Really a good instrument, it´s just a segment of its capabilities like analog emulations that are shown here.
The hardware is also pretty good, i really love the feel and playability of the keys.
It was sold a long time with some upgrades included that basic owners had to buy for pretty much money. The price of this thing back then was a reason not to get one. I played one somwhere back in the nineties in a music store, but couldn´t afford it.
this is so funny to me, i use to work for sam ash music and when this keyboard first came out i think the only person famous thaT was using it was jan hammer at the time i always like And enjoy this keyboard next to the wavestation great for movie score
@SrNutritivo : Sure ! PC3 Serie uses "Dynamic VAST" synthesis engine. This is the next step of the K2x "VAST Synthesis". So, except with programs using external samples, all the K2X can do, the PC3 can also do it !!
Morever, PC3 is more power full with more ROM KeyMaps, KB3 Organ Emulation, user algorythms, KDFX effects, arpegiators... ... ...
By the way, if you want to use external samples and/or import K2x programs, you can also buy the PC3k8... :o)
@SrNutritivo : Sure ! PC3 Serie uses "Dynamic VAST" synthesis engine. This is the next step of the K2x "VAST Synthesis". So, except with programs using external samples, all the K2X can do, the PC3 can also do it !!
Morever, PC3 is more power full with more ROM KeyMaps, KB3 Organ Emulation, user algorythms, KFX effects, arpegiators... ... ...
By the way, if you want to use external samples and/or import K2x programs, you can also buy the PC3k8... :o)
The old K2000 mailing list use to distribute k2000 patches. The most amazing one played "On The Run" from Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon just by holding down one key. It was the same patch they used on tour. No sequencers, just a hole bunch of VAST layers. Some layers don't come in for over 3 minutes. I don't know if you can still find it out there on the net, but it's worth looking for.
I just inherited my fathers K2000 v3. I love it except that i cant hardly carry it haha but i need to find how to do some of the things i know it is able to do. I cant figure out how to load them in or create sounds or any of that. Ive only had a few weeks but cant find the manual... haha
I remember walking into a music store in the mid 1990s - was a child of 12 at the time. I started playing the Kurzweil K2000 that they had in there. Man that was a great experience. Now i just bought a rack unit as keyboard space is all taken. Thanks for uploading :)
hello, man. I have a K2000 (first model - not the updated version that came later), but I can't find the firts preset of the video. Could you tell me the name of it? thank you.
Could Not agree with you More!! The simple fact that one can get one of these for under $400 now is sickening! The VAST engine is soo much more than a ROMpler! If you learn the very complex architecture of this synth there really is nothing it can't do even By todays standards! And to think an almost 20 year old sequencer is way more powerful then an $8k Korg Oasys is testimony!
Incredible for a 18 year old synth. You've barely scratched the surface of what it can do. (A full programming demo would take weeks.) I have both K2000VP and K2661. These are sample based, and additive, and subtractive. It got just about every kind of source, filter, modulation and effect (K2661) imaginable, and you modify and hook 'em together in most any way. The limits are way out there. Maybe it's just too mind boggling for most. K2661 sounds great IMO esp in 24 bit digital out.
I agree, the sound engine sounds great, but it's an absolute b*tch to program. What about the ADSR - It's got three attack points, one decay and three release points... I often find myself spending hours in front of it, ending up with sounds far from what I intended to do.
@waveshell I feel ya. I have had mine for at least 6 years and haven't scratched the surface of programming it. You can literally change EVERY parameter for everything- mind blasting!
Great Demo! I have a few vintage analog synths and would have to agree with you here. These are extremely warm and rich patchs, superb infact! Did you create these or are they "eyebrows raised" Factory preset? I may just have to get one of these!!!
hi! as far as I remember none of them is a facory preset...I have loaded them in my k2000 from different sources...some are modified by me, some aren't, some are sample-based and of course, some come directrly from k2000's powerful vast engine. thanx for your comments.
@JupiterSynth GREAT SOUNDS you've got there. Still better than most soft-synths I think. Which K2000 do you have? Is it the K2000 or the K2000S? I ask because I want to know if these sounds were made using imported samples or only the keymaps of the K2000. I've got a Kurzweil PC361, which I got back in December and I can't import samples on it but just like the K2000 it can make fantastic synth sounds using the factory keymaps and of course, the VAST oscillators.
duran duran use this for the beggining of planet earth, and the camera sound for girls on film (back then they used the roland Jupiter 8)
DRstaszak 3 weeks ago
Very nice, but some of it still obviously digital, as all 'virtual analog' sounds.
xnonsuchx 1 month ago
Great demo! are these pre-sets or the custom created patches?
Thanks.
chinaskikicksass 1 month ago
A W S O M E
oli4musicfreak 2 months ago
Really a good instrument, it´s just a segment of its capabilities like analog emulations that are shown here.
The hardware is also pretty good, i really love the feel and playability of the keys.
It was sold a long time with some upgrades included that basic owners had to buy for pretty much money. The price of this thing back then was a reason not to get one. I played one somwhere back in the nineties in a music store, but couldn´t afford it.
Kaffimusic 3 months ago
The K-2000 is one of the best Sytnts/Sampler on Earth. FAT SOUND!!!!
480Reggae 3 months ago
this is so funny to me, i use to work for sam ash music and when this keyboard first came out i think the only person famous thaT was using it was jan hammer at the time i always like And enjoy this keyboard next to the wavestation great for movie score
MrDamatrix 4 months ago 3
Saw one of these today at a pawn shop, after watching this video I kind of wish I had money to go back and buy it. This thing sounds great!
Vondur 5 months ago
@SrNutritivo : Sure ! PC3 Serie uses "Dynamic VAST" synthesis engine. This is the next step of the K2x "VAST Synthesis". So, except with programs using external samples, all the K2X can do, the PC3 can also do it !!
Morever, PC3 is more power full with more ROM KeyMaps, KB3 Organ Emulation, user algorythms, KDFX effects, arpegiators... ... ...
By the way, if you want to use external samples and/or import K2x programs, you can also buy the PC3k8... :o)
KaeRZed 5 months ago
@SrNutritivo : Sure ! PC3 Serie uses "Dynamic VAST" synthesis engine. This is the next step of the K2x "VAST Synthesis". So, except with programs using external samples, all the K2X can do, the PC3 can also do it !!
Morever, PC3 is more power full with more ROM KeyMaps, KB3 Organ Emulation, user algorythms, KFX effects, arpegiators... ... ...
By the way, if you want to use external samples and/or import K2x programs, you can also buy the PC3k8... :o)
KaeRZed 5 months ago
Wow.... nice!... far better than plug in emulations. I can achieve the same sound in a Kurzweil PC3x?
SrNutritivo 5 months ago
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CAN ANY ONE HELP ME WITH THIS QUESTION. WHAT IS THE DEFAULT MODE OF THE K2000 WHEN IT IS FIRST TURNED ON PLEASE
JoAnn573 5 months ago
top SOUND! REALLY VINTAGE! My Kurzweil hasn't got all of this beautifull sounds! they're really great!
monesizx 6 months ago
@monesizx thanks for watching and for the comments!
JupiterSynth 6 months ago
top SOUND! REALLY VINTAGE!
monesizx 6 months ago
The old K2000 mailing list use to distribute k2000 patches. The most amazing one played "On The Run" from Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon just by holding down one key. It was the same patch they used on tour. No sequencers, just a hole bunch of VAST layers. Some layers don't come in for over 3 minutes. I don't know if you can still find it out there on the net, but it's worth looking for.
RMoribayashi 11 months ago
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Hi,any one can tell me where can I get a spare Body Case of this keyboard,as mine is completly smash..Thanks Great sounds!!!
blueseastudios 11 months ago
Hi,any one can tell me where can I get a spare Body Case of this keyboard,as mine is completly smash..Thanks
blueseastudios 11 months ago
please flip the goddamned modulation wheel down next time.
angie4josh 11 months ago 5
Cool -sounds pretty analog.
mrbeautiful999 1 year ago
1:15 possible deadmau5-strobe patch :D
Macgreez 1 year ago
I just inherited my fathers K2000 v3. I love it except that i cant hardly carry it haha but i need to find how to do some of the things i know it is able to do. I cant figure out how to load them in or create sounds or any of that. Ive only had a few weeks but cant find the manual... haha
RebekahMusselman 1 year ago
thanx for watching
JupiterSynth 1 year ago
I remember walking into a music store in the mid 1990s - was a child of 12 at the time. I started playing the Kurzweil K2000 that they had in there. Man that was a great experience. Now i just bought a rack unit as keyboard space is all taken. Thanks for uploading :)
backindauk 1 year ago
Love that synt still got mine K2000R and still using him a lot.
ClausLunoe 1 year ago
hello, man. I have a K2000 (first model - not the updated version that came later), but I can't find the firts preset of the video. Could you tell me the name of it? thank you.
manaquina 1 year ago
Could Not agree with you More!! The simple fact that one can get one of these for under $400 now is sickening! The VAST engine is soo much more than a ROMpler! If you learn the very complex architecture of this synth there really is nothing it can't do even By todays standards! And to think an almost 20 year old sequencer is way more powerful then an $8k Korg Oasys is testimony!
kerzwhile 1 year ago
Thanks for putting up a decent K2K demo.
edjwise 1 year ago
@edjwise thanx for watching
JupiterSynth 1 year ago
certainly a very innovative workstation, I greatly preferred it to my Korg Trinity at the time. Hated the dim screen, though
luigiperso 1 year ago
Incredible for a 18 year old synth. You've barely scratched the surface of what it can do. (A full programming demo would take weeks.) I have both K2000VP and K2661. These are sample based, and additive, and subtractive. It got just about every kind of source, filter, modulation and effect (K2661) imaginable, and you modify and hook 'em together in most any way. The limits are way out there. Maybe it's just too mind boggling for most. K2661 sounds great IMO esp in 24 bit digital out.
charlesp210 1 year ago
I agree, the sound engine sounds great, but it's an absolute b*tch to program. What about the ADSR - It's got three attack points, one decay and three release points... I often find myself spending hours in front of it, ending up with sounds far from what I intended to do.
waveshell 1 year ago
@waveshell I feel ya. I have had mine for at least 6 years and haven't scratched the surface of programming it. You can literally change EVERY parameter for everything- mind blasting!
desco4001 1 year ago
Awesome ! When was it released ? It sounds like Kraftwerk !
SuperMoustikBros 1 year ago
SOUNDS FANTASTIC - how easy or annoying is it to program this beast, I wonder...
Syntox 1 year ago
The VAST architecture is always based on PCM samples or you have real (digital) substractive syntesis?
SrNutritivo 2 years ago
@SrNutritivo
no i think its samplebased but has loads of modulation possibilities.
htt p://en.wikipedia.o rg/wiki/Kurzweil_K2000
Merchantior 2 years ago
@SrNutritivo Both
javiceres 1 year ago
Great Demo! I have a few vintage analog synths and would have to agree with you here. These are extremely warm and rich patchs, superb infact! Did you create these or are they "eyebrows raised" Factory preset? I may just have to get one of these!!!
Sjobeck7 2 years ago
he's away for a period of time...no internet where he's at, but will reply when he can.
giali76 2 years ago
@giali76 lol in other words, he's in jail lol
jgk381 1 year ago
@jgk381 :)) not really
giali76 1 year ago
hi! as far as I remember none of them is a facory preset...I have loaded them in my k2000 from different sources...some are modified by me, some aren't, some are sample-based and of course, some come directrly from k2000's powerful vast engine. thanx for your comments.
JupiterSynth 1 year ago
@JupiterSynth GREAT SOUNDS you've got there. Still better than most soft-synths I think. Which K2000 do you have? Is it the K2000 or the K2000S? I ask because I want to know if these sounds were made using imported samples or only the keymaps of the K2000. I've got a Kurzweil PC361, which I got back in December and I can't import samples on it but just like the K2000 it can make fantastic synth sounds using the factory keymaps and of course, the VAST oscillators.
JeromeLebelMusic 8 months ago
@JeromeLebelMusic I have the K2000S and as far as I remember some of the sounds were made used imported samples
JupiterSynth 8 months ago
@JupiterSynth Thank you!
JeromeLebelMusic 8 months ago
Thanx for watching.
JupiterSynth 2 years ago
Are these the presets? It sounds just like a Jupiter 8.
maccagrabme 2 years ago
Nice. Thank you.
stehlo1 2 years ago