The fact that the K4's single cycle waveforms were derived from Kawais's additive synthesis gives it a unique sound profile, almost as if the raw sounds have been preprocessed. Add an early digital filter, some characterful samples and amplitude modularion and you have a distinctly interesting sound palette that atill holds up 30 years on. It's far more than a rompler. You can tell that Kawai know their stuff - they make world renowned grand pianos. I wish Kawai got back into the synth business as they had a lot to offer...
@@gustinian True. Kawais real synths have always been very good and carried their own character. I also have an K3m and K5000s and will never get rid of them.
Thank you for your video. I wonder if you could help me understand how I can set up the Korg 01R/W with a Roland A-80 Midi Keyboard controller with a Focusrite sound module and working with logic pro on a Mac. I would greatly appreciate it. If you could tell me what the Midi inputs and outputs should be from what to what, to make this work. Nobody has been able so far to help me. Everybody talks about USB but I'm stuck with Midi. Thank you so much in advance for your help.
Dear Joakim, your playing on this video sounds incredible. A truly fantastic hommage to this great underrated synth ! Are these your sound patches ? It would be so cool to know your settings (through the good old « patch sheets »), so one could try and replicate them on the cousin keyboard AX73 or the rack mounted VX90 ! Your sounds are incredible !! My AX73 hopes to be programmed hat way !! All the best
Hi! Thank you so very much! These are my patches, not a whole bank of them so it's nothing I'm going to sell at them moment. But you should be able to replicate them in the AX73 I think.
Very interesting! I have the opportunity of buying a second hand VP70, and I would be delighted to make parafonic my Minibrute and my VolcaBass. Thank you for the presentation!
Nice demo ! Happy BX-3 owner here too I have added an foot switch for the "leslie" and also I use mono-volume pedal too. I have additional old Yamaha preamp with spring echo and tremolo, that is connected into the "efect loop" of the organ. I also tested Behringer "stereo bass chorus" to mimic the Leslie sound when using a stereo mixer and PA. But I also use rotary speaker ( not Leslie ) to run the organ. Only thing I have not been able to fully use is the "chorus/vibrato" since it "eats a lot of the signal", but that can be balanced with the foot volume pedal on the run. If I ever get a change to buy another BX-3, I will try to get a one for the reserve. I tested several digital "clonewheel" organs, but their sounds are so fake....this is "enough good" organ for most of the needs when playing with other instruments in a band. Get a one if you can !
btw.: the Init Sound is good for a melody like PPK - Resurrection, I played around with... and a K3 and a Korg 707 are still on my wishlist for the future
I love quirky synths of all kinds. I feel like many analog polysynths sound "same-y," but the AX-80 has it's own character (love it or hate it lol). I only own digital synths (my Ensoniq Mirage has analog filters though!), so I'm not picky about DCOs sounding "cold." Most of the character of the sound comes from the amps and filters anyway.
Shure you can tell the difference between a DCO and VCO. But I would not stand for that all VCO is better than DCO. Would take a Juno 60 over Sequential six trak any day 😛
The funny thing is 8 bit digital was the norm in '88 and '89. The Roland D50 (1987) was 8 bit. I think the Korg M1 (1988) may have been one of the first 16 but synths. Roland samplers of this era were also 12 but, 16 but wasn't the norm until the 90s.
Most characterful rompler I have heard. What a concept, true synthesizer part that allows for some programming of non-realistic sounds. Was it an answer to the SY series or an own attempt to break out from the full realism that the M1 offered?
Well Roland had ringmod on the D50 and Yamaha had AWM into AFM as you mentioned so I think Korg where a little late on ball with "Pcm shaping". But it is a really nice feature which also where left out on later romplers...
I have a crumar bit one, but its very noise, the patches are not sound like a youtube videos, Could it be that it is deprogrammed? or damaged? Everything seems to work, but it doesn't sound good to me, I don't know the presets sound, not all of them, what could it be? Do you have any combination of buttons or switches to reset it? Can the data be loaded again? how is it done? some information? help me thanks
I bought a K4 when they came out and I still have it. And for good reason. They sound great, inexpensive, relatively speaking, and easy to edit and program. They have some great meat and potatoes sounds also. Some of the most realistic brass and string sounds. And check out the tympani. Very real and usable. I don't plan to ever get rid of it.
Como vai meu amigo? Bem, espero!!! Pode me ajudar com uma questão? Tenho lutado há algum tempo para conseguir configurar minh Behringer BCR2000 para controlar meu POLY 800 MK2, mas não consigo acertar os parametros MIDI. Me ajude a entender, por favor... Saudações do Brasil
@@No_Nag Some people say he has a spam filter that rejects emails that have '?' in the subject. That being said, there are rumours on Gearspace that he has closed the business. I have ordered an EXP-3 Urban board with the extra transwaves, as It doesn't look like this guy will reappear.
I can just imagine how inexpensively I could’ve gotten the SQ 80 back in 2000 when my synthesizer mania originated. Here it is, 24 years later. Now, it’s beginning to tempt me.
I love this idea. And the execution in these examples. It is not that common that somebody does share a really useful application via RU-vid. Thanx a lot, I'll definitely try this on my new album with my VP70! And regarding those offensive critics in some comment: I got how this works from first looking at it. Who doesn't, should better not try, IMHO. That's not beginners stuff, this is serious "gear abuse"! ;-)
Mine packed up a few years ago but I've tracked d9meome down who may be able to repair it I always loved it's deeppunchy sound although it sounds nothing like a 303
Hi! Thank you for kind words. The button beside the Bender are for transpose, portamento and solo/monophonic play. The ones up above are for system and patch editing. Best regards 🤗
I got it one year after it was released. After DX21 it was a jump comparable with buying a lexus after fiat seicento. It tried to compete with M1 and D50, but the egineers from Kawai avoided their first intention to build-in sequencer and a few advanced hardware solutions, concluding correctly it wouldn't match the price expected. Anyway, the machine was excellent, pleasant to play, full of sound, versatile and not too complicated to edit. It provided me a lot of satisfaction both on gigs and in studio. Even now it can compete with modern gear, as we can hear also from this demonsreation...
Thank you! Yes, it still stands up amongst the crowd as a synthesizer as I don't think the M1 does which more just has some famous presents that people are passionate about.
Really trying to like it… but it just sounds too thin and brittle. The layout and control surface I absolutely adore on it though. Wish Oberheim made an ACTUAL proper analog version of this synth
This as an real VCO synth would be nuts 🤗 I can't really agree with that it would sound thin. You have the EQ at hand at all times 🤔 If you are refering to my video audio that might be a thing? Best regards
Picked up an AX73 for $270 last month. Not nearly the features of this synth, but I do enjoy it. Surprised there aren’t really any mods for it. Great video!
@@No_Nag thanks! I think mine has the Tauntek rom because it also has an oled display. Would be nice to stack oscillators or detune to intervals. Subscribed!
@@CodyAvantThe 73 is equal to the AX60, the 80 is a bit different. Hopefully I'll manage to get some more content out this year. Had so much other work occupying my time 💪🤗 Thanx and a happy new year you 🤗
