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NEWS AM/FM Issue #9
Kawai K4 ROM upgrades
Due to a minor bug in the Kawai K4's v1.2 ROM chips, users have been
complaining about some annoying clicking that appears on a certain type of
sounds where the synth's filters open rapidly. The only way to avoid this
clicking is to delay the opening of the sound's filters, thereby changing the
sound's characteristics. However, Kawai has recently launched a new batch of
K4's, with version 1.3 ROMs, and in this version, the "clicking" problem has
been overcome.
If you're planning to buy a K4, it might be worth checking which version of
the ROM's the synth has. Do this by holding down the SYSTEM button while
turning on the synth. The version number will be shown at the bottom right
hand side of the display.
Owners of v1.2 K4's can go to their nearest Kawai dealer and have the ROMs
upgraded for a small amount.
EPS Plus Turbo Kit
U.S. company Martists offer good news to EPS Plus owners: Low-cost RAM
expansion, SCSI-interface and Flashbank! These products can be purchased
separately, or together. Wrapped together in an upgrade pack, they are known
as the "EPS Plus Turbo Kit".
New sound cards for Roland's U-series
Third party developer "Musitronic" has come up with two new sound cards for
the Roland U-series (U110, U220 etc.). The two cards are: "Voices" and
"Analogue".
SY77-PCMEX and TG77-PCMEX
From Musitronics: The long awaited PCM expansion card for the Yamaha SY77 /
TG77 is at last available! (PCM is basically just a term for "sampled
sounds") The total of 8 MB of PCM waveform datas include real piano sounds
(now that's a first one for Yamaha [Ed]), Acoustic guitars, several bass
sounds, brass, strings, choir and some very impressive drum- and percussion
samples.
E-MU Proteus MPS
A new synth/workstation from E-MU is the Proteus MPS. It has 61
touch-sensitive keys, a collection of the the best sounds from Proteus and
Proformance, and it is said to have superb digital effects.
Korg M1-EX
It's upgrade-time for your M1. The M1-Ex doubles the M1's sample memory from
4 to an impressive 8 Mb. When Korg released their T-series some time after
the M1, then these 8 Mb of sample memory was a great improvement. Now, with
the M1-Ex, you can turn your M1 into a T3 for only a fraction of the price.
Proteus on world tour (?)
Proteus/3 World is a new, very special and very weird synth module. ALL the
sounds in it are exotic and ethnic world instruments. There are 4 Mb of
16-bit samples, 16 channels multitimbral, 32 tones polyphony. Here you won't
find pianos, brass, strings, basses etc., but you WILL find heaps of exotic
instruments from Africa, Australia, Europe, Indonesia, Japan, the Middle-East,
South America, etc. etc. Something original at last?
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