Message 11/14
Date: 18-Mar-02 @ 02:20 AM -
RE: what synth...again!!!!
Sure it's logical. Each voice has a total of 3 layers. You can layer VA type sounds over samples, for example. A sine wave over a snare drum. The tricky part of the k2000 is the logarithms. The logarithms are a serious of different modules that the sound produced by each layer pass through. Like you can send your sine wave through logarithm 1 (there are like 24 logarithms) which has a filter, and amplifier and a pan setting. Some of the logarithms have complex settings - you could have a total of 3 filters between the sound generator and the amplifier (for example). It is very complex, and not easy, but it is extremely powerful. I have been able to get some SERIOUS bass out of it. And the effects on the k2000 are a hell of a bonus. Chorus, flange, echoes. Midi implementation is kickass (just about everything is midi controllable) and mine has 4 outs.
It is a complex machine, and will take some serious alone time with the manual, and a lot of motivation on your time, but it is a wonderful synth. I tend to neglect it because I have 2 synths that are much easier to program, but are FAR less flexible. You can get some great VA type rumbles out of it, but also a lush, beautiful enveloping string section. And the piano sounds damn good too.
Plus, with a Kurzweil, all the keyboardists you know with have pianist envy (that's for you sitar).