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100P

Kawai 100P

100P

Released: 1979

MSRP: £650

Synopsis:

Preset only version with pressure and effects, but no filter input or CV. Architecture Class: Conventional (subtractive).

Ebay Description:

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

Physical

Form Factor Dimensions Weight Audio Input Audio Output Communication Port Control Input Control Output Switch Input Power
37 keys W:830mm D:295mm H:116mm 10.5kg no low high no pedal no no AC

Interface

Compatibility Multitimbral Memory Program Memory External Storage External Programming UI Input UI Output
- N/A preset:32 no no sliders/switches LED

Architecture

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

Output

Effects Pan Modulator Volume Modulator Headphone
flanger reverb no pedal yes

Control

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

Keyboard

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

Source

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

Filter

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