The Kawai K1 is a 61 key synthesizer manufactured in 1988 [3] by Kawai. It is an entry-level [4] and low fidelity synthesizer and not as feature rich as the Kawai K4 and was released to compete with the Roland D50 and Korg M1 synthesizers. The patch memory can be doubled with a DC-8 memory card which was available separately. [5]

The K1 is one of Kawai's most economic digital synthesizers in the K-series. The K1 has 256 digital samples of waveforms, 50 of which are from acoustic instruments. You combine up to four wave shapes to create very new and unique sounds.

2024年3月15日 · Kawai K1 · Source: Kawai. It starts with four oscillators, each of which can load either an additive synthesis wave (generated by Kawai’s K5) or a PCM sample. The latter are mostly drum sounds culled from the R50 or R100 (industrial producers, take note) but there are also various percussion and pluck transients like with Roland’s LA ...

2024年3月18日 · 据报道，Kawai在当时大约销售了50,000台 K1，包括机架式版本（K1r）、桌面版本（K1m），甚至还有升级版（K1 ii）。K1之所以能够成功的关键还是在于它的音质：既有single-cycle additive waves，也有PCM采样，为用户提供了丰富的音色选择。

The new and improved K1ii added on-board reverb effects and better drum sounds to the original K1. The multitimbrality is up to 8 parts, which is great for sequencing in the studio since you can have (up to 8) multiple patches playing simultaneously. The K1ii is also available in a rackmount module, known as the K1iir.

The Kawai K1 is a sample-based synthesizer that uses 8-bit PCM waveforms. It functions similarly to the Roland D-series synthesizers and although it's not quite the same, it can be thought of as "budget LA synthesis". The patch memory can be doubled with a DC-8 memory card. A DC-16 and DC-32 can also be used.

2020年6月9日 · The K1’s sounds could be split and layered across the velocity and aftertouch-sensitive five-octave keyboard, and an eight-part multitimbral mode made it a quite decent companion for MIDI sequencing.

The K1 is one of Kawai's most economic digital synthesizers in the K-series. The K1 has 256 digital samples of waveforms, 50 of which are from acoustic instruments. You combine up to four wave shapes to create very new and unique sounds.