share some of my favorite approaches to using Kijimi as an interactive instrument for live performance and as an experimental sound design tool.
And of course, I’ll also share lots of sounds and patches along the way.”
Topics covered:
00:00 Intro & Musical Demos
2:14 Sound Generation in Kijimi
12:05 Kijimi’s VCF
15:03 Filter Self-Oscillation Tricks
17:35 Modulation in Kijimi
18:47 Envelope Generators
22:55 Portamento & Glissando
24:25 LFOs
27:25 Modulation Matrix
37:17 MPE
40:47 Extra Fun (& Nerdy) Tricks
47:58 Arpeggiator
Synth looks good….that tiny screen though?! I get manufacturers don’t want the screen to dominate all the physical controls, but making it postage stamp sized is bad is daft, iamgine trying to read this on stage. Better off with an old-school 2 line text LCD.
I didn’t notice that there is a tiny screen, until you mentioned it.
– it’s only the size of a single knob space !
Who goes into settings like micro tuning on stage? You run your patches and all you’ll ever need is on the front panel.
Nobody mentioned micro tuning, why are you making things up?
Look at the video, the screen is used for patch selection and voice count. If something goes wrong with a patch change (or you want to jam out) then it’s easier to select the patch you want if you don’t have to squint at the screen.
Good
Looking forward to seeing Behringer’s take on the RSF Polykobol as well. Should be interesting to compare against Kijimi.
The only Behringer synth I am wishing for.
It’s a shame Black Corporation’s synthesizers aren’t fully multitimbral.