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Ease of Use: 9
Very little patch editing available (though there are four knobs which can be assigned for things like filter cut-off). There's an up-front EQ button which can allow you to boost an individual patch(前面板具有EQ可以直接調整音色); great if you don't think that piano patch is cutting through enough!
Manual is one of the better ones: clearly written with a proper index and complete and detailed patch descriptions
I should say that I was able to start playing patches and switching banks without having to think about it as you can select patches with buttons, inc/dec buttons, AND a nice big datawheel. It's also very easy on the eye; a good-looking board (doesn't use that ugly orange display, either). (選音色與Bank幾乎不用多想，大的參數轉輪非常好用，顯示幕比以前的橘色好看很多)
64-note poly. I'm hoping that it has the same kind of note-handling capabilities as my old PC88MX which was 32-note poly except in a few instances, yet never dropped a note! (64個發聲數)
Built-in effects are sweet and rich (I have come to loathe digital delays, but they're used judiciously here). Note, though, that individual patch effects are lost in multi-timbral mode (that shaves one point). (內建效果器甜美豐富)
Unit can be expanded with more ROM sounds via a single board. So far Kurzy has only released one board in a loooong time, the Orchestral, and since those sounds come stock in the PC1X, you'll probably be waiting another loooong time before (if?) another board appears. Yamaha, Emu, Roland, Korg (even Alesis) offer far, far more and far faster in this area, so Kurzy gets shaved another point just for that. (可以擴充音色的ROM，原來的Orchestral管弦樂音色已經內建在PC1X當中)
The PC1X is a controller with a weighted, but not too weighted full keyboard. Piano tones feel right, but it's responsive enough for organ and synth. Aftertouch is perfect; you don't have to dig to China to get a response. All of the controls are well laid-out on the facia and they all make sense. You can split the keyboard into four zones; 2 MIDI Outs! Nice.(觸鍵不會太重，具有AfterTouch，鍵盤可以做分鍵，具備兩組獨立MidiOut)
There's no sequencer and no ability to play sequences.
There's a bread-and-butter arpeggiator, not changed too much (at all?) from the PC88MX. It's too limited and too hard to get to and use so for me, it's like it's not even there. I must point out, too, that not all of the arpeggiated tones in the Setup patches actually worked (and I double-checked the manual to see why; they just didn't). Hmmm.
The EPs are gorgeous and the Wurlies not bad. The pianos are not what I bought this for (see final comments below), but they are pretty good. I feel they fade out too fast. That said, there's a lot to choose from, including a Rock Piano that solves an age-old complaint: IT WILL CUT THROUGH ANYTHING! (電鋼琴跟鋼琴音色極優，並有釵h組可以選擇)
Orchestral sounds are mostly lovely, though I would hope Kurzy's eventual ROM board would add essentials like bass clarinet, contra bassoon, piccolo (!), alto and bass flute, muted brass (hand-in-bell Horns, for example), brass shakes and falls (etc.), muted strings, and the like. Hint to Kurzweil NO ONE ELSE OFFERS THIS! (管弦樂音色最為可愛，釵h不同的管弦樂組合音色是其他廠牌所沒有的)
Some terrific un-tuned and tuned percussion. Nice range of brushed perc; And the timpani are very aggressive and muscular. In fact, overall I'd say most of the orchestral sounds have a more cutting, aggressive quality to them than Roland's or Yamaha's. (打擊樂器以及定音鼓音色很棒，有音樂性，大部分的管弦樂音色比Roland, YAMAHA還要好)
Synths and pads are quite good (and there aren't enough). Solid basses (but all synths' basses are good). Acoustic guitars are wonderfully done, even though they don't have any of the velocity extras as Emu, Roland, and Yammie have now.
(合成器以及Pad音色也很棒，木吉他音色做的很好)
Drum kits are plentiful and fun to play with. Real care was given here.
(鼓組種類很多，並且很好彈奏)
The GM selections are a mixed-bag (flute doubles as piccolor, for example). Kurzy should have done an XG bank!
內建General Midi的音色組
Reliability: N/A
Too new to know. It's heavy and solidly built. Could probably stand up to some pounding.
Customer Support: N/A
When I had my PC88MX I found Kurzweil to be lousy. Absolutely the worst, which puts them right down there with so many other synth companies. But some companies are FINALLY starting to treat customers like customers (Yamaha) so I'll reserve judgment and hope Kurzy has changed. We'll see if I run into any problems or how quickly they come out with expansion boards.
Overall Rating: 9
The PC1X is advertised as a controller that happens to already have great sounds in it and there's no disagreement here. I had a Yammie S90 and liked it, but wasn't in love with it. I sold it in advance of getting a Motif ES, then when I had a chance to judge the ES, found it wasn't quite what I was looking for. The ES has an atrocious interface, sampling without crossfading, a sequencer I'll never use (etc.). The sounds ARE improved over my S90 (and the older Motifs), but aside from the Mega Voices for guitar and bass and a few Sweet Voices, I didn't think it was worth the money or learning curve.
(我之前有S90，不過，我喜歡他，不過不愛他，所以賣掉了，我換了MotifES，比S90好很多，不過他的音色讓我覺得不值得花這麼多錢(p.s.,應該是MOTIF ES8) )
Another consideration was Yammie's P250. Lovely board with great pianos, 128 voice poly, and modeled effects like keyboard resonance. But it's the size of a fussball game and costs $1800. In the meantime, I came into possession of a used GeneralMusic RealPiano which also has string resonance, pedal damping, etc., so why get a P250?
YAMAHA P250不錯，不過太貴
But I had no keyboard, so I checked Sweetwater for controllers. A top- of- the- line (but feature poor) controller was just a few hun less than this new Kurzweil PC1X (as I write this, October 2003, the PC1X has only been out about a week). Hmmm, sound-dead controller, or pay a little more for what is actually a BETTER controller that also has several great sounds.
Literally a no-brainer. I bought the PC1X.
Despite my quibbles, there's really nothing like it with 88 keys and this quality in this price range. Roland's RS9? Keyboard is non-weighted and the sounds aren't as good as the Kurzy. Alesis QS8.2? Old sounds and technology in a board that offers much less than the original QS8 from several years back. From there, we start going up quite a bit in price to the S90, Triton LE, etc.
在這個價位裡面，88鍵的主控鍵盤有哪些選擇?
Roland RS9?沒有重量的擊槌，音色也沒有Kurzweil好
Alesis QS8.2? 音色太老，比QS8東西還要少
只有加碼到S90, Triton LE的價位去
I think the PC1X is going to see plenty of sales! A winner.
我想，PC1X會賣的很多，他會是贏家
Oh, one final quibble and this is addressed at ALL manufacturers. The PC1X may be affordable, but it's still a professional keyboard, not a kiddie toy. Professionals read music and charts. So why, oh why does it NOT come with a stand for sheet music? Every real piano and organ I've ever seen comes with a stand.
How about it?
My other boxes: a Roland XV5050 (with string board) and SH-32, GeneralMusic RealPiano, Emu Virtuoso 2000 (with World and Protoza boards).
Submitted by AmericanArtArchives.com at 10/21/2003 12:07
