Like Joel said, the Atari editor is good, and it works with XP with the Steem emulator.
It's probably possible to fix it as well, I think I found suitable...
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John Clegg
ritchieclegg
Feb 20, 2007 12:30 pm
I'm OK on that, thanks Joel - no sequencing involved. John C....
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antdes45
Mar 27, 2007 12:38 am
Hi everyone, The group is pretty inactive... Sounds like no one has trouble with their K5! First, it's K5's 20th anniversary! (Thanks to Klaus Tzieply for ...
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antdes45
Mar 27, 2007 7:36 pm
Hi everyone, I've got other news: there are a few updates to work on about reconditioning the K5, since our last discussion about this are as old as 2004. ...
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kjtkfuenf
Mar 27, 2007 8:05 pm
Hi Antoine, so it's time even to talk again. Yeah, 20 Years of K5 i own my oldest since 1992. Yes, there will be an primitive editor, this year. There is only...
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nelsonj_sce
Mar 27, 2007 9:58 pm
Hey my Backlight and Inverter still work great! (but a few of my keys are not so well, thank goodness for Midi.) I recently got a K5000s - both these boards...
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nelsonj_sce
Mar 27, 2007 10:03 pm
Hey my Backlight and Inverter still work great! (but a few of my keys are not so well, thank goodness for Midi.) I recently got a K5000s - both these boards...
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Antoine Deschênes
antdes45
Mar 27, 2007 10:46 pm
Hi Nelson, what about the brightness? I see Digikey has a similar inverter that is more powerful. If you have some time, you might want to open up the keyboard...
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John Clegg
ritchieclegg
Mar 28, 2007 7:56 am
Yes I got a dead key (a white key) working again on my K5 last month, using the article on Klaus's site. It stopped working altogether when I put it back the...
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Robert Gage-Smith
oberheim1k
Mar 28, 2007 11:09 am
Hi Antoine, I'd love to update the ROM on my K5m (it's running OS 1 at present). What do you think it would cost? Kind regards, Rob. ...
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Jeff B
jeffbee42
Mar 28, 2007 8:15 pm
If the K5 came out in '87, and the K5000 came out in '97, shouldn't Kawai be releasing a K5000000 sometime soon? ;-) Jeff ... From: antdes45...
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Antoine Deschênes
antdes45
Mar 28, 2007 9:42 pm
Maybe if they still made synths......
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Antoine Deschênes
antdes45
Mar 28, 2007 9:52 pm
Maybe if they still made synths......
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Antoine Deschênes
antdes45
Mar 29, 2007 10:53 am
Maybe if they still made synths......
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Antoine DeschĂªnes
antdes45
Mar 30, 2007 8:19 pm
Hi, So far, two persons are interested. The cost is less than $10 CAD + shipping for people who want them in the same order. Cheers, Antoine...
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Simon Kunath
unstable1uk
Mar 30, 2007 11:49 pm
... Hi Antoine, Please add me thanks Simon...
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zog2zog2003
Apr 1, 2007 4:52 am
I'd like one, please! Thanks, Pete...
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Antoine Deschênes
antdes45
Apr 1, 2007 5:36 pm
Hi Ryan, the ROM I will send is version 1.3 for the K5, or version 1.2 for the K5m depending of which synth you have. You can see the version on the boot ...
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Antoine DeschĂªnes
antdes45
Apr 2, 2007 3:37 pm
OK, here's a summary of who I have requesting ROMs right now, please tell me if I forgot you : Lennart Temmink - K5 Robert Gage-Smith - K5m Pete (sandersp1) -...
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Eric Friedly
ejfriedly
Apr 3, 2007 12:56 pm
Hey. I'd like to be included for one of those rommy thingys for my K5. A venerable classic by any means. Thanks for doing this as Kawai has informed me that ...
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Antoine Deschênes
antdes45
Apr 3, 2007 3:54 pm
Hi Eric, you're on the list. Kawai charges that much? They even only upgrade your K5 to v1.2....
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joelbraverman
Apr 3, 2007 6:28 pm
Hi Antoine, Count me in too - I could use two chips - one for K5m and one for a K5. How do I pay you for the chips / shipping? Joel...
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Antoine Deschênes
antdes45
Apr 3, 2007 7:33 pm
... OK. ... It's probably going to be PayPal. ... Now, for the final chip price, I'll calculate a few things, since I'm probably going to be buying other parts...
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Rod Siddall
rodsiddall
Apr 3, 2007 11:57 pm
... I have a K5m which needs an upgrade to the 1.2 version. Is it too late to add my name...? Cheers Rod....
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Antoine Deschênes
antdes45
Apr 4, 2007 1:40 am
I put you there. You all still have about weeks to contact me, as I'm not there during Easter time....
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drfuzz@...
yuggotheq
Apr 4, 2007 5:49 pm
Oooh - put me down as a maybe for a K5M rom. I need to check which version I have, but I seem to remember it being 1.0 drfuzz ... From: antdes45@... To:...
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Beowolf
beowolf5552000
Apr 6, 2007 12:08 am
Hi, I was wondering if anyone knew what features are addressed in ver 1.3 ROM for the K5 and 1.2 ROM for the K5M. I am not sure if I saw that listed in any of...
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Antoine Deschênes
antdes45
Apr 6, 2007 12:51 am
Hi, I have absolutely no idea for v1.3, but, if I remember correctly, quite a few MIDI/SysEx glitches are solved between v1.0 and v1.2. I think version 1.3 is...
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onephatcat@...
joelbraverman
Apr 6, 2007 6:58 pm
I think Troy still works for Kawai in LA, he was/is the main support guy for all the kawai synth stuff, I have his email address somewhere, I'll see if I still...
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Beowolf
beowolf5552000
Apr 6, 2007 6:59 pm
Antoine, Thanks for the reply. It is good that you sent an e-mail to KOJ about it. When do you plan to upgrade your own K5? How does the ROM programmer work? ...
