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The American brand Kurzweil - or Kurzweil Music Systems - began its history in 1982 in the United States. The famous musician Stevie Wonder, programmer Bruce Cichowlas and ingenious inventor Raymond Kurzweil, who previously worked on the creation and development of a system for speech recognition were the founders of the company. When Stevie Wonder met Raymond Kurzweil they decided to create electronic musical instruments which would produce the sounds of acoustic instruments with incredible accuracy. Kurzweil Music Systems company was sold in 1990. The Korean brand Young Chang which continued the production of Kurzweil instruments saving all the prevailing principles and canons while keeping prices within reasonable limits.

As a result in 2006 Young Chang joined the mega-corporation Huyndai, and Ray Kurzweil was appointed to the post of Director for Strategic Development. The musical instruments made by Kurzweil brand are, first of all, very advanced sound generating engines, high-quality sampler and a detailed sequencer which make it possible to edit almost every move. The first series of synthesizers-samplers called K - or Kurzweil-250 – came out in 1984. The quality and realism of K-250 sound was really fantastic and fully embraced the acoustic grand piano sound thanks to the built-in digital processor (DSP, digital signal processor). Samples are recorded on integrated circuit, the synthesizer control was also completely digital.

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K-250, as the first sample of Kurzweil's products, was quite large, however it didn’t become an issue when the instrument got really popular. To achieve complex sound timbres by adding a different number of simple waves in the next version of the instrument - K-150 - Additive Synthesis method was used.

This instrument was distributed to educational and research institutions. K series models: K-1000, K-1200 were released as stripped down versions of Kurzweil-250 model featuring several keyboard variants as well as an extensive database of sound libraries. K2000 models which came into production 1991 a new synthesis technology was used bringing worldwide fame to Kurzweil instruments - Variable Architecture Synthesis Technology (V.A.S.T.). The technology made it possible to combine samples of realistic instruments and synthesized waveforms, and then perform digital signal processing using a digital processor. The series synthesizers had a 24-voice polyphony, 3 digital oscillators, and 8MB of built-in sample memory (expandable up to 24 MB) – that’s impressive because at that time many personal computers didn’t have as much. K-2000 was represented by the following versions: K2000S (comprising a sampler), K2000R (rackmount), K2000RS (rackmount with a sampler). K2000 series was adored by professional musicians and many music stars - Robert Miles, Pink Floyd, Jean Michel Jarre, Depeche Mode, Nick Rhodes, Nine Inch Nails, Massive Attack, Vangelis, Tangerine Dream and, of course, Stevie Wonder, used these synths for studio and live performances.

Model K2500 was released as an improved version of K-2000 with a 48-voice polyphony, 8MB of internal memory for sound libraries expandable up to 28MB, 32-track sequencer. K2500 series included versions with and without sampler (memory capacity up to 128 MB) and with a different number of keys: K2500S (with a sampler), K2500X (88 full-weight keys), K2500XS, K2500R and K2500RS (rackmount version). The brand even got its own music “Rolls-Royce” - K2500 AES (Audio Elite System) - one of the most expensive digital synthesizers of that time represented by K2500XS with all the available extensions in a champagne-colored enclosure featuring sides of noble wood. It cost $20000 when it was released - only 6 of units were produced. Now the prices have fallen to $6000-8000, however it’s almost impossible to find someone selling K2500 AES. And maybe you won’t have to, because for the same money you can buy a new Kurzweil PC3K8 and keep your change – though the change sum will be enough to purchase a couple of vintage Kurzweil instruments, such as K2600R, and enjoy the same sounds. K2600, released in 1999, included a new company’s design – KDFX, which allowed storing and applying more sound effects.