No big secrets there - just MorphEdit software and many hours of mouse clicks.

@@_oscillator i have mac only

@@SacralisPrime As far I know, it's possible to run Windows software on Mac with Wine, Virtualbox, Boot Camp, Parallels etc.

@@_oscillator you should add some email contact you, to your channel. Your music can be used in a movie industry but there is no contact ;) also try to apply for it.

​@@SacralisPrime Thanks for advice, but music is just a hobby for me, time after time. My job has nothing to do with music. The music market is overcrowded, so I stay away from all that.

Thanks Kristofer!

Tencinu!

Definitely, stay tuned!

I still have a Morpheus synth, but I'm more into exploring the Kurzweil VAST system right now. Maybe I'll go back to Z-Plane and make soundbanks sometimes, but not yet. Life's too short for everything, unfortunately.

@@_oscillator LOl. People in the comments have been asking to buy the patches featured in the video for nearly ten years.

@@r0tekz That's true, but this game is not worth the candle. I know this from the patches I made for the Kurzweil series (K-POWER sounds). Making a patch bank takes a lot of time, and if you can make more money doing another job, that means you'll probably do that other job. I have a full-time job that has nothing to do with music. Synths are just a hobby for me, occasionally and just for fun.

@@_oscillator Dude, you already have the patches, they were playing in the video. There is nothing to create. No one is asking for new patches. They are asking for those that you have already created and were playing in the video.

@@r0tekz Some of these sounds are factory presets, some are from the Morpheus Card Collection - anyone can get them for free online. Some patches are edited in real time and are not saved (like most of the sounds recorded in the Insanity Trilogy). This video was recorded many years ago and I'm not sure if I still have these presets on my computer.

Yes, this waterphone was taken from sound libraries. The K2000 does not have this sound in its ROM waveforms, but it may be possible to create it using VAST.

Thanks man !

That sound was called "Thru the Space" or "Thru the Blue", or something like that. I can't remember exactly after all those years.

Glad to hear that you liked the K-POWER sounds and everything is working fine. Yes, many nights were spent compiling all the layers, modulation sources and destinations, DSP parameters, but I enjoy doing these things my whole life. Mostly pads there, because that's my favorite type of sounds (as well as ambient). My K2000 only has one controller slider (CC#6), so many sounds have a second modulation on the ModWheel (CC#1) to make the sounds more flexible and lively. It can be assigned to LFO speed, FUNs, envelope times, filters, DSP parameters, etc. Feel free to experiment with the 8 sliders on your K2600 and it will be a good way to learn more about the VAST architecture. Thanks Serhiy for the feedback and stay tuned because my next (and possibly last) soundbank called K-PLANET will be launched soon! Cheers

This terrible noise generator is a cheap chinese sound card that I used to record audio for this demo. My laptop doesn't have an audio input, so I used an external USB sound card as an adapter. This was a big mistake, which I realized when I upgraded it with a Lexicon Alpha sound card, which was much better. Unfortunately, this happened several years later and it was too late to record everything again.

@@_oscillator Ok, that makes it clear

Thanks man, I really appreciate this! That's why I'm creating a second collection of sounds called K-PLANET, and it will be released soon. Anyway, you can buy K-PLANET sounds if you contact me at this email: [email protected]

Yes, it is one of the VAST functions (DSP blocks) called WRAP/DIST/SHAPER/SYNC etc that gives distortion. Added waveforms such as Square and Saw also create a "dirty" sound. At the same time, the K2000 can sound very clean, but this is not interesting to me, because there are a lot of synths around with a sterile sound. I love Kurzweil because it allows me to create ANY sound I want. But this is a matter of taste, of course.

Thanks man. VAST continues with the new K2061/2088 series!

@@_oscillator That is good news! Now I am wondering about differences vs. K2700 and the price. Also, the naming looks confusing. Shouldn’t they be called as K2761 and K2788 ? They definitely avoiding creating K3000, LOL. 😂

@@serhiymarchenko8361 Prices are still unknown, same as release date. Kurzweil says the K20xx series will be the same as the K2700, minus the audio interface and drum pads. 2GB of internal waveforms, 2GB of sample memory, metal body, and (hopefully) some new DSP blocks or advanced VAST features. At least they finally made a 61-key model.

Yes, he knows what is good.

That's a ROM preset and that's why I missed it. But that patch is actually good.

Welcome to the Morpheus club, man!

I agree about the Win XP computer, but there are still some editors (KLIB and K2500 for Kurzweil K2000, HRMCAL for Kawai K5000, WSEdit and LIBRA for Korg Wavestation) that only work on a 32-bit system. But the most important reason for me to use an XP machine is that this computer only has synth editing software installed. No games, no movies, no internet. I like this old computer because nothing takes way my attention. When I use my 64-bit computer with Win 7 and different stuff installed, I very often waste time on some bullsh*t. As for the KS-40 speakers, I bought them mainly because of the Kurzweil name. I love this brand. I know they are not perfect, even the KS-50 would be a better choice, or Eris, Rokit, T8V, or the Equator you mentioned. At least I made my KS-40 a little better by modifying the power supply where I replaced some capacitors with bigger and better ones and also replaced the original uA4558 op amp with an LM4562. I also upgraded the electrolytic capacitors on the High driver with precision foil capacitors. I kept these KS-40 because I believe that if a mix sounds good on them, it will sound good also on much better speakers. For the final step, I have Beyerdynamic DT-770 Pro headphones to make sure everything sounds well. Anyway, great to see you here on YT and I'm glad you liked my little studio. It's always very helpful to hear suggestions from people like you. Best regards mate.

I am pretty sure you can run those 32-bit programs on 64-bit Windows. I haven't found an old program that didn't work for me on W10. AN1x editor which is 32-bit runs without any problems... I think I have some even older stuff that still works perfectly. I can even run the old Korg X5D editor which is a 16-bit program by using OTVDM! KS-40... note that these speakers are not designed by Kurzweil. They are rebranded Empire R1000 in a different cabinet. So the Kurzweil name doesn't really apply here ;) It's more about how you cannot really get an accurate picture of the low end with these small box speakers (and then DT-770 is also not exactly linear response either unless you flatten it with Sonarworks some). But hey, your output speaks more than words that are typed. :)

@EvilDragon666 You are right about running 32-bit applications on the latest Windows. There are many solutions such as virtual machine and compatibility mode etc. As I wrote earlier, the main reason I use a XP computer is that I don't install anything on it except editors, and this forces me to concentrate only on that purpose. As for the KS-40, of course the 4" woofers are not capable of producing low end, and I think about changing speakers, but there is no hurry because music and sound design are just a hobby for me, only occasionally and from time to time. I'm happy with the setup I already have. Maybe I'm just getting old.

@@_oscillator Understood! And you're right, chasing "the sound" is a neverending game...

This is truly a pleasant surprise from Kurzweil.

Only internal FX is used in this demo. And yes - the new K20xx series are coming!

The K2000 is an amazing synth. Thank you for feedback.

Yeap, some Depeche Mode style bass with moving filters.

I'm glad you enjoyed it. There are two more parts of this track on my channel, you should like them too.

@@_oscillator I do!

Please contact me: [email protected]

Yes, you can buy this. Please contact me: [email protected]

This is not a preset. This drum loop is a sample from Spectrasonic's Liquid Grooves CD.

I definitely recommend you get this synth. VAST is not so difficult as you may think. Yes, it's complex, but not complicated. The best choice is K2600, K2661 (61-key version) or K2600R (rackmount version). Older models like the K2500 and K2000 are also great choices, and they also have rackmount versions for those with limited space. Newer models like the PC3K, PC4 and K2700 are very powerful, but unfortunately they don't have 61-key or rack version. However, they have their own editing software from Kurzweil. I use the software editors called "VASTprogrammer" and "K2x00 Remote" to program my K2000 synth.

The K2000 is a Dream Machine.

Of couse it will work. There are many MIDI mergers with multiple inputs, such as DigitalLife 5-In/2-Out, Kenton Merge 8, MIDI Solutions Quadra Merge or more powerful M8 model with 8 MIDI inputs. They all merging incoming MIDI messages, but there are merging rules - while any input is handling a SysEx message it becomes the SysEx master, then SysEx messages from all other inputs will be locked out until the message at the master input has finished. That means you can use one controller at the time, then other controllers consequently.

It's the same story with my Ensoniq MR Rack: using SysEx is the only way to edit sounds. Luckily, someone created a software editor for this, otherwise it is almost impossible to find all the SYX codes of the sound parameters in order to send them correctly to the synth. Sending/receiving patches is a much simpler task (MIDI-OX, SendSX etc). I don't know much about the new generation of MIDI keyboards because I use an old Korg Taktile 49 keyboard, which allows me to attach any SysEx controller number to any of the 8 rotary pots, 8 sliders, 8 buttons, and even the touchpad. This is enough for me to control the sounds of my synths in real time. I'm sure most new keyboard controllers support MIDI mapping, such as the Arturia KeyLab, M-Audio Oxygen or Novation LaunchKey - all of which have sliders, encoders and pads. Regarding DAW, I use an old version of Cubase 5 and Sonar X2. They write SysEx data from my controllers and send it back to the hardware synths with no problem. As far as I know, newer versions of Cubase are even more advanced for SysEx. You can check the specifications and learn more about it on the Steinberg website.

@_oscillator thanks for the point in the right direction. As far as those Midi controllers you mentioned, none of those, except possibly the oxygen, support sysex at all. They do great with most Midi mapping from what I can tell, but not that. I don't mind if gear, maybe I'll look at that older korg controller. Thanks.

@@ambidex You welcome. Just keep in mind that Korg Taktile also has a Triton model that contains a very basic synth engine included. I believe this is a big mistake on Korg's part. I have no idea where to use these stripped down Triton sounds. So, take a look at the simple Taktile 49 model (there is also 25-key version, but this is not enough for playing).

Select 𝘿𝙞𝙨𝙠 mode, insert a floppy disk into the drive, click 𝙇𝙤𝙖𝙙 at the bottom of the display, select the file with sounds you want to load, click 𝙊𝙆, select a memory bank to load into, click 𝙊𝙆, and click 𝙁𝙞𝙡𝙡. Wait while the sounds loading, select the 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙢 mode, select the downloaded sound and play. That's all.

@_oscillator oh awesome! Thank you. I saw a lot of menu options that all seemed like they'd work and I couldn't figure out the correct chain of commands. Thanks a lot.

@@ultrajayme I'm glad to help. Please pay attention to loading methods: OvFill ------ First deletes all RAM objects in the selected bank, and then loads in objects using consecutive numbering. Overwrt ------- First deletes all RAM objects in the selected bank, and then loads in objects using the object ID numbers stored in the file. Merge ----- Preserve the object ID numbers stored in the file for the objects to be loaded, overwrite objects already in memory if necessary. Append ------ Try to use the object ID numbers stored in the file for the objects to be loaded. If an ID number is already in use, increment the ID number until a free slot is found. Fill ---- Ignore the object ID numbers stored in the file. Try to use consecutive numbering from the beginning of the selected bank. If an ID number is already in use, increment the ID number until a free slot is found. Typically, you will just want to use the Fill method. Append, Merge, and Overwrt try to preserve the numbers stored with the objects in the file, but this should only really be necessary if you depend on program numbers or effect numbers to be at a certain MIDI program change number. OvFill is like Fill except the selected bank (or Everything) is cleared out before loading. By the way, you can check the K-POWER soundbank demo video on my KZbin channel - there are 100 sounds of synths, pads and basses for any model of K2000 synth (even for those without Contemporary / Orchestral soundblocks or sampling option installed). Cheers

@@_oscillator Thank you so incredibly much for all that extra information. A lot of the commands had me a little confused because I was concerned that I was going to override factory presets and delete them permanently. I have the manuals that came with the instrument but. Getting a quicker explanation like yours is gonna be much more helpful. I will also check out the sound bank. Thank you again!

@@ultrajayme Don't be afraid to delete factory presets as they are stored in ROM memory and can't be deleted. This means you can overwrite them, but they will be back if you delete your loaded sounds or after the reset of K2000. The reset procedure is following: select the 𝙈𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 mode, press 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙩 at the bottom of the display, and then confirm the reset by pressing 𝙔𝙚𝙨 twice. The K2000 now resets and returns to factory sounds. The most convenient way to load external sounds is to load them into memory banks #200, #300, #400, etc. This way, all factory sounds (0-99 and 100-199) will not be overwritten and will remain available for play, along with new loaded sounds. Good luck!

Thanks for visiting. I tried to make my studio as simple is possible. Finally I got all synths I dreamed for many years. I've checked all places for selling used gear to find them. I would like to have few more synths, but I don't have so much time left to learn them. I know very well 3 of my synths (Kurzweil K2VX, E-mu Morpheus and UltraProteus), but need a time to learn other 4 of my synths (Kawai K5000, Korg wavestation, Waldorf Blofeld and Ensoniq MR rack). It takes at least a year to get thru the all functions of the synth and learn how it works, so I still have a lot of things to do.

Yes, you can power it up with printer type USB cable from any power supply device which gives 5Volts and at least 1Amper on output. No need to connect to the computer's USB, that's a point of this.

I never heard this artist, unfortunately. Too much music around indeed.

Devante, Timbaland, Ginuwine sound is what led me to this synth!

@@Qomplex same 😝

@@_oscillator well we’re in KZbin so go look at Jodeci “Forever My Lady”. 1991-92. So epic I was in 10th grade. 🎹🎸

Thanks! I'm glad you liked this.

My work is not connected to the music in any way. I'm a metalworker.

@@_oscillator ok im Always curious to know how people deal with art on their life. This synth looks cheap and very interesting but i already have lot of synths ^^

K2000 is MUST HAVE synth. I have many synths too, but the K2000 is very special.

Yes, I also had a ZX Spectrum. I made it myself with a Zilog Z80 processor and 48Kb memory. I still remember the noise of loading games.

@@_oscillator ha ha. It was a fun time. When I upgraded to an AMIGA, this really changed everything. The high end samplers were for the super rich. It took a lot of graft to reach such a high level of production equipment. The Z80 changed the musical landscape though eh. This motor synth sounds amazing

I'm glad you got the Morpheus to your rig. Great synth!

Yes, Morpheus is becoming a rarity these days. Whoever doesn't like it has already sold it, whoever likes it will never sell it. By the way, "Insanity" has two more parts on my channel, this is the last, third part. Unfortunately, these sounds cannot be sold because they are generated in real time without saving. It's a little sad, of course.

@@_oscillator Indeed very sad that the sounds are not available. But can you explain the starting point and your method of tweaking the sounds ?

@@tadream16w As I said, most of the sounds in this track are generated by random MIDI events and modulations. The CC datastream come to the Morpheus from 2 sequencers - I used Kurzweil K2000 to record notes, the second sequencer was the Audiaire Zenith Cubase DAW plugin to control the CC data. Korg Taktile 49 keyboard sliders also were used to control in real time the 4 channels (ABCD) of Morpheus. As you probably know, ABCD channels can be be assigned to any parameter of modulation matrix, function generators, free run generators, Z-plane filters etc. Another tip - programming sounds from the front panel is clumsy due the tiny display, so this synth definitely must be edited from the computer to make life easier. MorphEdit and Edisyn are great editing software, both are free and work on both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows. A good starting point for creating patches is to modify them from the Morpheus card collection (cards 9200, 9201, 9202 and 9203). You can download the SYX files of these cards from there: www.e-univercity.com/SynthGearDocs/E-Mu/Manuals/Morpheus/

@@_oscillator Thank you for the tips, much appreciated ! 👍

Unfortunately, I don't have a K2600 to compare the sound difference to the K2000. Many Kurzweil owners claim that the K2000 has a richer sound than the K2500 and K2600 models. The only way to proof this is to load the same patch into both synths, record digitally and compare the spectrograms.

Many synth bass patches low pass filtered here form 1khz or more deep! You can do the same on other newer kurzweils.

Thanks Keith. Yes, SysEx works wonders, in fact it replaces the front panel of the synth, allows you to create amazing new sounds and gives you the possibility of unlimited storage of synth data. Programming patches on the big 32" screen is much better than on the 2-line, 16-character display of the synth :) There's also no need to reconnect MIDI cables between different devices as long as they're controlled by a MIDI processor that can rewire, split, or merge data streams. Thanks again and all the best to you mate!

K2661 is the best model from Kurzweil imho (arpeggiator, KDFX, Tripple mode etc).

Yes, you can buy these patches. Please contact me: [email protected]

Thanks for the nice comment. The K2000 is great synth, but your K2661 is even better (huge polyphony, tripple mode, arpeggiator, KDFX etc). Always wanted to have a K2600R, but still waiting for K3000 with big touchscreen and a rack version... hopefully one day. About this demo - many of these sounds are compiled in the K-POWER collection (demo on my channel). Another patch bank called K-PLANET is almost ready and will be launched soon.

I remember somebody once saying somewhere that Kurzweil demos were all “Jordan rudess leads and Mexican wedding pianos” haha and thought you know what? That sounds kinda accurate… if it’s not a pink floyd cover, then it’s those things… then there’s your video - which is literally the absolute best. It’s my favourite out of any Kurzweil videos! The K planet sounds intriguing, what kind of a pack are we expecting? :)

​@@ptr_new The sounds of K-PLANET are selected similarly to K-POWER - the same rich pads with modulations on modwheel and slider, also some basses and sound FX. I find the K-PLANET more oriented for meditative style of playing, while K-POWER was more oriented on analog type of sounds. I know that someday these sounds will be lost if I don't share them with other people.

Many of these patches are included in the K-POWER sound collection. You can find a demo video of this patch bank on my channel. Please contact me if you are interested in buying K-POWER sounds: [email protected]

Yes, 800 bucks that's expensive. I got mine for 185 bucks then, nine years ago. All synths of the nineties are becoming rare, so prices are kicking up. Those who didn't like them have already sold their synths, but whoever find them good never let them go.

@@_oscillator Yes, is expensive, I was expecting to buy it for $600 tops. But yes, most of my gear I got it back in 2006 to 2012 and everything was $450 tops. I got two Roland JP-8080 for $400 each, a JD-800 for $250. I just got a D-50 in a pawnshop for $120 because it was all messed up and made no sounds, the battery ran out but of course I didn't tell them. Replaced the battery and vuala! The same thing with a D-70 "it made no sound", I got it for $90... Local off. The Morpheus has been the most expensive, every other I got for 1/3 of the price or less. The reality is that, one thing is what they ask for and another what people are willing to pay.

​@@DF-eg8vl I stopped buying synths few years ago, because I already have 7 of them. The most expensive synth I bought in 2016 was the Kawai K5000R. I paid 500 bucks, now it costs 1500. I also wanted to find a Yamaha EX5R, Yamaha FS1R, Ensoniq Fizmo, Roland JD-990 and Clavia Modular G2 Engine, but now I changed my mind, coz I'm not ready to pay that high price of 1500-2000 bucks. With this money I can buy new and much more advanced synths like Waldorf M, Kyra or Iridium, Korg Wavestate, Modwave or OpSix. Not far from this price is also brand new Kurzweil K2700.

@@_oscillator The K5000R was $500 at Sam Ash back in 1997-98. I got the keyboard which was good regarding sound but a pain to program. I got rid of it within a year. I would have the JD-990 if I had the JD-800 that works as a real time controller for it. I have the 800 but the 990 is too expensive. Again, one thing is the price they ask for them and another is the real price, there is always someone selling for less or willing to negotiate.

Hi, I'm glad you liked my stuff. In this video, you can hear some of the sounds from the K-POWER collection, but not all of them. The K-POWER soundbank contains many sounds that are not presented in this video. You can find a K-POWER demo video on my channel - they are fully compatible with any K2000/K2500/K2600 series synth. Cheers

@@_oscillator dope thanks for putting in all this hard work I feel like I’ve only scratched the surface ! There is a user on KZbin named acreil that has two amazing k2000 patches that are super amazing and idm sounding to me. Don’t know if you heard em but you played something similar on k power so stoked for those crazy modulated funs LFO feedback stuff.

@@_oscillator kzbin.info/www/bejne/kGeafatjoq9pd8k kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5PKdX-BZ7p_fq8 before my k2600 showed up I was listening to these and your demos and songs for 3 weeks non stop !

@@glooms691 Yes, FUNs controlled by LFO is amazing stuff. You can create any kind of modulations that way and attach them to any parameter. A lot of crazy things can be done with VAST engine. It's hard to believe that the K2000 comes from 1991. A true genius synth!

Movie soundtrack is the most unexplored area in music world imho, no less important than the picture itself. Cheers

Currently I'm working on a new soundset for the Kurzweil K2000/2500/2600 series called K-PLANET. I decided to create this after my first K-POWER soundset. I would like to make something for Morpheus, of course, but there's also the Kawai K5000, Blofeld and Ensoniq MR Rack is waiting to be explored... there's never enough time for everything. What is the function of the Morpheus->Ultra Proteus convertion tool you mentioned? They both have all the same parameters, only UP has more waveforms and extra filters. Computer editors such as MorphEdit and Edisyn work well with both of them.

@@_oscillator Nothing too fancy, it essentially takes the sysex from ones machine, and remaps the waveforms and filters to valid ones for the destination machine, as they have different IDs, and creates the new sysex. I would like to get both machines eventually so as to be able to match as closely as possible. So true about never enough time! K2500 and k5000 sounds set sound very interesting too. I would be up for all those sound sets :)

​@@SuperGeekon Well it's a good idea to remap the waveform and filter numbers to a new sysex file, I think there is no such software yet to perform this function. I wish you all the best to finish this software soon! Cheers