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fore we | aera a PCr sa ars 4 wa etn ee KURZWEIL PC3 Tons of fabuious, gig-eady sounds. Vintage keys and syaths are especially awesome. VAST synth engine is Kurewei's level. Apeggiators and “Riffs™ are serious tools for phrase-based production and performance. eopest and most flexible (CD display is cramped for sequencing ‘and sound progranvning. Would be nice to see knobs in addition to faders on a Keyboard at this price, PC3 (76 semi-weighted keys): $2,830 is/$2,295 MAP; PC3X (88 fully-weighted keys): is/$2,995 MAP, sow kuraweiimusiosystems.com Nin ad ue stro ouputs re a 14" balanced — ves! ive faders re usualy mapped with sath settings efter ctf andesoance on he et and cffects amounts tomas the right. In KB3 mode, they become organ rata These buttons sect main sound ban in Program mode, toe vibra, percussion, and Leste effect, in KB3 mote, an tur zones ono in Setup (spitviayr) mode Two pro touches if your stu heay on digital audi: Stereo S/POIF tpt dos rates fam #41 to 80, nd Sy ia ts you lock that cpt fem a incoming S/POI ne In Program moe, his fo ton it om foe, the mod hel, nd oer controle tect. the sound. Buen tot’ standart Sekct sounds by instrument category with these buttons, but be aretha tego ar Ym” only inthe Base 1 and Bose 2 sound banks. ‘ou can se Programs, Setup and Soogs to an +0 cad though SO might have been preferable as its becamiog he dominnt consumer format. 9, ta it crampod by KURZWEIL PC3 The Ultimate Gig Keyboard by Stephen Forte “That. Is the sound. Of balls,” boomed ‘my coll phone, too eaty for a post-gig Sat- urday morning, “Flying. Out. Of the park ‘The voice belonged to Keyboard forum ‘moderator Dave Bryce ~ for the nest hour, hho'd rave about his new Kuraweil PCS wth an intensity that could make Mad Money host Jim Cramer seom like he's on Vicodin, 'd boon following the gonesis of Kur's ‘comeback kid keyboard for the past couple ‘of NAMM shows, and jonosing to roviow it for almost as long. As soon as my unit artved, | understood why Davo woke mo up. Yos, it’s a flaxble controller, and yes, it hhas a capable soquoncer, but at heart, this ‘sa player's keyboard, Overall the PCS's sounds aro the most roalstio, brmming wth-charactor, and gig-worthy Ivo over played on a hardware koyboatd, SOUNDS Wo have room for just a hanaiul of stand ‘out sound catogories, so horo aro tho ‘onos with the most new stuff going on relate to tho PC2 or K sores. For cover ago of more PCS sounds, including drum kits, road the expanded review online at www koyboardmag.com. Pianos. Thoso use tho samo raw materials as the PC2's trple-strko grands, but tho programming is all now. Some go 14 layors

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