They are legend in the theatrical industry for their ability to build machines that work well in orchestra pits to synthesize orchestral parts.Ĭut to chase moment: TRY EACH BRAND YOURSELF - you are the only person who can determine what sound you like to your own ears. I personally have owned seven different Kurzweil keyboards, only sold one (to replace with a later model), and am well pleased with the company. Kurzweil is now a division of the Korean mega-corporation Hyundai.īase samples are still those from the old Kurzweil, although new samples are in the process of being developed (their process takes over two years). It took several years for the Korean courts to sort through, but that was done in 2007. Short version - Kurzweil was the victim of a forced takeover by another Korean company, who sold off most of the parts stock, fired almost all the R&D people (one person left), and attempted to destroy the company. As far as service is concerned, the service did almost disappear a few years ago. Some people like the piano patches in Kurbzweils, I am among that group. However, the electronics is based on the new (past couple of years) Kurzweil chipset, and the sounds are based on a subset of thone on my Kurzweil PC3X, which I have owned since March, 2008 and play daily. The SP4-7 is new enough that not many will have tried it. All I know is that mine was manufactured in '99 and is still going strong. Quality control isn't something I've had any negative experience with, but this is my first Kurzweil. There's really no middle ground, and unfortunately, few people have actually used one to their fullest potential, if at all. The thing with Kurzweil is you either love or hate 'em. Kurzweils aren't rubbish, they just aren't for everybody. I couldn't do that on the Yamaha, but then again the Yamaha had some piano voices that blew the Kurz out of the water - but obviously piano isn't in my primary use model, otherwise I would have stuck with the Yammy. Play a little heavier and you get a brassy sound coming through. Play in mezzo and you get a good, all-around string sound. Very touch responsive - play Horn & Flute W/Strings lightly and you get a breathy string ensemble. Some of my favorites are Dynamic Orchestra, Touch Orchestra, Huge Brass and Horn & Flute With Strings. My favorite thing about my Kurzweil is how the programs (or patches, voices, whatever you call them) are made up of about 10 different sounds, which can be added to, deleted or otherwise edited in the Edit menu, which gives many of the orchestral programs a very dynamic sound. If you're a tweeker, get a Korg or a Moog or something.
If you want a good digital piano, get a Roland, Yamaha or Kawai. If you play in pit orchestras and often cover string and brass ensembles like I do, the Kurzweil is excellent. I think that your opinion of Kurzweil will vary depending on your use of the instrument. Yamaha's string and brass sections seemed so flat and uninspiring.
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Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge Yamaha fan, but I remember having to layer/split/velocity edit like four string and horn voices (while eating up nearly all the polyphony) just to get a good, responsive orchestral patch that was only almost as good as the presets that my Kurz has by default (Dynamic Orchestra if anyone's interested). The S90's pianos were better, and the action was excellent, but Kurzweil's orchestral suite runs circles around that of the Yamaha. Though there are some things that I miss about the S90, you're not gonna catch me selling the Kurzweil to buy it back. I own a K2600X which I sold a Yamaha S90 in order to buy.
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