Product: Kawai 100 F
Price Paid: 300 USED
Submitted
01/20/2008
at
12:15pm
by
onrust nv
Ease of Use
:
5
This analog synthesizer is a bit different than what normal analog synth's like moog or roland are. The envelopes work very different because there's only attack and decay. The sustain and release are controled with a 3 way mixer wich also controls the LFO. So it takes a litle while to understand. I didn't have a manual so I got it from the teisco site. It doesn't have pre-sets.
Features
:
9
It's a monophonic analog synthesizer with 1 VCO and 1 24db lowpass filter with a resonance slider. It has also a 12db highpass filter without resonance. The VCO can be set in low,64",32",16",8",4" and 2" so it has a big range.It's possible to modulate the lowpass filter with the oscillator and you can set the pulse(sawtooth/squarwave) independent from the VCO. The LFO goes from 0,03 til 50hz. With it you can modulate the cutoff frequency and the VCO. There's also a delayed vibrato with a control slider on board. It's built in 1977 so it has no midi or sequencer. It has voltage control in's and out's but it works different then what's standard.
Expressiveness/Sounds
:
10
The VCO has a great sound and the filters are also great. It has no aftertouch or velocity. I think it's one of the best sounding little synth's I've ever heard. It's very versetile in use. I'm an industrial musician and this little gem delivers a great job. I think it's in the same leque as arp axxe.
Reliability
:
10
It's built like a tank and still works great
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
It's 30 years old so it has no garantee. But there lives an arp repair man 9 kilometres from where I live.
Overall Rating
:
10
If it's stolen I'll never get it for the same price I piad. It's a very good and brute synth.
