Mikko Laanti
Mikko Laanti Oy
Tervakukkatie 26 C 22
90580 SF-Oulu
Finland
Tel. & Fax 358-81-391057
INTERNET: tkop-ml\finou.oulu.fi
Licensing and Duplication Information
Duplication Restrictions
K4 Patch Editor is a shareware product. It may be freely copied and dis-
tributed for evaluation as long as four basic rules are followed.
These rules are:
1) The program and this documentation may not be
modified in any way.
2) A copy of this documentation is provided with
the program.
3) No charge, other than a media and handling
charge, (not to exceed $5.00) is made.
4) Users of the program are encouraged to purchase
a license for its use.
If a copy of this program is retained, an obligation to purchase a li-
cense for its use is incurred. A license for use of this program can
be purchased from program developer.
K4 Patch editor
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This program is a Kawai K4 syntheziser patch editor. To use this
program You need a K4 synthesizer, MS-Windows 3.0 or later and
CMS-101, CMS-404 or any MPU-401 compatible MIDI card.
Your program disk should include following files:
Name: Description:
- K4.EXE Patch editor program
- MIDIDRV.SYS DOS device driver for MPU-401 and CMS-404 MIDI card
- K4HELP.TXT This file
- IDENTITY.TXT To identify registered copy.
- DRUM.DYN Nine description files for different dialogs. These
- EFFECT.DYN files are interpreted by K4.EXE and they should
- MULTI.DYN be in same directory as K4.EXE.
- SINGLE.DYN
- SCROLL.DYN
- DCF.DYN
- SOURCES.DYN
- DCA.DYN
- COMMON.DYN
To get started
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1. Create a subdirectory for K4 under Your Windows directory
(or where you like):
MD C:\WINDOWS\K4
2. Copy all files on the program diskette into You K4 directory:
COPY A:*.* C:\WINDOWS\K4
Also, copy midi driver into Your device driver directory e.g.
COPY A:MIDIDRV.SYS C:\SYS
3. Edit Your CONFIG.SYS and add one of following lines into it:
- if You have MPU-401 or compatible (one port)
DEVICE=C:\SYS\MIDIDRV.SYS 4000 0 2 330
- if You have CMS-101 (one port)
DEVICE=C:\SYS\MIDIDRV.SYS 4000 1 2 338
- if You have CMS-404 (four ports)
DEVICE=C:\SYS\MIDIDRV.SYS 4000 1 2 338 1 2 33A 1 2 33C 1 2 33E
- if You have CMS-401-II (two ports)
DEVICE=C:\SYS\MIDIDRV.SYS 4000 0 2 330 1 2 332
1. parameter (4000) is the size of driver's buffer in hex.
It must be between 1000 hex ... E000 hex. The faster
Your computer, the smaller it can be. It should run
succesfully with 80386, 20 MHz with value 1000 hex.
2. parameter (0) or (1) is type of port (MPU = 0, CMS = 1).
3. parameter (2) is the hardware interrupt device is using.
Driver is running in asynchronous mode.
4. parameter (330) is the base I/O address of MIDI card in
hexadecimals. 330 hex is default for MPU-401 card. 338
hex is default for CMS-101. For CMS-401 second port it
is 332 hex (2nd port is CMS-101 compatible).
X. The parameters 2, 3 and 4 are used as many times as You
have midi ports. Driver supports maximum of eight ports.
X. You can install this driver even though there is no
CMS-101 or MPU-401 card present in Your computer and
try the program.
X. This driver is not a usual read/write device driver.
Even though You can use commands for writing into it,
COPY SINGLE01.PAT MIDIDEV
You cannot use read commands.
4. Boot Your computer up and start MS-Windows. Add K4 icon into
one of Your Windows Application Groups (or possible MIDI apps
group) and run K4.EXE. Because MIDIDEV is a DOS device and
twiddles with interrupt controller, You have to start Your
Windows in real or standard mode. 386 enhanced mode will not
work. As soon as I get the Device Driver Kit for Windows 3.0,
I going to make a MIDIDEV.DRV to support also 386.
Using K4 patch editor
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K4.EXE is a realtime patch editor. First You download desired
patch bank from the K4 syntheziser and You can start edit the
sounds. Each time You touch (with mouse) any scrollbar, a MIDI
message will be sent to Your K4 synthesizer. Please, read fol-
lowing description of each menu command:
File
Open ... Open a disk patch file and read it into memory.
Each filename should have PAT extension. File-
size is used to distinguish between single,
multi, drum and effect file and so the program
cannot read the file into wrong place.
New Clear all patch (in PC memory, not in K4).
Save ... Select which patch bank You want to save to
Your disk. Even though program suggest You to
use S.PAT, M.PAT, D.PAT or E.PAT, You should
use more characters to distinguish the files
from each other. The first char in the file-
name helps You to remember the type of file.
About ... You will be seeing this from time to time as a
reminder until You contact me.
Edit
Single Open each parameter dialog and start to edit.
Multi You can open all four at time and they are
Drum all modeless dialog i.e. You can move fast e.g
Effect from editing effects to edit single.
Commands
Upload -> PC Load data from K4 synthesizer into Your PC.
Download -> K4 Load data from PC into synthesizer.
Immediate If You edit single, drum or effects, Your
edit parameter will be immeditedly tranferred
into K4 editing buffer (not permanently).
Kawai did not implemented a realtime edit
for multi parameters (K4 version 1.0 ROM).
Permanent When this flag is set, Your edited parameters
will be saved permanently into K4. Saving
will occur when You e.g. chance from editing
patch A1 to A2 and so on. K4 do not always
update it's own little edit screen but if
travel through K4 screens, You'll find that
value has changed. You can, of course, verify
the change with Your ear.
Link If all edit windows are open You can see how
Your editing effects into other parameters.
All single, multi, drum and effect dialogs
will be messaging to each other about changes
in parameters. This option is highly useful
if You have large enough screen.
Midi
Settings You can select which MIDI port You are connected
to, if You have multiport MIDI system. Then, You can
select which MIDI channel to use when transferring
data into K4 (You will be receiving on any channel).
Also, You can set the timeout value. Driver tries
connect to Your K4, when You upload from or download
to data into K4. Default value for 15 seconds.
Currently, the driver ignores Ascii and Miditime
flags. They will be implemented in the future.
Information Shows some information about MIDI device.
Bank
Internal Select, which K4 bank You want to work with. This
External option have not been verified to work. At this
time I have no access to external card. Also,
if You use this option and there is no external
memory card in Your Kawai K4, Your program will
be locked up for 15 seconds (until timeout).
Some Synthetisizer Terms Definitions
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Sound Quality Technical term Parameter
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Overall timbre Harmonic content Oscillator waveform
Brightness Amplitude of high Filter cutoff
frequence harmonics
Tone changes Dynamic filtering VCF or DCF envelope
Volume changes Dynamic amplitude VCA or DCA envelope
Vibrato Pitch modulation LFO to pitch
Tremolo Amplitude modulation LFO to VCA or DCA
Pitch Frequency Oscillator tuning
Note-on speed Attack time VCA or DCA envelope attack
Note-on speed Release time VCA or DCA envelope release
Percussiveness Attack transient VCA or DCA envelope decay