FREE SYNTH: NILS' KAWAI K1v (Kawai K1 Emulator) - No talking demo

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"Hello everyone!

Here's to you my "No talking demo" of this FREE emulation of the Kawai K1 synthesizer developed by Nils Schneider, which brings back to life this iconic synthesizer!

The Kawai K1 is a famous japanese classic from 1988 and it was a massive success with both the critics and the public. The company managed to reportedly shift around 50,000 of them. There also was a rackmount version (K1r) and a tabletop option (K1m).

The key to its popularity was certainly down to its sound, which combined single-cycle additive waves with PCM samples. There was another reason though: in the late 80's this D-50-style sample synthesis was out of reach of most musicians, but then the Kawai K1 came along and it was much cheaper than the Roland D-50!

Now you can have it in your DAW with this amazing FREE software emulation!

Key features of the plugin include:
Very accurate emulation of all parameters;
Includes 968 Single presets and 384 Multi presets, the original factory bank + all ROM cards + all 200 Kawai PHm Pop Synth Module Singles. Organized in banks and with search capability;
8-bit synthesis engine;
Four sources per voice;
256 waveforms, 204 additive waveforms with 128 harmonics + 52 PCM wave forms;
DADSR envelope;
8 velocity curves;
Coarse & Fine tune, adjustable key tracking, lots of modulation options;
AM (Ring Modulation) between Source 1&2 and 3&4;
5 Key Scaling Curves;
One LFO with triangle, square, saw & random shape support;
Joystick for real-time control with Vector Synthesis;
Full editing support for both Singles and Multis;
Can import & export SysEx presets & banks from/to the original device;
Transmits & receives parameter changes via SysEx to act as an editor for the hardware or to be edited with external editors;
Resizeable user interface;
Full automation support;
All 1352 presets can be edited and are stored as part of a project;
Available for Windows (VST2.4 & VST3 – 32 & 64-bit), Linux (VST2.4 & VST3 .rpm & .deb – 32 & 64 bit), Mac OS (64 Bit VST2.4, VST3 and AudioUnit AU for OS X 10.9 Mavericks and later);
Fully fledged MIDI implementation;
And much more...

The download of the plugin is free! But you can donate what you want to the creator Nils Schneider via PayPal.

In this demo I will just let you hear what Nils Schneider have made for this stunning plugin simply by scrolling and playing some beautiful sounds.

More info here:
https://www.nilsschneider.de/wp/nils-..."