<s>
The	O
Kawasaki	B-Application
Synthesizer	I-Application
is	O
a	O
musical	B-Application
software	B-Application
tool	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
created	O
in	O
1983	O
by	O
Japanese	O
jazz	O
musician	O
,	O
Ryo	O
Kawasaki	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
of	O
four	O
music	O
programs	O
created	O
by	O
Kawasaki	O
,	O
Kawasaki	B-Application
Synthesizer	I-Application
(	O
1983	O
)	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
Kawasaki	O
Rhythm	O
Rocker	O
(	O
1984	O
)	O
,	O
Kawasaki	O
Magical	O
Musiquill	O
(	O
1985	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Kawasaki	O
MIDI	O
Workstation	O
in	O
1986	O
(	O
his	O
only	O
software	O
title	O
intended	O
for	O
professional	O
use	O
instead	O
of	O
personal	O
or	O
educational	O
use	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
guitarist	O
,	O
pianist	O
,	O
and	O
violin	O
player	O
,	O
Kawasaki	O
's	O
earliest	O
musical	B-Application
interests	O
tended	O
toward	O
jazz	O
and	O
electronics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alongside	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
his	O
musical	B-Application
style	O
,	O
he	O
tinkered	O
with	O
electronics	O
like	O
radios	O
,	O
televisions	O
,	O
amplifiers	O
,	O
and	O
speakers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Within	O
two	O
years	O
he	O
had	O
taught	O
himself	O
to	O
program	B-General_Concept
and	O
after	O
some	O
initial	O
experiments	O
in	O
BASIC	O
(	O
which	O
he	O
found	O
to	O
be	O
too	O
constraining	O
)	O
,	O
he	O
switched	O
to	O
machine	B-Language
code	I-Language
and	O
wrote	O
his	O
first	O
program	B-General_Concept
that	O
he	O
titled	O
The	O
Composer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tinkering	O
with	O
The	O
Composer	O
further	O
,	O
Kawasaki	O
expanded	O
its	O
capabilities	O
and	O
began	O
to	O
refine	O
it	O
into	O
separate	O
programs	O
designed	O
to	O
highlight	O
different	O
aspects	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
program	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Marketed	O
through	O
Sight	O
&	O
Sound	O
Music	O
Software	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
two	O
packages	O
were	O
Kawasaki	B-Application
Synthesizer	I-Application
and	O
Kawasaki	O
Rhythm	O
Rocker	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Kawasaki	B-Application
Synthesizer	I-Application
was	O
sold	O
as	O
a	O
2-disk	O
package	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
disk	O
,	O
"	O
The	O
Performer	O
"	O
,	O
is	O
divided	O
into	O
8	O
different	O
screens	O
including	O
Demos	O
like	O
the	O
synchronized	O
graphics/music	O
demo	O
entitled	O
"	O
Kawasaki	O
Space	O
Dance	O
Theatre	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
Keyboard	O
Mode	O
allowing	O
input	O
from	O
the	O
Commodore	O
keyboard	O
(	O
top	O
two	O
rows	O
)	O
or	O
Sight	O
&	O
Sound	O
's	O
"	O
Incredible	O
Musical	B-Application
Keyboard	O
"	O
(	O
IMK	O
)	O
and	O
selection	O
of	O
21	O
preset	O
instrumental/effects	O
options	O
and	O
13	O
pre-recorded	O
songs	O
with	O
2	O
LPs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
second	O
disk	O
,	O
"	O
The	O
Composer	O
"	O
(	O
an	O
expansion	O
of	O
Kawasaki	O
's	O
original	O
The	O
Composer	O
program	B-General_Concept
)	O
,	O
is	O
divided	O
into	O
4	O
different	O
screens	O
including	O
a	O
Keyboard	O
Page	O
allowing	O
Monophonic	O
or	O
Polyphonic	O
mode	O
,	O
a	O
Sound	O
Editing	O
Page	O
,	O
and	O
options	O
to	O
perform	O
multifile	O
chaining	O
and	O
three-track	O
recording	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	B-General_Concept
came	O
with	O
a	O
software	O
version	O
of	O
a	O
techno	O
track	O
by	O
Kawasaki	O
entitled	O
"	O
Satellite	O
Station	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
allowed	O
a	O
user	O
to	O
select	O
notes	O
to	O
be	O
played	O
and	O
create	O
songs	O
that	O
could	O
then	O
be	O
saved	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	B-General_Concept
was	O
regarded	O
as	O
having	O
a	O
dream-like	O
fairy-tale	O
atmosphere	O
,	O
and	O
as	O
future	O
programs	O
were	O
released	O
the	O
color	O
schemes	O
(	O
for	O
example	O
in	O
Kawasaki	O
Magical	O
Musiquill	O
)	O
became	O
increasingly	O
psychedelic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
'	O
s	O
Gazette	O
described	O
Kawasaki	B-Application
Synthesizer	I-Application
as	O
fast	O
,	O
intuitive	O
,	O
and	O
spontaneous	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Comparing	O
Kawasaki	B-Application
Synthesizer	I-Application
to	O
Peter	O
Englebrite	O
's	O
Music	O
Processor	O
(	O
which	O
was	O
also	O
released	O
by	O
Sight	O
&	O
Sound	O
for	O
Commodore	O
64	O
)	O
,	O
reviewers	O
found	O
that	O
the	O
Kawasaki	B-Application
Synthesizer	I-Application
would	O
most	O
likely	O
appeal	O
to	O
keyboard	O
performers	O
whereas	O
the	O
Music	O
Processor	O
would	O
be	O
better	O
appreciated	O
by	O
musical	B-Application
arrangers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
review	O
noted	O
that	O
the	O
Sound	O
Editing	O
Page	O
in	O
"	O
The	O
Composer	O
"	O
module	O
was	O
the	O
most	O
important	O
of	O
the	O
two	O
discs	O
,	O
that	O
the	O
documentation	O
was	O
superb	O
,	O
and	O
concluded	O
that	O
Kawasaki	B-Application
Synthesizer	I-Application
is	O
"	O
reasonably	O
priced	O
,	O
brilliantly	O
programmed	O
,	O
 [ and ] 	O
attractively	O
packaged	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kawasaki	O
Rhythm	O
Rocker	O
(	O
developed	O
in	O
March	O
1984	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
June	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
)	O
was	O
noted	O
to	O
be	O
considerably	O
different	O
from	O
Kawasaki	B-Application
Synthesizer	I-Application
despite	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
it	O
used	O
a	O
similar	O
keyboard	O
input	O
and	O
was	O
designed	O
to	O
allow	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
create	O
music	O
in	O
a	O
synthesizer	O
style	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	B-General_Concept
featured	O
space	O
sounds	O
and	O
high-resolution	O
graphics	O
,	O
a	O
theme	O
that	O
would	O
become	O
common	O
throughout	O
Kawasaki	O
's	O
programs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kawasaki	O
Rhythm	O
Rocker	O
allowed	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
alter	O
tempo	B-Application
,	O
dub	O
,	O
and	O
bass	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
record	O
his	O
compositions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
colorful	O
of	O
Kawasaki	O
's	O
applications	O
,	O
Kawasaki	O
Magical	O
Musiquill	O
was	O
the	O
last	O
program	B-General_Concept
Kawasaki	O
designed	O
as	O
a	O
non-game	B-Application
for	O
children	O
,	O
with	O
his	O
next	O
release	O
,	O
Kawasaki	O
MIDI	O
Workstation	O
,	O
designed	O
as	O
a	O
serious	O
work	O
for	O
professional	O
studio	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developed	O
in	O
1986	O
,	O
Kawasaki	O
MIDI	O
Workstation	O
was	O
Kawasaki	O
's	O
only	O
work	O
of	O
professional	O
software	O
,	O
and	O
after	O
finishing	O
this	O
program	B-General_Concept
he	O
founded	O
Satellites	O
Records	O
in	O
1987	O
and	O
returned	O
to	O
making	O
music	O
of	O
his	O
own	O
.	O
</s>
