LAYOUT: Kawai K5/K5m Patch Editor (new version)by ibo-kai

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MIDI Target Manufacturer(s): Kawai

This time I didn't need to start from scratch, since there already is an awesome layout existing for this one: the K5/K5m layout by Brett Anthony (aka thedood). It is designed to edit K5 patches (so-called Singles).

https://mididesigner.com/qa/7479/layout-kawai-k5-k5m?show=7479#q7479

So I just needed to rearrange things, add some missing functions and involve some newer functionality such as the ability to receive existing patches from the synth. Nevertheless Kawai gave me a really hard time again to understand their obscure MIDI sysex format.

So now at the top there are 4 green buttons to switch between Edit (the main K5 edit page on the left plus DFF, LFO and Key Scale on the right), Source 1, Source 2 and Both. In all I tried to arrange functions as much following the K5 screens as possible.

Each source starts with the DFG on the left and the heart of the synth, the DHG, on the right. Here the biggest limitation of MIDI control becomes obvious, since changing levels of selected harmonics following the filter settings (Range from-to, All-Live-Die, All-Odd-Even-Octaves-Fifths) is a relative change and cannot be controlled via MIDI. Also I need to see the current spectrum on the K5 display. So I would do the DHG settings still on the K5, while operating everything else from the iPad. This includes the DHG envelopes, the filter and the amp and this way I work much faster, fully concentrating on my musical idea.

I also added a Streambyter input rule to enable the layout to understand incoming patch dumps from the synth.

Finally I did fix a number of bugs, which occurred during testing over the past few weeks. Everything should be fine, but if you still find a problem, please let me know.

Downloads: 262
K5/K5m Patch Editor
Downloads: 262

Images

Edit/DFF/LFO/Key Scale

Source DFG/DHG

Source DHG Envelopes

Source DDF/DDA

Comments

Wow! This looks awesome! I shall dust off my K5R this week and give it a try out. Totally agree with the Kawai sys ex nightmare. Why cant manufacturers make this stuff a little easier! As in logical! lol The ability to dump patches is brilliant. The layout is far less cluttered. I really like it. Well done ibo-kai!

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Quick note, you may need to put 'LAYOUT:' in front of the question title as this isn't appearing in the Browse section when you go to Kawai. Ive manually downloaded and stuck it in the MD2 directory for the time being.
Cheers Brett ;)

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Yes, thanks for the heads up. I added LAYOUT in the title.

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We have to take action behind the green curtain for it to appear in browse.  Should be there now.

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Hey mate.
Had a chance to play with this tonight. I LOVE the sysex Dump, that is seriously cool! Well done.
I had an issue though changing the harmonics. Im using the K5R, so I dont know if its an issue between the remote or keyed versions, but no matter which harmonic button I pressed, it would only adjust the first one I selected. For example, if I selected Harmonic 1, and changed the value, it would change fine, but then if I selected Harmonic 4, it would still only change the level of harmonic 1. I switched back to my version and I could adjust which ever button I selected. When you get a chance would you be able to check that? I just want to know if it does have something to do with the 5R. Everything else seemed to be working fine, but I haven't tested it all yet.
Cheers
Brett ;)

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Sorry for the late reply, I have been traveling a lot recently. Just tested the layout regarding your issue, but in my case it works perfectly fine. When I select a harmonic in the layout, it will select the same in the K5 display. When I change the according level, the K5 will follow for that harmonic. However I don't think it is because of the rack version, because the MIDI Data Format document states K5/K5m, so I would assume they are both identical in that regard. Can you check the K5 MIDI output when selecting and changing harmonics from he front panel? E.g. you could use the MD log.