From map@cs.washington.eduMon Aug 7 11:16:29 1995 Date: Mon, 7 Aug 1995 11:15:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Mike Perkowitz To: Christian Bradford Subject: Re: K-1,3,4? the k3 is much like an analogue synth, except with sampled waves instead of voltage-controlled oscillators. it's got analogue filters (i believe the K1 has no filters at all.. yuck), an LFO, two oscillators you can detune, and so on. the keyboard has velocity and aftertouch and a data wheel, the rack just up/down buttons. it's not a bad little synth, though i would say $300 is a bit high. the k4 is entirely digital. it's got about 256 waves, the first 100 of which are single-cycle. it can have up to four oscillators in a single patch, and two filters. the filters, though digital, arent bad, though the resolution on the resonance is pretty low. the k4 is also 8-part multitimbral. editing is all by buttons, though it could be worse. the k4 keyboard has some built-in effects. the rack doesnt have the effects, but has a bunch of individual outputs instead. you can edit both with sysex. at the same price, i'd go for a k4, unless you're really set on the k3 sound. the best answer, as usual, is to play with them before you buy. i have one of each and i doubt i'll keep the k3. for analogue sounds, i'd rather use my juno, and for samples it's fairly weak. the k4 i've been using for layered atmospheres as well as basic voice, string, and bass sounds. i do have to admit a weakness, however, for the cheezy k3 piano patch that's part of the factory presets. > hey! I'm denied permission to enter Electronica from Music Machines. > Have any ideas why that is? What's in there that's so exclusive? for some reason, tom seems to have disabled access to the page, perhaps related to the fact that the list itself is on hiatus. m ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Part of kindness is loving people more than they deserve. -Joseph Joubert ----------------------------------------------------------------------- map@cs.washington.edu http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/map/ mike perkowitz http://www.hyperreal.com/machines/