ULTRASYNTH3
A modern three-oscillator synth that lands on your K2700.
Three oscillators, a filter, a mod matrix and effects, and every control mapped onto the K2700.
One page: three oscillators, a mixer with ring and noise, a resonant filter, envelopes, LFOs, a 16-row mod matrix and effects. Each patch becomes a stack of VAST layers on the K2700.
The panel always shows what a sound costs on the instrument (layers, notes, polyphony) and greys out what the K2700 cannot do. With the LINK on, every move reaches the K2700 as you make it.
All 64 of the starters
Recorded directly from a Kurzweil K2700's audio output, with no external processing: every sound and effect is the K2700's own, playing the program ULTRASYNTH3 sends it. Each plays a riff or chords that suit it; only the levels are matched.
- A11 Glass StackPOLY0:11
A chord progression, re-struck so the filter opens on every hit
- A12 Glass FlangePOLY0:12
The progression, the flanger sweeping under it
- A13 Glass PhasePOLY0:12
Held chords, the phaser turning them
- A14 Juno WashPOLY0:12
Soft chords held through the bar: slow PWM and a wide chorus
- A15 Bloom ChordPOLY0:09
A slow chord, the pitch wheel opening it
- A16 Velvet PolyPOLY0:07
Dark chords opening with aftertouch
- A17 Stab 90sPOLY0:07
Fifth stabs, the dotted echo answering
- A18 Detune KeysPOLY0:09
Chords struck like an electric piano
- A21 Sub SquareBASS0:08
A square bass line with its sine sub
- A22 Acid RingBASS0:07
A 16th-note acid line with slides, high resonance and ring
- A23 Growl SyncBASS0:05
Eighths, the sync falling on every note
- A24 Rubber MonoBASS0:05
A legato line, gliding where notes overlap
- A25 Reese StackBASS0:10
A slow minor bass line: detuned saws beating, the filter moving
- A26 FM ThumpBASS0:05
A round bass, the FM on each attack
- A27 Pluck BassBASS0:05
A plucked eighth-note line
- A28 Wobble 1/8BASS0:06
Held notes, the filter wobbling in eighths
- A31 Sync ScreamLEAD0:05
A legato phrase, vibrato on the wheel at the end
- A32 Saw LeadLEAD0:09
A lead phrase, the dotted echo answering it
- A33 Hollow PulseLEAD0:06
A reedy phrase on a narrow pulse
- A34 Glide SineLEAD0:07
Wide legato leaps, the long glide and slow vibrato
- A35 Fifth LeadLEAD0:05
A melody with the fifth on top
- A36 Vox LeadLEAD0:05
Long notes, the wheel moving the vowel
- A37 Bend ChordLEAD0:06
A phrase, the pitch wheel opening a chord
- A38 Brass LeadLEAD0:05
A brassy phrase opening with aftertouch
- A41 Slow ChoirPAD0:09
Slow 'aah' chords
- A42 Silk DriftPAD0:13
Long chords, the stacked strings drifting slowly
- A43 PWM CloudsPAD0:09
Chords, the two PWMs drifting
- A44 Noise AirPAD0:09
Long chords with breath
- A45 Shimmer PadPAD0:11
Bright octave chords, flanger and long echo
- A46 Dark MatterPAD0:11
Low, dark chords, the phaser moving slowly
- A47 Stack WarmPAD0:07
Warm chords, aftertouch opening the filter
- A48 Evolve LoopPAD0:10
Held chords pulsing and evolving
- A51 FM TinesKEYS & PLUCK0:14
A ballad: soft chords, a stronger melody that brings in more FM
- A52 Glass BellKEYS & PLUCK0:05
A slow melody of glass bells
- A53 Clavinet 1KEYS & PLUCK0:06
A funky sixteenth riff
- A54 Harpsi RelKEYS & PLUCK0:05
Broken chords in sixteenths
- A55 MarimbaKEYS & PLUCK0:05
A wooden melody
- A56 KalimbaKEYS & PLUCK0:05
An eighth-note pattern of metal tines
- A57 Pluck SyncKEYS & PLUCK0:06
An arpeggio, the sync falling and the dotted echo
- A58 Organ PercKEYS & PLUCK0:09
Organ chords with their percussion
- A61 Poly BrassBRASS & STRINGS0:10
Brass stabs, then chords swelling with aftertouch
- A62 Swell BrassBRASS & STRINGS0:07
Brass chords swelling slowly
- A63 Str MachineBRASS & STRINGS0:07
A seventies string machine, chords in octaves
- A64 Solo ViolaBRASS & STRINGS0:06
A legato line, vibrato on aftertouch
- A65 Horn SectionBRASS & STRINGS0:05
Horn stabs and held chords
- A66 Cello LowBRASS & STRINGS0:07
A low line, vibrato on the wheel
- A67 PizzBRASS & STRINGS0:05
Pizzicato eighths in the room
- A68 Orch HitBRASS & STRINGS0:05
Orchestra hits
- A71 Gate 1/16MOTION0:07
Held chords, gated in sixteenths
- A72 Step FilterMOTION0:07
Held chords, the filter stepping each eighth
- A73 Pulse ChordsMOTION0:12
Held fifths, pumped in eighths with the tempo
- A74 Trance GateMOTION0:08
Held chords, the filter gating and the wide echo
- A75 Echo PluckMOTION0:07
A few plucked notes; the echo with its feedback does the rest
- A76 Poly RhythmMOTION0:05
One held chord, triplets against a slow resonance
- A77 Random StepsMOTION0:05
Held chords, random pulse widths and filter
- A78 Pump PadMOTION0:05
A pad pumping on the beat
- A81 Kick SineFX & PERC0:04
A kick pattern
- A82 Snare NoiseFX & PERC0:04
A snare on two and four
- A83 Hat MetalFX & PERC0:04
Eighth-note hats, closed and open
- A84 Zap LaserFX & PERC0:03
Laser zaps
- A85 RiserFX & PERC0:09
One held note: the six-second rise, then let go
- A86 WindFX & PERC0:08
Wind wandering
- A87 SciFi DroneFX & PERC0:10
A drone, the FM changing slowly
- A88 Bells RingFX & PERC0:06
Ring-modulated bells in a long hall
What it does
Three oscillators
STACK, SYNC and RING; sine, triangle, saw, pulse and ROM waves; FM between oscillators.
Filter
LP, BP or HP at 12 or 24 dB, with key tracking, its envelope and LFO 1.
Envelopes and LFOs
DAHDSR envelopes with loop, and three LFOs.
Voice
Poly, mono or legato; unison 2 or 4; glide.
MOD MATRIX
16 rows of routing.
Effects
One chain on the K2700: distortion, then chorus, flanger or phaser, then a tempo delay; and a hall reverb. Every effect knob moves live.
128 starters
MODERN 1 and MODERN 2, two banks of 64 in 8 categories, level-matched, plus MY PATCHES, in a preset browser with search.
LINK, STORE, READ
Live edits; the effect chain checked on the K2700 when you connect; STORE with confirmation and read-back; READ turns a stored program back into a patch.
What you need
- Platform
- macOS app.
- K2700
- Not needed to play. With a K2700 on USB: LINK, STORE and READ.
- Patches
- Starters and MY PATCHES.
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