Overview
With its comprehensive range of instruments dedicated to the music of the Mediterranean and Middle East, designed in collaboration with the top musicians of this sector, GEM is leading in the field of Oriental keyboards. These instruments are characterized by special functions, created for the exclusive and stylistic peculiarities of this musical reality. The WK2000 Oriental is GEM's new feature-packed oriental keyboard and offers a vast array of fascinating sounds and lively rhythms of Arabic, Greek and Turkish music.
Specifications
| Keyboard |
61 keys with velocity sensitivity |
| Polyphony |
32 notes max |
| Sounds |
480 sounds, including 34 oriental sounds, 16 drumkits, 3 oriental drumkits |
| Performances |
63 real-time editable |
| Effects |
22 reverbs, 22 effects, with separate sends |
| Modes |
3 realtime sections (lower, upper 1, upper 2), monophonic mode, split (progr.) |
| Controls |
volume, pitch/modulation ball, arabic scale keypad, 4 arabic scale progr. memories, store/cancel arabic scale memory, 16 direct style memory, style/song selection keypad, cursor/page, melody off, demo, single touch play, performance recall, function buttons (F1/F9), style/tempo lock, play all songs, upper 1, upper 2, lower, floppy disk, hard disk, sound selection keypad, octave -/+, transpose b/#, lyrics, vocal processor, rev/chorus, sustain, metronome, harmony, sampling (record, samples), 16 direct sound memory, enter, escape, dial |
| Pads |
4 programmable pads |
| Display |
LCD multifunction (neon backlit), lyrics on display (2 x 24 characters) |
| Styles |
96 styles (32 standard + 64 oriental), 8 user (progr.), 4 variations, 5 tracks (drums, bass, acc 1, acc 2, acc 3) |
| Styles controls |
Start/stop, intro, ending, fill in a <, fill in <>, fill in b >/tap tempo, key start/continue, fade in/out, variations 1/2/3/4, arrange on/off, arrange memory, lower memory, bass to lowest, style/tempo lock |
| Harmony |
8 types |
| Single Touch Play |
10 per style |
| Sequencer |
7 song style, 8 tracks: upper1/upper2/lower/5 tracks styles, 7 user songs, 16 tracks player |
| Disk Drive |
Load, save, delete, format (720 Kb - 1.44MB), utility, functions: direct-from-floppy/hard disk, play-all-songs |
| Compatibility |
Standard MIDI files (0, 1, 1+lyrics), GMX, WK2, WK3, PK7, CD, RASS, word box© mk1 |
| Hard Disk |
optional (2,5" ide) |
| Vocal Processor |
optional |
| Connections |
Stereo outputs, 2 headphones, damper pedal, pedal (progr.), volume pedal, computer (pc1, pc2, mac), MIDI In/Out/Thru, video out (rgb/s-vhs) |
| Extra |
upgradeable operating system via floppy disk |
| Amplification |
15W + 15W, 2 ways, 4 speakers |
Dimensions
(W x H x D) |
1.100 x 150 x 390 mm /
43,3'' x 5,9'' x 15,4'' |
| Weight |
14,3 kg / 31,46 lbs |
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