Monday 3 September 2012

New synth - Kawai K5000 and macro editor

I finally cracked and bought a Kawai K5000R, the last classic synth module I wanted. I paid far too much for it, and for the Macro Editor which I got separately. The K5000's additive synthesis sounds appear to be just as powerful and flexible as I thought, though the presets are uninspiring and I'll have to sort through some alternative patches to find the best ones. Interestingly, I was also prompted to power up the Kawai K5R and K3R, an additive synth and a digital waveform subtractive synth, and they both have some interesting sounds, but maybe not enough to justify the rack space they take up.