| Model |
Released |
MSRP |
Synopsis |
Ebay Description |
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1977 |
? |
Single oscillator monophonic synthesizers also sold under the Teisco brand. |
The Kawai/Teisco 100F is a 37 key monophonic synthesizer, featuring a single oscillator (saw/square/noise waveforms), a resonant low pass analog filter, a high pass filter, dual (AR) envelopes, an LFO (saw/triangle/square waveforms), portamento, filter input, and CV I/O. |
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1979 |
£650 |
Preset only version with pressure and effects, but no filter input or CV. |
The Kawai/Teisco 100P is a 37 key pressure sensitive monophonic synthesizer, featuring 32 presets, vibrato, portamento/glissando, pitch bend, brilliance, flanger and reverb. Pressure can modulate filter, pitch, and LFO |
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1980 |
? |
Single oscillator, single envelope |
The Kawai/Teisco 60F is a 32 key monophonic synthesizer, featuring a single oscillator (saw/pulse/noise waveforms), a resonant low pass analog filter, a high pass filter, ADSR envelope, an LFO (pulse/saw/triangle/square/random waveforms), portamento, filter input, and CV/gate inputs. |
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1980 |
? |
Preset only version with pressure. |
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 |
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1981 |
? |
Dual oscillator, dual envelopes |
The Kawai/Teisco 110F is a 37 key monophonic synthesizer, featuring dual oscillators (saw/pulse/triangle/noise waveforms), ring modulation, a resonant low pass analog filter, a high pass filter, dual ADSR envelopes, an LFO (pulse/saw/triangle/square/random waveforms), portamento, EQ, filter input, and CV/gate I/O. |
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1981 |
£1690 |
Quad oscillator, but all oscillators use the same waveform. |
The Kawai/Teisco SX-400 is a 49 key pressure sensitive monophonic synthesizer, featuring 4 oscillators (saw/pulse/triangle/noise waveforms), a resonant low pass analog filter, a high pass filter, dual ADSR envelopes, dual LFOs (saw/triangle/square waveforms), portamento/glissando, filter input, and CV/gate inputs. |
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1983 |
$1595US |
As Kawai's second generation, the SX family adds polyphony, a sub oscillator, memory, portamento, larger keyboard, tape interface, and various modulation improvements. Multiple waveforms can be selected. |
The Kawai SX-210 is a 61 key 8 voice synthesizer, featuring a single oscillator (with sub and saw/pulse/square/noise waveforms), a resonant low pass analog filter, a high pass filter, dual ADSR envelopes, an LFO (saw/triangle/square waveforms), portamento/glissando, 32 presets, tape interface, and chorus. |
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1984 |
$1695US |
The SX-240 divides the SX-210 waveforms between two oscillators (adding detune) and adds ring mod, split capabilities, MIDI, and sequencer. |
The Kawai SX-240 is a 61 key 8 voice bi-timbral synthesizer, featuring dual oscillators (with sub and saw/pulse/square/noise waveforms), ring modulation, a resonant low pass analog filter, a high pass filter, dual ADSR envelopes, an LFO (saw/triangle/square waveforms), portamento/glissando, 48 presets, MIDI, and chorus. |
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1986 |
$1095US |
Kawai's third generation of analog synths begins their additive synthesis legacy. The K3 is refined into a typical hybrid synthesizer architecture of the day, although it adds an additive twist and wavetables, similar to Ensoniq's ESQ line. |
The Kawai K3 is a 61 key (velocity and pressure sensitive) 6 voice synthesizer, featuring dual oscillators (additive or 32 waveforms), a resonant low pass analog filter, a high pass filter, dedicated VCF/VCA ADSR envelopes, an LFO (saw/triangle/square/random waveforms), portamento/glissando, 50 presets, MIDI, and chorus. |
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1986 |
? |
Rack K3. |
The Kawai K3m is a 2U rack (velocity and pressure sensitive) 6 voice synthesizer, featuring dual oscillators (additive or 32 waveforms), a resonant low pass analog filter, a high pass filter, dedicated VCF/VCA ADSR envelopes, an LFO (saw/triangle/square/random waveforms), portamento/glissando, 50 presets, MIDI, and chorus. |
