The four‑by‑six keypad at far right is printed with sound category names, and by pressing one of those you jump straight to the first sound (or a user‑programmed 'favourite') in that category. Recall of individual sounds can be done in multiple ways. You can use the alpha wheel or the cursor up/down buttons around it to scroll through a list. Program is the most straightforward mode, ideal for simple monotimbral playback and editing of presets. Then, for the most part, you play and program it in one of three modes: Program, Setup and Song. The whole thing looks ready for a life on the road.įrom switching on, the PC3LE7 is ready to go in about 11 seconds. The keyboard itself is by Fatar and has a 'TP/8P76' velocity- and aftertouch-sensitive action, according to the start‑up screen. There's a proper IEC (kettle lead) mains input that automatically adjusts to AC voltages from 90‑250Hz. It's 127cm long, 37cm deep and weighs 17kg, with casework that's largely of metal and end panels with nice cut‑aways that make it easy to pick up. The PC3LE7 is certainly a smart, physically well‑made keyboard, and looks rather fetching, in blue with various backlit buttons. Then, for the less well‑heeled, there's the PC3LE range, of which the subject of this review, the PC3LE7, is the 76-note version. The three models in the PC3 series are the flagship ROMplers, which Kurzweil slightly confusingly call 'Performance Controllers'. The spirit of those older keyboards - and some of their specific technologies - lives on in Kurzweil's current line‑up. Some were available for a surprisingly long time: the various incarnations of the upgradeable K2600 workstation, for example, launched back in the days of SCSI hard drives and floppy disks in 1999. In the '90s and noughties, their output included numerous pro‑oriented and often expensive instruments that were equally well suited to live and studio work. Kurzweil have been in the keyboard workstation game for about as long as anyone, and in the 1980s were frequently at the cutting edge of sampling and sample‑playback technology. Kurzweil's new workstation maintains the company's reputation for solid reliability, and does so at a lower cost than you might expect.
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