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