| Synth Name: | XD-5 |
| Synth Manufacturer: | Kawai |
| Dates: | 1989 - 1990 [1] |
| Price: | UK £599[2] US $850 |
| Measurements: | 88 x 483 x 219 mm |
| Polyphony: | 16 voices[3] |
| Timbrality: | 8 part |
| Oscillator: | 4 - Pulse, ROM, Saw Up, Sine, Square, Super Saw, Triangle, Wave Table, White Noise[4] |
| Lfo: | 1 - Sample & Hold, Saw Up, Triangle |
| Synthesis Type: | ROM, Vector synthesis |
| Filter: | 1 - 12dB Slope (2-pole), Low Pass, Resonance |
| Attenuator: | DCA: digital envelope |
| Memory: | 64 patches, 16 DrumKits, external memory card[5] |
| Ext Control: | MIDI In, out, thru |
The Kawai XD-5 is a percussion synthesizer based on the Kawai K4 sample playback (but uses 16-bit 44.1 kHz sample rate as opposed to 32 kHz)[6] [7] with filter and AM amplifier modulation synthesis architecture. It is essentially a Kawai K4r with percussion waveforms, plus faster envelopes, gate mode and amplifier to better suit percussion sounds. The XD-5 also features include 32 digital oscillators each capable of using one of 256 available 16-bit waveforms, a digital filter with self resonance and 8 individual outputs.
The XD-5 uses expansion cards to allow an increased number of tones to be stored externally.. One card can hold 64 Patches, 16 kit Patches and 16 output patches.[8]
Kick, snare, rim, tom, hi hat, cymbals and other assorted percussion sounds as well as 41 Digital Cyclic waveforms.