DSP algorithms of VAST can emulate almost every type of synthesis - that's the key of result. Cheers!

Thanks for stopping by! Cheers

Congrats! This is really amazing synth, yeapp :)

I'm glad you liked this track! Yes, FSOL is one of mu favorite bands and I definitely have some impressions from them.

Thanks :) Synths are so powerful nowadays, the K2000 has great VAST engine inside, also sampler, sequencer and FX processor. Best Regards mate!

Young Choe Thanks, I'm happy you liked this :)

Oh, I'm afraid there could be not anything special to see how I'm playing :) This track is fully sequenced because I'm not a good player. Just pressing the knobs, spinning the data wheel and programming every note and step.. it's not very exciting show at all :) But I'm happy you liked the result!

ARTSAVA Magnificient comment! Thanks, friend :)

FSOL is one of my favorite, great band. Tnx for kind words!

ish233 I'm really happy if someone finds it pleasantly :) Cheers!

HAZARDOUS88 These pads are generated by internal K2000's synth engine, SFX and drum loops are loaded samples. Also added some internal percs for accents. I'm happy you liked this track :)

I'm glad you liked this !

@@_oscillator Endless listening ;-)

i Faber In that time when I made this track (1999 or 2000) I had only K2000. Before that I had Ensoniq TS-10, but when I heard the K2000 first time, I changed them right away. Kurz is great synth!

+480Reggae Tnx mate :) I'm happy you liked this!

JANXEN with an X Unfortunately this pic isn't made by me, just grabbed from i-net. At least the sound is mine :)

oscillator yeah, i already figured it's a picture online... but still a great picture ;-)

JANXEN with an X Some people can do some pictures, another people can make some noise :) Cheers

oscillator and goooooood noise ;-)

Thanks mate, the Kurzweil K2000 is great synth!

@@_oscillator Indeed one of the best of its era.

Of course, it was the most advanced synth back in the beginning of 90-ies. Actually it's surprisingly powerful even now :)

Welcome to the KURZ world :)

if you ever get a zip drive for it again, make sure it is an scsi drive not a parallel zip drive for parallel ports. there is high current across some of the parallel pins and unfortunately the parallel plug 25 pin is exactly the same as the scsi plug. if you ever plug a parallel device into a k2000 by accident you will notice right away something is wrong, shut it off immediately and whatever you do, do not touch any of the keys as this incorrect drive is plugged in---as the current goes through to the voices then and burns out the protective resistors one at a time through the key engagements. read your device to make sure it's scsi and use a true scsi cable :) it's an expensive fix to replace the protective circuits damaged by a parallel device mistakenly connected to the scsi port. :)

Soundartprojekt I'm happy to hear this from you :) Yes, this was some experiments with VAST engine and samples. If you enjoyed this track, probably you will like also "Megapolis", "Lethargy" and "Monolith" tracks too :) Regards mate!

Thanks mate, this track was recorded many years ago, the picture is some wallpaper I found on the internet. I have some more K2000 tracks on my channel, also few E-mu Morpheus works. Cheers :)

Yes mate, that was long time ago :) Now I'm more for abstract stuff (check my last works called Insanity) and I have some more synths waiting to be explored.. Life is to short for all this :) By the way, I could send you 320kbps MP3s of all those K2000 tracks if you wish. Cheers!

that would be awesome, ill message you my email address ;)

There is still no e-mail in my messages.

sent you a msg ;)

Check your e-mail :)

K2xxx are very reliable machines, as far I know. I have been using my K2VX since 1998 and never had any problems with it. I don't know much about the technical problems of the K2600, because I never had one, but it is better as a synth due to double polyphony and a more advanced FX section.

I have two k2000s and a K2661. a k2661 should come pre-loaded with orchestral rom and contemporary rom, plus loaded with full 128MB of Ram which are upgrades to the k2000 and the max sample ram for k2000 is 64meg. I would get the 2661 instead if you are able. the effects are better as well as they changed those after the k2000. .All k2000 sample files can be read by the 2661 but you can put twice as much as the loaded 2661 comes with the 128meg sample ram. Plus there is extra program ram so you can have more patches saved with all their parameters. the k2000 has various upgrades that you may or may not get if you buy a used one, while the 2661 came stock with alot of these upgrades or better. if you want to compare specs, look up the sample ram, the P ram, the polyphony, and whether there is a daughter board included in the k2000 and if the extra rom (orchestral and contemporary rom) is installed on that daughter board in the k2000 (comes standard in 2661) also, most of these upgrades are stock in the 2661 but you might get lucky and find a 2661 with it's own upgrade which is a multi sampled Piano ROM called triple strike which is optional for the 2661, impossible to find that upgrade now, I wish I would have bought that upgrade in the past for my 2661. the k2000 is still an incredible machine. if you can imagine, you can create a custom patch with up to 32 samples placed on any key or across any range of keys and then blend in internal ROM sounds either on different keys or layered on top of your samples. you can trigger these with different velocities of after touch if you want. with just one k2000, to give you an idea of the flexibility of this amazing keyboard, for one of my band's songs I had my own tambourine multi sample I recorded and assigned beside more samples from an EMU drum module, beside more samples of a cello from a sample library, beside more samples of a string ensemble, and, not only did I have every sound required for that song all on this one patch I created, I had my DRUMMER in the band also access my keyboard through some extra drum pads I gave him and he was playing the sampled elec drum sounds from my k2000 while I was simultaneously playing through all the sampled sounds I had for myself in real time to perform that song. This was all on ONE PATCH which I named the song name. It was because the k2000 is that customizable that I was able to utilize it to the degree that myself and my drummer were playing different samples across the same patch at the same time. the keyboard executed that flawlessly and the song we performed sounded amazing.

@@franklucas9313 that's a lotta text mate ;)

@@franklucas9313 Yes, the K2661 is the best Kurzweil model till now. Even the K2700 is missing some features (graphical sample editing). Keep your K2661 and never sell it.

+Gokosoul Thanks for visiting, I'm glad you liked this :) Yes, there is main difference between the first revision of K2000 and version 3 - the first didn't have internal sequencer (which is very powerful). Version 3 also has much more advanced file management system (for Floppy and SCSI drives) and sampling option is added. Only the synthesis sound engine (VAST) is similar to both versions. So if you want to use the K2000 just as synth, you can use both versions, but you should choose V3 if you want use it as workstation and sampler, definitely! Cheers

@@_oscillator How can you tell the difference between the different versions? They are all called K2000, no? Does the serial number tell anything?

@@aslegu The serial number does not tell you the OS version, because you can upgrade your synth with any OS. The OS version you can see for few seconds on the screen, when you turn on your K2000 synth.

+Michael Brückner You right, most of the "Kurzes" you can find in the US. I guess that's because the Kurzweil originally is an American company, founded by Ray Kurzweil (he is a genius by the way...). My K2000 was assembled in Korea where the factory was based. In Europe more popular are Japanese synths such as Yamaha, Roland and Korg, also many musicians are sure that Kurzweil synths are to complicated and hard to learn the programming... that's wrong of course coz actually they are very logical :)

+oscillator Curiously, I remember it to be described as somehow not really suitable for experimental music; rather an instrument that lends itself to more conventional American rock / pop music (or something like that). Didn't Kurzweil have a reputation for piano modules? Maybe that's why, but I don't really remember, to be honest. Anyway, Your tracks show that it's obviously a great instrument for any kind of music...

Michael Brückner Kurzweil is famous with piano sounds of course (coz this was the first instrument with sampled waveforms), but the best part of it is VAST engine (or Variable Architecture Synthesis Technology) which allows you to create almost any imaginable sound. There also are DSP functions and extremely complex modulation matrix system. What's more - you can load any external waveform as sample and then use all VAST functions... amazing, that engine was created in 1991 !!! Yes, I also have full dem of K2000 on my chan, more than one hour long to show my favorite Kurz sounds. Also demo of Morpheus is there. So I would suggest the Kurzweil to any musician who likes experiments and endless tweeking :) Great synth!

+oscillator So. it's really worth exploring, I see. I hope I'll ever get a chance to do so! :-)