When it comes to sampling exclusively - the modulation abilities of even k2000 put Kontakt to shame. Yet it also really depends on the music you're making, huh?. I don't think that in terms of sound quality *something* is ever going to beat Kurzweil I hope some of this helps you in your decision making. If you want to pull over the raw samples, Chicken Systems Translator or CDExtract do the job just fine.

Unless Kurzweil comes out with a soft synth (and I doubt it), VAST just isn't available in software. They pull over basic samples and keymaps. krz import features of Project 5 and Mach 5. The time machine and granular synthesis capabilities of Kontakt are something the Kurzweil can't touch.Д«e warned that you won't have an easy go converting your K2000 sample CDs. I program sounds a lot more now because Kontakt's GUI makes features far more accessible. However, I'd be shocked if you didn't find Kontakt's modular architecture at least as powerful as the Kurzweil. Digging through those LCD menus and soft buttons wasn't for me. Where VAST is concerned, you're probably more into it than I was. Throw in the GUI, turfing SCSI and gaining far better file management, and you've got a clear winner. In short, I find Kontakt at least as stable as the multi-thousand dollar Kurzweil. People rave about the stability of hardware, but my K2500R often required hard resets when an errant. Honestly.Дoes Kontakt crash? Yes, but very rarely for me (Windows XP here). After about a half hour, I'd made the decision to sell the K2500R and buy Kontakt. I tried a demo version of Kontakt, thinking that I'd use it to augment what I had going already with the Kurzweil. I used a K2500R from roughly 1997 to 2002.

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