Pianoman Chuck ROCK'S ! Should be your name ! Excellent demo ,Great instrument ! I'm ready for a Full concert of yours,you completely amazed me everytime with all the Great rock songs, you know them all ! What a ROCK MAESTRO you are! Thank you so much! You are so inspiring !🙏👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽💐
I’m glad I’m not the only one feeling that way. The K2700 looks great, but the sounds are very underwhelming. He plays 5 pianos and we can hear they pretty much use the same samples and tones. It’s just some tweaks for the effects, or some Attack here and there, but the samples sound the same. It really sounds like mid-2000s and 2010s keyboards (Motif XF, Fantom XR, Korg Oasys/Kronos, etc…). In comparions to what we can get today in plugins or sample libraries such Kontakt and such, it’s just night and day. I’ve been hoping for a keyboard that could sounds more realistic like today’s plugins/sample libraries does, but all we get is new keyboards with old sounds… pathetic.
More bang for the buck than nord to or any of those u mentioned there all overrated. If hadn't been for Kurz none of'em would be anyway. The original K2k kicked the door in as far as that goes and still nothing compares to V.A.S.T. ...no plugin or VST that trumps it even today it should be in it's own category: where there's plug-in's, VST's & V.A.S.T. or all of the above processed by/with the best system on the planet IMHO folks
@@dirkkeersmaekers4343 ... the deep complexity of V.A.S.T makes'em seem somewhat obscure or out of reach for some who prefer not to jump down the wormhole it is kinda an enigma a stout task yet accurate observation dude
@@Spidouz There are people today who buy cheap used k2600s because the VAST website can emulate the sounds of fatter and denser analogue synthesizers, surpassing current VSTs and many VA systemizer keyboards. There are people who have both models k2600 and k2700 and they say that the k2600 still sounds better than the new model, what's different about the new model and the more sampled piano and other instruments, in fact the 2600 was in 1999 considered the Ferrari of synthesizers digital..
Wow, I was so so surprised when you played something from King Crimson, an exceptional band (prog rock). Btw. many other music samples you played I like too. Super all!
I have pretty good ears-2 of them. I don;t hear much difference in all these pianos-subtle differences yes-but not as pronounced as some acoustics I've played over the years-excellent pianos here, but not as much variety in sonic differences as the large numbers would suggest. Riders on the Storm, Born on the Bayou, nice Chuck!
Meh..my first synths were not Kurzweil's cause I could not afford them back then. After some Roland stuff I finally got the Kurzweil K2000 racks as an addition and later on the K2600x . Had a short time with Pc361 later on when Kurzweil was revived from the dead. But since then all seems to have been stagnated. As with many other hardware brands by the way. The are still relying heavily on the same old sound sets from the 80's and 90's and you can hear that very well. Nice if your in a 90's cover band, but otherwise they sound too thin, short and dated. FM is a nice addition though , although FM in itself is very old as well (DX7 etc). Roland with Fantom and Roland Cloud ? Recycling old stuff. Korg with Nautilus - recycling old stuff. Yamaha - nothing new there either. Dexibell has some nice sounds , by hey 1.5 GB of flash - it's 2021 ! Had an S9 , but ditched for that reason - could not hold enough sounds. TO me hardware synths have - in terms of basic sound libraries they harvest from - standing still since 2000 or so , meaning 15 too 20 years ? All bells and whistles aside , like big screens, Audio I/O, more RAM , more controllers and pads. The basic sounds are still the same lame old stuff. Hope any to the big manufacturers finally will update their entire library to something new and up-to-date and ditch the legacy stuff. But false hopes me guess...still like hardware over software in terms of playability, but come-on , that recycling is terrible.
1:29 Hi Chuck, do you think their German 9 foot grand is a HG Steinway D? That K26 sound immediately sounded kind of sweet... I am wondering if it is a Kawai sound (could it be the SK-2 6 foot?)
Hey Chuck, all the organs from 1112 on are FM sounds (FM engine), not KB3 sounds (tonewheel emulation engine). You can see a small "FM" in the white box on the right side of sound´s name. Anyway, thank you for the review ;)
One thing I noticed is that the K doesn't doesn't appear to have seamless patch changes. Or is this something that needs to be enabled in the configuration options?
Almost all brands claiming "seamless patch changes" don't seem to apply to the piano engine. But then, when would one ever change a piano patch during a performance?
@@PianoManChuck For example, playing a chord on the piano, holding the sustain with the pedal while at the same time, switching to a string pad. You would want the piano chord to hold during the change. Dexibell support this for example.
@@towjam2359 The seamless switching is possible when using less than 14fx units (btw you can use up to 32 fx units in total). Some of the factory programs use huge combination of effects. For example pianos have string resonance, equalizer, enhancer, phaser, delay, reverb etc. So it is practical to reduce the unnecessary effects to help the seamless switching.
Thanks for the video, nice playing and demo. Unfortunately the K2700 looks good, but sounds meh… very meh I should say. I’m gonna give a like to this video for your effort to show it and demo it, but clearly not a like for the keyboard itself.
Pianoman Chuck ROCK'S ! Should be your name ! Excellent demo ,Great instrument ! I'm ready for a Full concert of yours,you completely amazed me everytime with all the Great rock songs, you know them all ! What a ROCK MAESTRO you are! Thank you so much! You are so inspiring !🙏👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽💐
Wow, thanks!
This is the best video on this fantastic new keyboard from Kurzweil I’ve seen so far! I just ordered one because of your video! Oh, the sounds!
Great to have such a nice, full sampling of the defaults and a taste of the great features!
Always those old sounds.We are in a new era Kurzweil .Keep it as an expansion option, and make total new sounds for the K2700!
I’m glad I’m not the only one feeling that way. The K2700 looks great, but the sounds are very underwhelming. He plays 5 pianos and we can hear they pretty much use the same samples and tones. It’s just some tweaks for the effects, or some Attack here and there, but the samples sound the same. It really sounds like mid-2000s and 2010s keyboards (Motif XF, Fantom XR, Korg Oasys/Kronos, etc…). In comparions to what we can get today in plugins or sample libraries such Kontakt and such, it’s just night and day. I’ve been hoping for a keyboard that could sounds more realistic like today’s plugins/sample libraries does, but all we get is new keyboards with old sounds… pathetic.
More bang for the buck than nord to or any of those u mentioned there all overrated. If hadn't been for Kurz none of'em would be anyway. The original K2k kicked the door in as far as that goes and still nothing compares to V.A.S.T. ...no plugin or VST that trumps it even today it should be in it's own category: where there's plug-in's, VST's & V.A.S.T. or all of the above processed by/with the best system on the planet IMHO folks
@@angelog.spicolaiii8021 Why then do I hear so few homemade sounds?
@@dirkkeersmaekers4343 ... the deep complexity of V.A.S.T makes'em seem somewhat obscure or out of reach for some who prefer not to jump down the wormhole it is kinda an enigma a stout task yet accurate observation dude
@@Spidouz There are people today who buy cheap used k2600s because the VAST website can emulate the sounds of fatter and denser analogue synthesizers, surpassing current VSTs and many VA systemizer keyboards. There are people who have both models k2600 and k2700 and they say that the k2600 still sounds better than the new model, what's different about the new model and the more sampled piano and other instruments, in fact the 2600 was in 1999 considered the Ferrari of synthesizers digital..
I pulled the trigger on one of these things, it arrives tomorrow!
Excellent demo. Thanks for the “In The Court of the Crimson King” props.
Can the K2700 do mellotron sounds? Think “Watcher of the Skies” and the usual violin sounds.
I wish it had a color knob like the Roland RD800 for strings, and different synths, and so forth. Great job PMC !!!!
Wow, I was so so surprised when you played something from King Crimson, an exceptional band (prog rock).
Btw. many other music samples you played I like too. Super all!
Rock on!
What a great demo video! THANKS SO MUCH, Mr. Piano Man! I ordered this instrument last month, not here yet.
Thanks! They should be arriving in the USA in January 2022 (barring any supply chain problems).
@@PianoManChuck I’m not obligated to the seller. Want to give me a quote on your price?
Send me a PM - go to www.PianoManChuck.com and give me your zipcode
Send me a PM w/ your zipcode
I have pretty good ears-2 of them. I don;t hear much difference in all these pianos-subtle differences yes-but not as pronounced as some acoustics I've played over the years-excellent pianos here, but not as much variety in sonic differences as the large numbers would suggest. Riders on the Storm, Born on the Bayou, nice Chuck!
This thing seems like it can do anything.
you got extra points for being able to play popcorn ;*>
Meh..my first synths were not Kurzweil's cause I could not afford them back then. After some Roland stuff I finally got the Kurzweil K2000 racks as an addition and later on the K2600x . Had a short time with Pc361 later on when Kurzweil was revived from the dead. But since then all seems to have been stagnated. As with many other hardware brands by the way. The are still relying heavily on the same old sound sets from the 80's and 90's and you can hear that very well. Nice if your in a 90's cover band, but otherwise they sound too thin, short and dated. FM is a nice addition though , although FM in itself is very old as well (DX7 etc). Roland with Fantom and Roland Cloud ? Recycling old stuff. Korg with Nautilus - recycling old stuff. Yamaha - nothing new there either. Dexibell has some nice sounds , by hey 1.5 GB of flash - it's 2021 ! Had an S9 , but ditched for that reason - could not hold enough sounds. TO me hardware synths have - in terms of basic sound libraries they harvest from - standing still since 2000 or so , meaning 15 too 20 years ? All bells and whistles aside , like big screens, Audio I/O, more RAM , more controllers and pads. The basic sounds are still the same lame old stuff. Hope any to the big manufacturers finally will update their entire library to something new and up-to-date and ditch the legacy stuff. But false hopes me guess...still like hardware over software in terms of playability, but come-on , that recycling is terrible.
It's sad because the best part of hardware synths/samplers is that they load instantly and don't require any logins or authentication to use.
Hello, can I find Farfisas here ? also, can I control the rottary speed in organs with a sustain pedal like in Nords ? thank you
1:29 Hi Chuck, do you think their German 9 foot grand is a HG Steinway D? That K26 sound immediately sounded kind of sweet... I am wondering if it is a Kawai sound (could it be the SK-2 6 foot?)
Cool Who patch
Hey Chuck, all the organs from 1112 on are FM sounds (FM engine), not KB3 sounds (tonewheel emulation engine). You can see a small "FM" in the white box on the right side of sound´s name. Anyway, thank you for the review ;)
I was about to write that when i see your comment, well done !
PianoManChuck - Just to be clear, these are the stock sounds that come on the 2700? I’ll be watching your video until mine arrives! I can’t wait!
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One thing I noticed is that the K doesn't doesn't appear to have seamless patch changes. Or is this something that needs to be enabled in the configuration options?
Almost all brands claiming "seamless patch changes" don't seem to apply to the piano engine. But then, when would one ever change a piano patch during a performance?
@@PianoManChuck For example, playing a chord on the piano, holding the sustain with the pedal while at the same time, switching to a string pad. You would want the piano chord to hold during the change. Dexibell support this for example.
@@towjam2359 The seamless switching is possible when using less than 14fx units (btw you can use up to 32 fx units in total). Some of the factory programs use huge combination of effects. For example pianos have string resonance, equalizer, enhancer, phaser, delay, reverb etc. So it is practical to reduce the unnecessary effects to help the seamless switching.
@@Benqo Thank you for the info!
Wow!
Thanks for the video, nice playing and demo. Unfortunately the K2700 looks good, but sounds meh… very meh I should say.
I’m gonna give a like to this video for your effort to show it and demo it, but clearly not a like for the keyboard itself.
Fair enough!
Not worth 3.000€
Lots of unusable sounds.
Uf I hear one more time 'Jump'in a demo i.......😡