Kawai K5000

hough few realized it at the time, 1996 was a transitional year for electronic music. After nearly a decade of sample-based ROMplers, keyboardists were beginning to pine for the good ol’ days of simple analog waveforms and interactive, knobbed front panels – a fact evidenced by the success of companies like Korg, E-mu, and Clavia, whose instruments at the time recalled the sound and behavior of classic