The first thing I did was to create my own KB3 voice in which I removed all of that and it sounds pretty decent, and that is in comparison with the Hammond. The first is that IMO they are heavy laden with effects like overdrive, distortion, keyclick, and reverb. I have two issues with the KB3, as far as the presets are concerned. You can get a very good approximation of the basic tones. I also have the real thing in my living room with a real Leslie. I gig with a VK-8 above the PC3x, as I need the waterfall keys. Then the action disintegrated again, though more slowly and not as dramatically, over the next couple years)
Is the action going to fall apart like it did on the PC88? Or, I should ask instead: Has Kurzweil done anything to redeem themselves in the meantime? (The action disintegrated within weeks of purchase, and then took 6 months to repair because they were swamped. Is there really no way to split the keyboard in organ mode to get two organ registers? The second board showed me a picture of the keyboard and informed me that it was a Kurzweil PC3x when I pressed it.
The first board showed me the control settings for the sliders when I pressed "info". What is the "info" button supposed to do? I ask this because I tried 2 different boards at 2 different stores. As in, select a wave form, run it through an amplitude envelope, select a filter, a filter envelope, apply modulation with LFO's? I should have held some kind of ritual and burned the thing, or taken it to the Edge Of The World and thrown it off.Ĭan you really edit (or create from scratch) the patches like a synth? I couldn't figure out how. This is because I had a terrible experience with the PC88, that almost put me off of keyboards for good. I have to put these questions in context: I don't trust Kurzweil. Well, the thing sounds great, like everyone says. (They have some good music stores in Montreal!). I finally got a chance to try the thing yesterday, and to compare it with other boards like the Nord Stage, the Electro, and the Roland RD700. With the V2.A lot of people on this board seem to be in love with the PC3x. It is optimized to be printed and don't forget to check the info page on your PC3 too.
KURZWEIL PC3 PATCHES PDF
You can download a PDF file here showing the list of programs, effects, setups controlers affectations. The overall volume has been adjusted to suit the PC3's presets.
KURZWEIL PC3 PATCHES SERIAL
Of course, in VORTEX, other synthesis functions are used like PWM, serial and parallel filtering, crossmodulation, frequency modulation, ring modulation, bit crushing, EQ's, etc. It gives a more natural sound, less predictable and in a way fatter. This bank is more oriented 'modern synth sounds', with big stacked detuned programs, using a trick coming from the analog modular world called 'saw animator'. VORTEX provides 50 new programs and 10 setups including arpeggios and riffs, split and layered sounds.
KURZWEIL PC3 PATCHES UPDATE
You can easily update your system from Kurzweil Music System site. Yes, i call them "synthesizers" because there is more power and flexibility in the PC3 line than any other hardware synths.īefore going further, please check out your Operating System version because Vortex will NOT run with OS older than V2.0.
VORTEX is a brand new soundset for the Kurzweil PC3 synthesizers line.