KawaiK3Zone

--- In kawaik3zone@yahoogroups.com, Linda Dachtyl <lindaleed@e...> wrote:
> 
> I also used it quite a bit for Hammond sounds by using the additive 
> mode on bank 32...... The Hammonds were ok  as pads when used with a 
> Dunlop Roto-vibe. At least for about 10 years ago. I don't use it for 
> these sounds anymore.

A recent Sound on Sound magazine "Synth Secrets" article discusses
just that-- how the K3 is one of the better analogish synths for
simulating a Hammond 88 8000 000 registration. 


> I know there was some talk about loading patch sysex files into the 
> computer on this list. This synth isn't as user friendly in this way as 
> many others I have. Do you have to load each patch separately...or can 
> you load the entire bank...like most other synths.

If there's a way to dump the whole K3 bank at once, I don't know of
it. Of course, I don't have the K3 user docs. What you can do is set
up your sequencer to receive sysex data until interrupted and then
(with the K3 in the send-sysex-on-program-change mode discussed in the
other e-mails) cycle through all the patches in a bank. Each time the
patch changes, the sequencer should receive sysex bytes. If this is
transmitted to a K3/K3m, it should populate the patch bank with sounds.

Good luck,
Ben