Stay tuned for the news about the K2061 and K2088 at kurzweil.com  The prototypes had a very good reception at the NAMM show.

Regards,

Fran

I want one. Now. Like .. this very second. Please awfully thank you. 

I'm yet to de-commission my Forte7 - it's just too damn good - and my K2700 is basically my main studio keyboard (which I know is a ridiculous waste). But both are big, bulky and heavy so, in order to build a 'fly rig' (lightweight/small) for smaller gigs, I picked up a cheap Korg Nautilus61 as I have had a Kronos for years. This was the first time I had to import samples for patches on the Nautilus/Kronos. To call it tortuous is an understatement on par with "the spanish inquisition were sometimes a little bit enthusiastic..."

What I want is a 61key synth version of the modern Ks. With the USB midi host of the K2700 plus the extra line ins (as well as the 2nd line outs). I can live without the usb audio side.

Hang on ... that's the spec of the K2061! 

So please send one over - I'm happy to pay the shipping - asap so I can ditch this klunky Korg (Nautilus just doesn't feel as good as the Kronos : Korg slimmed it down too much) with it's mad file handling and just use something decent.

Pretty please?? 😆 

Lol - was about to start a new thread then this was suggested.

Anyway, last Saturday (6th Sep 25) I gigged my new K2061! I lucked out and managed to find a unit in stock from presumably) the first batch to hit these parts and paid the extra to overnight it from EU to UK. Dumped my Forte patches (which in turn came from years of PC3K and PC3 before that) into it and started fixing up the programs in multis / swapping layers (this is now usb midi'd up to a weighted controller) and had a working setup in an evening. Tested in rehearsals then gigged a week later. Nice.

First thoughts? I do like it very much. It's still a tad deeper than I'd like (front to back) but looks the business. It's silly, but I like the ability to change the colour schemes for the buttons - in one mode, the keypad is yellow and in the dark it reminds me of my trusty old Ensoniq ESQ1 from many moons ago. 

Sounds great to me and it's abilities in Multi mode to map incoming midi to outgoing midi is now baked in to a load of my patches. Weight is nice (which given some recent surgery is something I'm more aware of these days). 

I've noticed a few changes to the OS that I'd missed on the K2700 and I need to dig into the default multi template to simplify some stuff (the standard spewed a bunch of controller data that really upset my Roland JD-08), and there's a couple of quirks that I noticed that I am suspicious might be tiny bugs, but niggles rather than showstoppers.

All in all, one very happy bunny here!

Happy for you!

Enjoy your K2061!

C.

@davebeta so you did from pc3->forte->k2061 ? i have problems to do pc3->k2061 directly 🙁

@DaveBeta

so, it’s possible to link my PC4 with my new K2061 via midi or USB to change programs on the K2061 from the PC4 via midi and or USB? I have looked at the manual for the K2061. It does not tell me how I can do this. It does have many different configurations, but I have forgotten the language of midi and I am wondering is there a simple step-by-step way of changing my programs on the K2061 when I pull up a multi or a program from my quick access banks on the PC4? 
thanks for taking the time to read this

@aletius - yes, I went pc3 -> Forte -> K2061. My main issue is that where I had used factory programs, they needed to be remapped. otherwise, I don't recall any serious issues.

What are your problems?

Sorry for my late reply. That was exactly what it was. The re-mapping takes some time. But the good thing is that you are forced to asses the new sounds of the K2061 (compared to older models) and the 2061 sounds massive. It feels like there is more musicality in the sounds than before and it took me back to the my first steps on the K2000 (but now on steroids). .... time constraints are getting bigger once you get older , unfortunately 🙂