I have never composed or recorded anything worth listening to without the K1 string pad patch somewhere in the mix. I have newer and much more expensive synths. But that one patch on the lowly K1 - beats em all. I've tried to figure out why but I can't. Whatever it has - the K1 string pad patch is magic. It's the sound of my life for sure.
I now exactly what you mean and I think it´s about this unique resonance. Play A1 and A2 together and drift away! Never found that on any other Synth or sample. It´s realy magic.
@@Synth2000 Sorry it took so long to get back. Didn't read it until now. Everything on my page. It is pretty prominent on this song. th-cam.com/video/nz6oKwsKR2c/w-d-xo.html
Considering that the K1 is a very basic synth this is one of the best demos i have seen :-). This proves that a good synth can help to do better music, but is the musician who does the work.
Incredible, I've seen this same video some years ago, and I still cannot figure out how did you do to pluck those amazing tunes out of this synth! Hats off dude, amazing!
@R. M The problem with the K1 was never, "It can't sound good," but learning how to coax all those amazing sounds out... Of all the 80's - 90's digital synths I own, (and I own a LOT), the K1 is probably the single hardest one to program really unique sounds for.
This is a PCM synth. Kawai made the K5000 series, which are additive synths. Completely different animals. Also, the reverb on this demo is far beyond the abilities of this synth. Played one for a bit, and it wasn't this good. The basic sounds, yes, and it is multi-tracked, probably in a DAW of some sort... Nonetheless, a good demo, and it is a capable synth.
Any time you ADD multiple waveforms together to create a sound you do additive synthesis, no matter if it's 1024 harmonics or 4 digital/sampled waveforms. That being said, I wished my K5 had the ability to cross modulate between it's oscillators.
I seriously love the feeling and sounds of this demo. Is there any chance I could get a copy in high quality? Happy to work something out, it's just so great. I now own a K1 again thanks partly to this video, amazing. :)
Gonna pick up a Kawai K4 some time next week, which to my understanding is essentially a K1ii with filters thrown in. The K1 is great as it is and I can't wait to treat my old K1 patches with some digital filter goodness :D
I am the original owner of a Kawai K1 and both purchased new in 1988. Also, a Kawai K4 I bought a year later. The K1 was not out in 1985. You should edit your title do say 1988. Also, the K1 doesn't have any onboard effects. So much of what is heard here is processed after the fact.
Does it really matter if efx were added afterwards? No one worries when someone does a guitar demo and adds effects. No one even notices actually. But add effects to a synth and all of a sudden the sky is falling. That makes no sense. Pretty much every song ever recorded in the history of music had some type of post-processing/effects added at some point.
@looneyburgmusic: yes, it does matter that the creator used an external effect, especially if he/she did not tell us. In such cases, the listener may think that the synth sounds so good on its own. Otherwise, this demo is good.
I wonder if the midi file for this song is around. It uses different instruments at the same time so you'd have to assume it was a composition. Astonishing song.
how to do this demo? how to get this rich and juicy sound from k1 on your demo? any aditional hardware o dsp? multi layering? send me more info please, thanks
Beautiful! Hey would you know if it’s easy to change the battery inside the K1 yourself instead of getting an expert to do it? It’s been a while since I’ve had the battery replaced and I’m not sure how long I’ve got before it gives up on me. I need to get a midi adapter fir my Mac as well so I can back my sounds up. I’m listening to your video while I’m typing this and your composition is quite amazing. Thanks!
David Welch if you can use a soldering iron you can change the batteries. Also while you're under the hood might as well take the opportunity to replace with a battery holder
+Indigo8086 If you are still looking, forget the motherboard and just look for another working K1, they are selling for next to nothing on the used market these days.
Wonderful demo!!! I only have issue with you comment stating that you only used a K1. I have been using a K1 in one form or another since 1988 when they came out and I can tell you that the reverb I am hear is not part of the keyboard. You can claim that you made dedicated multi-patches to each sound, there is no way you can create echo and reverb like I am hearing. The K1 II had reverb and a dedicated drum channel are you using one of those?? Was this straight MIDI recording and we are hearing the K1 with an awesome Multi-patch pluged into effects chain or was this separate audio tracks of the K1 of various types of patches, multi-patches included that had effects added to. Thank you for your work. Again it sounds wonderful.
I have never composed or recorded anything worth listening to without the K1 string pad patch somewhere in the mix. I have newer and much more expensive synths. But that one patch on the lowly K1 - beats em all. I've tried to figure out why but I can't. Whatever it has - the K1 string pad patch is magic. It's the sound of my life for sure.
I now exactly what you mean and I think it´s about this unique resonance. Play A1 and A2 together and drift away! Never found that on any other Synth or sample. It´s realy magic.
can u post a link to your music?
@@dogecoin4085 No, i mean the OP
I love it too. It's magic!
@@Synth2000 Sorry it took so long to get back. Didn't read it until now. Everything on my page. It is pretty prominent on this song. th-cam.com/video/nz6oKwsKR2c/w-d-xo.html
This is a great example of how good underrated budget synths like the K1 can really sound if used properly. Fantastic job.
looneyburgmusic Brother' I bought one brand new in 91' A K1II, it was not cheap[. it cost almost two grand...in 91 that was alot of cheese
SahlStrickland If you paid that much you got ripped off - *bad*. I never saw them going new for more than $1000-$1200.
I was born to lose then' take er easy)
@Ulises Jaziel Fuck you
@@looneyburgmusic He didnt say which currency he used
the oscillaitions are so stimulating melodic
Bravo! You squeezed every bit of sound possible out of this great little synth.!
Considering that the K1 is a very basic synth this is one of the best demos i have seen :-). This proves that a good synth can help to do better music, but is the musician who does the work.
+Carlos Iglesias Unless it has a very good arpeggiator and sequencer lol
Carlos Iglesias
Thank you
@@dogecoin4085 stop spamming your shitty ad ffs
@@dogecoin4085 :D put in reverbdotcom instead spamming under every kawai k whichever video :D
Glad I still have mine. Great Job!
fun fact this synthesizer was used to make the first song on the album 76:14 :P
davidevgen Doesn't surprise me lol. Does sound very much like Global Communication.
indeed :P
K1-II was my first synth. I never find a Roland so "musical" than this. It was so easy to compose with it...
Mine too. I wouldn't have complained if I could have afforded a D-50 at the time to go with it, mind you....
But I used to love the look on my Roland-owning friends faces when they'd hear my lowly kawai. Sheer surprise.
I have one for sale on eBay.
Great piece of music!
Amazing demo!
Keep listening to this, incredible!
Incredible, I've seen this same video some years ago, and I still cannot figure out how did you do to pluck those amazing tunes out of this synth! Hats off dude, amazing!
@R. M The problem with the K1 was never, "It can't sound good," but learning how to coax all those amazing sounds out... Of all the 80's - 90's digital synths I own, (and I own a LOT), the K1 is probably the single hardest one to program really unique sounds for.
I have one for sale on eBay.
I have one for sale on eBay.
this is what I call a sound demo :)
It sounds like Oberheim, splendid music! Good solo leads, atmospheric pads, very nostalgic music from 80-ies.
Love the Kawai sounds,have a K1r version.
Additive synthesis to create sounds. Loved it.
Should say "Addictive Synthesis" instead of Additive Synthesis. Layering Patches is not Additive Synthesis ;)
This is a PCM synth. Kawai made the K5000 series, which are additive synths. Completely different animals.
Also, the reverb on this demo is far beyond the abilities of this synth. Played one for a bit, and it wasn't this good. The basic sounds, yes, and it is multi-tracked, probably in a DAW of some sort...
Nonetheless, a good demo, and it is a capable synth.
Any time you ADD multiple waveforms together to create a sound you do additive synthesis, no matter if it's 1024 harmonics or 4 digital/sampled waveforms. That being said, I wished my K5 had the ability to cross modulate between it's oscillators.
Nice one! I luv k1 series
Great demo song!
I seriously love the feeling and sounds of this demo. Is there any chance I could get a copy in high quality? Happy to work something out, it's just so great.
I now own a K1 again thanks partly to this video, amazing. :)
sounds great..
So good!!
Awsome man!
this is epic as man, nicee :)
Gonna pick up a Kawai K4 some time next week, which to my understanding is essentially a K1ii with filters thrown in. The K1 is great as it is and I can't wait to treat my old K1 patches with some digital filter goodness :D
KAWAI K4 is better in Terms of Technology, but you wont get an outstanding LOFI machine like K1. If you want LOFI, get a K1, they are Cheap
Excellent
Euhhhh 1985 demo ??? this synth only came out in 1988 (the second version II in 1989) !!! :-)) must be a pre-pre-pre-pre release then :-))
awesome :)
Way to go! I love my k1. Save the world! Schmear it's ears with cheese! Wonderful cheese! 🧀
Have a happy holiday season and a happy new year :)🤘
Excellent !
Hi - Why is this date 1985 demo? The Kawai K1 was released in 1988. (When I purchased one) Best wishes.
Great video thanks for the post
Very nice
Sounds great mate :-)
The K1 was produced in 1988 and NOT in 1985 !
The K1 II and K4 were produced in 1989
Does it actually matter? This was from 30+ years ago, who really cares if he was off a few years?
looneyburgmusic: you're right, it's not a big deal, but let's not spread nonsense on the internet.
I am the original owner of a Kawai K1 and both purchased new in 1988. Also, a Kawai K4 I bought a year later. The K1 was not out in 1985. You should edit your title do say 1988. Also, the K1 doesn't have any onboard effects. So much of what is heard here is processed after the fact.
Does it really matter if efx were added afterwards?
No one worries when someone does a guitar demo and adds effects. No one even notices actually. But add effects to a synth and all of a sudden the sky is falling. That makes no sense. Pretty much every song ever recorded in the history of music had some type of post-processing/effects added at some point.
The guy who posted the video says he only used a reverb.
@looneyburgmusic: yes, it does matter that the creator used an external effect, especially if he/she did not tell us. In such cases, the listener may think that the synth sounds so good on its own.
Otherwise, this demo is good.
1988 not 1985!
Lfo used this synth
also see Logic The Warning and lots of MAW productions. The string sound almost became house music industry standard in the 90's
@@timtrek and the choir sound was used in countless early trance records
I think it might be 1988
I wonder if the midi file for this song is around. It uses different instruments at the same time so you'd have to assume it was a composition. Astonishing song.
how to do this demo? how to get this rich and juicy sound from k1 on your demo? any aditional hardware o dsp? multi layering? send me more info please, thanks
Great demo, but the drums...was this a K1II, or did the drums come from something else?
There is drum kit in one of multi-patches.
1985→1988
I have one for sale on eBay.
Beautiful! Hey would you know if it’s easy to change the battery inside the K1 yourself instead of getting an expert to do it? It’s been a while since I’ve had the battery replaced and I’m not sure how long I’ve got before it gives up on me. I need to get a midi adapter fir my Mac as well so I can back my sounds up. I’m listening to your video while I’m typing this and your composition is quite amazing. Thanks!
David Welch if you can use a soldering iron you can change the batteries. Also while you're under the hood might as well take the opportunity to replace with a battery holder
Technical question, do you know if the K1 joystick sends MIDI? thanks.
Sorry, I don`t know.
No, it does not...
As far as I know, it only sends it out to MIDI in "Edit" mode, and then only in the "X" direction of movement.
what's the reverb on this?
I recorded it with cubase and used the reverb plug ins.
Anybody want to sell me a motherboard from one of these? Mine's dead
+Indigo8086 If you are still looking, forget the motherboard and just look for another working K1, they are selling for next to nothing on the used market these days.
Wonderful demo!!! I only have issue with you comment stating that you only used a K1. I have been using a K1 in one form or another since 1988 when they came out and I can tell you that the reverb I am hear is not part of the keyboard. You can claim that you made dedicated multi-patches to each sound, there is no way you can create echo and reverb like I am hearing. The K1 II had reverb and a dedicated drum channel are you using one of those?? Was this straight MIDI recording and we are hearing the K1 with an awesome Multi-patch pluged into effects chain or was this separate audio tracks of the K1 of various types of patches, multi-patches included that had effects added to. Thank you for your work. Again it sounds wonderful.
He recorded it with cubase and used the reverb plug ins