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Groundbreaking workstation!
The K250 - in all of its incarnations is still a world-class sounding instrument, limited only by its sample memory and polyphony. The quality and warmth of the resident samples still outshines many ROMplers made 40 years later. One of the true samplers that sounds amazing without a myriad of effects. It's a deep, DEEP instrument for only those who dare to venture through its cavernous and almost endless levels of programming menus. For example, envelope generators with up to 256 segments???? If this had even 24 voices, it would still be in use today by many producers, composers and arrangers. I'm proud to own an Expander and an RMX. Will never sell them.
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The brass falls, choirs, marimba, vibes, acoustic bass and "Endless Glissando" are among my favs!
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The BEST....period.
I still own one. A version 3 MidiBoard from the mid 1980s. Nothing feels as good as this thing. It truly is a real hammer action, with real wooden keys and rubber hammers. Nothing made today even comes close. You can adjust the "touch" and the velocity sensitivity on the fly. The "retrigger threshold" parameter allows you to do very realistic drum/timpani/mallet rolls. It can do very sophisticated layers and splits, with foot switches or MIDI patch changes controlling the state of the keyboard. The arpeggiator is amazing - even by today's standards. It can also send very complex hexadecimal code for specific sysex functions.
Like I said....none of the toys today even come close. If Kurzweil were to ever try to make this masterpiece again, the MSRP would be over $10,000.