All user reviews for the Kurzweil PC3

Keyboard with aftertouch (it is rare) nice.
Big variable as complex polyphonic sounds, organ mode (KB3) and virtual analog (VA).
Sequencer (song mode) and riffs / programmable arpeggios.
Very powerful, fortunately editor about right allows you to change all settings.

UTILIZATION

In the PC3, everything is complicated: small screen programming that approximates the modular, multiple modes and small bugs never fixed despite OS updates.
But when you consider edit on stage is a treat with the assignable sliders and extreme flexibility stack, split, split velocity, control midi channels.
To summarize, power and ergonomics during use and sweat and tears in preparation pieces.

SOUNDS

Almost all sounds are good to excellent.
Piano epianos, organs, strings, brass, synth analog, FM, ...
Anything is possible if you decide to take the time to take feels.
Expressiveness and exceptional checks because anything can modulate all!

OVERALL OPINION

This is not a push-button machine. It is perfect for playing on stage (it lacks the ability to sample or at least integrate personal samples), sounds and effects are excellent and unlimited but must be ready to suffer during the design phase.
This is a synth power / great price but the opposite synths where you press a button and you play.

76 semi-weighted synth keys aftertouch
VAST - multi timbral 128 votes
connectors comprehensive midi / usb ...
full effects system.
16-track sequencer
Kore-compatible ROM 64

UTILIZATION

The "standard" usage is very simple, this synth is extremely well thought out, and EVERYTHING is customizable. The list of programs could be better indexed, but you can create your own combinations (quick access).
This is also a great master keyboard with 16 MIDI channels and can create A to Z combinations (setup) to drive multiple programs, sequences ... etc.
things get complicated when dealing synthesis in depth: the programs are easy to change, but the use of the VAST synthesis requires some knowledge, it seems difficult for a beginner, and it requires some investment to master this synthesis very powerful! The effect of the system is also very thorough. The sequencer performs its role.
The interface is a little aging (small monochrome screen), but it is well designed.
One can find a manual in French on the forums.

SOUNDS

I chose this synth sound: it is doing very well on the piano, rhodes, organ (system KB3), percussion, and offers sublime orchestral sounds! for sound "synth" is a matter of taste, kurzweil also offers a program of "virtual analog", the offer is very extensive, and there are very good additional banks .... and then a synth it is also to create their own sounds!
side modulations, the PC3 is also very complete with envelopes and LFOs, and we can associate any parameters to a controller! (Faders, pedals, aftertouch ...)

OVERALL OPINION

I use since 2007, it was my first "big" synth, and I intend to keep for a long time.
The pros:
sound (special mention for orchestral)
the semi-weighted keyboard, and overall quality of the machine
design, and the "all configurable"
the very "open" synthesis


the -:
no management of audio (recording or sample)
weight (a little heavy on the stairs!)
synthesis a little difficult to deal with for beginners

It is a machine that gives a lot for the price, I would do this choice without hesitation.

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UTILIZATION

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SOUNDS

the best rhodes and dx, very good expression! I like the grain of pianos Accousti questions but lack presence, it sounds a bit flat! organs sound good, I prefer elsewhere in hammond xb that j ' I sold it, we feel the grain Audible us and I like it! if we add a leslie to pc3, I'm sure it must sound terrible! pads very good and the violins and choirs

OVERALL OPINION

I for a week and I are one reason (the two complement each other well and I have a roland rd 700 that I use to drive the gem rp-x (on this subject, I find pes acoustic piano that sounds better!) characteristic is: I feel a certain grain Audible American and I love, I do it again this choice because I heard a synthesizer with

- Keyboard 76 notes with touch-sensitive semi-weighted with aftertouch VLOC
- 128-voice polyphony
- 16-channel multitimbral
- 850 preset programs including PC2 Sound ROM and Orchestral, Classic Keys,
General MIDI set, plus a new String Section ROM Bank and also
64 new KB3 programs.
- GM sound set
- 1024 User Programs
- 2 Sound ROM Expansion Slots 64MB and 128MB
- Effects - Reverb, Delay, Chorus, Flange, Phaser, EQs, distortions, Leslie simulators, Compressors
- Global qualiseur EQ / Compressor Global
- Arpeggiator intgrbr /> - Pitch Bend Wheel and Modulation Wheel
- 9 faders
- 4 analog outputs (the two to be able indpendante with the next OS)
- Headphone Jack
- Exit numrique S / PDIF 24 Bit Stro
- Frquence 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4, and 192-kHz modes possible (frquence of Sampling)
- MIDI In, Out, Through select Copy MIDI hardware Off / Out
- Select by Thru panel CONTRL In / Out
- USB port for MIDI connection, mmorisation of deals and management software keyboard
- Screen display rtro light blue monochrome 240 x 64 characters
- Management Program via USB (Mac and PC)
- Power supply 120/240V AC switchable Intgr
- Dimensions (W x D x H) 121.29 cm x 35.50 cm x 11.00 cm
- Weight: 16.94 kg

Electronic identical to Kurzweil PC3X only the keyboard, the size and weight change.

The Kurzweil PC3 is very well RALIS of APRS and study design Amricaine, manufacturing Young Chang, Made in Korea.

UTILIZATION

For a regular keyboard Kurzweil, no problem is the same philosophy.

catch CONTRL extremely easy to read, no need to have your nose stuck on it.

I use it as an expander for its Sound Banks, which are excellent.

Keyboard trs ax Studio numrique its output S / PDIF 24 Bit Stro with the choice of frquence of Sampling, very practical.

The Kurzweil PC3 is Fully ditable with the software of software PC3 SoundEditor SoundTower Version 1.0.3 January 8, 2009. See the link below.

http://soundtower.com/pc3/

SOUNDS

Sounds trs well suited my style of music.

I find the Horowitz Piano Grand trsraliste, even without any added effect.

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Piano is consistent with MP3 dmonstration very prsence. This keyboard comes quite well Pianos sampler type of software, which is encouraging for the future trs for scne keyboards.

The 128-voice polyphony take all their senses for the Piano. There are plenty other great sounds made in Kurzweil, but this is not new.

OVERALL OPINION

If c'tait again, I Rasht no hsitation!

The report qualitprix is ​​excellent, I pay 1966 ComeBackMusic uros in Lyon, what I find most reasonable ds. What I regret most, there is not yet a version of the type PC3R Rack Kurzweil PC3, which I think is a pity.

For acqurir, I sold a Clavia Nord Stage 76 B RVision to buy this keyboard.

I do not regret!

Import hardware now in France by the Socit Saico, trs trs accessible and well knowing the Kurzweil product line. This was not always the case previously in France.

76-key semi-weighted synth, bristling with assignable controllers at will.

the keyboard is very nice because it is a good tradeoff between a heavy touch prohibiting organ playing (glissando touch on heavy phalanx = crumbs), and a touch-type keyboards that will not make the expressiveness of the piano.

I had to sell mine because I know some health problems that forced me to use a keyboard to the touch as light as possible, but not without regret because the feel of PC3 is really nice.

UTILIZATION

So there it is complicated, this machine has potential in terms of monitoring or editing that are absolutely huge, but damn it must be put in for something out.

The interface is fairly intuitive and the manual is not very explicit about not sore point.

With the manual it still happens without too much difficulty in making small editions, like assign an effect to a controller or modify the gain of a sound (Me I stayed there), but when you want to go to the big issue, you better be registered to AF or AK and you can call for help

Kurzweil users are not confused, but others will need to seriously work on the machine to get out of something.

Once this approach phase, the possibilities are awesome, just go listen demos Kurzweil or those individuals who have developed sound banks for the machine to realize, it does.

SOUNDS

I will elaborate on the sounds that I use:

Acoustic pianos:
A little confusing at first because they sound a little strange, a bit of lack of brilliance or can be acute, it takes a little tweaking to get to find happiness, but with a little research it does.

The eclectic pianos:
They are MOR-AS! Wallop of heart on Wurli, the Rhodes are very good, some very good Clavinet too, with controllable wah effects with the knob, short of the EP PC3 carton!

Organs:
Essentially playing the organ and having a Hammond, I'm very boring in respect of these sounds, and there really is not bad for a synth GP.
Already we have the new faders simulate the drawbars, the coup an organist is not lost. The simulated 'Leslie is ruined, and the organ sounds congested. To summarize, I would say that I played better on a synth general, apart from keyboards specifically dedicated to the organ (Hammond, North VK8 Roland).

The Mellotrons:
The Mellotrons of PC3 were one of the reasons I bought this keyboard, they are really excellent. No fuss, sounds altogether are called by the name of the song or group by which they were inspired, it was thus his "Space Oddity" sound "Genesis" sound "Strawberry Flute", etc.. Mellotron sounds are not very numerous, but almost all used directly and very realistic, I really love these sounds. I can only regret the few sounds of flutes and choirs Mellotrons type (2 each if I remember correctly), against this must be 7 or 8 sets of Strings.

The rest:
I have very little or not at all the other sounds used the PC3. So they say the sounds of orchestras are extra. It also appears that the capacity of the machine are not enhanced by the sounds of plant in terms of vintage analog synth, but sounds very good additional exist, created by users who give or sell them.

OVERALL OPINION

I've owned four months and then resold because of touch (excellent, but more suited to my problems with forearm).

I think that full and complete exploitation of this keyboard is for experienced users, having a real affinity with programming. It is commonly accepted that the interface could be much more intuitive and less convoluted ...

But considering its price (unbeatable in this category) I strongly recommend it nonetheless for its sound quality and flexibility of its interface, because all the functions of PC3 are assignable to all controllers, which makes it really customizable function ergo its gaming

to resume the review above, a t-rex but certainly mostly because of our cause and update the other bikes are oriented "while I play with a finger" is a reflection of the modern music of any precast the world has the same sound, the pc3 is a rough diamond we make the jewelry, I keep next to him an ultra E4XT also a dinosaur, but so much better than the so-called current sampler.
a virtual time at all and without the soul is pc3 figure with his former Roma and sounds anything but flashy, I was looking for a bike to tackle any style without falling into the psr700000, and this is Who should

UTILIZATION

Nickel

SOUNDS

Bah it's been years that I seek and raises machines in the hope of the Holy Grail musical suit me and not giving in the spirit "isp" fully automatic grounds and other products made in korg / roland / yamaha.
I already had a rack that Deblaye k2600 serious and my e-mu samplers.
the j'avous I'm amazed the piano sounds are great, the strings, the voices etc. ..... no frills Kurzweil, no sounds flashy that will never make a song or accompaniment can just to sell the bike, the key is under your fingers and no effects drafts storage piles to swell waves of basic, not just an instrument well thought out, intuitive and designed to make music other than brouahaha Digital, for the price I just bought it the price of a motif xs versus 61 keys which is despite what you just read everywhere is below the level of sound quality (I had) and whose lean sampler laughable compared to my e-mu and Akai E4XT s5000/6000.un supposedly gigabytes of ram, which has put a leaden load samples whose edition is as simple as reading a novel by Leo Tolstoy
in original whose presence is marketing and the famous arpeggios directs all the musicians to sound the same identity and non-rhythmic and non Kurzweil is kept on track ...............

OVERALL OPINION

I just get it and I feel already advanced a long history of great sex !!!!!
I had all that matter in creating a planet-BIKE sampler / workstation / rack / vsti (beuark )....
I would not say it's the best for everyone, the rapper will prefer capris make playthings with samplers and other pure zicos for pop / rock kurz refers.
excellent pianos, rhhodes perfect, very soft voices, organs nickel, I saw a guy who compares the guitar with me because I find them much better more natural anyway I prefer my guitar is better anyway, bass kurz's are superb and the drums clearly.
voila ...

- Keyboard 76 weighted keys, sustain pedal piano type provided.
- 9 sliders, 2 buttons, pitch bend and modulation.
- Around 850 presets (2000 user locations) of all kinds and 128 multipliers.
- Utility available on the Kurzweil, connecting via USB.
- Multi effects ditables "16 units" share of the 16 midi channels.
- 128 voice polyphony
- Up to 32 (16 +16 Yes!) Layers.
- Internal power supply.
- 16 arpgiateurs in multiplayer mode.

For more information, visit the Kurzweil website.


UTILIZATION

The PC3 is not as easy as the Fantom G6 CASC or the Motif XS, which is not yet in the Contents REFERENCES. This is due largely to catch undersized the PC3. But not only:

The classification of patches is best done on a Fantom Xa (or if you prfrez Juno G) yet also a notch dots of similar size.

Most patches have Paramtres DIFFERENT affects the cursors, sometimes all, which shows the power of the beast!

Who does what? You press the button "info" in the grit and pageantry list Paramtres and sliders. As the screen is small, the entire list can apparatre the entire screen. We must therefore do pass by ... But why can not we do down the list with the up and down arrows? Is through the dial.

Once the parameter identification change its value. The sliders are pleasant to the touch and are sturdy ... but some of the sensitivity is too leve, forcing rglage make a specific on ... or maybe redo the patch, what shame!


SOUNDS

Party for a keyboard with good piano sounds, acoustic and electric, gender or SV1 NE3, I took the PC3 to bnficier crossing the synthse Kurz . The pianos are really good and very pleasant and well above the Fantom G and Motif XS, it will go load the S700 RAM to compete, and again, I prefer the PC3. So I'm very happy.

The electric pianos seem good, and still affects the settings to allow the sliders to sculpt the sound basis of his taste.
The rest of the bank seems a bit restrained (it is not in the dmonstratif Japanese) but of very good quality. Although qu'estampille Worstation, there is no pattern and little arpgiateurs found on Rolyamkorg galore. Must get out fingers ...

The main default of the bank in its rside dsquilibre gnral: keyboard scene originally (PC2), the keyboard sounds are many and quality. Reinforced by a ROM "Classical" Plutt well done, others are rarer and sounds a tone below. This is true of guitars. It's a shame, because with a rom more balance, it could compete srieusement the Motif XS and XF.

The sounds are synthtiques Lautre poor relation because a few soldiers for some good for others (synthse maoussse beefy) and especially small but Acesta less serious, since everything is to them:
Since the oscillators (oscillators type samples and VA) to the powerful effects (up to 16 effects!) all through the VAST synthse, very very rich Settings, modular wish gr the knobs in this facade ...

Listen to the video on Tutuba "Kurzweil PC3X CH Effects Mode. 5" where he talks about the effect of "pitch" (not named sr). I find this quite powerful and still indict. The power is rpart effects on all channels: the user to ensure that they do not eat at the same time. In other words, if a program enchanting 5 effects, it is ... 11 for other programs at the same time: this management is dynamic half that. Mucha know a lot of machines that has? Me neither.

The bank Moose Attack on Coutable Tutuba (French made) also shows that the VAST allows. Type "kurzweil pc3 barbenzinc" on Tutuba.


OVERALL OPINION

Pros:

+ Its current price: 1280 E,

+ Its piano sounds (acoustic and electric) the level of a keyboard ddi,

+ Its sound bank classic

+ A keyboard 76 weighted keys, very good compromise between touch and feel heavy synth and piano-style sustain pedal included.

+ Synthse its VAST I hear about from the K2000, but overpriced for me era, in short, a legendary synth.

+ Its effects KDFX equally rputs.

+ Gnrale finish up, rather reassuring knobs, buttons, plugs, knobs.
Cons:

- A screen of another era.

- A ergonomics sometimes worthwhile.
The PC3 is a powerhouse with an interface of another age. T-REX.