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60P

Kawai 60P

60P

Released: 1980

MSRP: ?

Synopsis:

Preset only version with pressure. Architecture Class: Conventional (subtractive).

Ebay Description:

The Kawai/Teisco 60P is a 37 key pressure sensitive monophonic synthesizer, featuring 16 presets, vibrato, portamento/glissando, brilliance. Pressure can modulate filter, pitch, and LFO

Physical

Form Factor Dimensions Weight Audio Input Audio Output Communication Port Control Input Control Output Switch Input Power
37 keys ? ? no mono no no no no AC

Interface

Compatibility Multitimbral Memory Program Memory External Storage External Programming UI Input UI Output
- N/A no no no sliders/switches LED

Architecture

Multitimbral Polyphony Unison Architecture
no 1 no VCO->VCF->VCA->HPF

Output

Effects Pan Modulator Volume Modulator Headphone
no no - yes

Control

Arpeggiator Arpeggiator External Sequencer Sequencer Memory Sequencer External Continuous Program Change
no N/A no N/A N/A no no

Keyboard

Key Pressure Chord Memory External Control External Sustain Key Scaling Velocity Curves
no no - no no

Source

Name Signal Class Waveform Octave Range Amplitude Modulator Harmonics Modulator Pitch Modulator Wave Assign Modulator
VCO analog - - no - pressure LFO portamento no

Filter

Name Signal Class IC Resonant Shape Frequency Modulator Resonance Modulator Shape Modulator
Brilliance analog discrete - low pass pressure no no
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