Re: Lost....

Howdy,

 anyone know where I can get a rotary encoder for my K5?  Thnax.
Rig


--- In [email protected], "Scott" <bjork01@...> wrote:
>
> To be honest I didn't know about the inverter, I guess I should 
change it out too? What does the inverter do? I'll check the banks 
for that pipe organ sound and if I ever have any spare time I'll try 
making one myself, fat chance!! ;=)
> Thanks....
> 
> 
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Antoine Desch�nes
>   To: [email protected]
>   Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2007 10:56 AM
>   Subject: [SPAM] Re: [k5synth] Lost....
> 
> 
>   Scott a �crit :
>   > Thanks for your help it is greatly appreciated. My mother used 
to
>   > always tell me that people seem to always look for the most 
difficult
>   > solutions before they finally give up and go with the one 
that's the
>   > easiest and most obvious. I had given up yesterday thinking 
that it
>   > just wasn't going to happen because I had done everything I 
knew to do
>   > and I've been doing this a long time then it struck me that the 
little
>   > light on my midi interface only showed incoming but no outgoing 
and
>   > that's what made me reinstall the drivers. Today it'll probably 
never
>   > work again but at least I have these terrific banks with great 
sounds
>   > that I can use. Next, the backlight problem. I can see the 
display but
>   > it just bugs me to have to squint and knowing that it doesn't 
work.
>   > Telesis, get ready!!!
>   What were you planning to do, change the backlight alone or the 
inverter
>   too? I can tell you that both have probably failed. There's an 
inverter
>   found at DigiKey that works in the synth w/o whining like the 
original
>   one, but it has a different pinout(You'll have to use wire 
jumpers)
>   > Thanks,Scott
>   > p.s.- there's this great pipe organ sound one one of the sites 
and I
>   > can't find it amongst my sounds, if you use a pipe organ sound 
( for
>   > progressive rock it's real important) do you have a favorite?
>   It could be in one of the multiple sound banks in the group's 
files
>   section or maybe it's user-made. You could maybe use a waveform 
analyser
>   to get the harmonics and have fun editing the sound to get it 
back though.
> 
>   > p.s.s.- I read something about the availability of ram cards 
but lost
>   > the message, are there some available somewhere?
>   Well, you could probably find the card on eBay for an high price 
if you
>   want the Kawai DC-32 logo on it, but I found two or three stores 
selling
>   equivalents, since they are quite common cards. All I need to 
know is
>   the size of the card. Maybe a DC-32 is not 32Kb. I know that an
>   oversized card could actually work, but it would be space waste 
and not
>   worth paying the extra money.(I have no idea of the price of these
>   cards, I need to get a quote from the store)
> 
>   > ----- Original Message -----
>   > *From:* Antoine Desch�nes <mailto:antdes45@...>
>   > *To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>   > *Sent:* Sunday, June 03, 2007 9:34 AM
>   > *Subject:* [SPAM] Re: [SPAM] Re: [SPAM] Re: [SPAM] Re: [k5synth]
>   > Lost....
>   >
>   > Hi Scott,
>   >
>   > Wow! A driver reinstall. It's so simple, but I would have tried 
about
>   > anything else before thinking about this.
>   >
>   > Yep, there are great sounds out there. The Kawai card banks are
>   > not that
>   > interesting, but user-made ones are.
>   >
>   > Antoine
>   >
>   > Scott a �crit :
>   > > Thanks, when I said it only has one way of going into the
>   > computer I
>   > > was referring to the end that goes into the computer..the usb
>   > end. The
>   > > other end has the midi in and out and I plugged them 
accordingly. I
>   > > reinstalled the midi drives for the usb device and it worked!!
>   > There
>   > > are some great sounds out there and whoever did them has my
>   > gratitutde
>   > > as thsoe who talked me through this mess today. thanks,Scott
>   > >
>   > > ----- Original Message -----
>   > > *From:* Jeff B <mailto:jeffbee42@...
>   > <mailto:jeffbee42%40yahoo.com>>
>   > > *To:* [email protected] <mailto:k5synth%
40yahoogroups.com>
>   > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:k5synth%
40yahoogroups.com>>
>   > > *Sent:* Saturday, June 02, 2007 10:05 PM
>   > > *Subject:* [SPAM] Re: [SPAM] Re: [SPAM] Re: [k5synth] Lost...
>   > >
>   > > Your USB MIDI interface should have at least one MIDI In and 
one
>   > > MIDI Out. Just pair them up with your K5. Also, when trouble
>   > > shooting these things (I'm stating the obvious now), make sure
>   > > that the devices are connected directly w/each other (so no 
MID
>   > > patchbays, etc...)
>   > >
>   > >
>   > > Jeff
>   > >
>   > > ----- Original Message ----
>   > > From: Scott <bjork01@...
>   > <mailto:bjork01%40cableone.net> <mailto:bjork01@...
>   > <mailto:bjork01%40cableone.net>>>
>   > > To: [email protected] <mailto:k5synth%40yahoogroups.com>
>   > > Sent: Saturday, June 2, 2007 4:03:17 PM
>   > > Subject: Re: [SPAM] Re: [SPAM] Re: [k5synth] Lost....
>   > >
>   > > Thanks, I appreciate the suggestion. My midi cable is a usb 
type
>   > > so it only has one way of going into the computer, I hope 
that's
>   > > not the problem because that cable works so well with 
everything
>   > else.
>   > > Scott
>   > >
>   > > ----- Original Message -----
>   > > *From:* Jeff B <mailto:jeffbee42@...
>   > <mailto:jeffbee42%40yahoo.com>>
>   > > *To:* k5synth@yahoogroups .com <mailto:[email protected]
>   > <mailto:k5synth%40yahoogroups.com>>
>   > > *Sent:* Saturday, June 02, 2007 5:08 PM
>   > > *Subject:* [SPAM] Re: [SPAM] Re: [k5synth] Lost....
>   > >
>   > > Make sure that both the MIDI Out of the K5 is going into your
>   > > computer's MIDI In __AND__ the MIDI Out of the computer is
>   > > going into the MIDI In of the K5. Whith some synths, all you
>   > > need to do is hook the MIDI Out of the syth into the MIDI In
>   > > of the computer. The K5 is not like this. The SysEx transfer
>   > > requires a two-way communication so both the MIDI in and MIDI
>   > > Out need to be correctly connected.
>   > >
>   > > I don't know if that's what's going wrong but I thought I'd
>   > > mention it.
>   > >
>   > > Jeff
>   > >
>   > > ----- Original Message ----
>   > > From: Scott <bjork01@cableone. net>
>   > > To: k5synth@yahoogroups .com
>   > > Sent: Saturday, June 2, 2007 1:58:02 PM
>   > > Subject: Re: [SPAM] Re: [k5synth] Lost....
>   > >
>   > > Thanks for the quick reply. I've done all of those things and
>   > > rechecked my midi connector's settings on the computer to make
>   > > usre they are correct. I have no problems doing sys ex dumps
>   > > with my other synths but this one puzzles me. It's not
>   > > consistently sending dumps out of the K-5 via sys ex either.
>   > > I've tried using the Kfleuf program and have also had no luck
>   > > with it, it's probably something stupid on my part that I'm
>   > > just not catching but I've worked with this all day and still
>   > > no luck.
>   > > Thanks,Scott
>   > >
>   > > ----- Original Message -----
>   > > *From:* Antoine Desch�nes <mailto:antdes45@...
>   > <mailto:antdes45%40yahoo.ca>>
>   > > *To:* k5synth@yahoogroups .com
>   > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:k5synth%
40yahoogroups.com>>
>   > > *Sent:* Saturday, June 02, 2007 3:32 PM
>   > > *Subject:* [SPAM] Re: [k5synth] Lost..
>   > >
>   > > In the MIDI menu on the K5, make sure that RCV and TRS
>   > > channels are set
>   > > to 1, that OMNI is off, that TRS and RCV Exclusive are on,
>   > > and that you
>   > > turned off the protect switch next to the MIDI connectors.
>   > > Also, make
>   > > sure you turn protect ON when you don't transfer or edit
>   > > sounds as you
>   > > might have to internally reset it. (I haven't tested the
>   > > latest ROM
>   > > enough to know if it changes something. But, as far as I
>   > > know, nothing
>   > > bad happened with the new ROM.)
>   > >
>   > > bjork011963 a �crit :
>   > > > I got my K-5 yesterday and was trying to load some
>   > > programs into it
>   > > > using a couple of sys ex utilities that I have including
>   > > the one
>   > > > offered on here in the files section. I use a usb midi
>   > > connector to go
>   > > > from my computer to the K-5 as I do with my other synths
>   > > but cannot get
>   > > > the K-5 to accept any programs. I connected the K-5 to
>   > > one of my other
>   > > > synts to make sure that the midi in was working and it
>   > > is, the system
>   > > > exclusive part is also turned on on the program. Any
>   > > ideas as to what
>   > > > I'm doing wrong? Thanks,Scott
>   >
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