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Average rating:
4.7 out of 5
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This synth is as deep as the ocean. I have not come across any other machine as capable of utter weirdness and sublime beauty, and i have owned many, and heard many synthesizers. I have created patches that sound like running water, pads that never stop evolving and analog acid sounds that i can modulate with a complex combination of formant and digital filtering that sound unbelievable and unique. Dig in deep and you will not be dissapointed as the possibilities are just endless. Only very recently has computer software started to offer additive synthesizers, but whether they sound as good or are as comprehensive i do not know and do not care, i would NEVER part with mine !
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Geez, has anybody ever seen or heard of the K5000W? Yes, W, not R, not S. Anyway that's what I have. I assume it's because it's got a full sequencer onboard so it stands for workstation. I was surprised not to see it here. It looks almost identical to the S but has a bunch of seqencer control buttons in place of the bank of knobs to the left of the display. Had to have that sequencer at the time, though... I wish I had those real-time knobs for fudging the parameters more easily now.... Yes, it's a bizarre but inspirational synth when you dig deep. Just mess with it and you end up "finding" sounds that didn't exist before and thus create "signature" sounds that are uniquely your own. What you come up with is all the more likely to be unique since there aren't many of these around, it seems. A real sleeper.
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I saw a guy below, "Frank", giving this synth a mere 2 out of five....its a synth, my friend, not a bread and butter S+S (although it has S+S too, in addition to the additive programming, and its all pristine). Anything less than a full mark for this one is plain stupidity. Ok, it cannot do trad. synth strings, and "real" instruments, rather it sounds like a MODULAR to my ears, with a screaming resonance and optional HP or LP DCF that is the best ive ever heard on a digital machine, incl all those hyped VAs. It can also do great kicks and various drumsounds, and every other sound you can (and cannot) imagine. The sound quality is unreal. God, those pads...hearing is believing!
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This synth has a lot of sonic power. I would not trade my K5000s for anything in the world. The sounds are insane for example the other nigth I was programing a sound.while I was holding the key down for 5 sec you can hear a nice pad but after that it turn into a metallic delay noise. I would recomend this synth to anyone who is looking for new sounds.
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Well, this is a user-defined synth. DO NOT judge it by the presets. The additive synth engine on this machine is unf&$%ing real. If you aren't aware of synth programming, forget it. If you are, then meet the end of your voice-structuring world. 64 harmonics, each has its own 5-stage looping envelope, 64 formant filters with envelopes! A DCO, DCA, DCF. Morph mode, pcm/additive. I'm history.
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