Circuit bent Kawai XD 5 XD-5

YouTube via stylinghead | June 13, 2009 | 8 likes, 3 dislikes

"Circuit bent Kawai XD-5 driven by Elektron Machinedrum with a bit of tape delay and spring reverb."

Kawai MM-16

via this auction

"Kawai MM-16 midi mixer/controller, midi merger, sysex controller. this thing does a bit of everything and is super handy in a midi studio. you can split midi channels to separate outputs, control sysex data and CC data as well as use it to edit your hardware midi instruments. it has 2 sets of midi i/o (2x midi in/out/thru). i was using it to edit my kawai K4r and XD-5 but don't need it any longer. it has preset templates for some kawai synths and you can make your own for other hardware synths from any manufacturer. also will work to control software DAW's and plug ins."

owner's manual here

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Jbrave-trance-machines

Jbrave-trance-machines by jbrave
"Numerology Step Sequencer driving Kawai K3m (main bassline) and Kawai K3 keyboard, Waldorf Rack Attack (main drums), Kawai XD-5 (clap and a few oddities). Korg DW-8000 clock synced to Numerology, me playing with knobs, patterns and altering parts, all recorded in one pass, 08/22/2009 Its kind of hypnotic... enjoy!"

DIY electronic kit vs Rack Attack & Dw-8000

YouTube via onephatcat | July 22, 2010

"I converted this cheap used Tama Stage Star kit ($75 at a thrift store) with mesh heads ($65) and piezo triggers ($150), foam rubber damping, glued used practice pads and mouse pads ($15-20 total) on the cymbals and hi hats, cut up a Hosa snake and ran it into an Alesis trigger I/O ($130 new) driving a Waldorf Rack Attack drum synth (patches I created myself out of factory presets) I picked up (New Old Stock) at West LA Music.

In this video i record some drums then mess about with dw-8000 while playing back final take. I got some really nice stuff out of the Dw-8000."

"all rack attack except the click I'm playing to (kawai xd-5 drum rompler/synth) and the rest all dw-8000, clock-synced to Digital performer."

Goldbaby Tape Drum Machines Vol. 3

Goldbaby just released Tape Drum Machines Vol. 3. You'll find samples on site. Be sure to check out their other samples sets as well. Each one has a pdf link with tons of shots and info on what went into them, in a very cool, comic book, format. Below are captures of Vol. 3. "Vol 3 contains: 12 Drum Machines and 3 Tape Machines. 3498 x 24 Bit drum samples Drum Machines used: RZ-1, TR-55, XD-5, MFB-522, DDM-110, DDM-220, DPM-48, RX-21L, R-100, ED-10, PB-300 and the DSM-1. The Tape machines used: Otari MX5050 1/4", Rolla 77 valve mono 1/4 inch, and the Hitachi Cassette deck. Plus the UBK Fatso was also used! Formats: Battery 3, Guru and Wav Pack" The list: MPC Electronics DSM-1 KORG Super Drums DDM-110 KORG Percussion DDM-220 Yamaha ED-10 MFB 522 Roland TR-55 Roland PB-300 Casio RZ-1 Sakata DPM-48 Yamaha RX-21L Kawai XD-5 Kawai R-100 Rolla 77 MK3 / MKIII Kush UBK-Fatso Otari MX5050 1/4 inch Hitachi Cassette Desk Update: video added below.

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Crumar Multiman demonstration

YouTube via sounddoctorin.

Follow-up to these posts.

"Bob Weigel demonstrates the Crumar Multiman and discusses some technical aspects that might give people a better feel for what this machine is capable of. http://sounddoctorin.com . Visit the site for a virtual studio tour with sound clips from many of the synths there including Akai AX80, AX60, AX73, ARP Pro-Soloist, Axxe, Omni, Alesis D4, DM5, Crumar DS1, Multiman, Performer, Trilogy, Composer, Bit One, Casio CZ-1, SK-1, HT-700, Farfisa VIP345, Fender Chroma Polaris, Kawai SX-210, K1m, K5m, XD-5, K5000R, Korg Sigma, Delta, Lambda, LP10, Mono/Poly, Polysix, Poly61, Poly800, DW8000, DSS-1, DSM-1, Wavestation EX, Karma, Kurzweil K1200pro, Moog Polymoog, Opus 3, Memorymoog, Oberheim OB-8, Octave Cat, Peavey DPM SI, Roland SH2000, SH3a, Jupiter 4, Juno 6, Juno 106, MKS30, MKS10, MKS7, MKS-70 w/PG-800, JV-1080 w/ kb's of 60/70 exp, Sequential circuits Prophet 600, Prophet T8, six-trak, multi-trak, Siel OR400, DK600, Expander, DK70 keytar, DK80, Yamaha CS60, CS15D, CS20M, PC1000, DX7, DX21, CS2x, S03, and the mighty Conn Electric band! :-)"

Paraphonic Synthesizer; ARP Omni, Korg Delta, Crumar Trilogy

YouTube via sounddoctorin.

Good timing with the KORG Lambda that came up.

"A basic demonstration of paraphonic synthesizers.By http://sounddoctorin.com . Visit the site for a virtual studio tour with sound clips from many of the synths there including Akai AX80, AX60, AX73, ARP Pro-Soloist, Axxe, Omni, Alesis D4, DM5, Crumar DS1, Multiman, Performer, Trilogy, Composer, Bit One, Casio CZ-1, SK-1, HT-700, Farfisa VIP345, Fender Chroma Polaris, Kawai SX-210, K1m, K5m, XD-5, K5000R, Korg Sigma, Delta, Lambda, LP10, Mono/Poly, Polysix, Poly61, Poly800, DW8000, DSS-1, DSM-1, Wavestation EX, Karma, Kurzweil K1200pro, Moog Polymoog, Opus 3, Memorymoog, Oberheim OB-8, Octave Cat, Peavey DPM SI, Roland SH2000, SH3a, Jupiter 4, Juno 6, Juno 106, MKS30, MKS10, MKS7, MKS-70 w/PG-800, JV-1080 w/ kb's of 60/70 exp, Sequential circuits Prophet 600, Prophet T8, six-trak, multi-trak, Siel OR400, DK600, Expander, DK70 keytar, DK80, Yamaha CS60, CS15D, CS20M, PC1000, DX7, DX21, CS2x, S03, and the mighty Conn Electric band! :-)"

Ensoniq EPS Factory Samples

Title link takes you to a few factory samples of the Ensoniq EPS sent my way via dm. He also sent me a link to this zip of Kawai XD-5 factory samples. The Kawai XD-5 is on the bottom of the rack in this image. You can check out dm's site with music here.