street priceThe Kurzweil K2500R is a professional-level digital synthesizer and music workstation that was released in 1995 and discontinued in 2002. It is an expansion of the earlier K2500 model, offering an increased polyphony of 128 voices. It features a wide range of sound synthesis capabilities, including FM synthesis, wavetable synthesis, and sample-based synthesis. The K2500R also features a sequencer, effects processor, and an extensive library of sounds.
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Country of origin / production: South Korea
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| Usage area | |
|---|---|
| Performance Synthesizer | |
| Sound Module/ Tone Generator | |
| Usage Design/ Form Factor | |
| With Keys | |
| Rackmount, 3U | |
| Archetype | |
| Digital (D) | |
| Polyphony | |
| Voices | 48 |
| Multi Timbral Capacity | 16 part(s) |
| Tone Generator / Sound Synthesis | |
| Oscillator Type | Digital |
| Kurzweil | |
| KB3 | |
| V.A.S.T. (Variable Architecture Synthesis Technology) | |
| Oscillators per voice | 4 |
| Waveform/ Spectral form (main generator): Waveform ROM | 28 Mb |
| Programs/ Voices/ Timbres | |
| Single Voice Preset | 238 |
| User-defined Single Voice | 200 |
| Sequencer | |
| Tracks count | 16 |
| Sequencer Resolution | 768 ppqn |
| Arpegiator/ Portamento | |
| Arpegiator | |
| MIDI | |
| General MIDI (GM) | |
| MIDI in/ out | |
| IN | |
| OUT | |
| THRU | |
| Display | |
| Color resolution | 1 color with multiple contract |
| Resolution: Horizontal | 240 |
| Resolution: Vertical | 60 |
| Built-in controllers | |
| Modulation Wheel | |
| Audio out | |
| Analogue: 1/4" (6.35mm) | 8 |
| Digital: coaxial | 1 |
| Digital: optical | 1 |
| Audio in | |
| Digital: Coaxial | 1 |
| Digital: Optical | 1 |
| DAC | |
| Resolution | 18 bit |
| Computer Interfaces | |
| SCSI | |
| Power | |
| Power Supply | Built-in, internal |
| Dimensions | |
| Height | 130 mm |
| Width | 430 mm |
| Depth | 354 mm |
| Height | 5.10 in |
| Width | 16.90 in |
| Depth | 13.90 in |
| Weight | 24.65 lb |
| Weight | 11.2 kg |
| Case/ body | |
| Metal&plastic | |
| Production start | 1996 |
| Production ended | |
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