Kurzweil K2000 [SEP] manufacturer
Kurzweil K2000
The Kurzweil K2000 is a digital synthesizer and music work station produced by Kurzweil Music Systems between 1990 and 2003 in a variety of standard configurations, including rack-mountable versions and models that came with 16-bit user sampling.
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 digital signal processing (DSP) sound processing system used in the K2000 and other members of its K2xxx series.
Variable Architecture Synthesis Technology (V.A.S.T.
although a different sampler option is required to add sampling capabilities. Modules that shipped with the sampling option from the factory are named K2000s and K2000RS, respectively.
- The K2000VP and K2000VPR. These models are K2000 versions with new presets (based on the presets in the Kurzweil K2500). They have 2 MB of sample RAM, though sampling is not included but can be added.
- Kurzweil K2VX. A 61 key version of the K2000 which included an expanded ROM sample set (incorporating the Orchestral and Contemporary ROM