Matt's Gearspace

Photo: © Kurzweil Music Systems, via Kurzweil, resized.

Kurzweil

Kurzweil K2088

CurrentReleased 2025

The K2 engine in a tidier, cheaper box than the K2700, with the same 88-note Fatar hammer action and a ribbon controller added to the left-hand controls. If you want VAST and weighted keys without the flagship's audio interface, this is it.

Specifications

General

Manufacturer
Kurzweil
Status
Current
Released
2025

Keyboard

Keys
88
Key action
Hammer-action
Aftertouch
Monophonic
Keybed
88-note fully weighted hammer-action Fatar TP/40L, 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

More from Kurzweil

  • Kurzweil PC4 multi-function keyboard

    Kurzweil

    PC4

    Current
    Keys
    88
    Key action
    Hammer-action
    Sections
    Piano, Electric piano, Organ, Synth, Sample playback
    Drawbars
    Physical
    —2019
  • Kurzweil K2700 multi-function keyboard

    Kurzweil

    K2700

    Current
    Keys
    88
    Key action
    Hammer-action
    Sections
    Piano, Electric piano, Organ, Synth, Sample playback
    Drawbars
    Physical
    —2021
  • Kurzweil K2061 multi-function keyboard

    Kurzweil

    K2061

    Current
    Keys
    61
    Key action
    Synth-action
    Sections
    Piano, Electric piano, Organ, Synth, Sample playback
    Drawbars
    Physical
    —2024