Vince Clarke's 1st Synth // KAWAI 100F

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"A genuine character.. It's fairly rare, and was never a super popular synth - BUT - the Kawai 100F has more than enough tricks up its sleeve to keep things interesting. As well as a wonderful filter its got some weird modulation routings plus a 50Hz LFO which gives us plenty of routes to FM spacey madness.

Most of all though, its got a fabulous raw tone that cuts through a mix and hits you in the chest.

It can't do PWM, in fact you can't even change the pulse shape, it doesn't have pitch or mod wheels, it's pre-MIDI but it has oodles of character.

If you don't want to risk a vintage purchase try the PWM Malevolent or Arturia Minibrute 2"

0:00 Depeche Demo
0:50 Whats this all about?
2:12 Let's Go..
2:53 Filtering a 909
4:12 Just One VCO but the Filter subs as an OSC
5:17 Let's F the M
7:58 It's Got Truly Unique Envelopes
13:00 Some Non-FM stuff
15:46 LFO
21:06 Modern Alternatives

Kawai/Teisco SX-210 with TAUNTEK MIDI + Original Case & Manual SN K-4847

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"A very rare Kawai/Teisco SX-210 with Tauntek MIDI mod!

FULLY SERVICED by pro tecnician

100% perfectly working conditions

Almost mint aestetics conditions.

- Comes with its Original Kawai case and Manuals."

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Kawai 100F with CV/Gate 1v/oct & Patch Overlays

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VEMIA is Peter Forrest's auction house. He is the author of The A-Z of Analogue Synthesizer Books.

"KAWAI 100F vintage analog powerful synthesizer, little monster just serviced and in very clean conditions with CV/Gate mod by kenton project 1v/Oct, it sound amazing! There are included 3x original rare patch charts (two blanks and one preset) in great conditions too"

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Sequentix Cirklon 2, Minimoog, Prophet 12, SX-240, Nord Drum 2 IDM electronic track

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"I've been trying to see what sequencers to keep. Obviously the Spectralis stays, but I kept running into roadblocks with the Cirklon so it was something I needed to write a track with. I did the same with the Squarp Pyramid, but I got stuck working through it. I'm starting to get the hang of the Cirklon though. Although it does often take a few extra button presses to do things I think should be easy, I've figured out other ways to do what I want too. I'll try again with the Pyramid, but most likely that one will be going away.

Sequentix Cirklon 2 - sequencing
Moog Minimoog - bass
DSI Prophet 12 - bell/synth tone
Kawai SX-240 - pads
Clavia Nord Drum 2 - drums
Native Instruments Raum for reverb"

Kawai R-50e Presets demo

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Missing | Fender Rhodes Electric Piano and Kawai SX-240 improvisation

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"The other night - I learned about the Yamaha CP-70. Now I want one. They sound so good. I can't usually play acoustic piano on my main floor because my kids are around and I'll be distracted. I can't play at night because they're sleeping - so I kind of wanted an acoustic piano in my studio... Of course, from what I hear, the CP-70 is very big. It seems like it's about the same size as my rhodes, but deeper. I would probably have to part with my Rhodes to get the CP-70. I'm not sure what to do....

On another note, yesterday I started to realize that I'm embarrassing my daughter. I was dancing with my younger daughter, and my older daughter wanted nothing to do with it or me. It was a realization that those fun days making her laugh, dancing with her, playing with her, are coming to an end. It made me really sad.

Rhodes Electric Piano
Kawai SX-240
Fractal Audio FM3 pedal for FX (for both instruments)"

Kawai SX-240 soundscape V - Gone away

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"Tonight, my daughter called for me after I put her to bed. It's unusual that she calls for me now as she's gotten older. I used to find it so irritating to get these calls, sometimes 3-4 times a night ("Papaaaaaaaaaa... uhm, I love you"). Now it seems to happen once every few months and is usually something more serious (at least to her), so I run up. She's sitting up in bed telling me about how she was terrified I had "gone away." I think she was just afraid I was going to die (of course, we all are going to some day), but it was hard to get that out of her. Usually the harder days are the days she has the most fun, I guess (maybe creating a lot of memories?). I know we're slowly descending into fewer and fewer days to be together, fewer chances to snuggle before bed, to tell 'Kwazii stories.'

I did tell her that some day I will die - and that I hope that day comes long before her time comes. That I won't be feeling anything when I'm gone, and that I would be happier if it were me and not her. That, of course, didn't really make her feel much better. Me staring at her boogery nose and making a face did. She started giggling, and I knew I had cracked the sadness, which faded, and we could say our good nights.

If you remember me saying the other day I had a financial problem - well, it was that I plugged the Kawai SX-240 back in to play it and it was dead. Nothing would happen. I was miserable, because I was planning to sell it and of course it would die before I could! Well, I managed to fix it. If you ever look up the service manual for this thing, it's horrible. I didn't realize how bad it was until I messaged Bob Grieb about his Tauntek eprom update (thinking maybe a bad eprom was the problem). He said it wasn't likely the problem, but sent me his version of the service manual and you can actually see the traces on it (the online version is so bad it didn't even pick up half the traces!). From there, I could see there was a bad solder joint between Pin 3 of the EPROM (I was right, something was wrong with the EPROM!) and Pin 2 of an adjacent IC. And - well, I brought it back to life. Another successful repair.

Kawai SX-240 and Fractal Audio FM3 for FX."

Kawai GB-2 Session Trainer Preset Sounds

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"Kawai GB-2 Session Trainer Preset Sounds

Recorded with
*Kawai GB-2 Session Trainer
*Roland DC-30 Analog Chorus Echo"

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KAWAI K4 / K1 (DEMO CD 1990)

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"Rare Demo CD from Kawai Europe (Germany) from 1990, demonstrating the Kawai K1 and K4 synthesizers. The music is a bit laughable at times, but nice! You could order this CD for 5 Deutsch Marks in Germany."

Vintage analog vs modern - using @devinbelangermusic‬ midi tracks

video upload by Jose's Vintage Keys

"@devinbelangermusic‬ made a great video together with ‪@VultureCulture‬ comparing Devin's modern analogs with Alex's Vintage gear. Devin was so kind to share the midi - so I could make my version. Check out their video!"

Do Vintage Synths Actually Sound BETTER?! (with Vulture Culture)

video upload by Devin Belanger

Music & comparison starts at 6:26.

Vintage Synthesizer list:
Yamaha CS-70m
Kog Polysix
Fender Chroma Polaris
Formanta Polivoks
Roland RE-501 Chorus Echo
Kawai
Korg MS 20

Modern Synths:
UDO Super Gemini
Groove Synthesis 3rd Wave
Oberheim OB-X8
Moog Matriarch
Hologram Microcosm
Meris MercuryX
Polyend Play+

🎹 Get my custom analog synth patches: https://shop.milesawayofficial.com/
🎵 Stream my original music: https://beacons.ai/milesaway

0:00 - intro
0:31 - rules of the competition
0:55 - vintage synths choices explained
6:25 - vintage synths final song
8:39 - modern synths explanation
12:08 - modern synths final song
14:21 - what we learned from this experiment
19:37 - who won? tell us in the comments!
20:10 - ???

Kawai K3: favorite sounds

video upload by Najvrtson

"Most of these sounds were created by me, but honestly I forgot which ones... Kawai K3 is an excellent sounding digital-analog hybrid synthesizer. If you have an opportunity to acquire one, do not wait!"

Kawai K5000R Rackmount Additive Synthesizer SN 607436

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Kawai R 1A Rythmer

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"Functioning of a Kawai Rythm box type R-1A Rythmer"

This appears to be the first demo of one to be featured on the site.

Kawai R-1A Rhythmer 1970s Vintage Analog Drum Machine SN 1189

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Update: you can find a demo of one here.

"Rare Kawai R-1A Rhythmer Vintage Analog Drum Machine from the 1970s.

The unit powers on and plays the programmed rhythms, however, Snare and/or Hi-Hat sounds don't really seem correct and have small output compared to other instruments. There is a slight constant hum noise in the background too. The Tempo Lamp is also not lighting up.

Otherwise everything appears to be working but because of the issues mentioned, I'm selling this AS IS to be used with some servicing/adjustment."

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PlantsSystem-YumeKoiBito Cover

video upload by plantssystem

"YumeKoiBito Cover.
SEQUENTIAL Prophet-5, iceGear Lorentz, KAWAI Q80.
#electronicmusic #prophet5 #techno"

Divide by Zero - Non-Ambient 0 Jam - 19th of #jamuary2025

video upload by ChrisLody

"Full Disclosure: I occasionally take on freelance work at Sonicware and Stylophone on an hourly rate producing synth & sample sound design, beta testing, checking English text, video manuals, promo content etc. This video wasn't paid for directly but as a result of my work with Sonicware and Stylophone it is marked as Paid Promotion

So a few things happen this week to inspire this jam.

Firstly I discovered the absolutely wonderful 'Synth Nerd Covers' by ‪@nicolaneeco‬ which have rekindled my desire to play more keys, like properly play more keys. This jam was kind of an attempt to get there but didn't really scratch the itch because I got a bit distracted playing with the Amb0 LFOs. Hopefully more proper keys playing to come. Watching those covers also had the unfortunate affect of leaving me with the desire to buy a large expensive polysynth. I've promised myself I'll make jams with the gear I own before I do that but it's still likely to happen later this year.

Second was the new v1.1 update was released for the Ambient 0 so that got me thinking about playing around with it again.

Thirdly I received a comment describing the Ambient 0 as 'a one trick pony for new age background music'. Long story short I've had a very tiring start to the year due to illness and I really couldn't be bothered to respond to that so I deleted it. But that reminded me that I haven't used it very much am I'm fully aware of how capable it is. It's a pretty well stocked multitimbral polysynth with more than enough power for creating all sorts of sounds, so that's where this came from.

Anyway, still struggling to find time for Jamuary jams. It's the 19th already and I've done 4 🙄"

PlantsSystem-AfterMath

video upload by plantssystem

"The equipment used is SEQUENTIAL Prophet-5, Poly-Sequencer, YAMAHA CS-10, KAWAI Q80, and AKAI MPC2000. Borderlands Granular for iOS."

PlantsSystem-FireDance

video upload by plantssystem

"SEQUENTIAL Prophet-5, YAMAHA CS-10, and Korg iWavestation were used to create FireDance.

The sequence bounces Rozeta MIDI to the KAWAI Q80."

PlantsSystem-Synchronized

video upload by plantssystem

"Synchronized was created with novation launchpad for iOS and KAWAI Q80, Doepfer MSY2."

Kawai R-50e All Preset Patterns Demo Digital Drum Machine

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