Pink Floyd Patch Kurzweil Mark
Mellotron M400 Mark II (1968-1971) Used in Saucerful, Ummagumma. Kurzweil K250 Synthesizer/Sampler (1986-1990) Used in Lapse album/tours & in Knebworth ‘90 Kurzweil MIDIBoard MIDI Controller. Richard Wright / Pink Floyd keyboard & synthesizer equipment. Does anyone have a patch or know how to create both the synth solo's from Shine On You Crazy Diamond? I'm not very knowledgeable when dealing with brass. I am also trying to create the arpeggiated section around the 0:20 second mark of In the Flesh? Any suggestions? I have created some other Floyd patches if anyone is interested.
Hi I am new to this forum and new to the world of Workstations and Arranger keyboards. I have had a Yamaha Clavinova for the last 15 years but would now like to spread my electronic wings. I would be really grateful for your thoughts.
What I would really like to do is spend a couple of years getting to grips with the music of Pink Floyd. Is there a single keyboard which would allow me to reproduce their sound? Joe KC Island #2527864 - 09/16/13 09:28 AM Re: Pink Floyd - Which Keyboard? [] MP Hall of Fame Member Registered: 04/30/10 Posts: 2533 Loc: Toano, Virginia, USA. According to, Wright used Kurzweil after 1987 to cover the bases other than piano and Hammond organ, so that would be a good starting point.
The main bases to cover are: Hammond organ piano Moog synthesizer (mostly monophonic, but often multi-tracked in the studio) Mellotron With a smattering of polysynth (in later stuff), Rhodes, Farfisa, and Clavinet. The PC3 can do all of these. The biggest limitation with a single keyboard is that you'll want hammer-action (aka fully weighted) for piano and Rhodes, unweighted for the others. Most of us don't feel that 'semi-weighted' is a good compromise, so we have two keyboards even if all the sounds are coming from one of them. #2527880 - 09/16/13 10:26 AM Re: Pink Floyd - Which Keyboard?
[] MP Hall of Fame Member Registered: 01/22/01 Posts: 2728 Loc: Framingham,MA,UNITED STATES. I think it would be a considerable challenge to reproduce the feel of Wright's tapestry of sounds with a single keyboardist in a live setting; let alone a single keyboard. I'm not sure what sort of a budget you have to work with, but I would argue that a used Nord might be a good start for the organ and pianos, along with a smaller board dedicated for synth to cover some of the other 'stuff and things'. I think there are a couple of threads around here which weigh the pros and cons of some of the newer controllers and VSTs available. I personally prefer hardware to software, so I recently picked up a little piece of Korg for a couple hundred bucks. It has some decent Floyd-esque sounds to it and I've already gotten quite a bit of mileage out of it. #2527940 - 09/16/13 01:51 PM Re: Pink Floyd - Which Keyboard?
[] MP Hall of Fame Member Registered: 04/21/11 Posts: 3188 Loc: Take a guess. In the 90's PF covered the non-organ sounds with the Kurzweil K2000/K2500/K2600 models.
If you check the 'Pulse' video you see that both Jon Carin and Ricky Wright used them and Ricky also used a Kurzweil to cover the digital acoustic piano in the video (perhaps just as a controller, not completely sure). As mentioned already many of the analog synth sounds are included in the newest Kurzweil PC3 series as Kurzweil's VA-1 synth model (never formally released) is included in the PC3 series keyboard. Jethro tull benefit remastered rar files.
I play several PF songs in one of my bands and the PC3 does an admirable job of covering the 'EMS VCS3 synthi' which PF used. The PC3 also can cover the hammond/leslie tones as well. Here's some good reading on the history of Wright's gear over the years. I have to admit I stumbled backwards into here today in need of some guidance and/or reviews for a particular piece of gear to go along with a new endeavor.
A guitarist friend of mine whom I've been playing out with recently approached me last night and asked me if I would be interested in 'doing' Dark Side Of The Moon. I know he is not just talking about doing a bunch of covers.
I also know the other guys he has in mind for this project, and they are all serious players who do their homework. So.I have some work to do, but I've got to say it: I do love this place. #2528037 - 09/16/13 06:23 PM Re: Pink Floyd - Which Keyboard? [] MP Hall of Fame Member Registered: 01/20/08 Posts: 7180 Loc: Los Angeles, CA. Thanks for all this advice. What a welcoming bunch you all are.