Best of Analog - Andrew Schlesinger / New Age
K2000 format program diskette
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The Kurzweil K2000 "Best of Analog" diskette was programmed by Andrew Schlesinger and offers a directory for Analog and one for New Age. The "Analog" offering is particularly strong, with outstanding emulations of classic synthesizers. The "New Age" folder is also quite charming, offering, among others, the classic Korg M1 "Lore" sample as the base of several well-crafted patches. |
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Check out some audio examples from this diskette: |
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| Program name with audio demo | My comments |
| ANALOG dir. | |
| ARP OMNI | Sublime interpretation of the A.R.P. Omni synth strings. The mod wheel adds a very tasteful, gorgeous vibrato. |
| BIG PWM 2 | Big Pulse Width Modulation synth |
| CHICK LICK | Probably inspired by certain sounds used by Chick Corea in his 1980s "Elektrik" phase |
| ELKA II | Gorgeous analog polysynth, inspired by an Elka synth or string machine presumably. |
| HOUSE BASS 4 | Nice reso synth bass with lower and upper frequencies |
| IN THE AIR | A wink to Phil Collins' homonymous song's pad (I think it was a Prophet-5) |
| LATER EMERSON | Black Moon period perhaps |
| MATRIX 12 HOUSE | Cool Housey Oberheim Matrix 12 emulation |
| MATRIX 12 REZ 5 | Gorgeous reso synth in fifths |
| MATRIX 12 | Powerful Oberheim Matrix 12 impression. The CS slider adds great expressivity to this patch |
| MATRIX BIGBASSE3 | More Oberheim goodness |
| MEMORYMOOG 4 | The classic "polyphonic Minimoog" in this interpretation |
| Mini LEAD 1 | Classic Minimoog solo sound |
| Mini LEAD 2 | variation... |
| Mini LEAD 7 | and another variation... |
| MOOGY BASS 2 | The typical 3-osc bite of the Minimoog |
| MOOGY BASS 6 | Fat synth bass |
| OB-8 1 | Interpretation of the classic Oberheim OB-8 |
| OB-8 PAD | Superb OB-8 style analog pad.. |
| OBX BRAZ 2A | And the OB-X's turn |
| POLY 2600 1 | Inspired by the ultra-classic A.R.P. 2600 |
| PROPHET 5 MELLO | Low-pass filtered Prophet-5 |
| PROPHET DISCO | Very cool, happy disco sound |
| PROPHET FUZZ | Classic bouncy analog tone |
| PROPHET SQUARE 2 | Yep |
| PROPHETpulsbass2 | Works for Electro House |
| QUADRA 1 | The intriguing A.R.P. Quadra |
| QUADRA 2 | More Quadra goodness |
| QUADRA 3 | and more beauty from the Quadra |
| STRING MACHINE 1 | Quintessential Solina |
| UNIVOX PIANO 3 | Typical early Univox electronic piano |
| WAKEMAN 1 | Rick's Mini |
| WAKEMAN 2 | Progressive standard sounds |
| YO MAMA! | Big |
| NEWAGES dir. | |
| Bell Loop | Classic 1990s ROMpler samples |
| Decendance | Korg M1's typical fare |
| Laurres Dream | The classic Korg M1 Lore sample |
| Looper | More |
| The Deep | Stupendous, fx-rich ambient/new age pad |
| Kurzweil K2000 Best of Analog | |
| Year of release: | 199_ |
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| Preset memories | |
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| Sequencer | |
| Arpeggiator | |
| Effects | |
| Velocity | |
| Aftertouch | |
| Misc | diskette for the K2x00 series |
Resources:
| SITE | Type of resource | DESCRIPTION |
| Manufacturer site | home page | |
Kurzweil K2000 Best of Analog review with audio demo - January 26, 2009