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Kurzweil

Kurzweil K2061

CurrentReleased 2024

The 61-note K2, on a light synth action rather than a hammer one, which makes it the one to play organ and synth parts on. Same VAST engine, same ribbon controller, a good deal easier to carry.

Specifications

General

Manufacturer
Kurzweil
Status
Current
Released
2024

Keyboard

Keys
61
Key action
Synth-action
Aftertouch
Monophonic
Keybed
61-note Fatar TP/9 synth action, velocity and aftertouch sensitive

Sounds

Sections
Piano, Electric piano, Organ, Synth, Sample playback
Drawbars
Physical
Sound engine
Dynamic VAST: a programmable synthesis engine where each layer is a chain of DSP blocks you can rewire, with a 6-operator FM engine and the VA1 virtual-analogue oscillators alongside it, plus the KB3 tonewheel organ engine and gigabytes of factory samples
Organ models
KB3 tonewheel modelling
Polyphony
256 notes, dynamically allocated

Connections

Outputs
1/4-inch balanced, Headphones
MIDI ports
DIN in, DIN out, USB
Pedal inputs
Sustain, Expression

Features

Features
Dynamic VAST with user-programmable DSP, KB3 tonewheel organ engine, Ribbon controller, Nine assignable sliders and nine knobs, 16-part multitimbral, Aftertouch

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