Kawai MS710 keyboard: Unpredictable weirdness!

[@andrescen7577]

My brother had this keyboard when we were kids. We all shared it. That's how many years I've been finger drumming.

[@GL-uy3fd]

Wow great sounds!

[@ralphhathaway-coley5460]

Kawai in all it's wonderful weirdness, I wish there was some software to help program this thing and act as a librarian. The 'chorus' and 'top note' and to a lesser extent the 'vibrato' functions can really bring to life what otherwise can be a little lack lustre sounds, but pass that through some old multi effects units and it can be very interesting indeed.

[@gearfacts]

Absolutely :)

[@techstormster]

Picked up one of these for next to nothing at a thrift. Bought it for a cheap and handy midi controller, but it looks way more interesting than I originally thought.

[@gearfacts]

Indeed it is. Not as versatile as a proper synth, but some of those sounds are pretty cool.

[@marsupial3ew]

Awesome - thanks for the demo! Love these oddball consumer synths!

[@gearfacts]

me too! Wouldn't have a channel without them :)

[@FirdausIdros]

Quite a psychedelic sounding keyboard.

[@mitchmatthiesen5855]

Psychedelic indeed.

[@pianokeyjoe]

Too bad I sold mine ages ago and none have surfaced for cheap recently!

[@Thanathos]

Wow great review, new sub, thanks!

[@gearfacts]

Much obliged, thanks :)

[@aldeanblair9727]

Cool keyboard

[@gamemingtv571]

i have that too but it too old and some key its destroy

[@gearfacts]

Yes that tends to happen overtime. I guess this board is a bit too basic to spend money on repairing it…

[@kimthompson5871]

Another great review . The synth section seems more a random tone generator than anything else . Sounds are good at times . Rhythms are ok . I saw one of these a couple years ago in a thrift store wanted to by it but it was in bad shape with a couple broken keys . It would have been a good project but not for the $30 they were asking !

[@user-rv8wb1nl1b]

got me the fs680 . . . . . in white .

[@patricklouven2023]

Wow. Did not know it existed. Now I want one, too :)

[@biniky3033]

Perfect keyboard for Devo

[@gearfacts]

Absolutes :)

[@timothyverbist5795]

C'mon Kawai, re-release the MS Series!

[@hcb3636]

Sounds great! What was your impression about the key build vs Yamaha/Casio - solidity and playability?

[@gearfacts]

Yamaha is a bit more solid but they're both perfectly acceptable these days.

[@hcb3636]

@@gearfacts Thank you!

[@doordedeur]

The best mini keyboard to get the great Kawai strings, choir and organ sounds. All other sounds are crap, but that's not better in the more pro Kawai synths.

[@gearfacts]

Yeah you’ve gotta find those gems in the dirt :-)

[@ilovekeyboards7830]

Gearfacts can you please make a Casio wk 200 next

[@kenzieprice6745]

I think they sound great and sounds very distinctly Kawai MS 710. Perfect for old video game compositions. I believe it uses the same "engine" as the Kawai K1

[@gearfacts]

Same as the K1? Wow cool

[@keyhoarder]

21 views in two months? This video felt into a zero views hole, which is weird like kawai keyboard

[@gearfacts]

Yeah that's coz it's uploaded and searchable but not 'published' yet. I'm always a few videos ahead in case I get a cold or something :)

[@keyhoarder]

@@gearfacts ok :) whats interesting in this keyboard that it has samples, but most of the presets sound rather like a yamaha fm keyboard - especially with editing. But these features + pitch bend, vibrato and stereo chorus, also dual make it much more interesting many keyboards from Casio or Yamaha

[@transforminggravity15626]

Wow very interesting never seen one before thank you for sharing your amazing video you’re super awesome 💯💯💯😎✌️

[@gearfacts]

Always a pleasure, TG

[@transforminggravity15626]

💯💯😎🙏

[@squishmusic]

Random we!rdness indeed. Just make sure to open the DAW and record whilst tinkering. there is MIDI I see. what does that allow?

[@gearfacts]

Direct connection to other instruments. Better than usb imho

[@squishmusic]

@@gearfacts I mean can one using MIDI CC to get to the synth parameters on the keyboard?

[@gearfacts]

@@squishmusic Oh hmmmm, you'd have to check the manual for that. I'm pretty sure there was a midi map at the end of the manual but I've long sold the key board so I can't really check sorry! I'm sure there'd be a PDF of the manual online

[@squishmusic]

@@gearfacts yeah no worries. The one i was hunting down sold now. I continue my hunt for the PH50 - check that out: K1 in a toy-aesthetic :P