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href="/wiki/Manufacturing" title="Manufacturing">Manufacturer</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kurzweil_Music_Systems" title="Kurzweil Music Systems">Kurzweil Music Systems</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dates</th><td class="infobox-data">1991–2000</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Price</th><td class="infobox-data">$2,995 <a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">US</a> <br /> £2,769 <a href="/wiki/Pound_sterling" title="Pound sterling">GBP</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Technical specifications</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Polyphony_and_monophony_in_instruments" title="Polyphony and monophony in instruments">Polyphony</a></th><td class="infobox-data">24 voices with dynamic allocation</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Timbre" title="Timbre">Timbrality</a></th><td class="infobox-data">16-part</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Electronic_oscillator" title="Electronic oscillator">Oscillator</a></th><td class="infobox-data">8MB of 16-bit waveform ROM (expandable to 24MB), 1 sample-based oscillator plus up to 3 additional DSP-generated oscillators per voice</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Low-frequency_oscillation" title="Low-frequency oscillation">LFO</a></th><td class="infobox-data">2 LFOs</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Synthesis type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Digital_synthesizer" title="Digital synthesizer">Digital</a> <a href="/wiki/Sample-based_synthesis" title="Sample-based synthesis">sample-based</a> <a href="/wiki/Subtractive_synthesis" title="Subtractive synthesis">subtractive</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sampler_(musical_instrument)" title="Sampler (musical instrument)">sampling</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Audio_filter" title="Audio filter">Filter</a></th><td class="infobox-data">digital multi-mode with programmable and modulatable resonance</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Attenuator_(electronics)" title="Attenuator (electronics)">Attenuator</a></th><td class="infobox-data">3 envelopes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Aftertouch <a href="/wiki/Keyboard_expression" title="Keyboard expression">expression</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Yes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Velocity expression</th><td class="infobox-data">Yes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Computer_data_storage" title="Computer data storage">Storage</a> memory</th><td class="infobox-data">199 factory ROM programs (up to 800 programmable RAM locations), 100 multi setups; up to 64MB of sample RAM, standard internal + external SCSI interface for mass storage</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Sound_effect" title="Sound effect">Effects</a></th><td class="infobox-data">multi-FX DSP with four simultaneous effects including reverb, chorus, flange, delay, graphic EQ, parametric EQ and four-tap delay</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Input/output</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Musical_keyboard" title="Musical keyboard">Keyboard</a></th><td class="infobox-data">61 keys</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Left-hand control</th><td class="infobox-data">Mod wheel, Pitch bend</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">External control</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/MIDI" title="MIDI">MIDI</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Kurzweil K2000</b> is a digital synthesizer and <a href="/wiki/Music_workstation" title="Music workstation">music workstation</a> produced by <a href="/wiki/Kurzweil_Music_Systems" title="Kurzweil Music Systems">Kurzweil Music Systems</a> between 1991 and 2000 in a variety of standard configurations, including rack-mountable versions and models that came with 16-bit user sampling. </p><p>The K2000 features a complex digital synthesis architecture dubbed V.A.S.T., which stands for "Variable Architecture Synthesis Technology", Kurzweil's marketing term for the <a href="/wiki/Digital_signal_processing" title="Digital signal processing">digital signal processing</a> (DSP) sound processing system used in the K2000 and other members of its K2xxx series. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Features_and_specifications">Features and specifications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kurzweil_K2000&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Features and specifications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Variable_Architecture_Synthesis_Technology_(V.A.S.T.)"><span id="Variable_Architecture_Synthesis_Technology_.28V.A.S.T..29"></span>Variable Architecture Synthesis Technology (V.A.S.T.)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kurzweil_K2000&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Variable Architecture Synthesis Technology (V.A.S.T.)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>V.A.S.T. stands for variable-architecture synthesis technology. It is variable in that the user can select different signal paths, which contain different DSP functions, for use in creating and shaping a sound. V.A.S.T. also includes an extensive modulation system, similar in concept to that of analog modular synthesizers. A wide array of modulation sources can be assigned to various parameters within a signal path, and modulation sources can be combined to create new modulation sources. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Expansion_options">Expansion options</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kurzweil_K2000&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Expansion options"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Sampling A/D input & digital I/O</li> <li>Orchestral and/or Contemporary PCM ROM blocks</li> <li>P-RAM Program memory expansion</li> <li>Sample RAM up to 64MB (30-pin SIMMs)</li> <li>Internal hard drive</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Models">Models</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kurzweil_K2000&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Models"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>K2000</b> - Original keyboard version with a total of six audio outputs, configured as a main stereo pair and four assignable outputs.</li> <li><b>K2000R</b> - Rackmount version of the K2000 with a total of ten audio outputs, configured as a main stereo pair and eight assignable outputs. The K2000R can accept the same P/RAM and ROM expansion boards as the keyboard, although a different option board is required to add sampling capabilities.</li> <li><b>K2000S</b> and <b>K2000RS</b> - Same as the standard keyboard and rackmount versions, but also shipped with the sampling option and 2Mb of sample RAM from the factory.</li> <li><b>K2vx</b> (US $3,495) - A fully optioned version of the K2000 keyboard that included an expanded ROM sample set (incorporating the Orchestral and Contemporary ROM blocks) made up of 24 MB total (vs. 8 MB on a stock K2000), a factory-installed P/RAM expansion and new ROM presets (based on those in the Kurzweil K2500). The <b>K2vxS</b> (US $4,195) added the sampling option and 2Mb of sample RAM from the factory.</li> <li><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kurzweil_K2000R.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Kurzweil_K2000R.png/220px-Kurzweil_K2000R.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="61" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Kurzweil_K2000R.png/330px-Kurzweil_K2000R.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Kurzweil_K2000R.png/440px-Kurzweil_K2000R.png 2x" data-file-width="1490" data-file-height="411" /></a><figcaption>Kurzweil K2000VPR</figcaption></figure><b>K2000VP</b><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <b>K2000VPR</b> (US $1,995 / $1,795) - "VP" stands for "V.A.S.T. Player" - Base models with the then-latest OS v3.54 and new presets based on those in the K2500. They had 2Mb of sample RAM, though the sampling option was not included but could be added.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_users">Notable users</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kurzweil_K2000&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Notable users"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Miles" title="Robert Miles">Robert Miles</a> on <a href="/wiki/Children_(composition)" title="Children (composition)">Children</a><sup id="cite_ref-synthmania_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-synthmania-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Wright_(musician)" title="Richard Wright (musician)">Rick Wright</a> of <a href="/wiki/Pink_Floyd" title="Pink Floyd">Pink Floyd</a> from the 1987 <i>Momentary Lapse of Reason</i> tour onwards<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean-Michel_Jarre" title="Jean-Michel Jarre">Jean-Michel Jarre</a> on <a href="/wiki/Chronologie" title="Chronologie">Chronologie</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jordan_Rudess" title="Jordan Rudess">Jordan Rudess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Depeche_Mode" title="Depeche Mode">Depeche Mode</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hardfloor" title="Hardfloor">Hardfloor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tori_Amos" title="Tori Amos">Tori Amos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stevie_Wonder" title="Stevie Wonder">Stevie Wonder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Rhodes" title="Nick Rhodes">Nick Rhodes</a> (<a href="/wiki/Duran_Duran" title="Duran Duran">Duran Duran</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bon_Harris" title="Bon 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Vol. 6, no. 8. July 1992. p. 12. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0957-6606">0957-6606</a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/24835173">24835173</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Music+Technology&rft.atitle=Kurzweil+K2000&rft.volume=6&rft.issue=8&rft.pages=12&rft.date=1992-07&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F24835173&rft.issn=0957-6606&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.muzines.co.uk%2Farticles%2Fkurzweil-k2000%2F1016&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKurzweil+K2000" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/kurzweil-k2000r/2419">"Kurzweil K2000R"</a>. <i>Music Technology</i>. February 1993. pp. 28–30. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0957-6606">0957-6606</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Music+Technology&rft.atitle=Kurzweil+K2000R&rft.pages=28-30&rft.date=1993-02&rft.issn=0957-6606&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.muzines.co.uk%2Farticles%2Fkurzweil-k2000r%2F2419&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKurzweil+K2000" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/kurzweil-smp-r/5554">"Kurzweil SMP-R - Sampling upgrade for the K2000"</a>. <i>Music Technology</i>. July 1993. pp. 26–27. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0957-6606">0957-6606</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Music+Technology&rft.atitle=Kurzweil+SMP-R+-+Sampling+upgrade+for+the+K2000&rft.pages=26-27&rft.date=1993-07&rft.issn=0957-6606&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.muzines.co.uk%2Farticles%2Fkurzweil-smp-r%2F5554&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKurzweil+K2000" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kurzweil_K2000&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Kurzweil's official website: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.kurzweil.com/">http://www.kurzweil.com/</a></li> <li>K2000 user manual: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://kurzweil.com/content/migration/downloads/pub/Kurzweil/Pro_Products/K2000-K2vx-K2500/K2000-K2vx/Documentation/K2KMAN.ZIP">http://kurzweil.com/content/migration/downloads/pub/Kurzweil/Pro_Products/K2000-K2vx-K2500/K2000-K2vx/Documentation/K2KMAN.ZIP</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150608011136/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1995_articles/feb95/kurzweilk2000.html">"K2000 v3 Sound On Sound review"</a>. 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