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2x Kurzweil K250 RMX Vintage Synthesizer Module (2 PCS. in a package) VERY RARE
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Description Condition: Used: An item that has been used previously. The item may have some signs of cosmetic wear, but is fully operational and functions as intended. This item may be a floor model or store return that has been used. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitions- opens in a new window or tab ... Read moreabout the condition Modell: K250 RMX Produktart: Sound-Modul Marke: Kurzweil Herstellernummer: K250 RMX Herstellungsland und -region: Vereinigte Staaten EAN: Nicht zutreffend
One of the first keyboard samplers, it was great then and still good today. It has an adjustable sample rate of 5kHz to 50kHz which means 100 to 10 seconds of sampling time, respectively. Its sampler was also 16-bit. Many other samplers of this time had much more limited sampling/digital audio specs which made this synth a very prominent keyboard. By todays standards, however, this synth has many limitations such as samples are stored directly on Apple Mac disks only. But it had extremely modern features that make this synth easy to use and quite versatile.It has a 12-track sequencer, chorus, transpose, tune, 36 ROM sounds, 96 pristine quality acoustic instruments, 341 presets, 12 voice polyphony, 2 LFO's per voice, variable sampling rate, truncation, looping, velocity crossfading, full 88 weighted keyboard, MIDI and more! Of course the newer series is supposed to be better, but the K250 still seems like a major contender even in todays modern synthesizer era. It was also available in keyboardless Expander or as a rackmount module. It has been used by Stevie Wonder, Sean Hopper, Richard Wright, Patrick Moraz, Paul Shaffer, Lorin Hollander, Michael Kamen, Vangelis, Kitaro, and John Carpenter.SpecificationsPolyphony - 12 VoiceOscillators - Digital Sampler Synthesizer / FM / sampler / workstationSampler - 16 bit, 1 to 4 MB (100 seconds @ 5kHz)Sequencer - 12012 notes / 40 songs / 12 tracksEffects - 2 effectsKeyboard - 88 weighted keys with velocity & split zonesMemory - 36 ROM sounds, 96 instruments, 341 presetsControl - MIDIDate Produced - 1984 - 1990The Kurzweil K250 a.k.a. "Kurzweil 250", "K250" or "K-250", manufactured by was the first which produced sound derived from burned onto known as (ROM), without the requirement for any type of . sounds from brass, percussion, string and woodwind instruments as well as sounds created using from were utilized. Primarily designed for the professional musician, it was conceived and invented by , original founder of Kurzweil Computer Products, Inc., and with consultation from ; , an American jazz pianist; , founder of ; and , inventor of the .
History[]In the mid-1970s, Raymond Kurzweil invented the first multi-font for the blind, consisted of the earliest and synthesizer. In 1976, Stevie Wonder heard about the demonstration of this new machine on the , and later he became the user of first production unit, Kurzweil Reading Machine. It was the beginning of a long-term relationship between them.In 1982 Stevie Wonder invited Raymond Kurzweil to his new studio in Los Angeles, and asked if "we could use the extraordinarily flexible computer control methods on the beautiful sounds of acoustic instruments?" In response to this query, Raymond Kurzweil founded , with Stevie Wonder as musical advisor. A prototype of the Kurzweil K250 was manufactured for Stevie Wonder in 1983. It featured buttons along with sliders () for various controls and functions, an extensive choice of acoustic and synthesized sounds to choose from, a sampler to record sounds onto RAM and a utilizing battery-backed RAM for compositional purposes. During production of the Kurzweil K250 at least five units were manufactured for Stevie Wonder.The Kurzweil K250 was officially unveiled to the music industry during the 1984 Summer trade show. Shortly thereafter the Kurzweil K250 was commercially manufactured until 1990 and was initially available as an 88-key fully weighted keyboard and as an expander unit without keys called the Kurzweil K250 XP. A few years later into production a rack mount version called the Kurzweil K250 RMX a.k.a. K250 X also became available.The Kurzweil K250 is generally recognized as the first electronic instrument to faithfully reproduce the sounds of an acoustic grand piano. It could play up to 12 notes simultaneously (also known as 12-note by utilizing individual sounds as well as layered sounds (playing multiple sounds on the same note simultaneously, also known as being ). Up to that point in time the majority of electronic keyboards utilized synthesized sounds and acoustical instrument sounds created in other electronic instruments using various waveforms produced by oscillators. Five other manufactured digital sampled sound musical instruments were available at that time: E-mu Corporation's and ; Fairlight Corporation's ; and New England Digital's I and Synclavier II.Verkäufer/ Seller:Firma Michael ThorpeManteuffelstrasse 12D-90431 NürnbergGERMANY+49-151-50216421thorpemichael@me.com„Über 25 Jahre Erfahrung in der Audio-Branche….“
Description
| Condition: | Used: An item that has been used previously. The item may have some signs of cosmetic wear, but is fully operational and functions as intended. This item may be a floor model or store return that has been used. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitions- opens in a new window or tab ... Read moreabout the condition | Modell: | K250 RMX |
| Produktart: | Sound-Modul | Marke: | Kurzweil |
| Herstellernummer: | K250 RMX | Herstellungsland und -region: | Vereinigte Staaten |
| EAN: | Nicht zutreffend |
One of the first keyboard samplers, it was great then and still good today. It has an adjustable sample rate of 5kHz to 50kHz which means 100 to 10 seconds of sampling time, respectively. Its sampler was also 16-bit. Many other samplers of this time had much more limited sampling/digital audio specs which made this synth a very prominent keyboard. By todays standards, however, this synth has many limitations such as samples are stored directly on Apple Mac disks only. But it had extremely modern features that make this synth easy to use and quite versatile.It has a 12-track sequencer, chorus, transpose, tune, 36 ROM sounds, 96 pristine quality acoustic instruments, 341 presets, 12 voice polyphony, 2 LFO's per voice, variable sampling rate, truncation, looping, velocity crossfading, full 88 weighted keyboard, MIDI and more! Of course the newer series is supposed to be better, but the K250 still seems like a major contender even in todays modern synthesizer era. It was also available in keyboardless Expander or as a rackmount module. It has been used by Stevie Wonder, Sean Hopper, Richard Wright, Patrick Moraz, Paul Shaffer, Lorin Hollander, Michael Kamen, Vangelis, Kitaro, and John Carpenter.SpecificationsPolyphony - 12 VoiceOscillators - Digital Sampler Synthesizer / FM / sampler / workstationSampler - 16 bit, 1 to 4 MB (100 seconds @ 5kHz)Sequencer - 12012 notes / 40 songs / 12 tracksEffects - 2 effectsKeyboard - 88 weighted keys with velocity & split zonesMemory - 36 ROM sounds, 96 instruments, 341 presetsControl - MIDIDate Produced - 1984 - 1990The Kurzweil K250 a.k.a. "Kurzweil 250", "K250" or "K-250", manufactured by was the first which produced sound derived from burned onto known as (ROM), without the requirement for any type of . sounds from brass, percussion, string and woodwind instruments as well as sounds created using from were utilized. Primarily designed for the professional musician, it was conceived and invented by , original founder of Kurzweil Computer Products, Inc., and with consultation from ; , an American jazz pianist; , founder of ; and , inventor of the .
History[]In the mid-1970s, Raymond Kurzweil invented the first multi-font for the blind, consisted of the earliest and synthesizer. In 1976, Stevie Wonder heard about the demonstration of this new machine on the , and later he became the user of first production unit, Kurzweil Reading Machine. It was the beginning of a long-term relationship between them.In 1982 Stevie Wonder invited Raymond Kurzweil to his new studio in Los Angeles, and asked if "we could use the extraordinarily flexible computer control methods on the beautiful sounds of acoustic instruments?" In response to this query, Raymond Kurzweil founded , with Stevie Wonder as musical advisor. A prototype of the Kurzweil K250 was manufactured for Stevie Wonder in 1983. It featured buttons along with sliders () for various controls and functions, an extensive choice of acoustic and synthesized sounds to choose from, a sampler to record sounds onto RAM and a utilizing battery-backed RAM for compositional purposes. During production of the Kurzweil K250 at least five units were manufactured for Stevie Wonder.The Kurzweil K250 was officially unveiled to the music industry during the 1984 Summer trade show. Shortly thereafter the Kurzweil K250 was commercially manufactured until 1990 and was initially available as an 88-key fully weighted keyboard and as an expander unit without keys called the Kurzweil K250 XP. A few years later into production a rack mount version called the Kurzweil K250 RMX a.k.a. K250 X also became available.The Kurzweil K250 is generally recognized as the first electronic instrument to faithfully reproduce the sounds of an acoustic grand piano. It could play up to 12 notes simultaneously (also known as 12-note by utilizing individual sounds as well as layered sounds (playing multiple sounds on the same note simultaneously, also known as being ). Up to that point in time the majority of electronic keyboards utilized synthesized sounds and acoustical instrument sounds created in other electronic instruments using various waveforms produced by oscillators. Five other manufactured digital sampled sound musical instruments were available at that time: E-mu Corporation's and ; Fairlight Corporation's ; and New England Digital's I and Synclavier II.Verkäufer/ Seller:Firma Michael ThorpeManteuffelstrasse 12D-90431 NürnbergGERMANY+49-151-50216421thorpemichael@me.com„Über 25 Jahre Erfahrung in der Audio-Branche….“
History[]In the mid-1970s, Raymond Kurzweil invented the first multi-font for the blind, consisted of the earliest and synthesizer. In 1976, Stevie Wonder heard about the demonstration of this new machine on the , and later he became the user of first production unit, Kurzweil Reading Machine. It was the beginning of a long-term relationship between them.In 1982 Stevie Wonder invited Raymond Kurzweil to his new studio in Los Angeles, and asked if "we could use the extraordinarily flexible computer control methods on the beautiful sounds of acoustic instruments?" In response to this query, Raymond Kurzweil founded , with Stevie Wonder as musical advisor. A prototype of the Kurzweil K250 was manufactured for Stevie Wonder in 1983. It featured buttons along with sliders () for various controls and functions, an extensive choice of acoustic and synthesized sounds to choose from, a sampler to record sounds onto RAM and a utilizing battery-backed RAM for compositional purposes. During production of the Kurzweil K250 at least five units were manufactured for Stevie Wonder.The Kurzweil K250 was officially unveiled to the music industry during the 1984 Summer trade show. Shortly thereafter the Kurzweil K250 was commercially manufactured until 1990 and was initially available as an 88-key fully weighted keyboard and as an expander unit without keys called the Kurzweil K250 XP. A few years later into production a rack mount version called the Kurzweil K250 RMX a.k.a. K250 X also became available.The Kurzweil K250 is generally recognized as the first electronic instrument to faithfully reproduce the sounds of an acoustic grand piano. It could play up to 12 notes simultaneously (also known as 12-note by utilizing individual sounds as well as layered sounds (playing multiple sounds on the same note simultaneously, also known as being ). Up to that point in time the majority of electronic keyboards utilized synthesized sounds and acoustical instrument sounds created in other electronic instruments using various waveforms produced by oscillators. Five other manufactured digital sampled sound musical instruments were available at that time: E-mu Corporation's and ; Fairlight Corporation's ; and New England Digital's I and Synclavier II.Verkäufer/ Seller:Firma Michael ThorpeManteuffelstrasse 12D-90431 NürnbergGERMANY+49-151-50216421thorpemichael@me.com„Über 25 Jahre Erfahrung in der Audio-Branche….“