ULTRASYNTH3 MODERN 2
New sounds for new music, born on your K2700.
64 programs for the music being made right now: 808s that slide, amapiano log drums, hoovers, trance supersaws, hyperpop chords, braams and dub sirens. Every one runs on the K2700's own VAST engine, with its own effects, ready to play.
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Every genre has its sound. MODERN 2 gives your K2700 all of them.
MODERN 2 goes where today's music lives: the slide of a drill 808, the knock of an amapiano log drum, the bounce of a donk, the rush of a trance supersaw, the crunch of hyperpop, the weight of a cinematic braam. Sixty-four new sounds, none of them a copy of MODERN 1, all of them made on the K2700, for the K2700.
They use the instrument in ways most banks never try: envelopes that loop and breathe, ring modulation in chords, pads and percussion, FM that blooms while you hold a note, random pitches, sixteenths against triplets. Each program has its own effect chain, drive, chorus, flanger or phaser, a delay locked to the K2700's tempo and a hall, and all 64 sit at the same loudness.
And they are made to be played: the wheel brings in wobble and growl, pressure opens filters and swells horns, velocity makes brass scoop and leads bite, and the K2700's sliders and knobs reshape every sound while it plays. Your K2700, ready for whatever comes next.
Eight families. Sixty-four new sounds.
From the dance floor to the film score: the sounds of today's genres, each with its own name on the K2700.
POLY 8
Hyperpop and future bass chords, a house organ, lo-fi keys, ring and sync chords, a dub techno stab.
- Hyper Saws
- Wub Chords
- House Organ
- Tape Keys
- Ring Chords
- Sync Bloom
- Dub Chord
- Crunch Poly
BASS 8
A sliding 808, a log drum, a donk, a hoover, psytrance, growling and talking wubs, a garage organ bass.
- 808 Glide
- Log Drum
- Donk
- FM Growl
- Hoover
- Psy Roll
- Talk Wub
- Organ Bass
LEAD 8
Hyperpop, trance and chiptune leads, a ring screech, an afro flute, melodic techno, a wah and FM bite.
- Hyper Lead
- Euphoric Lead
- Chip Lead
- Ring Screech
- Afro Flute
- Afterglow Lead
- Auto Wah
- FM Saw Lead
PAD 8
Blooming FM, a ring-modulated garden, a pad that breathes, a cosmic organ, reverse swells, vowels and bells.
- FM Bloom
- Metal Garden
- Breathing Glass
- Cosmic Organ
- Reverse Swell
- Vowel Morph
- Vapor Pad
- Bell Pad
KEYS & PLUCK 8
A melodic house pluck, a steel pan, a lo-fi wurli, a muted guitar, a toy piano, a harp, a koto.
- Melodic Pluck
- Steel Pan
- Lo-Fi Wurli
- Muted Guitar
- Toy Piano
- Dream Harp
- Bit Pluck
- Koto Twang
BRASS & STRINGS 8
A trailer braam, tremolo strings, scooping brass, a lush ensemble, horns, a harmon mute, a sax, a musette.
- Braam
- Tremolo Strings
- Brass Scoop
- Lush Ensemble
- Soft Horns
- Harmon Mute
- Neon Sax
- Musette
MOTION 8
Stutters, polymeters, random bleeps, sync steps, an FM ratchet, a triplet gallop, bubbles, ring pulses.
- Stutter Loop
- Polymeter
- Random Bleeps
- Sync Steps
- FM Ratchet
- Triplet Gallop
- Bubbles
- Ring Pulse
FX & PERC 8
A clap, an 808 cowbell, an impact, a downlifter, a dub siren, vinyl noise, a sub drop, a rimshot.
- Loop Clap
- Cowbell 808
- Impact Boom
- Downlifter
- Dub Siren
- Vinyl Noise
- Sub Drop
- Rim Click
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.
- B11 Hyper SawsPOLY0:11
A pushed chord progression, the bright stacks hitting on and off the beat
- B12 Wub ChordsPOLY0:09
Wide chords; from the second the mod wheel brings in the triplet wobble
- B13 House OrganPOLY0:09
Organ stabs on the off-beats, house piano style
- B14 Tape KeysPOLY0:09
Lazy strummed ninth chords, the tape wavering under them
- B15 Ring ChordsPOLY0:11
Open fifths held through the bar, the ring modulation shimmering
- B16 Sync BloomPOLY0:09
Two long chords that bloom as they are held; pressure opens the second further
- B17 Dub ChordPOLY0:08
A minor-seventh stab on the off-beats, drowning in echo and room
- B18 Crunch PolyPOLY0:09
Crushed chords in a hyperpop rhythm
- B21 808 GlideBASS0:05
A drill 808 line, sliding where the notes overlap
- B22 Log DrumBASS0:04
An amapiano log drum pattern
- B23 DonkBASS0:05
A bouncing off-beat donk line
- B24 FM GrowlBASS0:04
Held notes growling in eighths; the mod wheel adds FM in the second half
- B25 HooverBASS0:05
A rave riff, the pitch swooping into each note
- B26 Psy RollBASS0:04
A rolling psytrance line: three sixteenths after every beat
- B27 Talk WubBASS0:04
Long notes talking; the mod wheel opens the vowel in the second half
- B28 Organ BassBASS0:04
A UK garage organ bass line
- B31 Hyper LeadLEAD0:05
A pop melody, scooping into the notes, the vibrato arriving on its own
- B32 Euphoric LeadLEAD0:06
A trance melody, the dotted echo answering in the big room
- B33 Chip LeadLEAD0:05
A chiptune run and phrase, the pulse width flipping
- B34 Ring ScreechLEAD0:05
A hard techno riff in eighths, the wheel pushing the scream
- B35 Afro FluteLEAD0:07
A pentatonic melody, breath on the attacks, pressure on the long notes
- B36 Afterglow LeadLEAD0:06
A slow melodic techno phrase, gliding, the filter moving
- B37 Auto WahLEAD0:04
A funky riff, each note opening the wah
- B38 FM Saw LeadLEAD0:05
An eighties lead phrase; the harder notes bite with more FM
- B41 FM BloomPAD0:10
Two long chords, the FM blooming as they are held
- B42 Metal GardenPAD0:11
Two long chords, ring modulation drifting through them
- B43 Breathing GlassPAD0:10
Two long chords breathing every two seconds
- B44 Cosmic OrganPAD0:13
Slow organ chords in a cathedral
- B45 Reverse SwellPAD0:09
Four chords, each swelling up and cut like a reversed take
- B46 Vowel MorphPAD0:07
Long chords opening from 'oo' to 'aa'
- B47 Vapor PadPAD0:09
A slow seventh-chord progression, the tape wavering
- B48 Bell PadPAD0:10
Two chords: bells that turn into a warm pad
- B51 Melodic PluckKEYS & PLUCK0:09
An eighth-note arpeggio through four chords, the dotted echo answering
- B52 Steel PanKEYS & PLUCK0:04
A calypso melody
- B53 Lo-Fi WurliKEYS & PLUCK0:09
Strummed lo-fi chords, hard then soft
- B54 Muted GuitarKEYS & PLUCK0:04
A palm-muted afrobeats riff in sixteenths
- B55 Toy PianoKEYS & PLUCK0:05
A lullaby on a toy piano
- B56 Dream HarpKEYS & PLUCK0:08
Two harp glissandos and a chord
- B57 Bit PluckKEYS & PLUCK0:04
A chiptune arpeggio in sixteenths
- B58 Koto TwangKEYS & PLUCK0:04
A melody in the Japanese in scale
- B61 BraamBRASS & STRINGS0:09
Three trailer braams, each lower
- B62 Tremolo StringsBRASS & STRINGS0:09
Tense held chords in bowed tremolo
- B63 Brass ScoopBRASS & STRINGS0:04
Funk brass stabs, the hardest scooping most
- B64 Lush EnsembleBRASS & STRINGS0:09
Wide string chords
- B65 Soft HornsBRASS & STRINGS0:09
A horn chorale, pressure brightening the last chord
- B66 Harmon MuteBRASS & STRINGS0:04
A muted jazz trumpet phrase
- B67 Neon SaxBRASS & STRINGS0:05
An eighties sax solo, pressure on the long notes
- B68 MusetteBRASS & STRINGS0:05
A musette melody, the reeds beating
- B71 Stutter LoopMOTION0:06
Held chords stuttering on their own
- B72 PolymeterMOTION0:07
Three held chords: sixteenths against triplets
- B73 Random BleepsMOTION0:09
Fifths moving down, turned into random computer bleeps
- B74 Sync StepsMOTION0:07
Power fifths stepping in eighths, a ramp on every beat
- B75 FM RatchetMOTION0:06
Held fifths ratcheting in sixteenths
- B76 Triplet GallopMOTION0:09
Held chords galloping in triplets
- B77 BubblesMOTION0:07
Three chords bubbling at random
- B78 Ring PulseMOTION0:06
Moving fifths, the ring modulation pulsing in sixteenths
- B81 Loop ClapFX & PERC0:04
Claps on two and four
- B82 Cowbell 808FX & PERC0:04
A phonk cowbell melody
- B83 Impact BoomFX & PERC0:12
Three cinematic impacts, each lower, over the last one's tail
- B84 DownlifterFX & PERC0:07
Two downlifters, the second falling under the first
- B85 Dub SirenFX & PERC0:08
A dub siren call in three pitches, its echo running on
- B86 Vinyl NoiseFX & PERC0:07
Record noise, the needle lifted once and put back
- B87 Sub DropFX & PERC0:07
Two sub drops, the second starting under the first
- B88 Rim ClickFX & PERC0:04
A syncopated rimshot groove
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.
- 1LFO 1 RATE
- 2OSC 1 DETUNE
- 3OSC 2 SHAPE
- 4OSC 3 SHAPE
- 5LFO 3 RATE
- 6OSC 2 level
- 7OSC 3 level
- 8—
- 9REVERB TIME
Button 9 turns the reverb on and off. The mod wheel brings in the vibrato of the sounds that use it.
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.
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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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 2's 64 programs are its starters of group B: 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.
macOS. Plays on its own; with a K2700 on USB: LINK, STORE and READ.