Up for sale KAWAI K5000W Advanced Additive Workstation
with ME-1 Enchanced Memory expander installed (adds banks E-F up to 256
sounds), it has latest OS 4.04, preloaded by factory data, additional I
provide huge collection of extra sound banks/demos/disks files for
K5000-series, include officially Kawai released sound banks and much
more, the set include: K5000W, floppy disk with preload banks/seq data,
power cord US/JP plug, my unit has 100-120V AC input, additional I can ship item in hard road case but shipping cost is increased, please contact me for details, worldwide shipping!
Description:
The
K5000W keyboard workstation introduced in 1996. A K5000 sound is
composed of up to six different layers, each of which could use the
"advanced additive" synthesis engine or perform fairly standard
subtractive synthesis using the internal PCM sound bank. Each source
that used additive synthesis could use up to 64 harmonics per source
(tuned in a harmonic series, each with their own amplitude envelope) and
had its own formant filter that could be modulated by an LFO or its own
envelope. The standard digital filter, available with both additive and
subtractive synthesis, is known for its rather extreme self-oscillation
at higher resonance settings. Another useful feature is that most
functions of the synthesizer can be tied to velocity, location of a note
on the keyboard, and MIDI controllers, allowing for timbral variation
in response to player dynamics.
The K5000W and the K5000S both
have the same semi-weighted 61-key keyboard. There are pitch and
assignable modulation wheels. The keys are velocity sensitive with
aftertouch that can be programmed to control various parameters.
The
K5000W was intended as a songwriting workstation. Its Compose Mode
includes a 40-track MIDI sequencer,[1] Automatic Phrase Generator (APG,
an auto-arranger type function) and has two supplemental sound banks not
available to the K5000S/K5000R: B Bank and GM (General MIDI), which
both feature Sample-based sounds and 12dB/Oct High- and Low-Pass
Resonant filters as compared to the Additive (ADD) bank's 24dB/Oct High-
and Low-Pass resonant filters.
