Kawai K5000S

Type of unit
Synthesizer Keyboard
Brand/Make
Kawai
Synthesis Technology
Additive Synthesis
External control
MIDI
Parts Capability
16 Part Multitimbral
Polyphony
32
Patch memory
digitally stored
Decade of creation
1990s

Digital synthesizer from 1996. Features 32 note polyphony, Digital Additive Synthesis plus PCM samples; Harmonics: 64 per source; Waveforms: 689 (123 synth, 341 GM, 225 drums). 4 internal effects, 128 band formant filter, 24db/oct lowpass and highpass filters, 2 LFOs, arpeggiator, and 61 full size keys with aftertouch. Notable users include Aphex Twin and Kraftwerk. Our unit is has a floppy drive emulator retrofit with an OLED display so it is possible to load and browse thousands of patches with ease.