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The Kawai SX-240 is an eight voice, fully programmable polyphonic analog synthesizer released in 1984 as a follow up to the Kawai SX-210. It was manufactured by Kawai but originally released under the Teisco brand-name in Japan when Kawai bought out Teisco. 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 marketing. Its main analog competitors of the time were the Korg Polysix and the Roland Juno 6/60.
Being among the first in the era of MIDI, its MIDI implementation is very basic and it receives on all channels. In terms of patch editing, the SX-240 is very much like a Roland Alpha Juno or Moog Source which resort to using a dedicated data-wheel to edit the values of selected parameters. Four scroll buttons allow you to select the parameter you wish to edit. All the parameters have an LED light on the right hand side of the face of the SX-240 to make it very easy to see what you're editing, though only one parameter can be edited at a time. Saving your edited sounds is very easy thanks to a huge electroluminescent display and using the keys of the keyboard to type the name of your edited sound alphanumerically.
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Hello there, I own a Kawai SX-240 for a long time. When I have the time to turn it on, I discover new sound directions for this Synth, that have to do with its tone and sound possibilities. Ok, it is a great Analog Synth with patch layering, cleaver routing techniques, with a nice warm...
...one standing in the vintage sub-$1000 range. The old cheapie favorites like the JX-3P, JX-8P, Alpha Junos, Akai AX-60, and Kawai SX-240 have all crossed over into the $1000+ range at this point. When no one knew or cared about them they were fairly easy to find (Akai and Kawai less so) and...
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