Re: Hi and question

Thanks Antoine.

It seems that 1 data byte is split up by nibbles into a byte pair.  One mystery solved.




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From: Antoine Deschênes <antdes45-FFYn/[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Fri, December 11, 2009 2:34:30 PM
Subject: Re: [k5synth] Hi and  question

  
Hi Jim,

the name fields use 6-bit for the ASCII characters, and is limited to a
few special characters only. That means Kawai doesn't use ASCII, but
probably a K5-specific character table, or something like ISO 6-bit.
You'll have to do some reverse-engineering . 
On Windows XP, you can use the Atari editors through the STeem
emulator, otherwise, there's the Kfuenf librarian http://kfuenf. org/en/librarian .html. There's also MidiQuest which has
both an editor and librarian, but it isn't free.

As far as LCD upgrades/fixes go, I haven't fixed that problem myself,
but there's an inverter at Digikey that you can use in the K5 if you
drill a few holes in the PSU board, and the LCD backlight is available
in a few places. For the analog output stage, I haven't spent the time
to see if I could reduce the noise levels yet. About the ROM upgrades,
all the orders that were placed through my website have been shipped
within a reasonable amount of time (less than a week). 

Cheers,
Antoine

Le 2009-12-11 16:57, jim michaels a écrit : 
>  
> 
>Hi all.
>
>>I have had a K5 since it was new (around '88 It think) and a k5m that I
>got a used a year later.  Like everyone, I have my share of dead and
>dimming LCDs that I took into the shop.   I got so much fun playing
>these two units togter into a pair of stero amps with me in the
>center.     I loved and still do love my k5.   Of course I am back in
>then dim LCD mode again.  I want t get them fixed up.  I have read
>through most of the emails on this group back a few weeks ago when I
>joined, and I intend to revisit the archive again.
>
>>Meanwhile, my present mission.  I want to use the sysex files as raw
>material and do a simulated K5 in software.
>>Either just in C, perhaps likely processing it into something that I
>can use in Csounds.   I really liked some of those sounds like
>aluminum, and the bells, and I dunno, I guess I am a bit of center. 
>It's just want I want to do. 
>> 
>>I open the sysfiles and dump the it in hex and the data looks right
>based on the sysex document but the name fields ascii is not what I
>would expect.  I also I gather from the archive that some of the data
>is non linear.  
>
>>Also, I have windoes XP, What is the current way to go for librarian
>and/or editior ?  latest story on LCD roms? I live in San Jose if it
>matters, I read that someone took their K5 to a shop in San Mateo.
>
>>Best regards,
>
>>Jim
>
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Antoine