Indeed, I just checked and recognized it immediately. I guess I skipped all the effect sounds and the build up part ...

Although I've never actually tried, I don't see myself editing and splicing funk & soul breakbreats on this device. :)

@SYQdance Yeah. It probably wouldn't be fun wouldn't it, on the old Akai units it is quite enjoyable though, the OS on the S950 expecially basically guides you through the process of sampling a break even asking you what sample rate kind of motivates you lower it, even if you've never used a sampler before the end result will likely a punchy 12 bit break. But your rite outside of that era of Akai, a lot of operating systems and interfaces are from hell, even Electron today are confusing, to the point the Octa I a no from me just on that regard alone.

Duh!! 🙂

Yes, he definitely used something like a K2000 for the piano and some other basic sounds and maybe some Korg synthesizer.

@@SYQdance He used the K2000 for the whole album I believe.

It was a lot more than a sampler. If anything it was a very superior synth module that had the option to sample as well. I had a great orchestral board installed in mine, along with some other things.

@@DorisDay-lw4xs I even call it a 'synth-building platform' these days ;)

Thanks you! Well, I became hooked on electronic dance music in the early 2000s as a kid!

Hm, maybe it does. Thing is, I really don't know how YT works in the year 2024. :)

@@SYQdance maybe edit the title?

Oh, I really don't know! :) Probably the oldest one there is, since I never did anything close to updating it at all.

​@@SYQdanceActually, notice it says "VAST Player" on it, so you have the "VP" (or actually "VPR", since it's rack), which was the last K2000 model released, in April 1997 or later, and had one of the later OSes 3.54, by default. However, it's very worthwhile to update to the very last OS 3.87 for more great functionality. You will need to re-burn existing EPROM chips, buy new ones and burn, or buy already burned ones, not a big expense.

@@ShallRemainUnknown Oh, thanks for the insight! I will probably leave it as it is, since using the factory ROM samples is giving me enough retro vibes, so I won't bother opening this thing up in the future. :)

@@SYQdanceJust the K2500 patch compatibility might be worth it, even if you never load samples. OS v3.87 adds to v3.54: SCSI Speed Improvements. Now loads and saves approximately twice as fast as previous versions. Export to standard MIDI Type 1. Now the software can import and export both type 0 and type 1 MIDI files. ISO 9660 format support. Adds ISO 9660 format support for CD's. This allows you to read CD's in the standard format. Previously we required an "image" of the hard disk format. Supports looped WAV files, both import and export. Also correctly handles tuning of WAV and AIFF files. Saving a WAV file will now export the loop info, if any. Importing looped WAV file will now get the loop data, if any. The software only handles one loop per sample, so the first loop found in a WAV file is used. Now reads 2500 programs. Previously the 2000 would ignore programs containing 2500 specific parameters. Now it translates them, stripping out any KDFX or other 2500 parameters. Improved object save and delete times. Improved sample delete times.

I don't know anything beyond that it says K2000R on the front. Maybe an older one, but for the simple preset playing I did, any version of this thing should do. ;)

@@SYQdance I just got V3 and presets placed a bit different, Piano is on 2nd patch

​@@SYQdance ok man, anyway thanks for the answer. I just received my K2000r, and not much famous with all the settings, just learning it. Can I ask you how to cut off velocity and make a volume higher, it's very low volume through my Audio Interface(

@@SYQdance Mate, what Delay effect did you used from K2000 here?

@@NatLifeSounds Yeah there might be differences in the presets, never thought about that. Things regarding volume and velocity should be somewhere in the AMP section, IIRC. To be honest it is quite some time ago, I actually programmed on this thing. Back in the days I was way more familiar with it. For the delay I might have cheated and just used the one in Cubase, coz' the effect routing is a little bit limited on the K2000. But it is the most simple delay on can imagine. Just a copy of the signal ... delayed. ;) btw: I think I remember your name from some old tunes with Rene Ablaze for example. Nice stuff!

Yes, it does. You can theoretically combine up to 16 layers via MIDI, if I'm not mistaken. However, the manual seems to say you can split three layers in setup mode.

@@SYQdance Interesting. Thanks!

You reckon? The guitar is damn close to the original

Oh, you mean the guitar sound or the notes I played? Maybe it was not exactly the right preset for this song.

@@SYQdance Both notes and guitar preset are as good as identical to the original. I actually started wondering if this synth was what he actually used.

@@KZfaqSupportTeams It is known he used the K2000 extensively for the whole album. He's not the only one.

It had some of the best piano and orchestral patches Ive ever heard.

The Bee Gees, of all people, were big fans. Maurice Gibb always played one during their last decade.

No, me ! 😊