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K2500AES - Audio Elite System, Limited Release (6 Units) 88 note weighted action keyboard with sampling, KDFX effects engine, all available upgrade options, and an extensive sample library (retail cost, $20,000.00).

K2500XS - 88 note weighted action keyboard with sampling.

K2500S - 76 note semi-weighted keyboard with sampling.

K2500X - 88 note weighted action keyboard.

K2500 - 76 note semi-weighted keyboard.

There were also a number of other minor improvements as well as sound expansion options (daughterboard + 8mb piano expansion, 8MB orchestral expansion ROM, 8MB contemporary instruments ROM).

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The K2500 and later K2600 models can have a single patch running 192 virtual oscillators. The K2500, released in 1996, was a substantial improvement to the K2000, increasing polyphony to 48 voices and onboard RAM capacity to 128MB.

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Later models included the K2000VP (keyboard), K2000VPR (rack), K2VX (keyboard w/ optional ROMs), and K2VXS (keyboard w/ optional ROMs + sampling), which were based on the same hardware as the K2000 series but had the K2500 sound set loaded. The keyboard came with 2MB RAM but could be equipped with up to 64 megabytes of RAM for user loaded samples. Each voice of the K2000 is able to play a separate program, allowing for smooth transitions during live performance - this simple feature took Kurzweil's competitors more than a decade to match. The K2000 is capable of 24 voice polyphony, which is somewhat limited, although up to 3 oscillators per voice can be used and an intelligent voice stealing algorithm retires the playing notes which are estimated to be least audible rather than simply the oldest. The S versions contain the hardware required for sampling, while the R versions are rack-mountable the versions without an R feature 61 pressure-sensitive keys. The K2000 was released in 1990 and was initially available in four versions, the K2000, K2000S, K2000R, and K2000RS. Although initially very expensive, Kurzweil instruments were popular in top recording studios and for use with music production for film because of their high-quality sounds.

Throughout the 1990s, updates and upgrades to the K2000 (and eventually its successors, the K2500 and K2600) ensured that the K2x series was regarded as one of the most powerful and best-sounding synthesizers/samplers available. The company's flagship line of synthesizer workstations, the K2xxx series, began to make real headway with the K2000, which introduced the company's acclaimed Variable Architecture Synthesis Technology (V.A.S.T.) engine. The later 1200 module versions contained these larger sample bases (i.e., PX+SX SX+HX HX+GX). As computing and electronics technologies changed rapidly during the period, larger sample bases could be combined. There were several keyboard versions issued, and the 1000 modules were originally issued in PX (pianos and mixed bag), SX (strings), HX (horns and winds), and GX (guitars and basses) versions, each with differing sample-ROMs. Unlike the K250, these instruments could not sample new sounds directly but their programming architecture and operating system were evolutionary steps that would culminate in the K2xxx series. The K1000 and K1200 (and their rack-mounted variants) were designed to deliver the sample libraries developed originally for the K250 to a wider audience in less expensive and physically more manageable forms. This synthesizer was never a commercial music success, but was very popular in academic and research facilities.

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Hal Chamberlin (mentioned below) developed software to run on Apple II class computers, which would allow extensive control of the very rich possibilities of the K150. Additional sample ROMs were developed and issued for both models.ДЄs opposed to using 'sample-based' or 'subtractive' synthesis, the K150 (a rack-mount unit) uses additive synthesis. First issued as a very large and heavy keyboard, the electronics were also issued in a very large and heavy rackmount version, as the 250RMX (Rack Mount 'Expander'-the presumed intention being that one could drive via MIDI and sequencers one or more 'expanders'). This instrument was inspired by a bet between Ray Kurzweil and musician Stevie Wonder over whether a synthesizer could sound like a real piano.

The company launched the K250 synthesizer/sampler in 1984: while limited by today's standards and quite expensive, it was considered to be the first really successful attempt to emulate the complex sound of a grand piano.