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Kurzweil | PC88MX

Description

The PC88MX is a PC88 that comes with the VGM board already installed.

The PC88 is an 88 note weighted keyboard controller with built in sounds. As a master MIDI keyboard controller, it is extremely full featured. It has four zones which can be split or layered, and a large variety of fully programmable physical controllers including: 4 sliders, 2 switch pedals, 4 continuous pedals, 3 front panel switches, pitch wheel, mod wheel, and mono pressure. The 32 voice sound engine features 64 preset sounds including: Grand Piano, Fender Rhodes, FM type electric piano, strings, Hammond B-3, Harpsichord, Clavinet, Vibes, Marimba, Electric Bass, Acoustic Bass (with and without layered Ride Cymbal), Acoustic Guitar, and Synth Pads. It also includes a stereo digital effects processor with 40 effects algorithms for reverb, chorus and delay. An optional VGM expansion board offers an additional 32 voices of polyphony with 224 programs including: the General MIDI soundset (128 programs), 77 additional programs, and 19 programs which are a duplicate of some in the base unit (this allows you to create a 64 voice patch). This board also has its own independent effects processor.

BrandKurzweil
ModelPC88MX
DeviceSynth
TypeKeys
Engine TypeDigital
EnginePCM
Voices (max)32
Multitimbral4
Oscillators1
Engine DetailedPCM
FXReverb, Chorus and delay
Memory64 patches, 32 multi
ArpeggiatorYes
Keys88
Key typeKeys, Hammer action
VelocityY
AftertouchChannel
AudioStereo
MidiI-O-T
Extra infoThe VGM plug-in board adds 12 sets of drum and percussion sounds, and doubles the PC88’s maximum polyphony to 64 notes
Produced:1994 - 2000
Legend: Obvious Y: Yes, N: No, N/A: Not Applicable
VCO Voltage Controlled Oscillator DCO Digital Controlled Oscillator
LFO Low Frequency Oscillator Sub Sub Oscillator
VCF Voltage Controlled Filter VCA Voltage Controlled Amplifier
Velocity As with a piano, the harder you hit a key, the louder the sound, unlike most organs which always produce the same loudness no matter how hard you hit a key. Aftertouch Pressing a key after you activated it. Channel Aftertouch, no matter which key, it will send a Channel message. Poly Aftertouch, sends the pressure per key instead of the whole channel.
Values for OSC, LFO, Filter, Envelope are per voice unless stated otherwise.

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