The Kawai XD-5 is a percussion synthesizer based on the Kawai K4 sample playback (but uses 16-bit 44.1 kHz sample rate as opposed to 32 kHz )[6][7] with filter and AM amplifier modulation synthesis architecture. It is essentially a Kawai K4r with percussion waveforms, plus faster envelopes, gate mode and amplifier to better suit percussion sounds. The XD-5 also features include 32 digital oscillators each capable of using one of 256 available 16-bit waveforms, a digital filter with self resonance and 8 individual outputs.
| XD-5 | |
|---|---|
 Kawai XD-5 percussion synthesizer | |
| Manufacturer | Kawai |
| Dates | 1989 - 1990 [1] |
| Price | UK £599[2] US $850 |
| Technical specifications | |
| Polyphony | 16 voices[3] |
| Timbrality | 8 part |
| Oscillator | 4 - Pulse, ROM, Saw Up, Sine, Square, Super Saw, Triangle, Wave Table, White Noise[4] |
| LFO | 1 - Sample & Hold, Saw Up, Triangle |
| Synthesis type | ROM, Vector synthesis |
| Filter | 1 - 12dB Slope (2-pole), Low Pass, Resonance |
| Attenuator | DCA: digital envelope |
| Storage memory | 64 patches, 16 DrumKits, external memory card[5] |
| Input/output | |
| External control | MIDI In, out, thru |
Expandability
editThe XD-5 uses expansion cards to allow an increased number of tones to be stored externally.. One card can hold 64 Patches, 16 kit Patches and 16 output patches.[8]
Sounds
editKick, snare, rim, tom, hi hat, cymbals and other assorted percussion sounds as well as 41 Digital Cyclic waveforms.
Notable users
editReferences
edit- ^ "The Ultimate SynthDB | Kawai XD-5". www.synth-db.com. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
- ^ "Kawai XD5 (MT May 91)". www.muzines.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
- ^ "Kawai XD-5 | Sound Programming". soundprogramming.net. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
- ^ "Kawai XD-5 Percussion Synthesizer". Encyclotronic. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
- ^ "The Ultimate SynthDB | Kawai XD-5". www.synth-db.com. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
- ^ "Kawai XD5 (MT May 91)". www.muzines.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
- ^ "Kawai K4 Digital Multi Spectrum Synthesizer". Encyclotronic. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
- ^ "Kawai XD-5 Percussion Synthesizer". Encyclotronic. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
- ^ Doyle, Tom (March 2023). "Classic Tracks: Plastikman 'Consumed'". Sound on Sound. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
External links
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