These pianos combine high quality and durability without a high price tag, perfect for many institutions attempted to stretch their budget. Kawai sx240 is manufactured using expensive components and a wise architecture, therefore in most cases, the issues have to do with battery corrosion or in worst case with the death of a 4051 ic which is already the most failing part in history of analog equipment. Starting in the 1970s kawai japan assembled a team of elite craftsman from all around to world to contribute to the design and manufacturing of the shigeru kawai grand piano. This type resembles an organ or harpsichord with pedals and with or without a fully enclosed bottom part. A friend of mine just received a kawai sx240 he purchased off ebay, upon plugging it in and powering it up, it only emits a high pitched tone, not through the outputs, but from the synth itself. Kawai k5000s photographs click on thumbnails to enlarge kawai k5000s. Kawai mp stage pianos for music professionals who do not accept compromise. Swiftly browsing thru some of the factorypresets on the kawai sx240. The k4 is a 61 key touchsensitive synthesizer equipped with a dms digital multi spectrum tone generator capable of up to 16 notes of polyphony when set at two sources per tone. Kawai sx 240 synth manual, service manual, and some sample patches addeddate 20200303 02.
Patch and sequence saverestore via midi sysex format sheet, pdf. In terms of patch editing, the sx240 is very much like a roland alpha juno or. After your payment has been securely processed, you can download the patches, contained in zip files. Edition for jx3p with organixriver expansion edition for unicc edition. As scan of the origiginal owners manual is available as kawai us. Sx240 for kawai sx240 with tauntek eprom ph800 for korg poly800 with hawk800 expansion ds8. Its main analog competitors of the time were the korg polysix and the roland juno 660. The sx240 suffers from problems with a rechargeable nicad memory battery that can start to leak after some time. After nearly a decade of samplebased romplers, keyboardists were beginning to pine for the good ol days of simple analogue waveforms and interactive, knobbed front panels a fact evidenced by the success of companies like korg, emu, and clavia, whose instruments at the time recalled the sound and. This listing reflects our current inventory and is updated in real time. Anlog polysynth from the mid 80 era with neat midi, also branded as teisco sx240 technically the same the sx240 never been considered as a soughtafter classic as the roland juno 60, but recently it has been reconsidered by many people.
The kawai sx240 and the kawai sx210 never got much attention due to entering the market during the time of the digital revolution and poor. The kawai sx240 is an eight voice, fully programmable polyphonic analog synthesizer. One cool feature is the glissando effect, which allows to glide from note to note in semitone steps. If you are a kawai k5 owner and you have patches that you want to contribute to other kawai k5 owners you can download the librarian and use it or another program that is capable of creating simple.
Collections of free patches for kawai k5 are published here. Kawai piano covers 02092016 by robert lowe all around great experience from ordering to receiving. Our website has lots of manuals and documentation for many brands in multiple languages as pdf, djvu or paper document. The w boasts much more waveforms and a sequencer, but it lacks original realtime controllers from k5000s. Adding sysex patch saverestore also seemed like a good idea. My sx240 is the most sensitive synth i own to try an load patches over audio. Kawai digital pianos have a keyboard, but their forms are different. A very interesting analogdigital synth, the sx240 offers powerful sounds. These pianos are well respected for featuring the tone and touch of an acoustic, and then combining it with the convenience that only a digital piano can provide. Purchase our k1k1rk1mk1ii synth patches by clicking on the add to cart buttons. When i saw it on amazon i thought it looked pretty fake. The kawai sx240 is an eight voice, fully programmable polyphonic analog synthesizer released in 1984 as a follow up to the kawai sx210. From there, you must scroll through the different parameters in that module. The notes to patch name thing was on the old teiscokawai sx240 series.
Shigeru kawai ex, one of the top 5 pianos in the world. It was manufactured by kawai but originally released under the teisco brandname in japan when kawai bought out teisco. The battery is placed in the middle of the circuit board, so when this happens the acid eats up the circuit, killing the synth. Kawai sx240 1984 8 voice programmable polyphonic synthesizer. During the procedure of loading the data just before starting playback of the file, enter the file name to load the sx240 and then play back the tape. Someone recently suggested that adding cc support to the kawai sx240 was a worthwhile project, despite the relatively small number of units sold. I dont know how to put into words the feeling i had for those first minutes of playing while wearing the seaband wristbands. Reposted from uk when you first load the thing up its got real crap preset sounds. Another great feature on this synth is the superwarm, lush, onboard chorus, that contributes greatly to many of the best sounds it. A friend picked up an sx210 a few months ago, one of their analog polys. The kawai sx240 and the kawai sx210 never got much attention due to entering the market during the time of the digital revolution and. Products for the kawaiteisco sx series replacement keys parts. Aphex twin makes new track with all korg rig synthtopia.
The battery is placed in the middle of the circuit board, so when this happens the acid eats up the circuit, which results in the sx240 being sent to synth heaven. If a part has no buy button and shows out of stock, it is typically out of production and we dont know when or if we might have it again. Being a true analog machine and holding a set of features which many other single oscillator synths are missing, it is still a mystery why such a great instrument like the sx210 has never been through the popularity of other equivalent synths like the juno 60106 and. Kawai, kawai k1, kawai k1m, kawai k1r, vintage synthesizer, digital synthesizer, samples sounds from presets banks of classic vintage digital syntesizer and mudule kawai k1 k1m k1r 1988 recordings by evgenij v. But if you use other kawai synths, feel free to chime in. Though few realised it at the time, 1996 was a transitional year for electronic music. The kawai sx 240 and the kawai sx 210 never got much attention due to entering the market during the time of the digital revolution and poor. Nothing else on it works, no leds, no display, no response from any of the buttons or keys. Kawai k1 synth patches by manymidi products synth presets. Shigeru kawai pianos are a part of a very rare breed of piano, consistently making many top10 lists annually for the finest instruments available. View and download kawai sx240 owners manual online. Grand pianos upright pianos digital pianos hybrid instruments. The kawai sx240 is an eight voice, fully programmable polyphonic analog synthesizer released in 1984 as a follow up to the kawai sx 210. The kawai sx210 and sx240 are one of the best sounding analog synths our there i had junos, polysix, jx8p, mks70, sh101, ms10.
The kawai sx210 also manufactured under the brand name of teisco is probably one of the most underrated analog synths ever. The project was started by the kawai corporations second president, shigeru kawai, and the goal was ambitious. It has to be at the exact perfect volume otherwise it errors out. Im offering sample packs, patches and other music production related downloads here. Kawai k5000 w 1996 the w version is the workstation version of the famous additive series synthesizer k5000 based on a mix of additive synthesis and pcm samples. Korg poly61 keyboard synthesizer electric electronic piano repair parts technician spares and keys for korg poly61 and possibly other poly models such as korg monopoly, mono poly, poly, six, 6, poly 61, poly 800, kawai sx210, or sx 240, moog memory moog, and oberheim ob8 ob8 keys for sale. There is not a lot original information on the web on k1 not surprinsingly for 1988 device. I might be interested in checking out your patches, but id like to hear a demo or two first.
Because of the slightly unusual way that the keyboard is scanned, some other generic midi interfaces will not work in this synth. Does not surprise me that you have two sx240s that behave differently. The shigeru kawai series of grand pianos is kawais ultimate effort to produce the worlds finest grand pianos. The kawai sx240 and the kawai sx 210 never got much attention due to entering the market during the time of the digital revolution and. This is a fantastic cover to protect our new piano from harm like our cat that thinks it is a big chair. A while ago i bought an old kawai sx240 synthesizer. We got the black quilted padded mackintosh to match our polished ebony piano.
Four scroll buttons allow you to select the parameter you wish to edit. This page lists owners manuals, service manuals and documentation available for kawai audio, music, stage and studio equipment. This might be my favorite thing about the kawai sx240. The sx240 is an eight voice, fully programmable polyphonic analog synthesizer released in 1984 as a follow up to the kawai sx210. Replacement keys with the exception of the top c note, all keys from octave to octave are identical, and all black keys are identical. The master handles patch and sequencer ram and selection. Kawai keyboards, digital pianos and midi controllers harness the companys acousticpianobuilding expertise to create topquality digital instruments. The sx 240 is an eight voice, fully programmable polyphonic analog synthesizer released in 1984 as a follow up to the kawai sx 210.
During the backup process can name the data file to be transferred. Shigeru kawai the best prices and selection in canada. A lowcost midi interface for the kawai sx210 synthesizer. This one, and especially the 240 blows almost any of them you should try to firgure this out.
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