Kurzweil K2000
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The Kurzweil K2000 represents nothing less than the Perfect Electronic Instrument. At least, that was the aim of Ray Kurzweil. This exceptionally successful inventor and futurologist envisioned an instrument that was able to (re)create every sound imaginable. Clearly inspired by the Fairlight CMI, Synclavier and the M1 Workstation created by Korg, Kurzweil developed one of the best DSP based synthesizers in history. The V.A.S.T technology he invented was the state of the art in digital synthesis al through the '90. The K2000 is more a music creation system than a synthesizer. It includes everything a musician needs to create a song.
V.A.S.T stands for "Variable Architecture Synthesis Technology". This means DSP hardware that can be configured in many ways. Kurzweil designed audio processing chips that were capable of everything that electronic instruments were supposed to do in the '90.
V.A.S.T combines the power of sampling and digital filtering, sequencing and computer based sound and file-management.
