Kawai K3 – a rare hybrid synthesizer
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SSM2044 VCF
The filter sounds quite good. At high settings, the resonance produces self-oscillation, giving you all those typical
electronic drum sounds and special effects.
Actually, there are two filters in the K3: a classical Low Pass Filter and a High Pass Filter (called LOW CUT). The
latter can only be adjusted manually, similar to the HPF on many Roland synths.
VCF and VCA have their own ADSR envelope generator. Like with many mid-80ies synthesizers, the envelopes are
not the instrument’s strongest point. Their attack is not too fast, they’re a little sluggish.
Low Frequency Oscillator
“The onboard LFO, again, is a standard module with the parameters SHAPE, SPEED and DELAY. A couple of extra
waveforms – like random or chromatic random – give it a nice touch, though …
