Re: interpertation of levels and time parameters

well... then > this <
<http://web.archive.org/web/20050308065806/http:/www.gozen.demon.co.uk/g\
odric/synth/k5m.html>  should be of some help... it's not exactly what
you asked for, but it's a starting point... saves you some time with
envelopes/lfo times... for amplitude values, you have to check for
yourself... you may want to use a vst audio analyzer...

anyway using a noise gate (vst or the real thing) with your k5 and k5m
will definitely solve 'floor noise' problems in non-playing parts...
instead, the poor SNR produces a particular sound, that I actually think
it's part of these old synths' fashion! of course a noise gate won't
eliminate the noise that gets summed with the signal, but in the mix you
won't notice that too much at all... unless you use your k5 for piano
piece music (?!?)...

besides my K5, I also have a K1m, a K4r and a K3... noise-wise, the K5
is the worst one, the K1 being a close second, because 8-bit samples are
noisy and have poor dynamic resolution... and it is k1's strongest sonic
quality!!! lots of character and actually produces some mellotronic and
(...breathy) vocal sounds very well...

all kawai synths (except maybe the old analogs and the k5000) suffer
from bad SNR, but they're cool anyway, and they're perfectly usable and
have been used in professional recordings of course I think... only that
musicians/studios won't tell you they did, because kawai = cheap...
you just have to use some extra gear (or vst) to have more hi-fi quality
when needed.


Fabio

--- In [email protected], jim michaels <gymmichaels@...> wrote:
>
> Now that I think about it, I did buy them around '87.
>
> I want to emulate it because I am fascinated by additive synth,
Fourier
> analysis, etc. Also the sound quality is not the best on these and I
want use
> some of these sounds on a CD.
>
>
> Longer term, the direction I am going on is to emulate it so that I
understand
> why the sounds sound the way they do. (understanding: best way to trap
humans)
> Once understood and emulated, then I plan to branch off and extend.
>
>
>
>
> The most keeping-it-real answer: I just want too.  ;)
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: somethingkillingyou somethingkillingyou@...
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Tue, November 30, 2010 1:10:10 PM
> Subject: [k5synth] Re: interpertation of levels and time parameters
>
>
> actually, only 23 years old...
>
> why do you want to emulate the k5 when you have 2 of them?
>
> --- In [email protected], jim michaels gymmichaels@ wrote:
> >
> > Greetings fellow K5'ers
> >
> > About a year ago I wrote asking about patches etc because I was
experimenting
> > with a software simulation of K5.  I got a ways along but it doesn't
sound
> >quite
> >
> > right.  And I'm even more impressed by what my 30 yr old K5 and K5m
are able to
> >
> > achieve.  Even with careful coding a PC is considerably slower than
a K5.
> >
> >
> > None the less, back at it again. It's an obsession. So...
> >
> > I experimented with various ways of interpreting levels of levels of
harmonics,
> >
> > parameters in envelopes as linear and various exponential factors. 
I think the
> >
> > the levels of harmonics are linear and the levels in evelopes are
db-ish.
> >
> >
> > Can anyone share the interpretations the parameters.
> >
> > Best regards.
> >
> > Jim
> >
>