Kawai K3M Polyphonic Analog Hybrid Rack Synthesizer

Up for sale is a very rare and gorgeous sounding Vintage Kawai K3M Polyphonic Hybrid Analog / Digital Synthesizer. It has 2 digital wavetable oscillators featuring some of the legendary PPG Wave waveforms paired with a super snappy and warm sounding resonant analog filter and amplifier section featuring a SSM 2044 filter (same as Polysix and Prophet 6). Also features one of the best sounding analog multi mode analog delay/chorus’s I’ve ever heard.

It’s in very good condition with normal wear. Some of the orginal paint that was wearing off was carefully color matched and touched up for a cleaner look. Looks great now! Everything works perfectly and sounds absolutely stunning. One of the lushest synths you will ever find. Great for pads but also percussive sounds due to it’s wide array of waveforms.

This synth is in perfect working condition and was freshly serviced. Due to the nature of it being vintage form the mid 80s it’s being sold as is.

Hope it finds a good new home!

The K3 uses the same technologies as the popular K1. Although it was among the first from Kawai, it is surpassed by the K1 and K5. The K3 is a wavetable synthesizer. It has 32 waveforms, some of which are samples of acoustic instruments like piano and percussion as well as some unique waveforms. By combining two of these waveforms you can create unique new sounds or add a twist to a traditional sound. Since there are only 32 of these waveforms, the K3 also features a programmable digital waveform where you can tweak the harmonic content of a waveform allowing for added flexibility and range of sounds.

What's really neat about the K3 is that (unlike the K1) it has analog filters and envelopes! So although the sound may be digital at first, it sure does get warmed going through the filter. The low pass resonant filter even has its own envelope generator. There's also a high pass filter and a highly flexible LFO. The K3 is an interesting synth, nicely bridging the gap between the analog and digital domain of vintage synthesizers. The K3M is a rackmount module version of the K3. The K3 has been used by Jan Hammer and Patrick O'Hearn.

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