Re: Considering a K5 - Need a little help!

Go for it!

There are few hardware synths left in my rack, and these are all keepers
for me. The K5m is probably second only to an MKS-80 on the don't sell
list. Ironically, I also have an ASR-10m but I've reached a point where I'm
really only using it for a handful of libraries, which I am trying to
import into Kontakt.

Describing the K5 sound is about as useful as describing any sound<G>, but
I'll try. The closest thing I can think of is FM, you can create some very
bright, animated sounds with the K5. Animated would be the one word I'd
choose if I had to choose one word...

Programming it from the front panel is a dog - silly though it may sound,
I'd look at MIDIQuest so you can program it from a PC.

I really like mine, and have never considered selling it...

Bill

On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 11:07 AM, Paul <Mehlhaffer-/[email protected]> wrote:

> I'm looking at maybe aquiring a K5 for my synth rig.  I currently use an
> Ensoniq ASR-10, Roland Alpha Juno 1, Moog MG-1, and various VST synths.
>  I'm building an ambient/space music live show, and I love sounds with
> radical timbre shifts, like FM and vector synthesis.
> I know that additive synthesis would give me a huge amount of versatility.
>
> The specs on the K5 look absolutely stunning! I think programming a
> complex board like that would actually be fun! The only problem I have is
> resources for how the thing actually sounds!
>
> I know now that Kawai's factory presets may not have been the best, and
> that it's one of the reasons why it was never popular, so I know not to be
> so quick to judge the sound on that.
>
> I've spent some time scouring the internet, and I dug up a few sound
> demo's on the web from Youtube, Soundcloud, and even the original Kawai
> audio demo from 1987, but all of these seem very limited.  Also, reviews on
> Harmony Central and Sonic State are usually mixed.  People either love it
> or hate it!
>
> So, maybe the community can help me out?
> How would you describe the K5 sound? I'm obviously not expecting an analog
> sound from a 1987 digital synth, but can it be fairly warm and punchy?
>
> I've heard a lot of demos from the Kawai K4, and that model seems to have
> a very warm digital filter.  Is the K5's filter pretty much the same thing?
> Or does it have a totally different tone?
>
> Thank you so much for your help!
>
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