NSD- Kurzweil K2500

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I’ve been wanting to get my hands on this for a while now. Starting to clear out my father’s hoarding situation and he finally agreed to give this one to me after it sat around unused for the last 13 years. I initially only wanted his K2000 units (he has both the rack and the actual keyboard) because Rick write was using them with Floyd, but I’d always joke “I’ll gladly take that K2500 off your hands just the same…” and he’d scoff.

Haven’t had the chance to plug it in yet, but I’ll set it up tonight. I was thinking of how I was going to get the audio into my computer but I think I’ll just run it into my AxeFX so if I wanted to utilize any effects, I can just do them in the Fractal instead of learning how to edit this damn thing. :rofl

First thing I’ll be doing is hitting up the Kurzweil forums for any Floyd presets!!
 
TJontheRoad said:
A very long thread here about VAST started by the amazing Lady Gala

gearspace.com

Kurzweil VAST Appreciation - Gearspace

Analogue may be in vogue at the moment, but I have a sizable soft spot for the Kurzweil VAST instruments. It seemed to make sense to start a thread for
gearspace.com
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Right on! Thanks!

I dunno how in depth I’ll get on this thing, I have a point where technical info makes my eyes glaze over. At the same time, it’s probably worth the time investment with a unit like this, much like learning the AxeFX.

Edit- Hahahahahhahahaha now I’m reading about Kurzweil UI complaints. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
 
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I had a rack of K2000 units and a 2500, as well as the K2000 keyboard. I loved them. Great sounding things.

I'll check my V.A.S.T.ly disorganized storage room and see if I have any floppy disks for it. If I do, they're yours, gratis.
 
László said:
I had a rack of K2000 units and a 2500, as well as the K2000 keyboard. I loved them. Great sounding things.

I'll check my V.A.S.T.ly disorganized storage room and see if I have any floppy disks for it. If I do, they're yours, gratis.
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If the guy who bought them all off you hounded you for anything else he could buy off you that would continue to clutter his home for his “ebay business”, that was my dad. :rofl
 
DrewJD82 said:
If the guy who bought them all off you hounded you for anything else he could buy off you that would continue to clutter his home for his “ebay business”, that was my dad. :rofl
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I never sold any floppies. I may have a box with more of them, but so far haven't seen it. I may have given some to a buddy, because I recall having a lot more when I had several rack units and the keyboard.
 
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László said:
I never sold any floppies. I may have a box with more of them, but so far haven't seen it. I may have given some to a buddy, because I recall having a lot more when I had several rack units and the keyboard.
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I meant the K2000 keyboard, rack unit and the K2500. My dad also has (had) all 3.
 
DrewJD82 said:
Right on! Thanks!

I dunno how in depth I’ll get on this thing, I have a point where technical info makes my eyes glaze over. At the same time, it’s probably worth the time investment with a unit like this, much like learning the AxeFX.

Edit- Hahahahahhahahaha now I’m reading about Kurzweil UI complaints. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
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Coming soon: "The Synthesizer Doubt" :oops: :ROFLMAO:
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DrewJD82 said:
Right on! Thanks!

I dunno how in depth I’ll get on this thing, I have a point where technical info makes my eyes glaze over. At the same time, it’s probably worth the time investment with a unit like this, much like learning the AxeFX.

Edit- Hahahahahhahahaha now I’m reading about Kurzweil UI complaints. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
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I mostly used mine as sampler and sample playback devices - at the time the Kurzweils and E-Mu samplers were the best sounding units on the market. If you wanted to mock up an orchestra, you'd load strings into one, brass into another, woodwinds into a third, percussion into a fourth, etc. They didn't have much RAM so you needed several.

I liked the piano sounds and rarely used the synth stuff on my Kurzweils. So my disks are sample libraries.

Incidentally, while the UI is obsolete in comparison with what's available today, in the '90s when the things came out it was the state of the art and people loved it. My D-50 needed a programmer with sliders that Lexicon came out with in order to be useful (I had both). The Yamaha DX-7 and TX-802 I had were basically preset machines, editing was a chore.

The Yamaha VL-1 and Korg Prophecy modeling synths literally were impossible to program at all. My old SY-99 was easier, but nothing was like the analog stuff I had.
 
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László said:
I mostly used mine as sampler and sample playback devices - at the time the Kurzweils and E-Mu samplers were the best sounding units on the market. If you wanted to mock up an orchestra, you'd load strings into one, brass into another, woodwinds into a third, percussion into a fourth, etc. They didn't have much RAM so you needed several.

I liked the piano sounds and rarely used the synth stuff on my Kurzweils. So my disks are sample libraries.

Incidentally, while the UI is obsolete in comparison with what's available today, in the '90s when the things came out it was the state of the art and people loved it. My D-50 needed a programmer with sliders that Lexicon came out with in order to be useful (I had both). The Yamaha DX-7 and TX-802 I had were basically preset machines, editing was a chore.

The Yamaha VL-1 and Korg Prophecy modeling synths literally were impossible to program at all. My old SY-99 was easier, but nothing was like the analog stuff I had.
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I’m fairly synth-stupid, so there’s a little language involved I’d have to wrap my head around before really diving into it. I’m not overly concerned about UI related stuff as I doubt I’ll be tweaking things all that much and if I need to, I generally don’t mind the rabbit holes because I end up learning something.

And actually, I’d be happy to take those disks off your hands if they’re easily available! More than happy to send a few bucks in your direction for them!
 
I wanted a K2000 SO BAD back in the day (Machines of Loving Grace and Mr. Bungle used 'em) but couldn't swing the cash. Ended up slumming with a Generalmusic S2 Turbo, if only because everyone else at the time had a Korg O1Wfd and all of its presets were instantly recognizable. Oh, and the S2 Turbo had overdrive built in.
 
Digital Igloo said:
I wanted a K2000 SO BAD back in the day (Machines of Loving Grace and Mr. Bungle used 'em) but couldn't swing the cash. Ended up slumming with a Generalmusic S2 Turbo, if only because everyone else at the time had a Korg O1Wfd and all of its presets were instantly recognizable. Oh, and the S2 Turbo had overdrive built in.
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Snap, I didn’t know Bungle used them as well!

I can still end up with either the K2000 keyboard itself or his rack unit. I’m not really keen on starting a whole collection of old synths, but I’ll definitely make some room in my place for these!
 
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