K-Sounds Volume 2 - Kurzweil Format




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Volume 2: Advanced Control Piano is an all-new, highly innovative Kurzweil piano library that takes user control to a new level. It features a stunning new recording of a Kawai EX concert grand piano. With killer sympathetic resonance emulation and sparkling individual samples up to 15 seconds long, no one will know you’re not playing a giga-sized library. Hear it for yourself: These studio, full, bright, warm, and stadium pianos are just a taste!*

Tone Control

Sophisticated programming gives you real-time control that most piano libaries can only dream about. Using the data slider, you can precisely control the piano’s dynamic response. Want a dark piano? Leave the slider down. Want a greater dynamic range? Push the data slider up. The MIDI specification allows a single program to have 127 incrementally different response curves. Add to that our tonal clarity control, soft pedal control, as well as high and low shelving EQ gain, and the possibilities are truly exciting. Some programs have velocity-controlled high shelving EQ built right into the voicing - no need to waste KDFX power just to have a bright piano. This EQ is also controllable in 127 increments. Click for details and demos.

Expressive Control

Most piano programs provide the same incremental control over each note’s decay. When the Mod Wheel is down, these pianos sustain beautifully with no compression required. Pushing the Mod Wheel up decreases the sustain, creating a more natural or “live” feel.

Each of the primary piano programs is presented in a second variation with greater velocity control over amplitude. Additional variations include narrower stereo imaging, more prominent sympathetic string resonance, and alternate tuning for layers.

Extensive control over reverb parameters is included as well. By varying level, time, and early-reflection content, users can effortlessly place the piano in a variety of simulated environments using only the front panel sliders.

For more information and demonstration of these features, click here.

Polyphony Control

We know you value your Kurzweil’s polyphony. Built into every piano program is a four-zone polyphony prioritization scheme which makes use of Kurzweil’s

RAM Requirements:
- Minimum 16Mb for single velocity banks. Minimum 32Mb for 2-velocity banks.
- 128Mb required for some files.

Operating System Requirements:
- K2000: Version 3.87
- K2500: Version 2.88 (units without KDFX) or 5.00 (units with KDFX).
- K2600: Version 3.0
- K2661: Version 1.0 or greater (all versions fully compatible)

Other:
- K2000: P-RAM is recommended, but not required.

K2000 / K2500 Users

Although this library was designed with KDFX in mind, the solo piano programs sound incredible with no effects at all! Check out the dry versions of the full, warm, and bright demos. And if you are limited to 64Mb RAM, don’t worry. You’ll still have dozens of loadable banks.

Mix Demos

Click to hear piano programs in multi-track arrangements.

Documentation

Click to view the user guide for Volume 2.

sophisticated voice allocation. Low notes receive the most priority, followed by the melody range. Less priority is given to the middle high register, and the undampened, highest range of the piano (G6 through C8) receives the least priority. In addition to the four-zone scheme, these programs progressively give notes less priority the longer they are held. (As notes decay, they continually become softer and less noticeable when they are stolen.)

Combined Control

These killer piano programs are conveniently featured in common layered combinations (pads, strings, orchestra, electric pianos, and their variations) – and a few that are uncommon as well. A particular gem is “TIMEstack,” a multi-layer atmospheric combination reminiscent of reality TV. This patch tastefully combines piano with a thick, breathy pad, strings, left hand effects, wind, and percolating synth arpeggios created without using the arpeggiator. Details and Demos.

Harnessed Control

With the enormous flexibility of each program, some users may wonder where to start. The answer is found in Setup Mode, where we’ve provided dozens of variations based on the provided programs. Setup Mode allows users to specify starting values for the real-time controllers. By using this feature, users can immediately hear individual piano programs with a variety of musically useful settings. For example, we’ve combined a wide amplitude response, narrow stereo image, rapid note decay, low EQ cut, reverb boost, and early reflection boost to create a convincing recital hall piano. Or to create a “present” piano, we’ve simply set the dynamic response to about 75%, leaving a full sustain and no room simulation. We’ve taken this approach with most of the 71 programs, yielding 160 Setups that cater to an incredibly broad range of musical needs. More details.

Bonus Control

Additional bonus programs are also provided: ROM-based Rhodes with musical velocity crossfading and 8-slider timbre control, warm and breathy pads, wind, and a huge “boom” sound perfect for a musical climax. Details and Demos.

RAM Control

This library offers sophisticated control before you even play a note. For optimal RAM management, each sampled note is presented in two different lengths** and three sampling frequencies. Two keymaps are provided as well. All logical combinations are available via Kurzweil’s macro-based automated loading feature, giving users a whopping 21 velocity-switched configurations and 24 single-velocity configurations to choose from. See our complete listing of configuration sizes.

*Each demo is recorded direct from a K2500 with KDFX. No external audio processing is used. All solo piano demos are sequenced, but only blatant mistakes were edited. These pianos are 100% as playable as the demos convey.

**Some notes in the highest register come in only one, unlooped length.

Volume 2 is available today! Purchase on a CD or as an instant download.


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