Kurzweil PC3X 88-key Synthesizer Demo - Daniel Fisher 

@2021. I'm still here. Still in love with my PC3(k).

One of the best demos I've seen- with attention to song selections to show off the patches in their best representation. Thanks Dan!!

Yes! Great demo. Finally someone actually covers the Organ sounds. I've been skeptical since discovering Kurzweil doesn't seem to have organ audio samples on their site. I'm definitely on board now. Thanks.

Daniel is a BEAST on these keys! May have sold me but I have the older model.... someday. But NICE PLAYING SIR!!!

Sounds great

Daniel does always the best videos

I played this keyboard at Guitar center recently and i couldnt stop playing it, the sounds are incredible, i played the other keyboards in the store this keyboard killed everything.

What a fantastic piano sounds demo from Sweetwater! I love this Kurzweil PC3X synth - just amazing isn't it? Gorgeous lovely sounds....put to shame many of the more expensive synths out there!

Killer machine! Love it

this kind of beast is not meant to be played with presets only :) this is a programmers dream and is meant to tweak your own sounds.

it has 16 simultaneous arpeggiators!

Hi Keyboardforum, Yeah, back then I wasn't part of recording or posting the videos. Now that they're getting lots of responses I've been able to be more active in the process. Search "fisher" & "sweetwater" in RU-vid to see lots of newer, stereo demos.

Hi steveblum, Now I get what you mean. If you get a chance to try a PC3, go to "Blues Harmonica" then press EDIT and then EFFECT. Now, when you hit the PLAY button you'll hear me jam without the KDFX effects. It really is dramatically different.

Sir, U R the one of the bests... thx, thx, & thx... :) well, what can I say? "we are not worthy, we are not worthy" :D

Fantastic

6:37 The best voice sample i've hear. put yamaha and roland to shame.

@TheDanielFisher Nice. Never thought of that. Thnks for the Tips.

This really brings out the best of the PC3x sounds, and I own it.

the problem is I HATE looking at people playing with a keyboard connected to a laptop... but on the other side, looking at someone playing only the keyboard, and playing some amazing music with all kinds of effects and everything, is just amazing!

You rock!!! You could make a 100 keyboard sound gr8!

I' m from brazil..is bealtiful keyboard!!! very good.

I agree with you...Kurzweil has amazing sounds, especially for orchestral and synth stuff. However, I just wished it had at least an audio input (even if not a full-blown sampler). K2661 is great workstation, but it doesn't have VA synthesis...

I use a PC1X. as my main controller. I agree on the sounds being dated, but that's exactly why I like it. No trendy crap with built in beats. Just solid classic sounds all very usable for me. Superb orchestral sound and EPs. Killer drum kits Nice guitars and bass. The pianos are a bit compressed. This was done to keep the cost down, A little EQ and they're fine. Don't know if it's worth the extra 2k to upgrade.

I don't how about with this one but usually, all 88 key instruments are weighted keys, anything below that is non-weighted keys. One small detail that makes all the difference in how the keyboard sounds in the end. Just a note.

In the life of ... the Kurzweil :D

8:39 was a fucking SEXY harmonica sound. omg. And the choir at 6:36 was gorgeous What a win keyboard.

truly. I have the k2661 never found the interface workable particularly since one has to go into the layers to program instead of tweaking knobs. This has more power and kdfx potential but I'm staying with the k2 for the sampling option and the adat out. But the pc3 has a software editor.. now if only they would make one for the k2 series I'd be grateful.

@TheReasonableLogic Right.. i find it rather hard to use. especially in live situation. it's there any quick way to layer a piano, pad and voice. and have their individual volume control at the sliders.. FAST...without getting in to all those editing thingy. bcoz what my band plays is always spontaneous.

Chumleh, I agree. The Hammond/Leslie sound is total killer. The entire sound engine is phenomenal. Still, it is not used as much as Korg or Yamaha. Don't know why. I love Kurzweil sounds so much better!

Hi steveblum, I guess I've fooled you into thinking that I faked it :-) I created that patch for Kurzweil's PC3 factory presets along with 'Fisher's VAST B-3" and a few others in there. The best way to prove it is to play the Demo sequence for that program, called Blues Harmonica". (I created the demo seq. for Kurzweil also.) If you play them side-by-side you'll see that they're similar but different enough to see that I am playing it live. Write me and I'll play a song of your choice :-)

Kurzweil products are targeted primarily at career professionals with dynamic needs. In that context the complex features make a lot of sense. For example, the PC3 has a clock sync jack. Only people who routinely record on state of the art equipment would ever need that. V.A.S.T. programming may seem difficult but reveals itself to be utterly necessary in an environment where time, money and scheduling are critical and the track was due yesterday and you already spent the advance.

yes

i want this baby so bad!!!!

8:48 - Silent Sorrow in Empty Boats!!

looks like a very good machine but i prefer using the motif xs. it has everything i need , and i barely use cheese synth sounds. so i don't need synth sounds , i use mostly acoustics, Xs does it very well.

@TheDanielFisher How could a get the Nano Pads to control the PC3x? I Really need more controls. like start or stop arps or Trigger Chords.. any tips?

OMG The lamb lies down on broadway!!! 5:39

@Angel94angel94 This is a "workstation". But it sure can do everything a stage piano and a synthesizer does - and much more =)

@TheReasonableLogic could anyone give some opinion about the piano sounds on this board? Yamaha motif? or pc3x. which is better?

@TheDanielFisher If we put pc3x vs roland fantom g vs motif xs what would you suggest?

Anyone knows if you can plug in a korg nanokeys or nano pad to trigger chords or control?

is this your new fav synth danielfisher?

I have PC2X, and the 3X has a lot more variation and stuff, but it seems better for studio use where as the 2X is great for live preformance. Kurzweil sounds are great, and the orchestra section is killer; however, the horns need to be upgraded..I think they sound crappy especially the reeds. I heard a soprano sax sound on a cheap $500 Yamaha keyboard at Best Buys that blew away the one on the Kurz.

@cvl85 "Anyone know if you can plug in a korg nanokey or nanopad to trigger chords or control?" Hi cvl85, MIDI is MIDI. When the NanoKeys or NanoPad sends MIDI Notes to the Kurzweil it will play those notes. Of course, the Nano gizmos need to be connected to a computer to work.

7:36 How can you skip Jaco Fretless Bass ?

@TheReasonableLogic From What i know, pc3x is more advance than the K series. except for the sampling function. any opinion why kurzweil still wanna use the 10 year old pixel display?

i mean, rythm box, or something like that, sry hate my english... :( I am planning on buying PC3X, or a Motif XS, and i want to know if this is not only a machine without rythms...

except some maudio/fatar 88 lightweight boards, and also Roland RS-8

"is there a quick way to layer a piano, pad, and voice, and have individual volume control at the sliders? FAST...without getting into all those editing thingies?" Hi cvl85, You can *one time* make a Setup with three Zones, each having a Slider dedicated to Volume (CC#7). Then Save it. Now you can simply dial in different Programs into each Zone and you'll still have all the functions that you made the very first time. You could be spontaneous all night using the same Setup and never Save.

Kurzweil sounds are amaizing. BUT............................ Kurzweil keyboards need Bigger SCREEN like all the rest of the Workstations.

As a 2600 owner I can attest that reliability has been a continuing problem with ownership. Any data on the current model? Tech told me all the guys playing Broadway have two in case one breaks. Like the old Jaguars...

5:40 - the lamb lies down on broadway!

Does this keyboard has arpegiators?

I'm a performer, not a programmer, and the complexity of the PC3 scares me. But I'd consider it if the piano sounds are dramatically superior to those of the SP2. Are they? Are they noticeably better than the PC2? (I've had 3 SP76s and PC2 but never an SP2. Can you split internal sounds with an SP2? And for us jazz people, can you layer a ride cymbal to walking bass with an SP2?)

hi.... i need.. to know how do i do to send midis from pc to he keyboard..... do i need some software???...... more over i wanna know if this xD card ... is a simple type of card xD, or is it special???..... i have one of 1 gb of memory, can i use it????

1:57 Dance of Eternity :-D

See You Guys tomorrow Morning, after a trip to the Bank.

there is a setup mode...

Although these are extremely good samples

pc3 rulez

8:31 Ohhhhh

For me appreciators and sequencers/drams are easy enough to get on a lap top, and for cheap too. I don't really need that stuff in my keyboard.

At 8:30 when he plunks some notes and then turns on the effects section. Apparently the effects section made him totally shred? Is anyone actually fooled by this?

@danilsquigger I flipped out too

He's jammin on that thing lol

U are talking about KURZWEIL of curse

Kurzweil makes some nice gear.. but I agree that Kurz's sounds are starting to become a bit dated. VAST opens up a lot of doors for patch creation though. Still.., Kurz needs to update some sound sections. What I don't get is why in 2009 is Kurz still using that age old type display? Come on Kurz., for the price you sell your gear at you can at least give a better screen. There's a new 61 key version of this that sells for 2 grand at Sweetwater.

no quarter is perfect!

Look at 0:30

the keyboard has sounds incredible and wonderful! The sad and estre minuscule display to a keyboard with as much added value! If today we have cell phones with large displays and colorful multe very low cost does not understand why the engineers did refurbishments technology these LCD screens is cheap for a keyboard as wonderful as this.

The price of the Kronos is 2,5 x higher than this beast. When you dont want to spend al lot money, buy this one. Its great!!

So basically this thing is a Nord Stage with an arpeggiator, strings and horns. Having 200 or 300 novelty sounds is not better than having 8 or 9 sampled, real, playable instruments in front of you.

While nice sounding Kurzweil are notorious for not providing service info to repair your keyboards. You must take/ship them to one of their service centers. I therefore do not recommend it to my customers.

@TheReasonableLogic I doubt that Kurzweil instruments will ever feature a good interface. They have a small design team without the resources to develop a powerful user interface. Another decade has gone by and the company still is releasing instruments that make it feel like one is editing on an old 1980's DOS computer.

Kurzweil needs to go back to the drawing board and come up with some new/better sounds! Otherwise, this is an excellent product.

I am not accusing you of faking the demo - it is obvious you are playing it. But if you want to demo the difference in sound when you activate the effect, you should play the same thing before and after you activate it. I am saying you are making the effect sound more appealing by playing something way cooler after you activate it.

I hate searching through tons of samples. I prefer something that is geared toward synthesis. This dosen't seem like it is.

This is the weak point on the keyboard, a small mono color display as a monitor of a computer of 80 years. Kurzweil engineers! Think carefully about what I'm talking about the keypad display.

Kurzweil sounds= amazing Screen interface= Terrible

Didn't know that George Lucas played the keys?

Again... MONO MONO MONO.... Sigh.... Sweetwater... Please.. Learn how to make 720p HD RU-vid movies with STEREO sound when you want to demonstrate a musical instrument... Save as 1920 HD MP4 file and upload it. That's all you need to do.