I have a K1 which i have had from new so that about 17 years, use all
the time, Just had serviced as spilt coke into it. Use it at home
with computer studio and also gig with it and it has survived the
coarse. But i am carefull.

It has served me well, been reliable , plenty of sounds available
for it to buy and free.

The joystick does not really have any function and i feel a bit of a
gimmick, no midi nothing really, would have been better as a true
vector synth like say the yamaha sy35!! and korg wavestation, but at
the original costs of the unit you cant complain. Still there is no
filter either.

If it failed completely now. I would probably replace with k1/k4 rack
and get better keys. Alternatively replace with software Chameleon
and resynthesize the sounds using that particular additive synth. I
am pretty much going over to software now.

You will need external effects, filters etc. I midied mine up to a
midiverb and get some good results.

At the end of the day the decsion as they say is yours.








--- In kawaisynths@yahoogroups.com, "chromal" <chromal.dragon@p...>
wrote:
>
> Nobody can tell you what it is you need, but I can talk a little
about
> the K1 joystick.
>
> It allows you to mix, in real time, the four tone sources.
> Unfortunately, it doesn't send MIDI CC messages, so aside, perhaps,
> from some live performance stuff, it just isn't really all that
> useful, IMO.
>
> Ben
>
>
>
> --- In kawaisynths@yahoogroups.com, "cvkaiser" <Christoph@j...>
wrote:
> >
> > Hi, I donīt want to be impatient but the objects of desire are
> nearing there end at eBay and I
> > still canīt decide which way to go - if it is way better to have
the
> K1m with its joystick
> > capabilities or is that not so important and the K1r will be just
as
> good.
> >
> > Sorry for repeating my stupid question.... Christoph
> >
>