Digital Theme Park K2 / PC4
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135 editable programs sorted by theme. 34 Mb of samples.
For the Kurzweil K2061/K2088/K2700 and PC4 series.
*This set is included in the Full Pack K2Â or in the Full Pack PC4
Delivery : Instant Download
For the Kurzweil K2061/K2088/K2700 and PC4 series.
*This set is included in the Full Pack K2Â or in the Full Pack PC4
Delivery : Instant Download
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Hi and welcome to 'Digital Theme Park' for the Kurzweil K2061, K2088, K2700 and PC4 series. This product will take you into various editable programs sorted by categories, called themes here.
Each theme gathers several carefully chosen waveforms that work well together, allowing an easy and fun way to create a large amount of different sounds. The different themes can be dedicated to Choirs, Polyphonic Synths, Pure Digital Bliss...etc. They are based on samples, VA, FM or hybrid sources. Some are quite complex, some others are simpler. Have a look at the PDF files below for more informations on the different elements used to build this set. Join us in the digital roller coaster and have fun ! |
Utility Files :
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Additionnal Demos
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Product Description
Summary :
- The Main Controls Panel
- The Keyboard Controls
- Selecting a Theme
- The Oscillators Section
- Ring & Amplitude Modulation
- The Sub Oscillator
- The Filter & FM Section
- The Envelope Generator
- The Output Section
- The FX Section
- Additionnal Parameters and Precise Editing
- The Bass & Drums Kits Alternate Controls
- Finding Digital Theme Park Programs in Your Instrument
- Themes List
- Patches List
- MIDI CC Full Controls List
- Tech Infos
1 > The Main Controls Panel
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2 < The Keyboard Controls
In this part, you will find various options to adjust your playing on your instrument. - TRANSPOSE will allow you to shift the whole keyboard by semitones or octaves. - Use the BEND wheel to pitch your sound to 200 cts up, and 1200 cts down. - The VIBRATO wheel adds some pitch modulation. The VIBRATO speed can be adjusted in the parameters page. You can also bring some VIBRATO with the aftertouch. - Select a POLYPHONIC or MONOPHONIC keyboard response with the Variation button. In Monophonic Mode, the keyboard will also play in Legato. The Portamento Rate can be adjusted in the parameters page. Please note when you set your sound in MONO mode, a compressor kicks in. |
3 < Selecting a Theme
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Have a look at the program informations here... The theme here is called 'Splitted Virtuality'. To choose a theme, just pick up a program that has the theme you are looking for. For more details on each theme, please download the Digital Theme Park Collection PDF file in the Utility Files section above, or have a look at the bottom of this page for a JPEG version. |
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4 < The Oscillators Section
This section will allow you to adjust the detune amount for OSC1 and frequency amount (-1 oct/+1 oct) for OSC2. With the Wave Select parameter you can choose a waveform for each oscillator by adjusting fader 1 and fader 2 to the corresponding range of values. Each theme has a different set of waveforms, sorted by categories. You will find samples, FM in various structures, Virtual Analog, etc... as sources for the oscillators waveforms. You will notice that some themes are mixing totally different sources for some interesting and non conventional results. Explore ! |
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< Here you can see all the waveforms available for the 'Choir Designer' Theme. To select a waveform for OSC 1, just move fader 1 to the corresponding range of values. Use the same procedure for OSC2 with fader 2. You can also add a Sub Oscillator, more on this later... |
Once your are happy with the waveforms selection, you are now ready for some more sound adjusments with the other controls. Let's have a look...
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5 / Ring Modulation / Amplitude Modulation (RM/AM) > There is a Ring Modulation / Amplitude Modulation function available for OSC1 and OSC2.
The RM/AM frequency parameter allows the RM/AM source to be set from a very low setting, acting like a LFO, to an audio rate frequency. Please note the RM/AM source follows the keyboard tracking. The waveshape of this source is a sine wave and there is a 180 degres phase shift between OSC1 and OSC2. The goal is to achieve some nice pan effects, at low or high rate, because you can spread OSC1 and OSC2 in the stereo field. Fader 3 is used to blend the Ring Modulation and Amplitude Modulation for OSC1. Switch 3 is used to set ON/OFF the same parameters for OSC2. So you can use RM/AM on OSC1 only, or on both oscillators. |
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6 < The Sub Oscillator
The Sub Oscillator will run at the same octave as OSC1 or one octave below OSC1. The waveform depends of the selected theme. At the same octave, the Sub will act more like a fundamental or reinforcement signal. With one octave down, it will act like a classic Sub. |
You can see in the 'Choir Designer' theme above that the waveform 'Mellow Vox 2' can be selected for the Sub.
Switch 1 will set the Sub Oscillator ON. Switch 2 will set the frequency of the Sub Oscillator one octave down.
There is an additional parameter in the parameters page called 'Sub Shape'.
Depending of the theme, this parameter can be a HPF filter, a morph function, a shaper, noise amount...etc.
The Sub Oscillator is not affected by the RM/AM section.
The Sub Oscillator envelope and filter settings are linked to OSC1. The resonance has a lower response and the filter has no HPF option.
The Sub Oscillator will always be in the center of the stereo field, it's not affected by the stereo spread function.
Switch 1 will set the Sub Oscillator ON. Switch 2 will set the frequency of the Sub Oscillator one octave down.
There is an additional parameter in the parameters page called 'Sub Shape'.
Depending of the theme, this parameter can be a HPF filter, a morph function, a shaper, noise amount...etc.
The Sub Oscillator is not affected by the RM/AM section.
The Sub Oscillator envelope and filter settings are linked to OSC1. The resonance has a lower response and the filter has no HPF option.
The Sub Oscillator will always be in the center of the stereo field, it's not affected by the stereo spread function.
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7 < The Filter / FM Section
This section allows to adjust independently the cutoff or FM amount and envelope amount in a positive or negative response.
Depending of the theme, you can change the filter or FM settings or have a variation of the oscillators. For example, if you select a theme with some VA waveforms, the variation can change the detune amount, PWM Speed etc... The resonance is common to both oscillators but you can, with switch 6, unlock the resonance control for OSC2. That means that is switch 6 is OFF, the resonance will not respond to the modifications done with the rotary encoder 6. The idea is to have different filter response for OSC1 and OSC2. Please note the resonance can go from -12dB to full auto oscillation, giving a large amount of different textures. To avoid screaming resonant sounds, the volume of the program is lowered the more resonance you add. |
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< Filter / FM Modulation WIth these parameters you can add a cyclic free run sweep to the filter or FM.
Adjust the Amount and Frequency of this sweep to add movment to the sound. |
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8 < The Envelope Generator
The built-in ADSR envelope controls the global amplitude of the sound.
The signal is also sent to the filter or other functions, depending of the theme, to control the opening and closing of the cutoff frequency or amount of FM. You will use fader 4 and 5 to adjust the amount and polarity of the envelope signal.
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Those parameters will cancel the setting of the attack and release signals sent to the amplitude.
You can set the Attack Gate and Release Gate independently, depending of the wanted effect.
In conjunction with the full ADSR and the ability to reverse the envelope to the filter, a large amount of behaviour can be achieved.
You can set the Attack Gate and Release Gate independently, depending of the wanted effect.
In conjunction with the full ADSR and the ability to reverse the envelope to the filter, a large amount of behaviour can be achieved.
Tip, you can enter in the parameters page a value between 0 and 64 to have an alternate effect. Try it out !
Tip , if you don't want those alternate effects, please set the Release fader to zero to avoid unwanted polyphony running in the background.
Tip , if you don't want those alternate effects, please set the Release fader to zero to avoid unwanted polyphony running in the background.
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9 < The OUTPUT Section
This section is controlled by a rotary encoder that will morph a centered signal to a full wide stereo sound.
OSC1 can be set from center to hard left and OSC2 can be set from center to hard right at the same time. The Sub Oscillator always stays in the center. |
Tip, you may find in some themes the same waveforms on OSC1 and OSC2.
By spreading each oscillator with the same waveform on the stereo field, with a slight detune, and maybe adding the Sub Oscillator, you can have a wide chorus type signal without the use of any effect.
By spreading each oscillator with the same waveform on the stereo field, with a slight detune, and maybe adding the Sub Oscillator, you can have a wide chorus type signal without the use of any effect.
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10 < The FX Section
You can set ON/OFF the Aux FX with this switch. The switch sends a value of 0 or 127.
If you want to globally adjust the FX amount, you can type any value from 0 to 127 . |
> Adjusting the Aux FX parameters
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All users can make deeper adjustments of the Aux FX settings in the parameters page.
K2700 users can also use Pads 1-8 for quick changes. The pads allow binary modifications, typically ON/OFF changes.
For example, the Pad 8 is linked to Reverb Time. Using this Pad will allow the K2700 users to switch from the minimum to the maximum value instantly.
Editing this setting thru the parameters page allow any value between 0 and 127, meaning any Reverb Time between the minimum and maximum.
All users can make deeper adjustments of the Aux FX settings in the parameters page.
K2700 users can also use Pads 1-8 for quick changes. The pads allow binary modifications, typically ON/OFF changes.
For example, the Pad 8 is linked to Reverb Time. Using this Pad will allow the K2700 users to switch from the minimum to the maximum value instantly.
Editing this setting thru the parameters page allow any value between 0 and 127, meaning any Reverb Time between the minimum and maximum.
> The main Aux FX parameters
- In the parameters page, by typing values you can control the level of each FX precisely.
- The Chorus Rate can be set from slow to fast.
- The Delay Type allows to go from a Mono Delay to a Stereo Delay.
- The Reverb Size and Reverb Time can be set independently, allowing a lot of different settings.
- You can choose different Reverb responses with the Reverb Types.
- In the parameters page, by typing values you can control the level of each FX precisely.
- The Chorus Rate can be set from slow to fast.
- The Delay Type allows to go from a Mono Delay to a Stereo Delay.
- The Reverb Size and Reverb Time can be set independently, allowing a lot of different settings.
- You can choose different Reverb responses with the Reverb Types.
11 > Additional parameters and more precise editing
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In the same way you edit your Aux FX in the parameters page, you can adjust basically any synthesis parameters of your program. That means you can increase the level of complexity of the sound design experience and go around the limitation of the number of hardware controllers of your Kurzweil.
For example Switch 4 and 5 allow to change the filter mode from Low Pass to Band Pass. But if you edit manually the value in the parameters page you can have any filter response from LPF to BPF. By checking this page you will also see some parameters not labeled on the Main Control Panel like Oscillators Crossfade for adjusting the balance between OSC1 and OSC2. You will also see a Drive, a Portamento Rate, available when the program is in Monophonic Mode, a Sub Shape setting or a Vibrato Rate... |
12 > The Bass & Drums Kits alternate controls
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- 3 Bass & Drums kits are provided in this set.
The first thing to notice is that there is a split point at C3. Below this split point you will have a playable bass sound. You can select the bass sound with the Fader A. A FM operator is modulated by the core keymap of the bass sound and you can control the FM amount with the first rotary encoder. Starting at C3 and above, you will have some separate drum sounds available on each key. For all the details on these alternate controls for the Bass and Drums programs, please have a look at the picture below. |
13 > Finding Digital Them Park programs in your instrument
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If you have a large number of programs in your instrument sometimes you don't remember exactly where you stored a particular sound.
And sometimes you don't remember the name either... That's why all the names of the programs of Digital Theme Park start with the letters 'DTP'. With the search function of your Kurzweil , (ENTER + a category button), you can easily find any programs related to this soundset. TIP ! < In the example on the left, you can see that the theme 'Splitted Virtuality' is used. You can also notice what type of sources are used for OSC1, OSC2 and SUB... |
14 > Themes List
* New Keymaps
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15 > Patches List
16 > MIDI CC Full Controls List
17 > Tech Infos
- Samples sources for the additional keymaps : Oberheim OBX8 / Prophet 10 Rev4 / Roland Alpha Juno.
- Samples have been first recorded in 24 bits / 48 Khz resolution and scaled down to 16 bits / 32 Khz.
- OSC1 and OSC2 will 'cost' 3 layers each and the Sub will use 2 layers, so you will still have 32 voices available if everything is switched ON.
All presets had their volume adjusted in the COMMON page with the Output Gain parameter. Feel free to adjust your own sounds with this parameter when needed.
Thanks for reading this page to the end, i hope you will have as fun as i had when developping this product.
The cool thing is that there is some room left for a lot more themes in the future, so stay tuned !
- Samples have been first recorded in 24 bits / 48 Khz resolution and scaled down to 16 bits / 32 Khz.
- OSC1 and OSC2 will 'cost' 3 layers each and the Sub will use 2 layers, so you will still have 32 voices available if everything is switched ON.
All presets had their volume adjusted in the COMMON page with the Output Gain parameter. Feel free to adjust your own sounds with this parameter when needed.
Thanks for reading this page to the end, i hope you will have as fun as i had when developping this product.
The cool thing is that there is some room left for a lot more themes in the future, so stay tuned !
Sampling, programming and demos by Stephane 'Barb' Garganigo Copyright (C) 2026
