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Lightweight, High-performance Stage Piano from Kurzweil





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Loaded with amazing sounds and features, the Kurzweil SP7 88-key Stage Piano is powered by the company’s next-generation A.T.S.T. (Authentic Timbre Synthesis Technology) architecture. Based on a custom semiconductor, A.T.S.T. allows for high-fidelity audio and streamlined sound programming while facilitating seamless velocity layer transitions. With 256 notes of polyphony, you’ll never run out of voices for even your most complex and richly layered performances. And with two gigs of factory sounds and 307 expertly crafted presets onboard, sonic inspiration is a button press away! Whether you’re rocking Rachmaninoff or a blistering synth lead, keyboard feel is everything. Serious pianists will be right at home on the SP7’s fully weighted, 88-note hammer-action keybed, while string and pedal resonance modeling and half-damper support complete the illusion of playing a world-class concert grand. Add in a powerful multi-effects engine and a bevy of physical controllers, and you have a formidable master keyboard for stage and studio. And its sleek 27.5-pound chassis is easy to transport. Light on weight and on your budget ? but heavy on features and performance ? the Kurzweil SP7 is value packed and ready to rock.





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World-class pianos onboard





A professional stage piano is nothing without world-class pianos and here the Kurzweil SP7 does not disappoint. Boasting the same German 9-foot grand piano samples found in Kurzweil’s flagship K2700 workstation, the instrument’s A.T.S.T. sound engine delivers striking improvements in realism with its support for higher-resolution audio, smooth velocity transitions, and its 2-times oversampling filter. These impeccable concert grands are breathtakingly nuanced and realistic to play, thanks to state-of-the-art string and pedal resonance modeling, envelope/velocity controlled key-off samples, and half-damper pedal support (pedal available separately). These pianos reside in a massive patch arsenal along with every other sound you could ever need, from authentic vintage EPs to cutting-edge synths to gloriously lifelike acoustic instruments.





Packed with powerful features ? and control





When you’re performing onstage, you don’t need a stage piano that fights you back. To that end, Kurzweil fortified the SP7 with a powerful feature set that not only loads sounds instantly, it lets you navigate fast. The onboard FX Engine delivers a full arsenal of editable effects, from reverbs, delays, and dynamics to rotary speaker simulation for your organ patches. Eight arpeggiators enable you to whip up compelling rhythmic patterns quickly. And to control it all, you get a generous command center loaded with fully programmable physical controllers. If you’re ready for a truly masterful stage piano to control your entire keyboard rig, step up to the Kurzweil SP7 from Sweetwater.





Kurzweil SP7 88-key Stage Piano Features:


Fully weighted hammer-action keybed


Display: 480 x 272 pixel 4.3-inch color LCD


Polyphony: 256 notes


Multitimbral: 16 parts (1 per MIDI channel)


Architecture: A.T.S.T. (Authentic Timbre Synthesis Technology) fixed PCM subtractive with variable filter and 2x oversampling state-variable 96kHz filter


Factory Programs: 307; Factory Samples: 2GB


Factory Multis: 512; User Multis: 128


Multi Zones: 16


General MIDI: GM2


Piano String Resonance: Yes; Piano Damper Resonance: Yes


Master EQ: 4-Band


Aux FX Buses: 2


Insert Effects:


Reverb: 6 Algorithms


Modulation: BPM-sync’d Delay, Chorus/Flanger, Rotary Speaker, Vibrato, Tremolo, Auto Wah-Wah


Dynamic: Compression, Noise Gate


Distortion: Distortion/Overdrive/Tube/Fuzz, Bit Crusher


EQ: 4-Band, Hi/Low Shelf, Peak/Notch, Hi/Lowpass


Vocal Pitch Correction: Yes / Automatic


Vocal Harmony Generation: 4-part


Controllers: 1 Pitch/Mod Joystick


8 Knobs; 8 Buttons


2 Transpose switches


2 Switch pedal inputs; supports 1 half-damper pedal (1 switch/sustain pedal included; half-damper pedal sold separately)


1 Continuous Control Pedal Input (pedal sold separately)


Arpeggiator: 8 ? Hybrid-Arpeggiators


System Sample Rate: 48kHz (max 192kHz)


System Bit Rate: 48-bit (fixed point)


Analog Inputs: 2 XLR-1/4-inch balanced combi


Analog Outputs: 2 x 1/4-inch Main; 2 x 1/4-inch Monitor


Headphone: 1 rear panel 1/4-inch output


USB/MIDI: 1 Type B port; MIDI DIN: In, Out


USB Audio Interface: 2-in/2-out; 24-bit/48kHz


Software Editor: External Macro Synthesis Editor available


OS Updates: via USB (Engine firmware), via SD card (GUI firmware)


Included Accessories: Power cable, Switch pedal, USB cable, 1/4-inch TRS cable


Weight: 27.5 pounds


Power: External 15VDC 2.5A Power Supply