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KURZWEIL PC2RO Details
PC2R
The newest addition to the PC2 series products, the PC2R rack brings the PC2 sound and other capabilities to a rack module.
Now shipping with the Orchestral ROM installed!
Outstanding New Sounds
The PC2R is designed for anyone in search of the best sound quality with great sounding effects and compact 1U design. This is a songwriter's dream palette! It provides impeccable high quality new sounds including a brand new super dynamic stereo grand piano, stereo strings, Take 6 vocals, brass section, classic electric pianos (FM, Wurlitzer and Rhodes), organs, harpsichord, Clavinet, vibes, marimba, electric and acoustic basses (with and without layered ride cymbal), guitars, drums, percussion and synth sounds. It also features Kurzweil's KB-3 modeled tone wheel organ mode, giving you ultra-realistic tone wheel organ programs. Orchestral Sounds include String Sections, Solo Strings, Woodwinds, Orchestral Brass, Jazz Brass, Orchestral Ensembles, Choir, Organ, Harp, Nylon String Guitar, Orchestral Percussion, and Ethnic Percussion.
The PC2R comes with 400 fantastic sounding preset programs (256 regular programs, 128 Orchestral ROM programs, and 16 KB3 programs). All programs can be edited, allowing for changes to timbre, envelopes, and LFOs. They can then be stored to any of the 256 user locations (128 for regular programs and 128 for KB3 programs). One additional ROM block can be added to the PC2 (to be released in the future), which will add 128 more preset programs. (For older units that came with the Orchestral ROM, it can be added as an option). And with 64 voices of polyphony, expandable to 128 voices, you'll never run out of polyphony for playing all of the marvelous sounds.
The Orchestral ROM block comes with 2 banks of 128 programs. Our own unique programs are installed in the Flash ROM. A General MIDI bank is also available, which can be loaded into theater Bank. Or, if desired, you can install the GM bank of sounds as presets into the Flash ROM, and then load our unique bank of sounds into the User bank.
Up to 4 programs can be layered/split to create full, rich, and expressive sounds and combinations call
ed setups. The PC2R ships with 32 great sounding setups with room for 128 user created setups as well. It's easy and quick to make setups with layered and split sounds which are impossible to create on other rack modules.
The PC2R has room for an additional ROM block, which will add 128 new preset programs and 32 new preset Setups.
Control At Your Fingertips
The PC2R offers the user clear and concise control over their sounds. The striking purple color is nicely offset by the 2 X 20 character backlit display. The four front panel knobs can be used as physical controllers and can be programmed on a per zone basis, allowing you to send any MIDI controller message on any zone or any combination of zones. The built in arpeggiator can be synced to an external MIDI clock, and include many different latch modes and play orders. This flexibility allows for the creation of endless varieties of arpeggios and percussion patterns.
Each zone can be set to play the PC2R's own sounds, or an external MIDI device, or both. Of course, you can set the note range for each zone to create custom splits and layers, as well as customizing velocity responses per zone. Controllers can be scaled both positively and negatively and can have offset values as well as entry and exit values to set their 'state' upon selecting a program or setup. A PC2R setup can have up to 4 zones, and transmit on up to 4 different MIDI channels simultaneously.
The PC2R also features Kurzweil's acclaimed KB3 tone wheel organ modeling technology. Users can adjust most aspects of the organ model including the drawbar settings, vibrato/chorus settings, percussion settings, and more.
Fantastic Effects
The PC2 includes dual effects processors which feature preset effects of the same quality as found in our highly regarded KDFX for the K2500/K2600 series instruments. Dual effects processors provide great, high quality effects, with separate send levels per MIDI channel for each of the dual effects processors. This allows for stunning and complex effects design.
The 1U rack mount module offers 64 voices of polyphony and can be expanded to 128 voices with Kurzweil PCX-1 polyphony expansion board. The PC2R features ultra quiet specs with better than 119 dB noise floor and 24 bit digital output (consumer and pro formats supported: AES/EBU, and SPDIF). Two plug in 16 MB sound ROM boards will also be available which will expand the PC2R?s sound ROM to a total of 48 MB. All options are user installable.
The front panel includes a combination push power switch and master volume control, 2x20 character LCD display, alpha wheel, buttons, 1/4" headphone jack and LCD contrast control.
The rear panel includes two balanced 1/4" jacks (Left and Right). MIDI In, Out, and Thru, power connector for the external power supply, and digital output (RCA connector offers both AES/EBU, and S/P-DIF formats).
Specifications
1U Rack Module
Controllers: 4 knobs (multiple functions)
Programmable zones: 4
Flash ROM (for software updates via system exclusive dumps). Click here to download the latest version
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Arpeggiator: Multiple note order modes, latch modes, selectable play order, velocity, duration, tempo, and beat values; syncable to MIDI clock
Polyphony: 64 voice, user-expandable to 128
Effects (Dual Processors):
Processor A presets: 58 Reverbs, 6 Delays, 10 Choruses, 6 Flangers, 3 Phasors, 4 Shapers, 2 Enhancers, 8 Filtered Effects, 4 Distortions, 1 Mono>Stereo, 3 Wide Stereo, 4 Compressors, 2 Panners, 7 Rotarys, Stereo Tremolo, and 44 combination effects chains utilizing Kurzweil's unique Laserverb
Processor B effects: 30 Reverbs including booths, rooms, chambers, halls, and plates.
Effects Routing: All 16 MIDI channels can send to A and to B in any amount. Also there is a global send from A to B for serial effects chaining.
Internal Voices: 272 Internal Voice programs. 256 Regular Programs include Grand Piano, Tine E. Piano, FM E. Piano, Ensemble Strings, Voices, Organ, Harpsichord, Clav, Vibes, Marimba, Electric Bass & Acoustic Bass (with and without layered Ride Cymbal), Acoustic Guitar, Drums, Percussion, Synth Pads. Orchestral ROM Block includes String Sections, Solo Strings, Woodwinds, Orchestral Brass, Jazz Brass, Orchestral Ensembles, Choir, Organ, Harp, Nylon String Guitar, Orchestral Percussion, and Ethnic Percussion. 16 KB3 Programs use Kurzweil's modeled tone wheel organ mode. 256 locations for User created programs (128 for regular programs and 128 for KB3 programs). Expandable with an optional ROM black which adds 128 preset programs and 32 preset Setups.
Display: 20-character x 2-line backlit LCD w/ front panel contrast knob
Audio outputs: Two 1/4" balanced TRS analog, RCA digital w/ selectable format (AES/EBU, S/P-DIF), bit width (16, 18, 20, 24), and dithering
Headphones: Front panel 1/4" headphone output
Audio Performance: +/- 119 dB S/N, .003% THD
MIDI jacks: In, Out, Thru
Dimensions:
H 1.3/4" x W 19" x D 11 1/8" output jacks to tip of data knob
4.5cm x 4.83cm x 2.83cm
Weight: 6.88 lb - 3.1 kg
The Orchestral ROM Soundblock
contains superb orchestral samples plus layers/splits/combinations. The Orchestral soundblock provides 16 MB of sounds, including 128 new programs and 32 new setups.
Sounds in the Orchestral ROM Soundblock include String Sections, Solo Strings, Woodwinds, Orchestral Brass, Jazz Brass, Orchestral Ensembles, Choir, Organ, Harp, Nylon String Guitar, Orchestral Percussion, and Ethnic Percussion.
This ROM block also provides General MIDI compatibility and comes with 2 sets of programs, the standard GM programs and the new bank of programs. You can choose which set of programs to install into ROM for the presets, and then the other bank may be loaded into RAM in the User Bank, if desired.
0 Fast Violin prs
1 Med Violin vib
2 Slow Violin p/v
3 Fast Viola prs
4 Med Viola prs
5 Slow Viola p/v
6 Fast Cello prs
7 Med Cello p/v
8 Slow Cello vib
9 Studio Cello
10 Studio Bass
11 Recital Bass
12 Slow Bass prs
13 Slow Bass vib
14 Slow String Orch
15 Studio Strings
16 Chamber Strings
17 Baroque Strings
18 Intense Strings
19 Staccato Strings
20 Fast Tremolando
21 Med Tremolando
22 Slow Tremolando
23 Vtrig Tremolando
24 Full Pizzicato
25 Medium Pizzicato
26 Dry Pizzicato
27 Solo Flute prs
28 Solo Flute vib
29 sfz Ens Flute
30 Solo Oboe
31 Slow Oboe
32 Ensemble Oboe
33 Solo Eng Hrn prs
34 English Horn vib
35 Slow EngHorn prs
36 Solo Clarinet
37 Slow Clarinet
38 Ens Clarinet
39 Solo Bassoon
40 Solo Bassoon vib
41 Ens Bassoon/Oboe
42 Solo Dbl Reeds
43 Soft Trumpet
44 Slow Soft Trp
45 Hard Trumpet
46 Slo Hard Trumpet
47 Slow Horn & Trp
48 Solo Fr Horn
49 Ensemble Fr Horn
50 Fr Horn Sect 1
51 Fr Horn Sect 2
52 Horn Section
53 Solo Trombone
54 Ensemble Bone
55 Solo Tuba
56 sfz Orch Tuba
57 Jazz Harmon Trp
58 Ballad Harmon Trp
59 sfz SoftTrp Sect
60 St Jazz Brass sw
61 sfz Jazz Brass
62 Stereo Brass sw
63 Solo Sax
64 Stolen Moments
65 Harmon Band
66 Slow Dyn Orch
67 Fast Dyn Orch
68 Total Orch 1
69 Total Orch 2
70 sfz Orch prs
71 Winds & ChmbStr
72 Winds & Strings
73 Horns & Strings
74 Woodwind Section
75 Reeds & Bells
76 Pizz & Timp
77 Cathedral Choir
78 Aah Choir prs
79 Mixed Choir
80 Choir from Above
81 DivineInterventn
82 Chapel Organ
83 Cathedral Organ
84 Pipes 16'8',reed
85 Full Pipes
86 Orch Harp
87 Stereo Solo Harp
88 Harp Oasis
89 Under Harp
90 Classical Guitar
91 Silky Nylons
92 Romantic Nylon
93 Mando-Lute
94 Orch Chimes
95 Stereo Chimes
96 Chime Bell
97 Chimes/Glock
98 Glockenspiel
99 Orch Celeste
100 Xylophone
101 Orch Percussion
102 Orch Timpani
103 Solo Timpani
104 Dynamic Timpani
105 Temple Blocks
106 Stereo Tam-tam
107 Trap Set
108 Modern Blockage
109 Beaty Drum
110 Cage's Ensemble
111 New Touch Perc
112 Perc & Blocks
113 1Puppet Show Perc
114 Pop Can Perc
115 Onklungy Perc
116 Skullophones
117 Exotic Mallets
118 Acoustic Mbira
119 St Elec Mbira
120 Perc Harp
121 Pluck & Block
122 Hybrid Pluck
123 Bells/Mark Tree
124 Circus Glitter
125 Swing'n Chimes
126 Crystal Lagoon
127 Clang Clang
KURZWEIL PC2RO How to Choose
How To Choose / Useful Information for Pro Keyboards
Click a question to see the answer.
- Why a Pro Workstation keyboard vs.a Portable/Electronic/Arranger keyboard vs. a Synthesizer?
Pro keyboards have a multitude of other features like audio recording,
editing the sound to the most elemental part of the sound, a 16+ track sequencer
with detailed editing, a lot of synth sounds, they will run 4 to 18 simultaneous
higher quality effects like reverb, … and have no arranging or styles other than possibly
arpeggiators or drum patterns, . . A fully orchestrated sound/song can be accomplished
with a pro keyboard but it assumes you want to create each part or instrument sound in
a song much more closely (from scratch) than a portable ++
Portable/arranger type keyboards are more for fast songwriting,
for backing tracks when you play or for one person band with drum patterns,
bass, and other sounds with the accompaniment having different song style genres
(blues, swing, rock,...) with different patterns for the verse, chorus,...
of the song. The song styles and performances are very educational as well for
learning genres that you may be unfamiliar with. You can have many instruments
follow what your left hand plays in real time and chord recognition for
fast performing,
portables have more meat and potato sounds and fewer synthesizer sounds
Synthesizers- typically do not have workstation features
like sequencing, recording audio, having all types of sounds, . . .
but rather focus on doing a few or sounds extremely well which usually
are not acoustic or real world instruments but 'other worldly' sounds
with many ways to manipulate the sound.
- What affects the price you will pay and what should you look for?
The level of realism and selection of the sounds-
each keyboard typically does some sounds better than others so decide
which main sounds are important to you and play each model (or listen to sound files)
you are interested in to find the one that sounds best to you. Does it have all the
sounds you are looking for to make a completed song?
Ease of use- hardware knobs, buttons,... amount and location and logically placed
Display size- touchscreen, color, icon based, easy to read, backlighting not too dark,...
Sequencer- depth of editing features, ease of use as you could spend most of your time here, linear recording only or pattern based recording as well, ...
Quality and number of effects- reverb, EQ per part, compressors, master FX, number of part insert FX, master/global FX, does it have enough DSP to finish a 16 track song without needing external processing
Audio recording/sampling -2 to 8 tracks or more- how easy is it to actually record and playback, does it have enough recording memory/time- re: roughly 10 meg a stereo minute, how is the recording backed up,..
Drums- does it have ‘easy to chain’ patterns or is the arpegiator easy to use, does it have pads on top of keyboard or none at all,...
The number of simultaneous notes the keyboard will play (polyphony)- important if you write denser arrangements or use instruments that use a lot of polyphony (piano,...)
Control computer software via hardware sliders, knobs,...
Computer control the keyboard with editor/librarian- as VST plug-in,
standalone, 100% editing, the visuals on a big
computer screen can shorten the learning curve (much more intuitive)
Operating system- is it intuitive or obtuse, ...
Maximum RAM memory- will determine possibly how much recording time is available
or how much room you will have for adding external samples/sounds
Connectors- # of audio outputs, balanced or unbalanced input,
data storage- memory card, jump drive, USB to computer connection
- Comparison Chart
- How good do these pro workstations sound?
Please notice that almost every keyboard on our site has a sound file
you can play on your computer to hear for yourself.
- What about speakers?
For home or studio use we prefer powered studio monitors
for the best audio quality without spending a lot and keep
the sound in stereo (versus a mono keyboard amp) which is much better with full orchestrations,...
All have headphone jacks if you prefer not to be heard.
For stage, keyboard amplifiers come in all sizes depending on the size of the venue
- What accessories should I consider?
- Stand- stabds come in many shapes and styles- X style, Z style, ...
- Bench- consider a more sturdy 4 leg bench if you do not need portability,
X style if you do -- the wider the better.
- Headphones- full size will be more comfortable and quieter
and may offer better quality audio
- Pedals- most come with a sustain pedal, some have jacks for more control
- volume, expression, etc.
- Bag or case- we recommend the manufacturer bags and cases first,
then Gator Cases and bags. Do you need wheels? Will only you be carrying it? Will it be on planes? (should have ATA rating)
- Jump drive/Storage card for audio, midi ...
- Computer interface if no USB connection- need multi-port midi,
how many channels of audio ...
- Dust cover
Glossary
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What is a Style?
combination of sounds like drums, bass and keys with rhythms and chord progressions
in a certain genre (rock, big band, jazz,…) which create backing tracks that you can play a lead part over
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What are Song Sections?
these are divisions of a song that portable arranger keyboards identify as an intro, verses, choruses,
bridge, fills, outro,… with performed by musicians that reflect the mood/feeling of each of those sections that enable
faster song arranging
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What is MIDI?
an
interface to connect a keyboard to the computer like USB port for printers. It
sends note and other data from the keyboard to the computer or vice versa.
Basically says play this note at this time at this volume level- it is not an
actual audio recording. It also makes it possible for one keyboard to play
another keyboard.
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What is polyphony?
the number of
simultaneous notes that can be played, though if it’s a stereo sample/recording
each note can use 2 notes at once. Its important for anyone who plays a lot of
notes at the same time and holds down the sustain pedal. The earliest notes
played will cut out when the limit is exceeded. This can happen with pianos
with 32 note polyphony especially.
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What is a sequencer?
a
recorder with 1 to 16 tracks usually so that multiple instruments can be played
back for fully orchestrated songs and can have elaborate editing capability.
Typically digital pianos have only 1 or 2 tracks for playing back a piano
performance and archiving another. These can be downloaded to the computer with
a midi interface
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What is sampling/samples?
a short audio
recording of a note. For more realistic sound, digital pianos can be recorded
at different velocities so that when you strike a note harder, the timbre
changes for better realism
-
What are effects?
to modify and
enhance the sounds in the keyboard including non- piano sounds. e.g. - reverb
will put the piano in a small room or up to a large concert hall.
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