MORE ARTICLE WITH Kawai K3

3. August 2026

Espen Kraft’s Kawai K3 Editor: Free, Fierce, and Built for Sonic Mayhem

Espen Kraft, 80s synth sorcerer and resident patch wizard, just dropped a Kawai K3/K3M editor that runs in your browser and costs less than a pint—because it’s free. If you’ve ever wrestled with the K3’s menu-diving quirks, this tool is your new rave bunker control panel. It’s got all the essentials: real-time tweaks, drag-and-drop additive magic, and even a virtual keyboard for those days when cables feel like medieval torture. There’s a catch—no hand-holding, no manual, just raw power. Dive in if you dare.

Kawai K3, Kawai K3M

17. June 2026

SPARKY

Espen Kraft

Espen Kraft vs The DAW: How the Yamaha QX3 Becomes a Sonic Street Weapon

Feeling like your DAW is just a glorified template factory? Espen Kraft takes the Yamaha QX3—an absolute 80s tank of a sequencer—and uses it to smash right through creative blockades. Forget endless plugin tweaks and let’s get back to banging out tunes the old-school way: melody first, polish later. This isn’t just gear nostalgia—it’s about breaking out of the rut and getting some actual music down. Espen’s style? Fast, practical, a bit nostalgic and loaded with those glorious ‘happy accidents’ you’ll never find in a menu. If your workflow needs a kick in the teeth, this one’s for you.

Kawai K3, KORG DSS-1, Roland D-550, Yamaha QX3, Yamaha TX802

26. December 2025

LUMINA

CROW HILL

A Sonic Pilgrimage: Inside BT’s Cave with CROW HILL

Step through the threshold of the BT Cave, where every synth hums with memory and every knob is a tactile echo of the past. In this immersive studio tour, CROW HILL guides us through the labyrinth of BT’s creative sanctuary—a place where relics of analog glory and digital dreams coexist in magnetic resonance. Here, instruments are not just tools but living chapters in a lifelong sonic narrative. Prepare to drift between nebula drones and tactile ghosts, as BT reveals how each machine shapes not only sound, but the very soul of music-making.

Behringer Prophet 600 clone, Chroma Polaris, Clark Technic reverb, IBM 5150, Jupiter-6, Jupiter-8, Kawai K3, Kiwi 106, Korg 707, Kurzweil K250 XP, Lexicon 200, Lexicon 224, Mini Doc, Moog Minimoog Model D, Oberheim Matrix 12, Polivoks, Roland AC-30, Roland D-5, Roland D-50, Roland DX5, Roland DX7, Roland JP-8000, Roland Juno-106, Roland Juno-60, Roland JX-3P, Roland JX-8P, Roland MKS-50, Sequential Pro-One, Sequential Prophet 600, Sequential Prophet T8, Voyetra Sequencer Plus Gold, Waldorf Quantum, Yamaha CS-80

9. August 2025

JET

AudioPilz

AudioPilz Takes on the 80s: The Nerdy Kawai K4

AudioPilz dives headfirst into the nerdy side of the 80s with the Kawai K4 synth, exploring this quirky digital anomaly for its bizarre but charming sounds. Hang tight as we explore its features with wit and humor, questioning if the 80s were just as nerdy as this synth.

Kawai K1, Kawai K3, Kawai K4, Kawai K4R