The Eat at Joe's Kawai K5000 Message Board Digest
General Midi for the K5000


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 general midi mode
 Monday, 17-Nov-97 20:50:47

      Message:
      204.191.146.237 writes:

      Now that the hoopla has died down and the new roland and korg physical modelling
      keyboards are out, is everyone still keen on the K5000s? 

      Is there anything like a general midi mode on the K5000s, or is this only a
      feature on the K5000r?




      blakeney@inforamp.net 

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Re: general midi mode
Monday, 17-Nov-97 21:48:36 

     199.86.47.133 writes:

     Yes! The K5k is additive synthesis, it's a whole different animal from physical
     modeling units or anything else. Somebody wrote that it's the only kind of
     synthesis that hasn't been done to death. The physical modelling units are
     emulating old analog units, they don't seem to have much potential to do something
     new.

     Also, they're way overpriced. I got a Waldorf Pulse (real analog, similar to a
     minimoog), a good effects unit and the K5kR for less than the Roland JP8000.

     There's no GM on the K5kS or K5kR; there is on the K5kW, the workstation. (Get
     a Roland M-GS64, or just get a good soundcard!)


     leiter@panix.com


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