Great video. Another thing I love here is that all these controller assignments are MIDI assignments right from the start. Mapping to external synths and recording data to a DAW simply works. World class. 13:13
Thank you for this video. I’m a long time Kurzweil user and find the workflow one of the best. It’s all just as it should be; frequency in hz, levels in db, etc. Assigning controls is obvious; choose a parameter and move a controller, change a value with the encoder or simply enter it with the keypad. But the real standout for me is that the workflow has remained both consistent and steadily improved for nearly 40 years. Oh, and it sounds absolutely incredible. The K2700 is simply unmatched.
I just have to say, I love the K2700. I use Nuendo as my main DAW with the K2700 as a main controller. Just as a controller, it shines. The controllers are in right place, the buttons are nice and big and the keyboard action is fantastic. But it’s also a phenomenal synth with insanely deep sound design capabilities. It has parameter values that make sense; Frequency in Hz, amplitude in db, Pitch in steps and cents, etc. but what really is remarkable is that I can absolutely slam the engine with note and control data from the Daw and my hardware sequencers and it’s super tight. Flawless really. It’s like having Kontakt & Serum built into an actual playable instrument with zero latency. Unmatched.
Hearing one of the greatest prog songs by the greatest prog band composed by the ultimate prog keyboard composer & performer is a refreshing change from various funk, jazz, fusion that dominate keyboard demos on YT!!
I love how powerful this keyboard is (literally vast), but it’s frustrating how difficult it is to learn the system. There’s so much untapped potential there with lack of clear documentation and tutorials. This is a SUPER informative vid.
More to come. For KVA stuff, be sure to check out the first video in the series. That was entirely KVA generated: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uBNVlZCanoA.html
Can I create a layer/performance with 4 voices on 4 different MIDI channels, one of them being a drum kit? Use case: sequencing with a DAW. Recording one track after another and then playing the whole arrangement back on the MPS M1. Cheers
Dear Kurzweil, please keep the small screen and current workflow. The free Soundtower editors are more than enough if additional help is needed with programming. Touch screens have been repeatedly demonstrated to be obnoxious on other synths.
Thank you! As a K27 owner I'm sure the K community needs more video like that. I have a dream: a Kurzweil Virtual University where users can learn the power of these incredibile workstations
Hi, thx for the tuto ! After 1 year using my pc4 I begon to use it fluently. Still there are things I'd like to solve: I'm using an external midi organ foot pedal (13 notes). I create my multi, create zone 5, set my pedalboard to emit on ch. 5, set in the multi main page the input channel to (5 M). Then I want to use slider 5 to control the volume, and button 5 to mute. But then the enter quick select doesn't work anymore, and setting slider 5 manually is possible but results in no effect. What should I do ? Also, how do I erase all midi assignations in order to create just a 9 track mixing desk on the sliders ?
Dear Kurzweil, Please put a big touch screen on it next time and modern Synth Leads, Pads and Motion synths. The UI is from LCD age. Otherwise it is a great synth keyboard.
Can Kurzweil release an updated, light and lower budget Kurzweil SP4-7? I like the idea of using a single knob to alter the sound or layer/split volume balance or morphing between sounds like Yamaha’s Montage.
Sounded really nice but the treble seems a bit bright and brittle. Traditional Kurweil piano tone is more neutral or slightly warmer and smoother tone.
Thank you! I always saw pads as being little more than toys and this kinda confirmed it. They are fun and seem to be useful at first but really they aren't. The biggest problem is that they are always on the right hand side, so whatever I'm programming on them I have to stop playing on the keys with my right hand to trigger it. So that's a serious amount of shiny and fancy technology which makes this otherwise great keyboard cost even more, while I can count on one hand the situations in which these pads could come in handy. And ion most of those cases I can solve the problem a lot better by other means, especially since I am a prog rock musician and a film composer and I like to play my sounds myself and not relegate the job to R2D2. Also, I don't quite understand why Kurzweil is sticking to the pitch wheel-mod wheel combo. I used a K2600 for a long time and I loved it but I always found joysticks to be far more intuitive and without the risk of grabbing one instead of the other in a live situation where for instance you are momentarily blinded by a stroboscope. But maybe that's just me, I don't know. And VAST seems to be incredibly complicated. Not impossible to understand and work with, but there were times when I had to figure out with my K2600 in which sub-menu of which sub-menu I was. And it took me ages to figure out how can I switch to the next patch in Quick Access using a footswitch Jordan Rudess style, if I'm also using multis. To say that the solution was counter-intuitive is an understatement. Now that I have to replace my K2600, I'm on the fence. This one is still on the short list but unfortunately not in first position, not even in second position.
I am amazed by the fact that Kurzweil designed a very user friendly user interface and shortcuts to access various functions this complex system. It is not a😊 touch screen, it is small and the design is basic but this maybe it. Like people preferring physical knobs in cars instead of touch screens
Great video and instrument, thank you! Only one question, is it normal that the keybed seems to be soo loud? Is it louder than other weighted master keyboard's? Thanks
I bought myself a kurzweil km88, the keys are good, but the joystick gives out extra commands, as a result, the settings of the analog synthesizer (moog slim phatty) get lost. I did a factory reset, downloaded a new firmware, it doesn't help.
티비도 꽤 나오시고 그 당시땐 곡보다는 이쁘다는걸로 유명하셔서 내가 편견을 갖고있었는데… 연주회 가서 다 너무 좋게 들어서 그 이후로 너무 호감이였음 사막의 폭풍은 연주회때 완전 전율 돋게 들어서 공부할때랑 추리소설 읽을때 진짜 많이 들었었는데 어느날부터 갑자기 못 듣게 되서 너무 아쉬움ㅠㅠ 오리지널 음원 나왔으면 좋겠어요🙏
It is weird that they are so loud. I haven’t noticed that on other videos. You can here that he has a very sensitive mic as it gathers a lot of noises.
