The contained links to several sound bank files in SYSEX format. So far so good. Now it gets tricky. There are a lot of software tools out there to transfer SYSEX data to synthesizer via MIDI.
![Kawai k4 patch editor leesburg va Kawai k4 patch editor leesburg va](http://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1aroEe2NZWeJjSZFpq6xjBFXa0.jpg?size=175775&height=526&width=794&hash=6750c75d8e0c8dc3578d68b1cd21564b)
May 14, 1992 - VFXsd and SDI sysex files to your computer's hard disk. Once saved there. Wonderful varied resource for the sound editor/designer.' -Bill Koepnick. Kawai K4: $590. EPS 4x expander: $100.
But there is a high probability that using standard software (with standard parameters) will fail to succesfully send SYSEX-data to the KAWAI K1 synth. The reason for this may be a little surprising: Equipment from the late 80ies/early 90ies ist just too slow for todays MIDI interfaces. Yeah, I know – the Baud rate for MIDI data is still the same as it was when MIDI was invented.
But the actual rate at which MIDI bytes are sent by todays computers often exceeds the buffering capabilities of old gear. This makes it necessary to use small buffer sizes and to introduce pauses between the transmission of each buffer. Several MIDI tools support such segmented transfer of SYSEX data. Is a tool that does this fairly well and it is free for non-professional users.
Configuring MIDI-OX for the Kawai K1 In the “ View” menu click on “ SysEx”.The program now shows the “ SysEx View ”-window with its own menu. Under “ Sysex” click on “ Configure”. Under “ Low Level Output Buffer” set Size to 4 Bytes and Num to 2. Set “ Delay Between Buffers:” to 10 Milliseconds. Activate “ Delay After F7” and set this delay to 600 Milliseconds. This stops transmission after two buffers of 4 bytes for 10 milliseconds and introduces an additional delay of 600 milliseconds whenever a “hF7”-byte signifying the end of a SYSEX data block is transmitted. Now you can transfer the previously downloaded sysex files using the “ File” menu entry of the “ SysEx View ” – window by clicking “ Send SysEx File“.
This is a fairly conservative configuration that should work with almost all old MIDI gear. Once you manage to successfully transfer a MIDI SYSEX file to your K1 you can speed up transmission by tweaking these values, e.g. Increasing to buffer size to 8 or 16 bytes or by reducing the “F7-Delay”.