Kurzweil PC3 LE 8

Performance controller/workstation from PC3 series with 88-note fully-weighted hammer-action keyboard with velocity and aftertouch sensitive keys that offers fantastic sounds, reliable performance, musical expressiveness and ease of use. It features the ground breaking chip technology with variety of sounds - the famous Kurzweil grand piano, vintage electric pianos, Clavinets and Mellotrons, dazzling Orchestral and Strings collections, stunning VA virtual analogue synths, KB3 organs, realistic basses, drums, guitars, percussion and horns, General MIDI, plus nearly 200 new programs developed specifically for the LE; over 1050 programs in all. Programs in the LE can be viewed and selected with a set of Category buttons for 21 categories. These programs take advantage of the V.A.S.T. synthesis engine, using pristine samples paired with detailed programming of literally hundreds of synth and effects parameters. Controller comes equipped with over 700 on-board effects chains from which to choose, all with real-time controllers already assigned to relevant parameters (world class reverbs, classic sounding phasers, flangers and choruses, and saturated distortions). Its architecture provides up to 10 insert effects, which can be distributed among 10 channels, with available auxiliary effects as well. Device also offers the "INFO" feature, a soft button-press that allows the user to see which controllers have been assigned to parameters within a program. The PARAMETERS page allows user to re-assign any controller to any available parameter - custom sounds can be saved to the user bank, with over 2000 ID slots. Controller also provides full access to its V.A.S.T. engine, which includes a large arsenal of powerful sound-shaping tools: hundreds of parameters can be tweaked, routed and assigned to controllers. With a wide array of samples, rich sounding VA oscillators and up to 32 layers per program, the sonic possibilities are nearly endless. 8 backlit, velocity-sensitive drum pads can be used to trigger sounds, sequences, chords and arpeggiations, and every program in the machine has a drum kit assigned to the pads. As a bonus, a set of over 100 new drum programs is included, with acoustic brush kits, rock kits and a number of heavily effected techno/electronic kits, in addition to the 24 existing kits from the PC3. Complimenting the LE's new features are a few old familiar Kurzweil favourites; Setup Mode, Quick Access Mode and Song Mode, all taken directly from the PC3. Saving, loading and updating the OS are all made easy on the LE with the inclusion of both USB Host and Device ports. User programs, setups and songs can be saved to a USB thumb-drive or directly to a computer. OS updates can be loaded from a thumb-drive or directly from the computer, and of course the LE sends and receives MIDI over USB. Standard MIDI jacks are also included for In, Out and Thru. For audio, device features high-quality, hum-cancelling, stereo balanced analogue outputs, with 24-bit DACs as well as a 24-bit stereo S/PDIF digital output at 48K. A power cable, switch pedal, USB cable and 4 self-adhesive feet are all included. Dimensions: 127 x 368.3 x 1434.1 mm. Weight: 24.56 kg.