Kurzweil PC361

PC361 description:

The 61-note Kurzweil PC361 delivers 128 voices of incredible sound quality along with a host of powerful, easy to use features.

The Kurzweil PC361 is the ultimate performance controller keyboard, with an enormous collection of stunning sounds combined with comprehensive real-time controller functions.

In addition to the renowned Triple Strike Grand Piano, the Kurzweil PC361 features hundreds of new sounds; basses, drums, guitars, and synths suited for every style and taste, along with a collection of flawless vintage keyboard emulations, KB3 Mode and over 250 orchestral and string section programs.

The Kurzweil PC361's new Dynamic V.A.S.T. architecture is a huge step forward in synthesis, the fruit of several major strides we've made in improving processing power, flexibility and user-friendliness. The legendary VA-1 Virtual Analog Synthesizer is seamlessly integrated into the Kurzweil PC361.

Featuring an unlimited-track sequencer with 960 PPQ resolution and more effects processing power than the acclaimed KSP8 processor, the PC361 a full blown music production workstation. Add in USB, flash xD card port, a newly designed keyboard action, and a new intuitive user interface, and you've got the next generation of Kurzweil instruments.

The PC361 offers an enormous sound set of over 850 programs, raising the bar once again for both audio quality and variety. With the best samples in the industry, and a powerful, responsive synth engine breathing life into them, you'll feel like you're playing an actual instrument, not just playing samples.

Of course there's the famous Kurzweil Triple Strike Piano, with dozens of variations to accommodate every kind of player. All of the basic sounds - basses, guitars, drums, horns and synths - have been painstakingly programmed to reflect the needs of today's professional players, representing a broad selection of styles and flavors from the '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s and today.

Kurzweil PC361 main features incluide:

Keyboard: 61-note lightly-weighted synth action with velocity and aftertouch sensitive keys
Display: 240 x 64 angled, backlit LCD w/ dedicated back panel brightness and contrast controls
Polyphony: 128 Voice Polyphony, dynamically allocated, lightning fast performance.
Dynamic VAST: Powerful new synthesis engine, with user programmable DSP algs and routing. More DSP power than even the K Series instruments.
VA1 Inside: anti-aliasing, power-shaped oscillators and DSP processing from Kurzweil's VA1 prototype synth, capable of delivering authentic analog emulations as well as incredibly complex new sounds.
Cascade Mode: lets the user route one layer through the DSP of any other layer within a program - up to 32 consecutive layers deep!
16 insert effects distributed over 11 busses
16 full-featured independent arpeggiators with multiple latch modes, selectable play order, velocity, duration, tempo, and sync functions as well as pre-recorded beats and musical phrases.
16 unique "Riff" generators (used for triggering MIDI sequenced phrases, beats, or complete multi-track arrangments from notes on the keyboard and/or any on-board physical controller.)
Digital Outputs: 24-bit, stereo S/PDIF featuring 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4, and 192-kHz modes. (externally clockable)
Flash Memory Port: xD card type - 256Mb max, type "S" / standard format only
Dimensions: Height: 4.84" (12.30 cm), Depth: 13.98" (35.50 cm), Length: 39.37" (100 cm)
Weight: 30.86 lb. (14.00 kg)