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ULTRASYNTH3 MODERN 1

The sound of now, native to your K2700.

64 programs made for modern productions: reese and acid basses, sync leads, glassy stacks, pumping motion and pads that never sit still. Every one runs on the K2700's own VAST engine, with its own effects, ready to play.

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ULTRASYNTH3 included, free
A wavetable drawn as a neon landscape
64programs
8categories of 8
18panel controls on every program
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The K2700 can sound like anything. MODERN 1 makes it sound like now.

VAST was built to make any sound. MODERN 1 points all of that power at the sounds on today's records: detuned stacks, reese basses, acid lines, screaming sync leads, plucked arpeggios, gated chords and pads that keep evolving. Made on the K2700, for the K2700, they show how far the instrument reaches.

Each program is a stack of VAST layers with its own effect chain: drive, chorus, flanger or phaser, a delay locked to the K2700's tempo, and a hall. All 64 are levelled to the same loudness, so a set can move from bass to pad to lead without anyone reaching for the volume.

And they are made to be played. Aftertouch opens filters and swells the brass, the wheels bend chords and bring in vibrato, and the K2700's sliders and knobs reshape every sound while it plays. Your instrument, ready for the next track.

Inside

Eight families. Sixty-four sounds.

From the low end to the transitions: everything a modern track asks for, each sound with its own name on the K2700.

POLY 8

Glassy stacks, wide chorused chords and 90s stabs for the heart of the mix.

  • Glass Stack
  • Glass Flange
  • Glass Phase
  • Juno Wash
  • Bloom Chord
  • Velvet Poly
  • Stab 90s
  • Detune Keys

BASS 8

Reese, acid, sub, sync, FM and wobble: the low end of modern tracks.

  • Sub Square
  • Acid Ring
  • Growl Sync
  • Rubber Mono
  • Reese Stack
  • FM Thump
  • Pluck Bass
  • Wobble 1/8

LEAD 8

Saw, sync, glide and vowel leads that cut through anything.

  • Sync Scream
  • Saw Lead
  • Hollow Pulse
  • Glide Sine
  • Fifth Lead
  • Vox Lead
  • Bend Chord
  • Brass Lead

PAD 8

Slow, wide beds that drift, shimmer and evolve.

  • Slow Choir
  • Silk Drift
  • PWM Clouds
  • Noise Air
  • Shimmer Pad
  • Dark Matter
  • Stack Warm
  • Evolve Loop

KEYS & PLUCK 8

FM tines, glass bells, clav, mallets and plucked arpeggios.

  • FM Tines
  • Glass Bell
  • Clavinet 1
  • Harpsi Rel
  • Marimba
  • Kalimba
  • Pluck Sync
  • Organ Perc

BRASS & STRINGS 8

Synth brass, string machines, solo strings and orchestra hits.

  • Poly Brass
  • Swell Brass
  • Str Machine
  • Solo Viola
  • Horn Section
  • Cello Low
  • Pizz
  • Orch Hit

MOTION 8

Gated, pumping and stepping sounds, locked to the K2700's tempo.

  • Gate 1/16
  • Step Filter
  • Pulse Chords
  • Trance Gate
  • Echo Pluck
  • Poly Rhythm
  • Random Steps
  • Pump Pad

FX & PERC 8

Synth drums, risers, wind and drones for every transition.

  • Kick Sine
  • Snare Noise
  • Hat Metal
  • Zap Laser
  • Riser
  • Wind
  • SciFi Drone
  • Bells Ring
Hear it

All 64 programs

Recorded directly from a Kurzweil K2700's audio output, with no external processing: every sound and effect is the K2700's own. Each plays a riff or chords that suit it; only the levels are matched.

  1. A11 Glass StackPOLY

    A chord progression, re-struck so the filter opens on every hit

    0:11
  2. A12 Glass FlangePOLY

    The progression, the flanger sweeping under it

    0:12
  3. A13 Glass PhasePOLY

    Held chords, the phaser turning them

    0:12
  4. A14 Juno WashPOLY

    Soft chords held through the bar: slow PWM and a wide chorus

    0:12
  5. A15 Bloom ChordPOLY

    A slow chord, the pitch wheel opening it

    0:09
  6. A16 Velvet PolyPOLY

    Dark chords opening with aftertouch

    0:07
  7. A17 Stab 90sPOLY

    Fifth stabs, the dotted echo answering

    0:07
  8. A18 Detune KeysPOLY

    Chords struck like an electric piano

    0:09
  9. A21 Sub SquareBASS

    A square bass line with its sine sub

    0:08
  10. A22 Acid RingBASS

    A 16th-note acid line with slides, high resonance and ring

    0:07
  11. A23 Growl SyncBASS

    Eighths, the sync falling on every note

    0:05
  12. A24 Rubber MonoBASS

    A legato line, gliding where notes overlap

    0:05
  13. A25 Reese StackBASS

    A slow minor bass line: detuned saws beating, the filter moving

    0:10
  14. A26 FM ThumpBASS

    A round bass, the FM on each attack

    0:05
  15. A27 Pluck BassBASS

    A plucked eighth-note line

    0:05
  16. A28 Wobble 1/8BASS

    Held notes, the filter wobbling in eighths

    0:06
  17. A31 Sync ScreamLEAD

    A legato phrase, vibrato on the wheel at the end

    0:05
  18. A32 Saw LeadLEAD

    A lead phrase, the dotted echo answering it

    0:09
  19. A33 Hollow PulseLEAD

    A reedy phrase on a narrow pulse

    0:06
  20. A34 Glide SineLEAD

    Wide legato leaps, the long glide and slow vibrato

    0:07
  21. A35 Fifth LeadLEAD

    A melody with the fifth on top

    0:05
  22. A36 Vox LeadLEAD

    Long notes, the wheel moving the vowel

    0:05
  23. A37 Bend ChordLEAD

    A phrase, the pitch wheel opening a chord

    0:06
  24. A38 Brass LeadLEAD

    A brassy phrase opening with aftertouch

    0:05
  25. A41 Slow ChoirPAD

    Slow 'aah' chords

    0:09
  26. A42 Silk DriftPAD

    Long chords, the stacked strings drifting slowly

    0:13
  27. A43 PWM CloudsPAD

    Chords, the two PWMs drifting

    0:09
  28. A44 Noise AirPAD

    Long chords with breath

    0:09
  29. A45 Shimmer PadPAD

    Bright octave chords, flanger and long echo

    0:11
  30. A46 Dark MatterPAD

    Low, dark chords, the phaser moving slowly

    0:11
  31. A47 Stack WarmPAD

    Warm chords, aftertouch opening the filter

    0:07
  32. A48 Evolve LoopPAD

    Held chords pulsing and evolving

    0:10
  33. A51 FM TinesKEYS & PLUCK

    A ballad: soft chords, a stronger melody that brings in more FM

    0:14
  34. A52 Glass BellKEYS & PLUCK

    A slow melody of glass bells

    0:05
  35. A53 Clavinet 1KEYS & PLUCK

    A funky sixteenth riff

    0:06
  36. A54 Harpsi RelKEYS & PLUCK

    Broken chords in sixteenths

    0:05
  37. A55 MarimbaKEYS & PLUCK

    A wooden melody

    0:05
  38. A56 KalimbaKEYS & PLUCK

    An eighth-note pattern of metal tines

    0:05
  39. A57 Pluck SyncKEYS & PLUCK

    An arpeggio, the sync falling and the dotted echo

    0:06
  40. A58 Organ PercKEYS & PLUCK

    Organ chords with their percussion

    0:09
  41. A61 Poly BrassBRASS & STRINGS

    Brass stabs, then chords swelling with aftertouch

    0:10
  42. A62 Swell BrassBRASS & STRINGS

    Brass chords swelling slowly

    0:07
  43. A63 Str MachineBRASS & STRINGS

    A seventies string machine, chords in octaves

    0:07
  44. A64 Solo ViolaBRASS & STRINGS

    A legato line, vibrato on aftertouch

    0:06
  45. A65 Horn SectionBRASS & STRINGS

    Horn stabs and held chords

    0:05
  46. A66 Cello LowBRASS & STRINGS

    A low line, vibrato on the wheel

    0:07
  47. A67 PizzBRASS & STRINGS

    Pizzicato eighths in the room

    0:05
  48. A68 Orch HitBRASS & STRINGS

    Orchestra hits

    0:05
  49. A71 Gate 1/16MOTION

    Held chords, gated in sixteenths

    0:07
  50. A72 Step FilterMOTION

    Held chords, the filter stepping each eighth

    0:07
  51. A73 Pulse ChordsMOTION

    Held fifths, pumped in eighths with the tempo

    0:12
  52. A74 Trance GateMOTION

    Held chords, the filter gating and the wide echo

    0:08
  53. A75 Echo PluckMOTION

    A few plucked notes; the echo with its feedback does the rest

    0:07
  54. A76 Poly RhythmMOTION

    One held chord, triplets against a slow resonance

    0:05
  55. A77 Random StepsMOTION

    Held chords, random pulse widths and filter

    0:05
  56. A78 Pump PadMOTION

    A pad pumping on the beat

    0:05
  57. A81 Kick SineFX & PERC

    A kick pattern

    0:04
  58. A82 Snare NoiseFX & PERC

    A snare on two and four

    0:04
  59. A83 Hat MetalFX & PERC

    Eighth-note hats, closed and open

    0:04
  60. A84 Zap LaserFX & PERC

    Laser zaps

    0:03
  61. A85 RiserFX & PERC

    One held note: the six-second rise, then let go

    0:09
  62. A86 WindFX & PERC

    Wind wandering

    0:08
  63. A87 SciFi DroneFX & PERC

    A drone, the FM changing slowly

    0:10
  64. A88 Bells RingFX & PERC

    Ring-modulated bells in a long hall

    0:06
On the panel

Play the sound, not a menu.

Every program carries the same control plan, so the K2700's sliders and knobs always do the same job: shape the sound while you play it.

Sliders
  1. 1Filter FREQ
  2. 2Filter RES
  3. 3AMP ATTACK
  4. 4AMP RELEASE
  5. 5Filter ENV
  6. 6AMP DECAY
  7. 7NOISE
  8. 8DIST WET
  9. 9REVERB SEND
Knobs
  1. 1LFO 1 RATE
  2. 2OSC 1 DETUNE
  3. 3OSC 2 SHAPE
  4. 4OSC 3 SHAPE
  5. 5LFO 3 RATE
  6. 6OSC 2 level
  7. 7OSC 3 level
  8. 8—
  9. 9REVERB TIME

Button 9 turns the reverb on and off. The mod wheel brings in the vibrato of the sounds that use it.

Load and play

Three steps to the first note.

Get the file

One .K27 file with all 64 programs and their effects. Programs only: no samples, no sample memory.

Load it with FILL

From a USB stick. The programs go into free USER places; nothing of yours is replaced.

Play

Find them by name. Their delays and tempo LFOs follow the K2700's tempo.

Details

What you need

Instrument
Kurzweil K2700.
Contents
64 programs in 8 categories, each with its effect chain and a hall reverb.
File
One .K27 file, programs only, loaded with FILL.
Controls
9 sliders, 8 knobs and a button on every program; the wheels and aftertouch where the sound uses them.
Included
ULTRASYNTH3 for macOS, free.
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Free with MODERN 1 ULTRASYNTH3

The synth that made these sounds comes with them.

ULTRASYNTH3 is a modern three-oscillator synth for the Mac that turns everything you design into a real K2700 program. MODERN 1's 64 programs are its starters: open any of them, take it apart, and make it yours.

  • Design on one pageThree oscillators with sync, ring and FM, a resonant filter, three envelopes, three LFOs and a 16-row mod matrix.
  • Hear it on the K2700With the K2700 on USB, every move reaches it as you make it.
  • Keep itSTORE puts a finished sound on the K2700 with one button; READ brings a stored program back into the app.
  • Your own library128 places of your own, a preset browser with search, and a full user manual.
Discover ULTRASYNTH3User manual

macOS. Plays on its own; with a K2700 on USB: LINK, STORE and READ.